MrEarl

I know you do. I thought he was either a lean Rhodesian Ridge Back or a Vizsla. Sorry to hear he is gone.

any chance you got a shot of the engine. would love to see the pulley set up for the AC

Looking great Billy. Man, I see 10 guys on that roof. And must have been a big crew to frame up building and deck the roof and sides in one day too. Got to admit I'm jealous. Look forward to following the interior, really like the re-purposed corrugated metal.

Yea, didn't no couple of big Huey helicopters come in and drop it off, tha's for sure. Thanks Matt, I appreciate your appreciation of it. And I know you know how things go when working alone. I'm hoping to get some help when I get started on the inside Thanks Chris, appreciate that.

Cool. "took delivery" .... not familiar with that term. I'll be using the small corrugated tin for 4 ft wainscoat then 2x6's from there 8 ft up. So start a thread and show us what you're doing to your garage. I am looking to have a early Buick script type flag made for the front of the garage "someday".

No sir, that looks like a flyboy, I was a jarhead. Just noticed and edited my original post to give credit to the owner of the photo, our own Dave Gelinas, of whom we have not seen here im some time.

RED Friday Photo courtesy of our member Dave Gelinas

Marilyn Monroe the most beautiful woman ever. I have looked for years for a picture of her in or on a Buick. Is this the closest I’ll ever get?

If I ever get there I’ll for sure let you know brother

Thanks Ben... gettin there. Never arriving, always just getting there

You dropped by the house in that car years ago right. No nibbles on the letters yet. Was hoping to find a good home for them here so I could sort of keep track of them. Open to suggestions on how to market them elsewhere.

About this time I recall listening to this guy a lot, in-particular this song. Went somethin like this... But I swear that God is there every time I glare in the eyes of my best friend Says my son it's all been done and someday your gonna wake up old and gray So go and try to have some fun showing warmth to everyone You meet and greet and cheat along the way Click it and listen if ya like, if not just pass it by... Really lovin working with this old yellow pine, most of it is bordering on old heart pine. Every saw cut I make, I get a whiff of lighter. A good friend from Nashville started feeling sorry for me working by myself so he came down and helped install another layer of blue board on the interior. Along with a little drinkin and cigar smokin....what else are good friends for After he had enough, I started on the outside with blue board in between the girts and taped good. and finally the sheathing. I love putting this stuff up, goes fast and you get a lot to show for a days work.

Before the tin goes on the back, comes the sheathing. 'fore that though need to install some guards to keep the tree rats from getting in between the truss and tin. Cut some 18 inch flashing in half while still rolled up then rolled it out and cut into measured lengths to fit between the purlins. Got the back man door in

A lot of the work so far has been pretty mundane. Turning the corner and getting started on the back wall was a bit more thrilling. Found a good deal on some scaffolding on CL that made quick and safe erection of the back wall go pretty smoothly. One man, one board, one nail at a time. And get some colors up and some good ol pine 2x12 door headers Peace brother... Truss braces filled in and angled double 2x6s to catch the roofline of the welding shed

OK, here is how I trimmed out the windows. I will be installing some french doors as windows hinged at the top to open to the inside. I just used the old rule of starting at the bottom and covering up as you go to keep the water moving. I furnished the metal works company where I bought the tin for my roof with some sketches and dimensions of how to form the tin and it all worked out fine. The only screw up being, I ordered plain galvanized but got galvalume, hence the difference in color. I can paint over that. (Not literally).

