Mark Shaw

The distributor was integral to the unit. Several GM cars and trucks between 1914 & 1925 used Delco starter-generators. This one does look like a Buick but my nameplate does not clearly state the model number. I have a 1924 Master Six Buick that has only July 29, 1919 listed as the last patent date on the unit. I hope this helps....

Yup, I agree totally. Sandy Olsen is a good buddy.

I received a sample copy and I agree with the consensis at last nights local HCCA meeting. It just isn't worth $40 per year when club members already get publications like the HCCA Gazette and the BCA Bugle. I really do hope that advertising can reduce the subcription price to enable this publication to survive. But I stand by my previous opinion that other club publications currently offer more value for the $$.

Dave, I have purchased several speedos at swap meets over the years with the hope that I would have enough parts to make one or two good ones. The Stewart speedos with the reset knob on the upper right are much harder to find. I will check my inventory and let you know if I have what you need.

Me too!

Years ago, I used sealer on my 29 Buick gas tank with good success. I used pea gravel & a full can of Drano drain cleaner with a gallon or two of hot water & did the Chubby Checker dance to get it clean. My latest solution for my 15 Buick speedster tank (it was in bad shape) was to pull all the dents and send it to a tin plater in Portland OR. He had it caustic dipped first. Then he used machine screws to secure the baffles that were just soldered into place before he dipped it in molten tin to coat it inside and out. He then removed the screws and re-soldered all the holes and joints with the same tin. It cost $200, but it will never rust, & I will never have problems with new fuel. Heck, I could even make it a hybrid fuels speedster....

Any rims??? I am looking for a 24" Buick rim.

The car looks great either way. My guess is that a previous owner did not want to spend the $$ to nickel plate the headlight buckets & just painted them.

The "Flying 8" radiator cap for 31 & 32 are a little different. The 8 on the 31 cap is a rounded number while the 32 8 is more angular. Just don't get the wrong one. The oil can should be relatively easy to find. The bottom flares out slightly to snap into the holder. Good crank hole covers are hard to come by, and when they do come up on Ebay, they go for high $$. Good luck....

Wayne has offered some good advice. It will help to distribute the load to all four wheels of the Durango & will help with tire wear and braking too. I towed my Buicks with a 2000 Durango on my 16' open trailer without a load distribution hitch, but with a sway bar & had no problems. But, when I got an enclosed trailer, I really needed the distribution hitch and the sway bar....and a bigger tow rig! It was really too much for the Durango, so I got a full size Silverado Z71 & now I can tow just about any single car hauler. And my mileage while towing is much better now too!

The Standards had black headlight buckets & the Masters had plated buckets in 1929. That is how I identified the right parts at swap meets for my car (now my son's car). My reference book says the 1928 Standard series had new bullet shaped painted headlights except for models 24 & 25 which were nickel plated. It also states that all Master Sixes had chromed headlight shells.

Exactly!

The old chain drives tend to be noisy and unreliable. Most of my touring buddies have converted the chain to a modern cable and modified the ends to work (that is, when they actually use their original speedometers). Several have been using GPS units to gauge actual speed & distance and some have been using digital bicycle speedometers that read tire revolutions via a magnet on the wheel. My 13 Buick speedo is noisy at the front wheel & I have no speedo cable at all. So, I just don't have the drive gear riding on the wheel gear. I plan to get a digital bicycle speedo and run the wire up the speedo tube and hide the digital unit where I can see it while driving. I might even put it into the speedo head so I can see it through the odometer hole in the face.

Try Restoration Supply Page 6 of their catalog. http://www.restorationstuff.com/Catalog/catalog.html

You probably have the wrong spring. Check this eay item http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1924-29-V...1QQcmdZViewItem

FOR SALE—1955 Buick Special/Century power steering assembly with column $200. Mark Kappler, 360-574-1027

FOR SALE—1955 Buick Special/Century power steering assembly with column $200. Mark Kappler, 360-574-1027

Perhaps you should list this on the BCA buy/sell forum.

Try this: http://www.manheimgold.com/car_lo.html

Find a copy of last month's Buick Bugle magazine. There is a good article on older water pumps in it.

Look up Terry Wiegand in Kansas. I believe he is making replacement valve cages and the special tool to remove & install them. I just have a piece of pipe with lugs that fit in the slots at the top of the cages.

Yup, syncro trannies started in mid year 1931. I have been told the 50 series shared the Marquette driveline early in 1931 (probably models made in 1930 for sale in 1931).

Hang in there guys & gals, Dave Ebert's computer with all our member's email addresses is still at the computer doctor. The good news is that most, if not all, of the members digital car photos Dave has collected have been recovered. This means that Derek will eventually be able to post them on the PWD website. Dave is still waiting to get his computer back to see if all the email addresses can be recovered. Meanwhile, stay tuned for more updates...or just wait awhile longer to get the next newsletter. Thanks,

Always looking for parts for the cars listed below. Please email me directly with what you have. Thanks, durcodude@comcast.net

I suggest you try the Buick forum.