Smartin

Does it run fine after jumped? When you shut it off, will it start again after a few minutes of sitting? If not, then I suspect the battery is bad, and not the generator.

Thanks guys! Now, if I could get a few minutes to mess with it.... Spring has apparently arrived! My work schedule is out of hand.

57 ....something <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Special?

It was advertised on the v8 board for a couple weeks before I made an offer to the seller...and it was kind of an impulse buy. I thought it was a good deal, so I pounced! And we negotiated a fair price...so I picked it up yesterday. He was even nice enough to meet me halfway <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> I bought him lunch, and I drove home doing 80mph on I-44. I think the wheels need to be balanced, but it holds the road well. There is a bit of a hiccup when I give it gas. I believe either the choke is sticking a little bit, or the accelerator pump is going south. It still surprises me that it has an AIR pump from the factory. It was originally a SoCal car, so naturally, the rust is minimal. It has the rear window cancer, but that's literally the only place that is bad. The interior is pretty much hosed. The door panels are ok, but the seats are almost completely degraded. The dash pad is cracked to hell...as is the steering wheel. The windshield has a crack right in my line of sight, which might cause me to have a fit if I have to have it replaced for inspection. Here is more information and pictures: http://www.buickcenturion.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140

2002 Rendezvous with stick on ventiports:D

64 Electra?

The Centurion got lonely..

Nice!! Where does one find a storage facility like that?

CARS, Inc www.oldbuickparts.com

I see.....I think.

Chris, did you buy Mark's car?

It's a 70 - look in the upper left...there is the first seven digits of the VIN. 446370Hxxxxxx

I've had good luck with Eastwood cast iron grey manifold paint. It's got the consistency of water...very weird to use - and very difficult to get off your hands. This is after about 3000 miles - still looks perfect. You can see the paint is burning on the heads at the exhaust ports, though. I got docked points for that at Rochester because the judge thought it was overspray <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

Time to bring this back up to the top. It's warming up in the garage a little bit, so I need to start thrashing. Probably going under the knife this weekend, only to return as a fresh complete detail. It's either start NOW, or wait until after Easter. If I start now, I will try to make my deadline Easter Sunday so I can show it in the big Easter Show in Forest Park. I have everything I need, with the exception of a little paint....so it should go fairly well.

$1800-2500?

I have a couple models I built when I had time to do it <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

There seems to be an unusually high concentration of Buick folks in Ohio. Is it in the water?

'08 is Flint again <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> Might we see a certain '57 in the next couple years?

That car, and the others the guy owns have been a hot topic of debate over at v8buick. The whole deal is shifty at best. And the 63k ending price is unbelievable...kinda stinks a little.

Upstate NY chapter?

Yes, it is electronically actuated with the throttle.

Absolutely worth saving... It's a turbo 400 transmission with a high and low stall convertor (hence the name switch pitch). Some performance guys will use these in their street cars with a low stall for cruising, and switch it to high stall ~3000 for having fun. There are only a couple differences between this and a normal single stall T400.

I wouldn't even consider this to be a real auction.

I don't think anyone will be able to sell you an X pipe system for your car without completely custom fabricating it. You can get the crossover from www.drgas.com and the rest can be done by an exhaust shop. This guy can fab you up a complete system with any size pipe you want: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1953-74-B...emZ260041239177

Hey I know that car... http://forums.aaca.org/showflat.php?Cat=...ge=3#Post322417