After taking care of the tree rats with the hardware cloth up top, ran some ground rat guard along the bottom. Tha's a grade string line in orange. Another great benefit of the rat guard was that it made holding and screwing up the tin so easy. Not finding all the pictures I know I took of putting up the siding on the sides. My good friend the 8 ft level taking a rest break Inspector Kowpi holding a concrete block down My help finally arrived to help temporarily wrap the end sheet of tin around the corner to keep it from cutting somebody. Hmmmm need to get some stone down to keep the red Georgia clay from staining the tin don't I.... Ran some poly along the treated 2x8 base board up to the rat guard and out about 3 feet to help keep the rain water from migrating back under the slab. 4 feet of the stone will be left exposed as a poor mans sidewalk and the rest was feathered out to allow better drainage after backfilling over it with topsoil. It also has positive drainage parallel with the building. Happened to notice the sawed contraction/control joints doing their job And Elvis coolin it in the shade.

you mean like this? "Was like that when I picked it up" says the enclosed car hauler Damn near backed into a pine tree when unloading due to lack of brakes too. As beautiful of a car as it was, I was never able to get over the heartache of that. And then there was the time I drove all the way to New Jersey only to open the hood of an eBay purchased 13K original mile '54 Roadmaster and find the engine bay, engine and fender wells and radiator had all been painted with a paint brush. "Yeaaa, my son did that, he thought he was doing me a favor" I literally started looking for place to throw up, seriously. Pictures show only what the seller wants to show.

Merged the duplicate thread from General to here to keep all the great photos together

Yea, I knew it was one of those N countries...? Will ll do Tom.

I'll ask, what series is it.?

But they would be just the right scale for your Buickmahal

I have posted a For Sale thread up in the AACA Memorabilia, Toys , Art forum but thought it may be of general interest to all so thought I would post a reference to it here. Some of you will recall when the article originally came out in the Buick Bugle. Click the arrow in the right hand top corner

I have posted a for sale thread down in the Memorabilia, Toys , Art forum but thought it may be of general interest to all so thought I would post a reference to it here. Click the arrow in the right hand top corner

and now for the sales pitch... While I am an ardent and passionate lover of all things Buick, I have always had an interest in the Oldsmobiles and Pontiacs of the post war period also. So when I learned of the upcoming auction to be held at the Doraville Stamping and Assembly Plant consisting of cranes, welders, cabinets, toolboxes and all other types of cool shop stuff I had to wonder just how old some of this stuff could be and perhaps some of it could be from the B.O.P. era. It would be a 3 day affair. First day – inspection, second day – auction, third day - pickup of purchases. Needless to say, I went. Among the things I scored were an old drill press, an Art Deco style tool box and anvils, all with old brass BOP-Atlanta tool tags from pre 1950 on them. But the biggest thing scored was the letters that had glowed from atop the building and had been seen by millions of travelers on I 285 over the years. Sadly I have decided to sell the GENERAL MOTORS ASSEMBLY PLANT letters in order to help fund the completion of my Buick Sales and Service Garage. http://forums.aaca.org/topic/303001-my-buick-sales-and-service-garage/ This is my first offering of the letters and I wanted the AACA forum members to have first shot. The letters are stainless steel frames with fluorescent illuminated acrylic fronts. Each letter is 24 inches tall and will require approximately 28 linear feet of space to install as they were originally were installed on the building. Some of the florescent tubes are broken and six of the white acrylic letters are cracked, some worse than others, so some repairs and restoration will be required for a perfect display. Had I kept the lights I had planned to replace the florescent tubes with simple LED lights. The acrylic letters can be obtained at any sign company. Price: On the day of the auction, because I doubted I would have the funds myself to purchase the letters, my friend that was with me and I made a pact that we would combine funds and bid up to a certain amount on them. We won! As I am sure you can imagine, considering the uniqueness and one off characteristic of them, determining the value and coming up with a price has not been easy. Considering what I have seen some antique dealership signage and other gas and oil signs sell for in the recent past and considering the great historical significance of them, we are asking $5,000 for the letters. Offers considered. Pick up in Athens Georgia or I will bring to Hershey in October. Please message me if interested. I would also appreciate your forwarding this to anyone else you think may be interested. Thanks, and I hope if nothing else you enjoyed the story that goes with them. The letters when I first spied them in bins in the corner of the dock area Yours truly amongst the letters the day after the auction when we came back to pick them up. Note the shadowed areas where the letters were once attached to the facade of the old building I also managed to grab a brick from the original building built in the late 40's