JohnD1956

Oh man! My eldest sister had that car ( with the exception of white under the sweepspear) when she graduated from college and got married. I still remember it idling in the driveway next to Dad's 55 Special, as I compared exhaust tones. Love the work you did Pete. Kinda wondering how you find the time to edit the Bugle and restore cars at the same time? You gotta clone or something?

Cool addition to your collection. There's something to be said for a turn key car. And something nice to be said if it'a also a Buick... Congrats

Beautiful Buick and a nice Chevy too, Ruud. Which car do the kids like better? And welcome to this forum. Always glad to see new people in here. Thanks for posting.

Welcome to this forum and I hope you take the advice to join the BCA. As for the brakes, Bhigdog called it right. Leave extra room between you and the car in front of you. BUT, you might also want to have a look to see if the brake shoes are worn, or covered in grease/ or moisture. If you can pull off a front tire, and then the drum, you can assess the thickness of the shoes, and while you have the drum off, lightly sand the surface of the shoes and the inside ring of the drum. I would use 100 grit paper for this. Also look at the condition of the rubber hose to the front wheels. If they are cracked or appear to be exceptionally old, then you would want to replace them. If it were me, I'd do these things before messin around with the brake booster.

What you may be missing is a clean connection at the pigtail positive or at the negative bolt on the fender. Also your new bulb may be defective.

Great. Drive it some too.

If you have a separate speaker, try hooking it up to the radio and see if that helps. Also, remember, there are only two or three AM radio stations around here that are powerful enough for the radio to capture.

It's great to get the jump on parts like this, but the big problem here is the relatively small portion of the Buick folks that frequent this site limits the number of people viewing your ad. If you are a member of the Buick Club you can post an ad in the monthly magazine, the Bugle, and reach a much larger population, who no doubt would like to have this hood as a backup.

The patches look great Adam. Nice work!

Well, I never would have suspected this to occur. Offhand, do you know what year car the wheels came off of? But the color scheme sounds great. The Chassis looks really good too. Can't wait to see some pics of it done. I'm really growing fond of the 50-52's. Something about the shape and size just screams "perfect"... BTW, great to see your sons involved with you on this project. How do they like the car?

My experience has been that unless someone complains, no one will ever bother you about any of these types of laws. This particular law was most likely considered just so the authorities would have something to throw at someone when there's a problem and they want to slap you around. Looking at the other parts of the law I noticed that no one is allowed to have a building that has rodents in it. Well, who the heck is gonna enforce that one? But in case the authorities get called to a place that is infested and there is no local ordinance, they can revert to this statewide code and cite the owner. Basically just a way to cover their behinds. In my case I was cited because one of the townboard members lived around the corner from me and did not like the sight of one of my cars in the back yard. In my town they won't let you have any unlicensed car outside in your yard. So they slapped me around and forced me to register the vehicle even though I had no intention of using it. Of course once it was registered, I pulled it out from behind the shed and put it on prominent display where everyone could see it. But it actually worked out as I fixed the mechanicals and had a good time driving it. But I left it unpainted and parked it in my legal driveway right by the road every night.

Doesn't look like there is much you can do. Our Legislature has apparently voted for this overall Law, and in the case of local ordinances which are looser, this law superceeds. I found a better site on the web regarding this law and have put a link below. Meanwhile here is their official definition of an inoperable automobile: INOPERABLE MOTOR VEHICLE. A vehicle which cannot be driven upon the public streets for reasons including but not limited to being unlicensed, wrecked, abandoned, in a state of disrepair, or incapable of being moved under its own power. How sad that it has come to this. The next step is to fight this and have it turned over, but be honest, how many people are going to be willing to do that when so many other people keep trashy yards to begin with, impacting their real estate values? Perhaps in your dad's case he might argue some sort of grandfather clause? But you probably need a lawyer for that argument. STATE INFORMATION

Don't know why people always drop those other engines in. Seems to be a lot of Buick power available. For me it's always dissapointing to see a nice Buick hot rod without a Buick engine.

That one ought to have a fuse in the fuse panel. Looks like you may need to find a panel BUT, if you need a temporary solution I'd go with what JP said about making a new line with an inline fuse. If you go to NAPA or another car store, just buy a package of alligator clips, an inline fuse holder, and some 14ga wire. Then make a by pass that you can clip to the stubs of your fuse box.

There was a period in my life when I ran out of gas at least once every year with the 56. The 3rd to the last time that happened I was in a very tight spot. I was on a Parkway which had cross roads for exits, not exit ramps. To make a long story short, without help I had to push the back half of the car up a small hump in the road to get off a blind curve of the parkway. All I could see was someone coming around that turn at 55 MPH not expecting a car blocking that lane. My back hurt for a few days after that. That day I vowed to fix that gas guage and untill then EVERY time I went out in the car I made sure I had sufficient gas, and I never took it on that parkway again either. But five or so years ago I had it out and was headed to the gas station when it ran out a few hundred yards short of coasting range to the gas station. Thanks to the neighbor with an extra gallon for his lawnmower. And this summer I ran out again. Seems the gas guage works okay as long as the battery is fully charged and I've got at least 1/4 tank to go. Either of those conditons not met, and it's off.

I'm no expert but the blue and white Buick shield on the radiator seems to stand out on the car on the left, so I think it's a Buick. The car on the right has the sweep out grill of the 35 Buick so I thought that's what it was. It would be great if someone has more definite information though.

Well, do it up right for her. She and the car are both golden... By the way, what's the plans for the car? what color and are the wheels staying on? Did those road wheels fit over the rivits on the front brake drums or did you have to grind the rivits off?

Which circuit is this Scott? On my 56 some of the circuits are factory wired with an in line fuse regardless of the spots on the fuse panel.