Mark Shaw

Good one Grandpa

You might try seam sealer for vinyl flooring.

Here are a couple of photos from last week-end's show. There were lots more Buicks, but my wife only took shots of the Prewar group. I was too busy working at the show to get out my camera.

Contact Terry Wiegand via email: btwiegand@prodigy.net See if he has what you need.

I agree with Lief. Use Carb cleaner and check all the gaskets and seals. You may just be leaking from the banjo fitting (where the fuel line connects to the carb.). You should also clean the float needle and seat. Check the gasket that seals the main jet too. Does it take awhile to get enough fuel to start?

I swapped a bunch of wheel lugs to Terry Wiegand over a year ago. I will send him a copy of your post to see if he can help.

Our 29 Buick did this too, until I stopped using antifreeze. I have not tried Rug Doctor additive. First try plain water filled to just cover the core. If you still get air into the coolant, it is more probably due to a starved pump suction causing the pump to cavitate. This can be due to a plugged radiator core or a collapsed hose. Replace your hoses first (it is less work and the lower cost solution). To test your radiator: Remove it from the car. Stuff a rag into the bottom outlet so it will hold water. Fill the radiator to just cover the core. Tilt it with the bottom outlet up at 45 degrees. Remove the rag & see how far the water shoots out. If it shoots less than two feet, you have restricted flow through the core & will need to have it rodded out or replaced.

Don, This forum is probably your best bet to find them if they exist. Or, you may get some other members to join you in making a production run for less $$.

I have one for a standard 116 series.

Very impressive body work. Many here in the USA would not try to restore a body in such condition. Do you plan to restore it to original condition?

Bill, Glad you made it. Here are a couple more photos I just got today.

Yes, they are Buffalo Wheels. I believe they were an option on many cars, and probably came with your car if it is an original speedster. You most likely have to make the parts you need to mount them as these are relatively hard to find and expensive today.

Derek, It sounds like you may have a leaky gasket on the carb. float bowl. You may not need either the electric fuel pump or the carb rebuild if you replace the gasket. I always try to do the inexpensive fix first....

Scott, Many disagree on this subject, but I use non-detergent oil in all my cars. In my opinion, (and it is just an opinion), cars without filters (or once through oiling systems like my 13 Buick) have no need for detergent oils. I agree with other posts on this forum; that the cheapest non-detergent oil you can buy today is much better than the oils these cars used when they were new.

NTX, I'm not "riled up", but I do have a different opinion. I believe Ford focused on the working man's needs & supplied lots of cars in lots of versions for farm, city, & utility. The simple light weight designs of early Fords along with "integrated manufacturing" enabled Ford to very effectively penetrate mass markets for their products. GM, Chrysler, and others continued to manufacture their products with many components from other manufacturers and produced more made-to-order vehicles targeted at the smaller upper middle class and luxury markets. Their manufacturing methods along with their heavier and more labor intensive designs forced them into these smaller markets. The wood bodies, wartime metal drives, and high cost of repairs also contributed to a limited number of survivors.

That "little sweetie" is my 2 1/2 year old grand daughter.

I just did this on a 63 Special. The two adjustment screws are 120 degrees apart with a spring holding the third position. It is the spring that allows the two screws to move the headlight position. Two smaller screws (right next to the adjustment screws) hold the retainer ring .

My buddy Rob bought a sweet little 63 Special convertible for $9K & shipped it to WI.

It is a bit hard to tell from the photo, but it looks like the front part of a Delco starter/generator used from the mid teens into the mid 20's. The drive shaft also has a complete water pump assy. that mounts on the same shaft driven off the timing gear in the front of a Buick engine.

Check out this little blonde!

Yup, Buicks got the trophy again this year.

Brian, Yes they truly were adventures, and I hope some photos will show up too. I was so busy for the last two weeks I just now had time to post this. We also went to the Buick Oldsmobile, Pontiac Picnic (BOP) at Rooster Rock. We had a good time and I won a new multi-tester in the raffle. Buicks numbered more than others again!

