neil morse
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Thank you. Here's the scene, in case anyone wants to see it.
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Haha -- looks like I'm on a solo mission here. So it appears that the seller of the car is Johnny Martino, who is in fact the actor who played Paulie, the guy who got whacked in the Packard in the "take the cannoli" scene. And someone who certainly looks like an older version of Martino appears in several of the photos. But either Martino is working a scam or he was himself the victim of a scam and doesn't know much about cars, because this '40 LaSalle is not the car that Paulie got shot in.
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Okay, something ain't right here. The CL ad says this is the car from the scene where "Paulie" the driver is whacked because they thought he was a rat, with the famous line, "Leave the gun, take the cannoli." But the car in that scene was a '41 Packard 180 sedan. And the IMCDb lists no '40 LaSalle appearing in "The Godfather." Hmmmm. What do people think? Am I missing something?
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Converted to 8 volts? Now that's something I haven't seen before. No interior shots. Priced above market because of its "star quality," no doubt.
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Well there's only 2,924 on the clock now, so unless the odometer broke a long time ago that must mean it's done 102,924. Or am I missing something?
I thought it was looking pretty shabby until I got to the pics of the dash. Wow -- looks fantastic. I love the fact that the beautiful chrome steering wheel says "full time power steering" on it. In case you forgot, you got a constant reminder! 50's marketing is sensational.
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This is what the Bill Anderson book says about undercoating:
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I think part of what we're seeing in the photo is an artifact caused by a reflection in the paint. This was commented on in another thread fairly recently. Take a look at this shot of the passenger side, for example. That's a reflection, not a wavy surface.
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What Ken says seems to make the most sense to me. For what it's worth, I took a look through Bill Anderson's "Restoration Facts 1941 Buick" book, and couldn't find any reference to the color of the back sides of the fenders.
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22 hours ago, Buicknutty said:
Wow, neat shot! Daddies car perhaps? What a car to learn to drive on.
Keith
I had a slightly different reaction, which was -- "Wow, if that's a parallel parking test where she has to "park" the car without hitting those poles, she's going to have a hell of a time maneuvering that huge Buick with no power steering!" So you guys might have been better off with the Chevys for your driving tests. I took my test in a refrigerator white '63 Ford Fairlane with three-on-the-tree, one of the fleet maintained by the driving school my parents used. I already knew how to drive, but they got a discount on the insurance if I took a driver's ed. course, so that's why I had to do it that way.
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Hi Eddie:
I don't know anything about sealed beams, other than that my '41 has them and replacements are readily available from multiple suppliers. Here, for example:
But I suspect you're not just asking where to get a replacement headlight for your car. When you say "the correct sealed beams and markings used on the '41 Specials," it sounds like you're asking what specific brand and type of sealed beams were part of the original equipment when the cars left the factory. Is that right? Are you concerned about judging? Again, this is something I'm not familiar with, but if that's your question, maybe someone with expertise about judging criteria can chime in here and help you out. For what it's worth, here is the entire entry under "head lamps" in Bill Anderson's book "Restoration Facts 1941 Buick."
Anderson's book is intended to "provide owners, restorers, judges, and appraisers information to assist in restoring, maintaining, or judging authentic, as manufactured and delivered 1941 Buicks." You can get a copy here:
https://www.andersonautomotiveenterprises.com/publications/booksandcds.htm
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Eddie:
I sent you a PM. No one is accusing you of being a moron. There is no "inside" group on this forum. As a relative newbie myself, I can say that this forum is about as welcoming and helpful as any I have ever found. Please stick with it and try not to take things personally.
Neil
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2 hours ago, Brooklyn Beer said:
I just sandblasted and did the rims on the 39 Chrysler found here. This is the original color I found on the rims. The wide trim rings change everything
Yes, the rims look great on your '39 with the correct narrow beauty rings. But the deep and wide rings were correct for '48.
PS: This obviously isn't the place, but have you posted any pics of your '39 elsewhere on the forums? Looks like you're doing a great job on it. I remember when it was advertised here.
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1 hour ago, auburnseeker said:
Old tired looking wheels, A little Mother's on a rag would shine up the paint on them and a touch up of the black Chrysler script on them would go a long ways to improving their tired look.
But to look really right, they need those deep dish beauty rings.
