The Old Guy

The stud is there for help in installing the wheels. Without it, it is tougher to line up the wheel bolts. You can remove it without any structural problems.

Happy New Year to the members on the best forum on the "net"

The 37-38 Buick club had an article in their monthly paper a few years ago about reworking later gear set to fit in the 37-38 Buick. I am sure if you contact a member of that group you will find the info.

The simple answer is that they were designed as torquer engines, and have valves so small they look like "nails

Dave, you know that I only carry my liquor case because someone might get "snake bit" I like to be prepared. I actually am too busy sampling all the hospitatility room vittles to drink a lot

Aw shucks ! you're makin' me blush

The trunk lid has no counter balancer, so it is quite heavy.

You have to remove the pan, remove the rear main cap ,and then knock the flywheel bolts out. I don't know why they designed it this way but that is the system .

You're welcome! and have a Merry CHRISTmas Joe T

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Lamar The card was great! I hope all the wonderful people that make up this forum have a Merry and Blessed CHRISTmas ! Joe Taubitz

Sid I agree with Derek , the driven class will get you a nice medallion, and it is given right on the field. I always had my cars " display only" until they came out with the driven class. I did have my 37 Coupe in the "modified Class to support the new division, but it was also "display only"

Sid It looks like you have found the perfect Buick for the next BDE tour. Hopefully we will see it in french Lick next June.

I read somewhere that the whisky runners during prohibition preferred McLaughlin Buicks over their americsn counterpart because the bodies were lighter which made them a little faster.

I have been a BCA member for 37 years and I wish I could have afforded to purchase a life membership. It woud have saved me a bundle. Joe Taubitz BCA 1308

Derek' The TA seal is a neoprene seal.

Mark I have used the TA rear seal numerous times, and have experienced NO problems. The directions that are supplied were followed,and they worked fine. Maybe there is a problem with the block or crank.

Mclaughlin Buicks of that era had many subtle changes from their american counterparts. They ran a 6 lug wheel like the old Chevy trucks, and the standard american hubcaps would not fit. Thay also had different trim. The stainless would not interchange.

Every time you go to a different area of the country , you see Buicks you have never seen before. I haven't missed a national yet, and the California meets were a revelation! I saw Buicks I did not know even existed. I hope you can set something up so we can put faces to the names on the forum. I plan on going to the XXX Drive in, and hopefully will see some of you there. We need some way to identify ourselves. Maybe a small ribbon hanging from our name tags?

It is interesting to note that the 49 roadmaster sedanette is powered by a 248 CI engine. Is it a Roadmaster with the wrong engine or is it a Super??

I have been there twice, and will go again! GM has a policy of changing about 20 of the cars on display every week, and they have an almost endless supply of really great vehicles to choose from. It is not open to the public, so if you haven't been there , this is an opportunity that may not present itself again for some time.

For quite some time ,they were available from JC Whitney and most of the big mail order catalogs for $12-$15 . I think I bought my last one from radio Shack for $20

It appears you already have good answers, but I will chime in anyway. I have an inverter under the dash, and and AM-FM radio with cassette and my CB in the glove box. I run a splitter to the antenna but I have an after market 3 section antenna that does the job quite nicely. The main problem encountered was radio noise from the spark plugs. I have 2 sets of wires, and will run the supressor wires until I decide to put the car back to original. I don't show it so I don't have to raise the hood.

I had a Cad powered Chevy back in the late 50s, and it ran 11-1 pistons. It was hard to start hot, but after installing a 6 volt starter, I never had a problem, and the starter worked well for the 5 years I had it.

My 40 has run over 100,000 miles with the 6 volt system/ Why would you need anything more? I installed a 6-12 invertor to run my cb and am-fm stereo , and that handles everything I need, What do you need that requires more?