JohnD1956

Yes, I noticed it. 26 Buick you said. Looked pretty nice to me. And thanks for posting the pics.

Excellent. Too bad the film crew never made it to the rest of the show.

Sharp car!

Always a shame to hear of such loses. Our condolences to the family and friends.

Excellent work! And a great story about the beginning of a new Buick guy. Congrats.

I am no longer selling these wheels, but ar they what you're looking for? If so, be warned, there is an early design ( from 84 or so) and a later design. The difference is the later design had lug holes with a sountersunk face to use regular acorn nuts, while the earlier ones needed the lugs with centering washers. These are the earlier style.

Thanks for the update. It is kinda frustrating when we see all these good but different ideas and the original poster never returns to tell us the other half of the story. Glad you got her going. See you at a BCA meet sometime I hope.

Well Paul, rock salt is not the end of the world on a old car. That's why God made garden hoses.

Too bad. That car looks beautiful and like a lot of fun too!

If your 52 has the glass bowl filter in the fuel line near the carb, look there for rust first. If you don't have any there I would hold off on pulling the tank till you check the other possibilities.

A non supercharged 2002 3800 has the plastic intake manifold issue. Now I understand that it's just a part on the manifold that's plastic and it touches something metal which eventually burns through the plastic leading to steamy conditions under the hood. conditions which for all intents and purposes would look like a blown head gasket. However, that being said, I suppose even a 3800 could have a bad gasket from the factory by accident.

Dyna, it would be easier, and less expensive to have the overdrive transmission beefed up, and find and drop in an Olds 403, BUT the hard part is finding a decent set of rear end gears. I believe the 90 is pushing all that weight through a 2.43 drive ratio, and unless you could find a 3.06 or thereabouts, the car will be lackluster.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bill Tatro</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Dan: .. all the problems I have had with the rotors from the start...this car has 41K, and I live at a high altitude (high for MA anyway)...Front rotors have been (supposedly) turned 3X and replaced the last time. Rear rotors turned last time ..Good Luck Robin </div></div> Interesting comment Robin. We have the pulsing in our 06 CXL's front rotors too, and we now have 32K on the car, BUT I would not let them turn the rotors. Every time you turn them, they get skinnier, and more susceptible to warpage because they will overheat faster. In our case I wanted the dealer to install new rotors but they wanted to turn them and install new brake pads. I decided to forgo the work because in my humble opinion, a turned rotor is ruined, especially in a situation such as you describe. And now for a quick Hijack of this thread... This is one reason GM is in such a state today. These dealers know that turning the rotors is BS. Now look at you, back 4 times for what should have been a one time repair which would have made you, the customer, happy. Instead, now you're thinking of dumping the car before 50K, and chances are, unless you're a Buick enthusiast, you're going to think long and hard about how the last Buick did not give you satisfactory service. I sure wish someone at the Buick Marketing Group would pull the cotton out of their noses so they can smell the smoke of a distant fire! Now back to the topic of this thread.

Derek, regarding the grey /white 56 roadmaster, If this is the car with factory A/C, do you know who the owner is? If he is "on line", can you ask him if I can send him an e mail?

Olympic 33 Just wanted to let you know, my wife said your car was awesome!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: DriveAG2</div><div class="ubbcode-body">.. to all who run their cars in the winter is to run them long enough to get them fully hot... It takes several miles of hard driving to dry out the engine. This might test your enthusiasm ... </div></div> Jay, I agree with the others, awesome car. It looks great on the snow. And this reminds me of the presentation I attended this past weekend. The great grandson ( Jeff Mahl) of George Shuster gave a first person removed account of George's escapades while he was part of the Thomas Flyer team during The Great Automobile Race, from New York to Paris in 1908. The race started February 12th from Times Square in NY City and traveled through NY State to San Francisco. Needless to say the team found snow, and plenty of it in a windshield less and topless automobile. Jeff had a presentation that included many pictures of the adventure AND he impersonates George telling the stories just as he heard it from George himself many times. This was a very entertaining event I hope to remember for a long time.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BUICK RACER</div><div class="ubbcode-body">They still change managers like even more often than every 3 years, it's crazy. </div></div> It makes little sense to me to constantly rock the boat like that. The few times Buick excelled and gained market strength I guess the thought process would be "lets get this guy higher up to bring everyone up." But with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, it does not look like it ever worked that way. Instead they just managed to loose the market share they enjoyed when the product took a new turn. But the thought that started me on this thread was the line that essentially indicated that GM, in the mid 80's, was already looking and planning within to eliminate internal competition. Basically to modify the product so that each Division would develope an identity. They referred to Buicks focus as the Premium American Motorcar. I guess I just wonder how long GM and the divisions will adhere to a strategy that is iritating so many loyal enthusiasts?

Just wondering, how many here have read The Buick, A Complete History by Terry B. Dunham and Lawrence R. Gustin. I recieved a copy back in 2003 and am still trying to finish it after all these years, but it is so striking to read their interpretation of accounts over time and to see the parallel to todays economic and GM's fiscal situation. Just getting through the 1984-85 years now. One thing that strikes me is it seems GM moved managers around every 3 years or so. Hardly enough time to build any type of organization and iron out the kinks. Makes me wonder how much that type of management contributed to todays problems?

Thanks for posting those great pictures. Where is this most interesting place?

That is a nice color combo! I suspect there was not many produced like that one. I wonder how it performs?

This sounds like a classic case of vapor lock. Look at the fuel line from the pump to the carb. It often runs between the back of the thermostat housing and front of the head. In some cases it has been bent over time and will touch the hot surfaces around it. When it does, the gas may vaporize in the line and this forms a block for liquid gas. The fix is simple, bend the line back so it is not touching any other metal parts. Just do it easy, and a little at a time, so as to prevent distorting the line too much. Remember, just get it off other surfaces. Good luck

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: GSJOHN</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="color: #33CC00"><span style="font-weight: bold">Personally, I prefer the Metallic Pea Wagon Queen Family Truckster. "If you think you hate it now, wait til you drive it"!! </span></span> </div></div> I guess you could argue that this car has a certain attraction. If I had it I would definitely want to mate it with a Mack truck

Sad day for Buick enthusiasts and a sad day for GM. But if GM is going down, then glad someone got it. Still, regardless of the price for the T bird or any other car, I'd be hard pressed to pay that type of money for a car. And then be expected not to drive it. In the spirit of this hobby, the sales price makes my Electra seem even better to me. Cause once I did it out of the ice & snow I can drive it any day I want. At least till there's no more oil.

Go Lamar, Go!

Let us know if you need a second driver. That's the least we can do for ya.