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  1. Nickelroadster,

    I am in Montana and I don't know  anyone here who can do this but I am afraid to send it half way across the country to a place I do not know  to do the work. If I lost this cylinder head I would then have a parts car I imagine. Like a lot of these Marmon's this  is one of those only known to exist bodies. It deserves to be brought back to life

  2. My wife thinks its time for me to pass my Marmon on down the road to someone else who has as much appreciation for it as I do. It is a 1927 E75 unrestored Rumble seat coupe. Even though that is the case I can't quit looking for the few items I need to make it a complete car. I need to come up with the rumble seat footrest stands but I don't even know what they look like. So am image of what I need would be wonderful. This car has a body built by Robbin Body  so is an all steel body and I want to finish the body wood if I can before it goes. I hate half finished projects and I will leave this world with to many I am afraid. I want to at least get this done . I appreciate all the help I have gotten from all the Marmon folks over the years. I have been too sick to keep active in the club.

    With warm regards

    Gary

  3. Hi Alec,

    Those rollers were available from GM individually and there were several different places different rollers were used. Since you ask if there is a difference in regulators between power and manual ( the answer is yes ) I am wondering if you are asking about the quarter window regulator lift arm roller. Or perhaps another guide roller that was used in a different position. Unless we know the year of your Wildcat and what type of windows you have either power or manual we cannot answer this question.

  4. There should be a 4 digit number stamped into the case of the glove box lock. I have a code book that will tell me how to use that code to cut a new key using a Curtis key cutter.  Any locksmith should be able to do this for you and it should work in the trunk and door as well. I also have an almost complete set of GM masters for this vintage. Most locksmiths should have these as well. At least that is if they have been around as long as the car has been. Let us know how it turns out

  5. I was also thinking Buick and possibly higher-line Pontiac may have used these, but GM being GM, back then there was probably just enough difference in the pieces to not be exactly correct. As far as fit I'll say since they all used the same basic Fisher body, fit should not be an issue. It would be the appearance details.

    But, 55 years later, how many people would pick up on a minor difference in appearance?

    Let's hope that after two years Gary has found the pieces he seeks, and if they weren't available in 2011, maybe the fellow making them for Buick can help. He hasn't been here since early 2012 though.

    Actually, I am still looking for the plastic strips and headliner material as well. I would love to learn more about making them and visualize that they must be an extrusion and I wonder if a person made the die if you couldn't hire a screw extrusion machine to run of a 500 foot roll.

    My 58 is a Super 88 original J2 model low mileage but needs a lot of work original paint that is nice, body very straight but someone broke out almost all the glass before I got it. Thinking about leaving it as a survivor car with just a new interior and of coarse glass.

    Thanks for the interest

    Gary

  6. I have several General Motors NOS moldings that I can't identify and I am finally going to ask the real experts.

    Can anyone help me ?

    4841323 ( brown and yellow GM wrapper) looks like door

    4841322 ( brown and yellow GM wrapper) looks like door

    4841228 ( brown and yellow GM wrapper)

    4840250 ( brown and yellow GM wrapper)

    4840871 ( brown and yellow GM wrapper)

    4845845 ( brown and yellow GM wrapper)

    Thanks in advance

    Gary

  7. The December 1927 Marmon 75 parts list on page 21 lists 3 locks that were used on the 2 passenger standard coupe one Yale "rear deck lid lock" Marmon part number RBC-5090 located in the top center and two "rear deck lid spring box lock" Marmon part number RBC-5091 located on the top RH and top LH edge of the deck lid. It is the RBC-5091 spring box locks that I am looking for information on. The only thing I know about these locks is the size of mortice they fit in and the screw pattern of the escutcheon screws in the deck lid any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks,

    Gary

  8. I have been trying to find two box locks and escutcheons for my E75 not the keyed center lock but the two at the sides of the rumble seat lid. I think they did nothing more than keep the rumble seat lid from vibrating. I found a circular brass bolt in the bottom of my car when cleaning it out that I believe rotated into the latch and that is all I have other than the mortice in the deck lid wood. Anyone ever seen one of these elusive items or better yet can direct me to a source?

    Thanks for your help Gary

  9. If you can email me a part number I may have some NOS Plates . I bought Oldsmobile dealership obsolete inventory for decades but the smaller dealerships usually always carried another car line or two and there should be some Buick stuff in the thousands of friction discs that I have. You can send me a private P.M. or email a parts request to parts@oldsobsolete.com

    gary

  10. Hi Brad,

    I am wondering if your windshield wiper setup was anything like my 1927 E75 Marmon which is a closed car. It has a rectangular tube ( about 1" X 1/4" X 28") mounted on the outside of the windshield frame above the windshield. The windshield wiper motor drive shaft passes through this tube and engages a small gear inside the tube which transfers power via chain to the RH wiper arm tower that is a part of the tube assembly. There is an attaching screw that passes through the RH side of the windshield frame that holds the tube in place. I can probably take some pictures if you want them.

    gary

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