JalopyBob
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Not laughing, its a lot of fun!
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For headlights I have only one word. Cibie! Got my first set in 1972. So I am older. They still make great lights.
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Seth, you are going to autocross a Reatta? What else would run in the same class with it? Many moons ago I autocrossed a 66 mid engine 427 Corvair. I have always thought that my 90 Reatta handled "kinda sporty" on the highway, but never thought of one for autocross. Let me know how that works out if you will please.
after some reading I see that a lot of you guys dont recommend this swap. I realize the teves system that is on it is a good system the best for the time but this isn't going to be a daily driver car autocross is what I would like to set it up for and my teves is smoked beyond repair leaks around the pump and it just seems easier to swap to the vacuum booster. thanks for your input Daniel! -
Ragtop, you been smokin the Wacky again?
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I like the top down shot with the changing color trees and mountains in the background!
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Thanks for the link Barney. Last month I took a 3D printing class through the Microsoft store. It was basic, but very enlightening, and we were able to print a few things.
Also last month at the IMTS show at McCormick Place in Chicago they printed a complete car, assembled it and drove it. That is something that I would not have been able to
imagine 10 years ago. They can print human bones for replacement, and have printed working hands for those born with birth defects or missing hands. I want to learn more.
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Talk about survivors.... I know we need to be cautious when talking about a car for sale and that is what I am warning here. There is a red convertible on Ebay that is listed with 103K miles. Information that has come to me for the database shows it had 249K in 2004 in CT, 111K in 2005 in FL now it shows 103 in yet another state. There could be many explanations of the crazy mileage numbers so I recommend doing some research when buying a car from someone you do not know. Just an example of a car that appears to have had several owners.
This car did not sell at $3100. The guy showed 103000 miles in the listing and his auto history check report showed last reported miles at 185000.
If it had 249000 ten years ago its probably close to 300000 now. Maybe a testament to Buick longevity at the very least. 5 owners, but lots of monkeybusiness
somewhere along the way.
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That wing just needs some multicolor flashing led lights, maybe in sync to the radio, that's all, and it will be good to go.
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Take the Reatta out for a ride and smile.
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All are interesting ideas as a solution to do the same job. Better than handing the cup to your passenger and saying "here hold this please".
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1951 was a very good year. When the Reatta was released I was driving an 80 Toronado and had two little kids, so the Reatta was not going to work
as a family car. I kept the Toro through 91, it was such a nice car to drive. But I kept remembering that I still wanted a Reatta, and bought my 90
about 7 years ago from the original owner with just over 57,000 miles on it, now it has 62,000 + miles and still makes me smile when I drive it. It has
a few things that need to be checked out and I try to keep it in nice shape. For the long run.
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Hope your Reatta makes you smile as much as mine has for me. Sure they will have some quirks, but there is nothing else on the road like a Reatta.
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Here is the way that I see it as the dad to kids in their late 20's. They like some of our cars, but they want to do things their own way.
They want to hang out with their peers and do things the way that their peers do, not the way that their dads and grandpas do them.
They want to make their own mark on the world. It's great to extend a welcome to the young ones, and a few might become involved,
but the majority have no interest in hanging out with "us old folks".
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Yes that's the issue. Website forums are far too easy to get out of hand. Yet, if all the posters here were in a room together with a beverage of choice and the topic came up, we could hash it out in about 2 beers, er, 30 minutes (or longer for some of us).
I am 50 years old and can not wrap my head around what it takes to update or maintain a website. It's already "up" so perhaps the last webmaster has crib notes and the hard stuff is done. Now, on the Kaiser Frazer Owners Club website, very little changes, and that includes a forum, so perhaps the real time work involved isn't as much as thought.
I'll ask my friend about it, he is a website guru and is always creating websites out of thin air for his community's special events, they pop up, are utlized to convey information and pique interest, the event passes and it goes down I think. Let me check.
In dog beers, Ive only had one.
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If the car was closer to me I would have checked into it before just writing it off as a no looker.
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No offense intended, it just reminded me of an occasion from long ago that I thought was funny.
Actually, I have never seen a Reatta broken down at the side of the road. I think Marcks red convertible looks very cool and hope that someone
will enjoy it.
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Marck said ........ "It's a great road car and I literally wouldn't think twice about driving it across the country".
The last time that I said those same words was about 10PM on a Sunday night in 1971 driving a borrowed 64 Ford Galaxie across Western Illinois
going back to school in Iowa. Not 5 minutes later cruising along I-80 at about 65mph, the manual trans just locked up out of
nowhere, no warning, just BOOM!
You have been warned..... :0)
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Jim, my 62 has the same 4:11 gears, fun in town, but an overdrive or a 5 speed would be great for the highway.
In the days of a Binks #7 and hand rubbed lacquer paint I was a pretty good painter, but have never had any experience with the upside down paint guns and clearcoat style painting. So I thought there may be another choice, find a nice matching hood, or force myself out of the stone age and learn to paint with current materials. Either way, I love the car and will not
let it look shabby.
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My Claret Red 90 coupe has been a beautiful 65,000 mile original car up until recently. In fact the original
paint was completely scratch free. Enter the neighbors landscape guy with a backpack leaf blower who hopped
the fence and put several scratches in the right front fender. The clear coat has failed on that fender and also on
the most of the hood. It looks nasty. But the hood is scratch free, just cloudy failed clear coat. Can that clear coat
be restored without painting the hood? How would that be done? Thanks!
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I like the Reatta best as a nice highway cruiser, but mine has never gone much over 75. It seems like I got most of
that top end curiosity out of my system about 35 years ago. But it sure was fun then.
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My 90 is ready for a battery now. The one that is in it is 6+ years old. Which ones have you
guys been using and are happy with? Thanks!
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It got to 91 this afternoon near OHare, still 82 now. Time for some top down motoring.
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About 2 more inches of leg room would be nice, especially on longer trips.
Maybe better speakers in the stereo for better bass.
OK, why not.... gullwing doors!
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Four Reattas sounds like the perfect number, two to drive and two parts cars would be nice.
Not sure how many there are in my area, but I see quite a few still. Lots of "drivers", mostly red, silver, and white coupes.
It is about time to take mine out for its first ride this year.
If I had a million dollars...
in Buick Reatta
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If that includes everything for $30,000.00 it seems like a whale of a deal. If you have a good place for storage.