51BuickWoody

I'm having my 51 Straight 8 (263) rebuilt. I bought new rings, pistons, bearings and a few other parts. The shop that is building the engine called me to tell me that they lost 1 of the main bearing end caps. Anybody have any leads on where to find them?

We had originally planned on taking our front/rear bumpers and a few smaller pieces to Tijuana to get chromed. However we're finding out it might not be such a great idea due to various reasons. Any suggestions?

I have quite a few rusted out spots on the drip rail around my '51 Buick roof. I can't for the life if me find where to buy or how to manufacture drip rail. Any suggestions?

Great. I'll send it up there and you can drive it down and help install it. I probably should have just called you direct.

I took my water pump apart and it definitely needs replaced or rebuilt. I dont mind replacing as long as it's either Old Stock or at least American made. I will not have any chinese made parts on my car. Any suggestions? I spoke with Egge.com, they can rebuild it but the back plate of the pump has a hole in it and they cant remake that part. I also spoke with Bobsautomobilia. He doesn't have any more original pumps.

Here's a few picture of the wood being fabricated at JB Donaldson/American Fiberglass in Phoenix Az.

We found new old stock bearings at www.bobsautomobilia.com for our rear end. The inners were OE but the outers turned out to be chinesium. So ask before you order.

If you've been watching our progress..... we haven't made much in the last few months but it's more progress than ever. I just had shoulder surgery so I'm down for the 1st time ever (41 yrs old). The floor is almost completed. The trunk pan is a pain in the ass to build from scratch. We put in our wood order from a company called JB Donaldson in Arizona. We got the transmission back from being rebuilt AGAIN. We actually had it "rebuilt" 25 years ago but it just sat in the shop, not being used. We took it to a trustworthy tranny shop to go through it and make sure it's good to start using. Turns out the shop that "rebuilt" it 25 years ago just cleaned it out and reused the same seals and gears. We're not having much luck figuring out how to make or buy the roof rain rails. We need to replace about 20 inches of roof rail. I have a bead roller but I cant find any attachments (if they exist) to make our own. Does anybody have any good suggestions? Only a few pix to add this time.

Some more context. We're trying to increase to 12v so we can add an electric power steering system to the car and upgrade the stereo.

Work is slow but continues on my '51 Super 50 Woody. We would like to convert it from a 6V system to a 12V. Is this as simple as just adding a different generator/alternator or is this a huge pain in the ass? Edit: A little more context, this car is completely disassembled. There is no existing electrical system. A friend of my father's was an aircraft electrician. He's building a wiring harness for us. We're planning on. Adding an electric power steering system and a modern stereo (placed under the dash)

Started the floor panels. Bought the front drivers and passenger side from Classic 2 Custom Fabrications. They fit OK, gonna have to do a little modification. The rest will be 18 gauge sheet metal.

Today's progress. We raised the body up in 1997 when my dad started to focus on wood working. Today we brought the body back down. It was held up by channel rails and I-beams, lowered down by block and tackle. . . Does anybody have any leads on full wood kits? We're looking into JB Donaldson in Arizona. It's a shit load of money.... any other hints?

Today's progress. We raised the body up in 1997 when my dad started to focus on wood working. Today we brought the body back down. It was held up by channel rails and I-beams, lowered down by block and tackle.

Thank you. It's slow progress but it's still progress.

We also started to rebuild the rear brakes. My beautiful wife getting greasy.

If you're paying attention to our progress. We hit a snag with the Wilwood brakes..... I'm a moron. I had the brackets reversed.

After a quick conversation and reading through all of your comments and lectures (hahaha) we've decided that were just going to stick with the stock drums. Wilwood has already said that they will refund them. Now the search for bearings begins. I'm hoping they aren't very hard to find.

Sorry for the long delay. I work odd hours sometimes throughoutthe week. I am heading to the Buick in a few minutes and I will check the grease seal. The directions provided are crudly drawn sonits hard to tell which side is which.

Sorry for the long delay. I work odd hours sometimes throughoutthe week. I am heading to the Buick in a few minutes and I will check the grease seal. The directions provided are crudly drawn sonits hard to tell which side is which.

The seal looks as if it goes in the opposite direction but it only fits in the position it is currently in.

We bought a Wilwood disc conversion kit for our 51 Buick Super Series 50. Everything fit great until I tried to attach the new brake caliper. Apparently Wilwood brakes skipped the 51 series 50. Their website lists it, however Wilwood has confirmed that their kit does not fit. The bracket that attaches to the spindle to mount the caliper is not big enough. Does anybody know if the '41-'49 spindle will fit on a '51?

For any of those wondering and paying attention we have the 263. Currently being rebuilt by Ricks automotive in Santee, Ca. Here's my dad with our new pistons from egge.com. please forgive his unkempt appearance. No time to run a brush through his hair. He couldn't wait to open the package.

I actually found a guy in california that has new "old stock". Bobsautomobilia.com