V.Milke

I am about to start working on my 1934 Buick series 50 coupe and would love to start by getting the engine working well... for that, I would love to know what the valve specs are, to set them properly as well as any other specs. I will check compression, of course. Would anybody have the engine specs for it? thanks! Victor

Thanks for posting that! I will look for it. It is good to see some new interest in a rather obscure marque.

Yes, always interesting to see new and rare cars... and I found a link to the auction: https://subastas.catawiki.es/kavels/5651965-elcar-75-a-series-phaeton-1930 Not only do we see it apparently fetched 28,000 euros, but the data of the car is shown as chassis: A8P83

But the one Elcar I would love to see, is something similar to this one...

It would appear the red phaeton is in Barcelona, Spain, as Artsvalua is a spanish site, and the sign "museo de antropología" is in Spanish: Anthropology museum. Nice car and the only "newer" Elcar I have "seen" other than the one at the Bjern Auto Museum.

Jeff: Sorry for my late response but I was trying to check on my info. Yes, you are right and the white and blue cars are different... I stand corrected! The blue car, your grandfather's, had incorrect headlights in the old picture and also on the color pics showing it two tone blue, and you can see on the restored pics, now black and silver, it does have now the correct headlights and emblem.... or could it be i am still confused and it is the white car now restored? Mmmmmmm.... Anybody interested in the marque should get the book mentioned: "Elcar and Pratt Automobiles, The complete history" by William S. Locke. About these two cars, Bill Locke's book mentions the following stories: The two tone blue car... your grandfather's... "Serial no. 39511 Elcar 8-81 - 1926 Glenn Brown of Hutchinson, Kansas, traded his airplane for this Landau Roadster when it was almost new and kept it for 60 years. The car's original owner wrecked the plane the day of the trade. He was not seriously hurt but was unhappy about having traded his car. It is currently on display in the collection of the Reno County Historical Society in Hutchinson". About the white one, using your numbers as stated behind the pic, the books says: "Serial no. A6S30 Elcar 8-90 - 1927 One of the cars that remained unsold at the Cutter Agency after World War II. This Landau was used to pay an agency debt and then was bought by the author in 1950 with 13,000 total miles registered." So, again, my apologies but there are two different cars and I am confused now as to which is which... I will try to check with Bill Locke... he will surely be able to solve my doubts. victor

No more Elcar survivors that I may know about...

1930 Elcar Sedan, Bjern Auto Museum

1929 Elcar 75, A8H11, Sedan

1928 Elcar 8-91, A6Y23, Roadster

1928 Elcar 8-82, A7S05, Landau Cabriolet

1928 Elcar 8-78, A7K88, Sedan, on ebay 2016

1928 Elcar 6-70, A5T22

1927 Elcar 8-90, A5Y09, Deluxe Sedan

1927 Elcar 8-90, A5A87, Deluxe Landau Cabriolet

1927 Elcar 6-70, Touring car in Reikjavik, Iceland

1926 Elcar 8-81,39383, sedan

1926 Elcar 8-81, 39511, Landau Roadster Jeff's grandfather's car

1926 Elcar 6-65, Touring Car in Montevideo, Uruguay

1925 Elcar Model 8-80, 4D Brougham

1926 Elcar 8-81, 38773, Seven Passenger sedan

1925 Elcar 8-80, 38772, Touring Car, Dismantled, Mexico

1925 Elcar 8-80, 37879, Roadster

1925 Elcar 8-80, 36824, Touring Car, Tasmania

1925 Elcar 6-65, 38220, Coupe