ol' yeller
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Very nice!
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While I have not used Simichrome on my taillight, I can vouch for it on chrome. I used it often on a VW Beetle project when I kept getting surface rust on cheap chinese chrome on the replacement bumpers and hubcaps. It made them look amazing for awhile.
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I don't know Paul but 4 years ago when I had a life threatening event I had a lot of folks who didn't know me praying for me...and it worked, so I am praying for Paul's recovery. He must be a great guy as he loves Buicks!
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Interesting! I wonder if we are at that point where we are beginning to see more roadsters at the National because they are more desirable among collectors. I say this in a loving way as I have owned 2 '90 coupes and they were both fantastic cars as well.
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Sending prayers for Roberta. She still has more races to run!
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Kingsley wins!
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I didn't know there even was a Series III supercharged 3.8. In the interest of getting a free education, what years and models were they offered? Does anyone know? I'd also be interested in learning what they were rated stock for HP and torque. I had a 240 HP supercharged '98 Regal GS and found it to be very hot. I think it would be a perfect engine for the Reatta. I understand that the weak point in retrofitting them is the transmission and the later transmission can't be made compatible with the Reatta electronics. As D-A-N-I-E-L has found in fitting a series I to a hardened transmission, it still couldn't handle the extra HP. I hope this setup works. Please keep us posted as I am very interested in how this works out.
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Welcome to the Reatta group Tim! Feel free to ask any and all questions you may have here. There is lots of experienced Reatta owners ready to help with anything Reattae.
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Great video!
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I bought my first garnet red '90 coupe when I was 48, 13 years ago. I bought my second Reatta, a Maui blue, 90 sunroof coupe 6 years later. I bought Marilyn, my white '90 roadster 2 years ago when I was 59. She will probably be my last one.
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I bought mine 2 years ago on CraigsList. The ad had 2 pictures and 2 sentences. I sent an email asking questions and the PO added this sentence to his ad, "Don't email me with a bunch of questions, just come look at it." I let it sit for another month and finally went to see it. Needless to say I did wind up buying it at a great bargain. Anytime you are shopping for a used car it can be amazing or awful.
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That be mine, the first one on the left, right next to yours!
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I had a great time! That might be influenced by the fact that I came home with a BCA Gold Award for my '90 vert. The Portland Chapter and the volunteers are to be commended for putting on a very successful event. It is my understanding that there were 280 cars and 850 attendees which is great attendance, especially for a West coast event. As another feather in their cap, they got the Awards dinner and awards over by 8:30.
From a Reatta standpoint, there were 14-15 cars. Interestingly, there were only 2 red cars. There was only one '88 and no '89s at the show. The vast majority of the cars were white convertibles with 4-5 of them being '90 Select 60s. Parked next to me was an incredible '90 Select 60 with only 3,500 miles. The 2 guys who owned it had recently purchased it from a dealership where it had sat all these years. The Rendezvous was an amazing sight with 15 or so cars most of them white with white tops winding their way through the picturesque Washington back roads to the Rusty Grape Winery. At the show there was also an amazing '91 Driftwood convertible with about 40,000 miles on it. I think it was For Sale too!
The weather was very iffy at first. Driving down from Seattle area was like driving in a moving car wash on Wednesday. What was normally a 3 hour drive took 4.5 hours because of the heavy rain. When we set out on the Rendezvous on Thursday we had our tops down which we quickly had to put up as the rain hit just as we left I5.
The Air Space Museum was an amazing exhibit with something for everyone. The only problem was that it took most of Friday which left little time for me to wash my car after the rain on the Rendezvous tour. Saturday dawned with bright skies and sunshine and eventually warmed to the mid 80's which was perfect for a car show.
My drive home was uneventful with the top down, a smile on my face, my tunes cranked, and a carefully packed Gold Award in my trunk. Thanks for a great time and memory!
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Velcro? Doesn't that mess up your dash with the sticky stuff? I thought they tied down at the defroster vents and hung over the pad but I could be wrong.
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Potland is on the North side of the Columbia River.
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I'm thinking of getting a dash mat to protect my dash pad. Has anyone used one with a convertible? I wonder if it would stay down or blow around when the top is down.
Greg
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Isn't the antenna for the RKE system embedded in the rear window for coupes. I also seem to remember that the antenna for convertibles was in the passenger side windshield pillar.
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Your problem could also be related to a bad ground or multiple bad grounds, especially if the car has been painted. While your car uses much of its metal framework for a ground path there needs to be a good connection from the battery to the metal frame of the car. Multiple electrical devices also require their own ground path. Too often, novice electricians focus on the hot side of the circuit but the ground path is just as important. I don't think you have just one problem but multiple problems. To trouble shoot DC circuits a test light and battery are very helpful. A Volt OHM meter are also very useful. Isolate one problem and trace the hot side to where you last had power and then the ground side to where you last had a ground. On old cars I have learned that just because it looks like it is touching ground, that doesn't mean it is making a completed circuit.
With circuit that don't have relays, you can provide power directly to the device after disconnecting the harness to see if the device is defective. Items like headlight switches become corroded inside and fail. The best way to test them is with a VOM. Power windows and seats sometimes have relays but also have a circuit breaker in the fuse box. I agree that if the fusable link was bad it wouldn't work intermittently, it wouldn't work at all. It is possible that the fusable link does have a bad connection.
One more point that I just remembered, be sure to check the condition of both the power and the ground of the fuse box. That is where a lot of this all comes together.
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That's a pretty car and wow you stole it! Enjoy and welcome to your new obsession!
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It's good to hear of another one saved rather than another one lost. Post up some pics of your handiwork if you can.
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Not mine and know nothing about it beyond this ad. http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/4576672150.html
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I always hesitate to post that he was banned here as that implies he did something wrong. I didn't agree with his argumentativeness but I truly believe him to be an honest and upstanding seller. I would buy from him if I really needed something he had and pay his price. I think he is an honorable person.
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The lope from the V8 Buick cam through a set of dual exhaust.
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I am pretty sure that was Steveskyhawk but you won't find him here anymore as he was banned awhile ago. I think I saw him selling these on Ebay as well.
Found at the national Meet in Portland
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Ahhh the old Rube Goldberg engine compartment light. I saw that too and was suitably impressed.