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  1. Very nice Adam! I have a friend with a 1918 Buick Roadster and is finishing of his 1910 Roadster at the moment. In speaking with him, I can see that these early cars are a "different beast" indeed. I hope you have much enjoyment from the car. PS: your Pierce-Arrow looks magnificent.
  2. You will have to come down to see for yourself! 😂
  3. There were only 508 of the 1941 71Cs produced (according to Matt Harwood's literature).
  4. Is this car Richard Mann's 56C (Santa Barbara, CA)?
  5. I assume you can tell from the above answers that the simplest way is the hood vents. 4 for the small engine cars (Specials & Supers), 5 vents for the big engine cars (Century, Roadmaster & Limited).
  6. Hi Neil, of course you are correct, sorry. I got myself confused. I now realise that the 56C & 76C both would be identical from the windscreen back. Sorry, I'm a slow learner!😩 An extra question. Would it be fair to say that to compare a 1941 model 44 (A-body - as in my Series-A Special Business Coupe), with a 1941 76S (C-body Roadmaster Sport Coupe), there would be no 2 panels on the car that are the same, also the chassis, engine & transmission are also different, even though they are both 1941 Buicks? If so I find this astounding!
  7. As I have only owned Buicks for a mere 5 years, I'm still trying to work out the differences between both B & C-Bodied cars. I have & drive a 1941 Series-A Special Business Coupe, and I've learnt that this uses the same Fisher body as the 1941 Chevy. But now that I own (and am restoring) a 1941 Roadmaster 76C, I'm trying to find out what are the differences in the bodies of say a 56S & a 76S. Apart from the longer chassis & front sheet metal (due to the small & large engine series used), are the bodies (windscreen to rear of car) different in any way? I assume they must be or there wouldn't be both a B-body & a C-body. The image below is the best information I have found so far but still doesn't seem to answer my specific question regarding the B-body & C-body differences.
  8. Was there an explosion in a shaving foam factory? What is that white stuff? I live in Adelaide, South Australia where we get Mediterranean weather (think California). I often take my '41 Buick out for a cruise mid-Winter as we often get dry days. Adelaide's average maximum temperature is around 15 °C (59 °F) and the average minimum around 8 °C (46°F). Note though that the mercury rarely drops below freezing or rises above 19 °C (66 °F). Frosts are common in the valleys of the Adelaide Hills, but rare elsewhere. Are you feeling sorry for me yet? Oh I forgot, we are now heading in Summer.
  9. Hi Ken, for what it's worth, my oil filler plug on the differential housing cover is at the 6.00 position.
  10. Ah ha! Now I understand. Thanks for the explanation Ken. I have Greg (2carb40) looking for something for me now.
  11. Hi Ken, I can't seem to work out why you had to drill & tap this hole in the side of the flywheel housing. Was it not there already?
  12. We don't get that white stuff here in South Australia, AND we're heading into Summer!
  13. Hi Keith, many thanks for your prompt response. I'm not sure what ratio my car has yet but probably 3.9's. I'm getting closer to restoring the torque-tube & differential (plus the engine & trans) so will know soon. 3.4's sound excellent. I can convert miles to kilometers no problem as have grown up with both. I would also like to use the Diamondback radials. I use Firestone non-radials on my model 44 which is fine but think the Diamondbacks would be a great choice as I've heard they are fabulous. Thanks again Keith.
  14. Hi Keith, what ratio were in your Roadmaster, and what ratio have you moved to (and from which year)? Here in Australia, we have many open spaces and I do long miles occasionally (our nearest interstate capital is 500 miles), so I'm very interested in having better mileage in my 41 Roadmaster (under full restoration now).
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