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Did the dish run away with the spoon? 😄
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This will be a hard sell like most project cars, but might be feasible for someone with the space, time, and skills to finish it up. But it would be a "labor of love" for sure because even if you were able to do all (or most of) the work yourself, you would still lose money. But I love the spirit of the seller with those photos of everything laid out on the grass in a sort of "live action" exploded view of the car! Just add a chair so someone can sit in the "driver's seat" and see what it will be like to look out over those front fenders! 😄
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I agree that this one is very tempting. I love the body styling details -- the long hood (as noted), that great grill, and especially the crease down the middle of the trunk lid and the matching creases on the rear fenders. I have always admired the look of the front end on these cars, but I had never noticed that rear treatment.
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Another nice Highlander interior in what looks like a solid car at a reasonable price. But it really needs the "deep-dish" stainless beauty rings on the wheels to look right with those wide whites.
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I think the idea behind these valves was to close them during the summer months and leave them open during the winter months. Since I live in a pretty mild climate and don't drive much in cold weather, I have just left the valve closed on my '41. I have had both the defroster and heater cores out of the car for cosmetic restoration, and they both seemed to be water tight when I tested them with a garden hose, but I figure why tempt fate by constantly running coolant through them when I don't need to.
The valve on my car looks just like the one in the pic posted by Greg (2carb40).
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On 7/11/2020 at 5:24 AM, MrEarl said:
Sure you got this in the correct thread, WHO would NOT like this beauty?
So now that makes two great photos in a row on this thread. I agree, seems like they're misplaced!
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Don:
Just a clarification because this has been bugging me since I posted the other day. I had a feeling I was not remembering this exactly right, and in fact it was a little different (although it amounts to the same thing from an electrical standpoint).
With regard to the heater and defroster, I did not actually run the power for those two switches directly off the ignition switch. I looked at the chart that Rhode Island Wiring Services provided with my harness. It's a bit different than the chart in the shop manual, and it includes the heater and defroster switches. If you look at the chart, you can see that is shows a separate "hot" wire going from the ignition switch to each switch.
However, the actual harness provided by RI Wire reproduced the original wiring, which ran a single "hot" wire from the left hand pole on the fuel gauge to the heater switch, and was then patched onto the defroster switch. This achieves the same result without running the power directly from the ignition switch. You can see that the left hand pole of the fuel gauge is a very busy place, since that's also where the power runs out to the starter switch on the carb, and also where the power runs to the directional signals. It is also directly wired to the ignition switch, so it the "location of choice" for everything you want to power up only when the ignition is on.
You can also see on this chart that the instrument lamp switch is powered, as I mentioned, off of terminal #3 on the headlight switch, which is the terminal that provides power to the tail lights.
So I may have given you more information than you needed at this point, but I wanted to make sure I was giving you the right stuff.
Neil
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3 hours ago, Hudsy Wudsy said:
I admit, I had reservations about even posting this one.
I certainly didn't mean to suggest that it wasn't worth posting! They're all interesting, as far as I'm concerned.
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1 hour ago, kgreen said:
Thank you Don and thank you Neil. The above outlined my task for the day as I get ready to push the rear axle back under the car.
Glad you found it helpful, Ken. Good luck with yours. This part of the job involves a lot of repetition, but it's pretty straight-forward.
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Yeah, you'd have trouble not losing money on this one even if you got it for free!
1940 God Fathers movie car,not mine
in Automobiles and Parts - Buy/Sell
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Yes, I'm pretty sure it's a LeBaron Super-8 Custom One-Eighty Sport Brougham.
http://www.packardinfo.com/xoops/html/downloads/1941_Super8SalesFolder.pdf
But whatever it is, it's not a 1940 LaSalle! I sent a very gentle email to the seller asking whether he was aware that Paulie was shot in a Packard, not a LaSalle. Here's the response I got:
"I'm trying to help a friend sell a car. The interior shots were done in this. He would know he was there. Were you there? Don't remember seeing your name in the credits. But I'll look again."
Pretty weak response, I thought. His claim that the "interior shots were done" in the LaSalle is easily disproved by looking at the video of the scene from the movie. The only interior shot is from 00.17 to 00.45, and you can see from the left rear quarter window behind the driver that it's the Packard and not the LaSalle. I just wished him luck with the sale. I'm not sure what's going on there, but it's pretty clear that the car for sale was not in the movie.