What a great time we all had in the last couple of weeks! It all started with the BBQ on Tuesday evening for the Buick caravans traveling through Portland on their way to Seattle for the National Meet. There were over 40 people for a Salmon BBQ dinner with salads, chips, and other side dishes supplied by our local BCA Portland Chapter members. Everyone enjoyed the salmon, except those who preferred hamburgers or were over an hour late. (I’m not mentioning any names here, but it was evidently a longer way from Texas than expected.) The only glitch was that all the corn-on-the-cob that was prepared in advance and placed in the oven to stay warm was still in the oven when everybody was gone! So it all went into the freezer until we got back from our Buick adventures 10 days later. We have had corn with every meal for the past week! We had quite a showing of beautiful Buicks on our street. Some of my neighbors were driving by just to look at the cars. (Please email any photos you have so we can include them in the PWD newsletter.) One neighbor found a neat tire gauge that was left on the street. It was run over, but it still works. Let me know if it is yours; if someone doesn’t claim it, my neighbor wants to keep it. Wednesday morning almost a dozen cars departed Vancouver for the scenic Pre-War caravan route to Bellevue. We all missed a turn before our scheduled stop at Kelso, but everyone caught up to continue on for lunch at a great little park just north of Centrailia. Fred and Ann Sears brought us buckets of hot KFC for lunch, and Ann (the cookie lady) made homemade cookies for everyone. They are guaranteed an invite to all our tours and caravans after this…. We continued on back roads until we got to the greater Seattle area where we had to use freeways for the last 30 miles to Bellevue. Many of us found the diamond lanes were moving at our speeds, so we used them without holding up traffic flow to arrive about 3:30 PM. Unfortunately, those without passengers arrived about 30 minutes later, not bad for a total distance of over 180 miles. The meet was well organized and everything went as smoothly as could be expected. We enjoyed the evening cruise on Elliott Bay with exceptional views of Mt. Rainier on a clear night with the moon in the background, and the Seattle lights & sights. I am sure everyone has their own stories about their experiences at the meet, so I will only say that there was too much to do on Saturday with all the judging, tallying results, etc. So, as usual, the banquet program did not get done in time for a trial run through. I have suggested that the BCA board should review the scheduling for future meets to help resolve this repeated issue. But I think the host clubs did a great job! PreWar Division AfterTour: The PWD After-Tour left Sunday morning with just enough drizzle to make stopping an adventure in a 1913 Buick with two wheel mechanical brakes and skinny tires! Our tour leader stopped abruptly at a yellow light to keep everyone together. So when I did my slide around him into the left lane just in time to stop next to him, I leaned over and suggested that he shouldn’t do that again! He didn’t, and everyone spaced out and used walkie-talkies to stay in contact for the rest of the tour. The rain stopped before we arrived to tour the Boeing Aircraft manufacturing plant and museum. We had lunch at the museum and continued north to spend an hour or so in La Conner to visit the antique and boutique stores. We arrived in Anacortes to check into our hotel before meeting at a local restraunt overlooking Puget Sound for a beautiful sunset dinner. Monday morning we drove to Sedro Woolley to visit Pat & Merrily Ferrell’s museum and car collection. Pat had his Stanley Steam Mountain Wagon ready to take several passengers on a ride to our lunch stop on Chuckanut Drive. We had a beautiful drive, but at the first Chuckanut turnout, the Stanley made a bad noise and stopped working. Pat had to trailer it 26 miles home for repairs, but was glad it didn’t happen a week before when he was hundreds of miles away from home. After lunch at the Oyster Creek Inn (where the food was exceptional) we toured the Taylor Shellfish Farm & learned all about clams, mussels, & oysters as well as the mud races held there a week earlier. Then we all drove back to Anacortes via the scenic route on bay-shore roads for dinner. Tuesday was an early 7 AM departure for the ferry to Friday Harbor. Starbucks Coffee and bagels were provided because our favorite breakfast place “The Calico Café” didn’t open until 7 AM. After a wonderful ferry ride through the San Juan Islands, we arrived at Friday Harbor at 10 AM to circumnavigate San Juan Island with stops at Roche Harbor for lunch, English Camp for a history lesson, Lime Kiln National Park for whale watching and a lighthouse tour, American Camp for another history lesson, and finally back to Friday Harbor for shopping & dinner before another ferry ride back to Anacortes. It was just getting dark, so we turned on our lights and drove into town for ice cream before returning to the hotel. Wednesday morning we all checked out after breakfast and went south across the very impressive Deception Pass Bridge to Whidbey Island and on through the quaint little town of Coupeville to Fort Casey. We took time to see the lighthouse and gun emplacements overlooking Puget Sound & continued south to have lunch at the Beach Fire Grille on a golf course at the south end of the island. We then caught the Mukilteo ferry back to the mainland where everyone said their goodbyes. The weather, people, and cars were all great! I can hardly wait until we get to do it again!

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