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Best clean up for REALLY bad stainless steel?
61polara replied to Leif in Calif's topic in Technical
Is it possibly aluminum? If so, clean it and spray a clear coat over it or you will need to polish it again in a few days. -
Quality of car for an AACA show, or "Is my car good enough?"
61polara replied to MKohl_VT's topic in General Discussion
I would recommend class judging if you are unsure of what you want to do with it. If you go with DPC, you cannot change to class judging for 10 years unless you undertake significant restoration of the car and then return your DPC grill badge to National and request a transfer to class judging. -
'48 Roadmaster (Dynaflow) rear wheel seal leak
61polara replied to 48BuickRoadConv's topic in Technical
I have done a 1947 Roadmaster several times and think your rear end is the same. On the 1947, your drain the rear axle by removing the differential rear plate. Then you push out a "C" clip that hold the axle in place. Then the axle can be removed. How did you remove the clip without draining the differential? -
Celebration of the Authentic Car III - May 18, Duluth, GA
61polara replied to gwells's topic in General Discussion
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Also another tip. Bag and lable everything you take apart. Bolts, screws and everything else. Take and print picture of the before and after and put them in the bag. You will thank yourself in the later years.
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Thank you for all the Judges at the Charlotte Dual Meet. Your help in Charlotte is always appreciated. Dave Bowman Chief Judge AACA National Board member
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Thank you to all that attended the Dual Meet in Charlotte. It was a great turnout of cars with at least one vehicle in every Class. And special thanks to all the Judges that responded to the call for additional judges needed. Dave Bowman Chief Judge 2024 Grand National and National, Charlotte 2004 AACA National Director
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Celebration of the Authentic Car III - May 18, Duluth, GA
61polara replied to gwells's topic in General Discussion
Greg, I'll try to make it down as a spectator. -
You never told us what state the vehicle is in and what state you are in. That is very important to obtain any kind of reliable information. If the seller states that it's easy to get a title on a bill of sale, then offer him a few hundred dollars extra to get the title. I think you will see the conversation change very quickly.
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55 buick special electric wipers not moving full range
61polara replied to Bluebeard & Rainbow Brite's topic in Technical
Crawl under the dash and see what is going on with the cables. Also pull the electric motor and see if it is traveling the full wipe distance. -
55 buick special electric wipers not moving full range
61polara replied to Bluebeard & Rainbow Brite's topic in Technical
If your car had this option, It may have been removed when the wipers were converted to electric as it looks like this changed the vacuum routing on the vacuum wiper motor. -
55 buick special electric wipers not moving full range
61polara replied to Bluebeard & Rainbow Brite's topic in Technical
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Dual Show , How rare was this
61polara replied to 1967 Red Deville's topic in AACA - Shows and Tours
Other than the Dual Meet in Puerto Rico in 2022, I think the previous one was in Shelbyville, TN around 2014. They do not occur often. -
55 buick special electric wipers not moving full range
61polara replied to Bluebeard & Rainbow Brite's topic in Technical
On Buicks of the time, there is a small leaver labeled wide and narrow on the back side of the swithc. Narrow increased the speed of the vacuum wipers but narrowed the field of wipe. Has this switch been moved to the narrow position? -
Replace your hoses to the front brakes. Sounds like one has swollen internally and won't let the fluid return to the master cylinder.
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Look for disconnected vacuum lines. This system is largely controlled by vacuum motors. The factory shop manual will help you greatly in solving this.
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You received the wrong tab. You should have received a tab that says ORIGINAL that mounts behind the HOPF oval. Contact Jon at National for the correct badge.
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Are you needing information on how to adjust the brakes or someone to adjust them for you? Since you are in the Charlotte area, you should join the Hornets Nest Region of AACA. We have quite a few members with Model A's.
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That's the AC filter/drier.
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Larry, I would recommend heading over to Scranton, PA and pick up I-81 and follow it to I-77 south of Ronoke, VA to Charlotte, then I-85 north to the Speedway. No tolls on this part of the route. An alternate route would be in Ronoke take US 220 to Greensboro, NC and then I-85 south to the speedway. US 220 is about 15 minutes longer, but a very nice divided 4 lane US highway with a 55 mph speed limit.. I-77 in the last 40 miles to Charlotte is usually very heavy traffic, and easy to get stuck for hours if there is an accident.
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This car is painted in Sequoia Cream code 14 and the interior would be a correct, available interior combination for that color. However, the data plate shows paint code 5, which is Sherwood Green Poly. It appears that the data plate and serial number plate are mounted side by side. The data plate should be mounted on the firewall and the serial number on the drivers side A pillar. Also, Buick used sloted screws to mount both of these plates not pop rivets.