Smartin

wow that old-ride page looks a LOT like eBay.

I snapped some photos to send to Pete today - thought I would share a few.

Look out for the Gateway chapter mob!! We've got quite a bunch planning to make the trip

Special delivery yesterday to the office.. NOS Bumper! The LeSabre will soon have NOS headlight bezels, lower grilles, bumper, hood trim, and bumper guards installed. (guards are already on the car, but don't count, yet )

Thanks Wayne!! I can usually fix that stuff myself, but I forgot I have no mod powers on this forum

I got the bumper for the 71 LeSabre yesterday...it's PERFECT. Very nice piece....Thanks!!!

Thanks Shaffer! I don't have any current pictures of the interior since the cleanup, but it doesn't look much different than the nearly untouched interior photos at the beginning of this thread I gotta get my convertible back so I can drive it while I tear into the engine compartment on the LeSabre!

Cool! THe portholes really do make a difference on the Rendezvous!

oh, I am not the editor of our chapter newsletter. That is the fine work of John and Chris Waltz. They deserve round of applause for it!!!

Yeah, I was very conscientious(sp?) when I wired them, because I know the importance of polarity. I am going to buy some larger speakers, probably 6x9's for the back ,and hook them up to the "meatier" wire and see how they sound. If they sound like crap, then I guess I'm SOL unless I find another radio. BTW, is there any way you can reduce the size of that picture to like 640x480? or something similar? It really distorts the way the thread looks when you have to scroll left to right to read all the posts.

Wow guys!! This is a nice thing to come home to on a Monday afternoon!! Thanks! I really need to spend some more time on the Gateway chapter site, as it is still a little bland. I've basically made sure it has current information on it, and that's about it. I update it when the newsletter comes out every month, and I make sure the calendar is current. THe Centurion registry is a very involved site....with each entry taking over 20 minutes to produce. I need to make another update to the Parts Directory, but it's a fairly well self-sustaining website without too much fuss. www.buickperformancegroup.com is one I took on in the early spring of 2005, and revamped the whole site, along with the BPG forums - www.bpgforums.com I've been a busy guy! The 71 LeSabre will be undergoing a treatment similar to the 60, with the engine compartment and some other minor things before I take it to Rochester. I just finished restoring the old paint on the car, and it completely changed the look. I now can see that it has 42k miles

I have to ask - what does the PCV system have to do with exhaust fumes? You either have an exhaust leak at or near the manifold, or possibly the exhaust crossover on the intake manifold is rusting out, causing a small leak. The smoke coming from the tube is not exhaust gas. It is from the hot oil, or if it's only coming out when the car is running, it could be minor blow-by at the piston rings.

There should be no exhaust fumes coming from the tube. YOu could have an exhaust leak at the manifold, or possibly at the exhaust crossover on the intake. They have a habit of rusting out on bottom.

You're welcome!

I bought a set of the Infinity 4x6 speakers - 6412cfp I had wired each one to a different wire on the harness, and one of them was blasting loud, and the other was quiet and clear. I checked the balance and fade, and they were cool. Soooo, I tried wiring them both on the loud wire, and they were both loud and distorting! So I ended up swapping wires, and now they are clear as a bell, but not that loud. So I think I may have to get a set of 6 1/2" or 6x9's and find a spot for them. I like to have good sound, and the blasty wire had a good low end on it, so I need to find a way to get that sound going. I guess I can only do so much with a factory stereo. The Infinitys went under the dash, but I just stashed them up there in secure spots. They are very audible, though. I couldn't reach the stock locations, so I found spots that they would fit, and I secured them there.

Bored on a Saturday.. New speakers installed in the dash and stereo wired up. Works great!!! And "while I'm at it," I removed all the dash bezels and cleaned them up. I also pulled the clock out and replaced the clouded face with some nice new clear plexiglass and lubed up the gears inside. It fired right up when I reinstalled it!! I polished the speedo lens and it's nice and shiny now. I cleaned out all the little crevices around the bezels and just did a general detail job on the whole cluster. It looks dynamite now.....I didn't think it could get any better than what it was before I've also been going over the car with a towel and spot-polishing places where I missed with the buffer. Also threw on a coat of wax where I'm finished up. It continues to boggle my mind how pretty the paint is turning out on this. I had taken off the fender emblems to make it easier to work and get a cleaner job. Well, it paid off to take the time to slice my arms up trying to get the emblems off, because it is a really big difference. Check it out: Before - no way to get the dirt out from inbetween the scripting, and the black paint has chipped and rubbed off the edges of the emblems. There is also body color paint on the edges of the emblems all around. When I pulled the emblems off, I decided it would be stupid to reinstall them dirty. I cleaned them up and ringed the letters with an acrylic black paint pen, and scraped the excess paint off the face of the letters. These emblems POP out now!! Totally different look.....Buick could've just left the whole emblem chrome, but that black outline really makes the difference. I still have to do the insides of the "CUSTOM" emblem, but those are easy. After::::

Beautiful!!

Email Keith Horsfall: kwkoll@rogers.com

You will probably have to call around and find someone local that has been doing it for years, and has experience in the dynaflow transmission. The DF was recently done in the 62 you see pictured above...and we called all over the place and finally settled on someone who actually knew was a dynaflow was.

www.smsautofabrics.com www.oldbuickparts.com

Thanks for the compliments! It's nothing but lots of time and patience. Skill is something that comes from taking your time. Advice for the carb: find another stock carb. There's nothing easier than a bolt-on replacement. I understand these can be hard to find, but be patient and look everywhere. eBay, these forums, v8buick.com, etc Good luck!

Pictures! ::::: If you have trouble viewing them, or have a slow internet connection, I can email them to you. I have hosted these pictures on my Centurion Registry: www.buickcenturion.com

Ken, I have them....I'll get them scanned and posted for you here shortly.

Tom's right. Since I didn't want to go buy a polisher, I used my grinder, which will run at high speeds. I had to keep it at a low speed the whole time, but it beat spending $$$ on a new machine I only use once a year or less.

I'll second MrEarl's recommendations....and add my own! www.bpgforums.com