1937McBuick

That 38 has a 37 front bumper and bumperettes on it. What's with the windsheild wipers mounted above the windsheild? What would be exposed on the inside to make them functional? Is there any way of knowing it's a sixty series by the picture? How many 40 series coupes came with side mounts. Lots of potential, lots of money needed. But I don't think they're making them anymore! Lol.

I should take better pictures, some are poor. The bottom that is beat up the most might matter the least. Not that I am not fussy, its just probably not easily seen because of it's position..... but if it isn't "good", I'll know..... and that probably matters more to me.

Thanks for the encouragement you guys. If something is "stretched", what's the remedy?

What kind of tools did you use?

.........BUT it's for a Buick!

Where are people getting their stainless trim straightened or repaired? Polishing isn't what I'm looking for.

I seriously wonder why I resurrected my in depth restoration project when people can buy cars for a fraction of what this restoration is going to cost me. The thing about 80 plus year old cars is.... no matter what shape the original "well kept" car is in.....everything on it is still 80 plus years old. Some things don't matter as much as others but some stuff just doesn't age well. Labour of love.... can be a love-hate relationship with the project. Alot of stuff goes through a cycle of want. Bought new people wanted it Then after years and years no one wants it Then if some "desirable" items survive that stage interest can be renewed and people want them again. My biggest fear is there will be another "nobody wants it" stage again.... maybe ever.

Mixed reviews here but continue to shop there. There is an "attitude" at times though. Some stuff I didn't like I just sucked it up without contacting them because previous reactions. I never come out swinging and always try to be respectful and diplomatic. Being confrontational and belligerent only gets people's defenses up. Overall I've been treated good enough to continue shopping there. In one circumstance they went above and beyond when the problem issue wasn't even of their making. Maybe reactions depend on if you're the first problem of the day or the tenth. Unfortunately it shouldn't matter.

Yup, beautiful either way!

Off topic.....but.... that blue!!! These cars look their best in dark colors. "That blue" is what my 37 coupe will be, there was a real good preserved patch under the hood on the side of the body. Almost looks black in shade and a rich dark blue in light. That car isn't black is it? On topic, doing a complete restoration so hoping for no surprise leaks.

Yup, made me laugh. Even more ironic is I grain farm for a living. Mark my words, baler twine and pliers, or brute force, doesn't fix much on today's complex equipment. You will have to find a new euphemism to describe back woods fixes. Sorry I don't have a solution to your problem but the comment was worth the chuckle.

Gary Re: primer pump. Wouldn't have an inline check valve work to prevent too much fuel draining back? Installed somewhere on the gas line between the gas tank and fuel pump. That would probably give you enough fuel until the mechanical pump pulled more fuel to the check valve. Is there a reason you chose electric primer over a check valve? Just curious.

Really not presentable "as is" on a car that is having a fairly intense restoration done to it. Backside was glass bead blasted.

I wouldn't turn any of them down if someone was to give me one. Lol. My bias would fade when it's free. Coupe is a coupe is a coupe. Although mine is only a 40 series(Special 284 engine), I still like it. The 60 series Century with the 320 would be nice though and more rare. Not too many 37 McLaughlin Buick coupes around anyway. Had this thing since 1986, time to finish it and am as we speak. I wanted something "different" when I was looking. A LaSalle would have been a nice find too.

My originals are hard to tell what color the louvers are but I have a poor set off a parts car where you can tell they seemed to be silver. The whole assembly except for the stainless strips of course. Started glass bead blasting the ones off my car today. Done the backside only. Afraid to do the fronts with anything except maybe soda blasting so the stainless doesnt get hammered beyond polishing. Blasting is getting into all nooks and crannies, I'm wondering if it's possible to powder coat them with the stainless masked off for paint application but the masking removed for the baking process. I don't want rust bleeding/staining where regular paint spraying may not reach. Any thoughts? Tedious

It does look good. The red definitely pops but not sure what I'm doing on mine yet.

This picture is courtesy of some one who sent it to me. How "white" are the vertical vanes supposed to be? I doubt there is enough paint somewhere on mine to polish/buff to its original color to get a true sense of it. Is the horizontal structural pieces that have stainless steel strips on them supposed to be the same color as the body of the car? We intend to dismantle the louvers so we can get a real good prep and paint job so no rust bleeds through in places that are hard to prep and spray properly. It just seems a "bright white" might be a little too much contrast on Buick's usual dark body colors. Any thoughts?

I actually ordered a couple of switches from Powder River Ordnance, the business that this Google image was posted by. They are NOS in original cardboard container with tin end caps, that itself is kinda cool. I found the guy is polite and easy to deal with. If anyone needs a switch look him up. Reasonable price. Thanks Bloo for posting the picture and everyone else who also replied with info.

Is there a poor looking 37-38 coupe in any make. Some are better than others but I might have a slight bias.

Ya Gary, I saw that too. Reproductions or NOS are cheaper and Dave Tacheny probably would be too. Foreign exchange, shipping, brokerage, duties and taxes really add to the cost of importing parts to Canada.

I found another switch, actually from the place that Bloo posted that googled picture from. Supposedly fits some military style vehicles too. POWDER RIVER ORDNANCE from Paso Pobles California. Thanks again for the help guys.

Who has some good 37-40 McLaughlin Buick hubcaps laying around collecting dust. Or hanging on their shop wall as wall art. The same cap was used on McLauglins from 37-40. Surely there has to be some good ones out there some where. They're different from American 37 hubcaps. Thanks

Black & Blue 38, is that about 4 feet wide? Would you be able to measure the widest points across it's width and length. Your user name got me thinking. The paint color on my 37 is do dark blue that it looks black in certain light and at certain angles. I described it as a rich dark navy blue.

You make a good point but with all due respect no one is physically coming looking for me. I pride myself in my honesty, but I am dealing with the crooks on the same level they are trying to deal with me. No personal information is given and absolutely no banking information is relayed. In fact I can lie to them as good as they are to me.....and do. They want quick cash and they're gone. I feel once they've been "busted", they're gone. Maybe I'm too trusting and naive?!?!?! We live in a different time, cyber crime. We can leave a huge digital footprint if we aren't careful. Identy theft would probably be a bigger risk than some internet Con physically coming looking for me. So be careful online. If that's what you meant.

I am from Canada and could have been a victim to a scam of some one selling car parts. Something seemed odd....poor written language and a strange story. So I continued on with the guy knowing full well this was a scam. It went on for several days and emails. Up to the point were he showed me a picture of the car(a stock internet photo) he was wrecking for parts. I told him that car was too good to wreck and I would buy the whole thing. Of course I ended it with a vulgar email. But the more time of their's I wasted was less time they had to scam someone else. I had fun doing it too. When I called our Federal Law Enforcement agency and offered to use me to set up a sting they basically said "no". Take one out and another scumbag will replace them. So even trying to get the law involved was futile. They even provided their banking and transit numbers and I traced it to New Jersey. Thing is the Scammer insisted I notify them as soon as the money was transferred....probably so they could transfer it out of country or withdraw it so it couldn't be seized. Have some fun with these Cons and when your done let them have a piece of your mind and not Sunday church language either.