neil morse

Thank you for the responses. I did a little poking around on Google, and I think that Leif is correct. If you look at this photo of a car off the Bonham's website, you can see a very distinctive molding in the vertical area just below the body and adjacent to the running board. You can also see a slightly different version of this molding in the photo of the '23 posted by Oregon Desert. And if you look carefully at the subject photo, you can see the same molding. Can we assume that this molding was unique to Buick? I would imagine so. So I think that clinches the identification. Any other comments?

A few more: '39 Ford Phaeton One-off homebuilt boat tail speedster Stutz Bearcat '64 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso

Plaid Tour 2024 Another year has passed quickly and it was again time for the Plaid Tour, an ALS research fundraiser in honor of Marshall Mathews, this year the 21st iteration of this annual event. We start at the Mathews home in Woodside where we drink coffee and mill around admiring each other's cars and perusing the wonderful collection that Marshall assembled over many years. Then we head up over the hills and down the other side to the little town of San Gregorio where we enjoy Bloody Marys, kick tires and spend more time socializing. Then the event ends in a schoolyard in Pescadero where we have a picnic. The weather was great, all the roads were open again after the rain damage that caused problems last year, and attendance was way up. Here are some of the cars in attendance this year, as well as some of the cars from the Mathews collection. Very early Buick -- I don't know the year 1926 Bugatti racer '33 Packard V-12 Club Sedan '52 Jag XK-120 My '41 Super The Bugatti departing:

Nice work!

Here's a pic of an NOS eyebrow that was on Ebay a while ago:

I took my car on a great one-day tour today -- it behaved very well. (I will post more photos in my "Me and My Buick" thread.) A very enjoyable day!

To my beloved companion, Stella, may she rest in peace!

Chromed. That seems odd that they would have stocked them painted like that.

Love that "AstraDome" dash with "Panelescent" lighting! Too bad about the hole in the headliner.

And the Compound Carburetor option cost the grand sum of $15.39! So the majority of Specials sold were so equipped.

I agree completely. I started a thread on this topic a while ago and was told by the moderator to stop beating up on Ebay. I was also told that all I had to do was to go to Ebay's "help" page and I could easily figure out how to tailor a search to get just what I was looking for. No so. Ebay has become almost useless to me. Unless I somehow get lucky, I very rarely find what I'm looking for.

Yes, 4609 is the Century for sure.

With all due respect, I think that's a huge insult to the Thunderbolt. The two cars shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence. The Thunderbolt is a brilliant concept car. The Mercury Templeton Saturn Bob Hope Special Roadster is a bad joke.

Yes, thank God! Oh, my eyes, my eyes!

Weren't all Tuckers 1948 models? I don't believe there were any "1949 Tuckers."

Ok, Andrew, now I see what you mean. It's not a huge problem, but I agree that it does take away from the overall quality of the restoration.

Are you sure the two-tone scheme is incorrect? I don't have any direct experience with these cars, but I found this factory photo online: This car is not too far from me. I would be willing to go and look at it if anyone is interested.

The answer is actually pretty simple. The carbs on the Buick system are sequential. Here's how it's described by the Buick Heritage Alliance: "The compound carburetion used in 1941 and 1942 was the forerunner of the 4-barrel carburetor. Normal operation up to about 50 mph, including starting, used the front carburetor, although both carburetors functioned at idle. When greater speed and/ or acceleration was desired, linkage activated the rear carburetor which had no choke." So most of the time, the engine is using only the front carb. The system was only used for '41 and the low-production '42 year. It apparently got a reputation for being difficult to properly adjust, but I haven't had any problems with mine (and I don't read many complaints from '41 and '42 owners on the forum). Some people have converted the system to run two "front" carbs in parallel, as Ben mentions, so I'm sure you can make your set-up work with the carbs you have. If you do some searching on the forum, you will find some discussions of how to do the conversion.

Also, same car supposedly bid to 22K last October. https://autohunter.com/Listing/Details/45217484/1955-CADILLAC-SERIES-62-COUPE-DEVILLE

Nice car, and I love the included "cruise control." But price seems awfully optimistic.

And don't forget the obligatory orange wheels!

From the manual:

Wm, this is obviously not critical since you are modifying your car, but I am not "in error" in my comments about the carbs on your car. From what you have written, it is clear that you have a Stromberg AAV-16 as the front carb, which was correct. But you are using an AAV-167 (the correct single carb for 1940, as the box says) for your rear carb. The correct rear carb is the AA-1, which has no accelerator pump and no choke. You can see the difference in these photos showing the correct set up.

These motors are available on eBay. How about this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/144945665926?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-166974-028196-7&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=144945665926&targetid=2260112199759&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9031948&poi=&campaignid=20809489146&mkgroupid=157571175313&rlsatarget=pla-2260112199759&abcId=9346918&merchantid=8205884&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAopuvBhBCEiwAm8jaMc15vYNkUc7Ovgd7uYm38ERwWNqg4nlmjoxahr7OmIkNkE1UCEQRSxoCsbgQAvD_BwE Here's a photo of the box showing that the rotation is CCW and that it's correct for a '40 Buick: