Mark Shaw

If it is a Mc Laughlin Buick, it would be even harder to determine based only on the photo. But I think you guys have narrowed it down between 26-28.

I have several headlight lenses for Buicks. Some are the wrong size for my cars. Is it a Tilt Ray lens?

Bill, Unfortunately we are all having dinner at the boss's house tomorrow evening. New house...he needs to show off. I saw part of the John Quinn collection on the Speed Channel last week end & wondered if he had built a museum yet. Too bad, maybe next time. Thanks for the suggestions. I will see what the other non-golfers are doing tomorrow. Maybe we can get together on my next trip.

I am stuck in Sugarland TX tomorrow afternoon. Anybody know of a good car collection to go see?

I am stuck in Sugarland Texas on Tuesday afternoon (tomorrow) while most of my business associates go play golf. Anybody have a collection of Buicks or other cars I can go see?

On prewar tours, you always get more meals per mile!

I look forward to seeing this car. Unfortunately, I could not tour the museum last summer during the BCA national meet. Is it on display to the public?

I am a Viet Nam era veteran who was fortunate to be stationed in Germany. However I had many friends and schoolmates who earned combat pay, and some who did not return. For those who cannot say thanks..... Thank you!

Yes, I know. There is a 1915 C-36 in Portland that I will be test driving for a friend next week-end. We just got it running again and he had to re-work a broken wheel hub. I know he has a spare engine, but I don't know if it has a starter-Generator.

TC, Buick exported cars to several RHD countries in the teens. I am sure several members of this forum will help with your research. Dave Corbin is a regular on this site and will probably chime in to help. Buick numbers are his specialty. I am in Vancouver Wa and would be glad to help by comparing my cars to this one. I also have a stash of drive train parts for 1912 through 1931 Buicks.

I have one too. It has a patent date of 1918 and a cast number 33328 No 11 inside the bottom mount.

John, Yes, there is a way. Post the number so Dave Corbin can check it out. He has helped many ID their cars and engines on this site.

Very nicely displayed collection. I expect with that nice Buick bar, the local Buick club members must meet at this place!

I know I have one like the one on Ebay somewhere in my collection of parts. I am in Vancouver, WA

Wow, my factory is more responsive than usual today. We use a Presto-Kleen Phosphoric acid prep P-2 with Presto Black PBR and Presto Activator PBS from: Birchwood Casey 7900 Fuller Rd Eden Prairie MN 55343 http://www.birchwoodcasey.com/ Check it out.

We use what I believe is a phosphate dip process to treat carbon steel valves at our factory. I have requested a data sheet on the process. I will be traveling on business for the next few days, so It may be Thursday before I can send it to you.

Welcome and congratulations on the new old Buick! It seems you are going in the right direction....getting older cars. These old girls are still a good investment, especially for your son with many more years to enjoy them. I gave my son a 29 Buick when he graduated from college. It was the first Buick "we" restored together. We started on it when he was about 8 years old. He took it to his high school prom and really showed up the other guys who double dated in limos. I know your son will enjoy his too. The best part is that you can both enjoy the time working on it together.

Buick Club of America Pre-War Division 2008 National Meet - AfterTour July 20th – 23rd, 2008 The BCA Pre-War Division will again host an ‘AfterTour’ in conjunction with the BCA 2008 National Meet in Flint, Michigan. Mark your calendar now and plan to join other Buick enthusiasts for four fun filled days of touring in beautiful Mid Michigan. Tour highlights include: Frankenmuth, Michigan – A taste of Bavaria right here in the Mitten State. Wunderbar! Bronner’s – The World’s largest Christmas store. If they don’t have it, they don’t make it! Walter P. Chrysler Museum – Former President of Buick, I hear he found other work after he left Flint Cranbrook House & Meadowbrook Hall – Spectacular mansions and grounds of the Scripps/Booth Family and Matilda Dodge Wilson R. E. Olds Transportation Museum – Everything from Curve Dashes to your Father’s Rocket Jiffy Mix Plant Tour – Not concrete (unless you mix in wrong) the muffin mix silly! Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum / Michigan Firehouse Museum / Miller Motors – The country’s only operating Hudson dealership since 1927 Ice Cream in Hell, (Michigan) – Remember, your wife told you to go there, now you can drop her off! Outlet Malls and Antiquing stops too, plus a few surprises! Host Hotel for the 2008 Pre-War After Tour: Holiday Inn Express 17800 Silver Parkway Fenton, Michigan 48430 You should reserve your room through the Flint Visitor and Convention Bureau 888-230-2585 for the discounted rate of $81, (reg. $89.99) Hotel is 18 miles south of the BCA National Meet if you wish to stay here for both events and commute to Flint. This AfterTour will be pay-as-you-go Sun/Mon/Tues/Wed. Please contact me for your After Tour Registration form and register no later than July 1st 2008. Brian Heil & Cristine Heil 1923 Model 45 BCA #26034 Buicktown Chapter Members PWD Regional Director 11301 Fawn Valley Trail Fenton, Michigan 48430 BTHLodger@aol.com 810-869-1543

Here's the link to articles on the Peking to Paris Challenge where team Yakity Yack drove their Buick. Looks familiar doesn't it...except for the wheels. http://web.venturacountystar.com/special/2007/05/greatrace/greatrace.html

I guess you havn't been to a BCA National Meet in the last two years. Otherwise, you would have seen this modified 24 Buick Master Six "truck". I added three more photos. Two are at the Buick Oldsmobile Pontiac Picnic (BOPP), And one is from the BCA PWD AfterTour. According to a southern gentlemen I met at the Seattle Meet, it is called a "cut down". It was originally a touring car, but when the family car was no longer presentable to take to church on Sundays, farmers would cut down the back end and convert the car to a truck to earn it's keep on the farm. It is a fun rig to drive & has lots of power for hills and cruises nicely at about 50 mph. I will be changing the wood to Oak this winter and would like to add seats in the back with a woody depot hack type cover on it. Maybe I can eventually use it to sell stuff at swap meets...

You may be remembering the first Peking to Paris race? It was repeated earlier this year with a modified Buick truck like mine.

OK, good concept, but not very well done. The old beetles with the 40s style hoods I saw in the 70s & 80s looked much better. There's just nothing like the real thing!

You're right about the cheap homeowner's stuff. I used it on my new shop floor after it cured for a few months. Now it is 3 years old & it is all tire marks & peeling areas where my old cars drip gasoline.

Harold, I sure hope it wasn't your Underslung. (Frank wouldn't want to hear about it). Actually, Draino drain cleaner works with hot water. I used a whole can of the crystals & hot water in a tank that was out of the car & it worked great. I see no reason it wouldn't work in the car too. After all, most of the the gunk will be at the bottom. Use a hair drier to get all the water out when done.

My dad, now 83 years old, ran his 31 Buick on Kerosene to save his fuel rations during WW2. Buicks and a few other cars of that era had louvers in front of the radiator that were opened and closed by a thermostat. My dad disconnected the thermostat and hooked up a wire into the cab so he could manually open & close the louvers. Kerosene produces lots of white smoke when it burns at lower temperatures. So he would start the car on gasoline and switch to kerosene when the engine got hot enough. He could manually adjust the operating temperature with the louvers. He tells a funny story of getting into a dance hall for free by first laying down a smoke screen so the guy taking entrance money couldn't see him sneak down a side road to the back of the dance hall for free.