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Search this site for the many threads on this. There is no first postion. The second gear position will give you first and second. The third gear positon will give you third and fouth gears, which is the normal driving position. Unless you are starting out on a steep hill, depress the clutch, put it in the third gear position, keep your foot on the brake and release the clutch. Take your foot off the brake, step on the gas and drive it like an automatic except you need to lift you foot off the gas at about 15 mph to allow it to automaticly shift into the higher gear. Do not use the clutch when you stop. Just press on the gas again when you want to go. Drive it like an automatic. You only use the clutch when you actually move the gear shift lever.

On the Buick wagon question above, replacing rotten wood pieces with solid wood from your second Buick would retain factory parts. I would consider revarnishing the wood acceptable maintenance, since the factory call for this to be done at periodic intervals. I would not take deductions for either of these. If the leather on the 1909 Oakland is ripped but can be stitched together, that would be my first choice to keep it from futher deteriation. If it can not be repaired, I would recommend reupholstering the bad seat panel, leaving as much original as possible. If you go the route of complete reupholstering of the front and rear seats, the car may still qualify for the AACA HPOF award, depending on how many other deductions are made by the judges. An important thing to remember is that the HPOF awards are for cars retaining significant "Original Features". The reason that a car that has had some upholstery work or a repaint can still receive the award is that it sill retains enough original features to still provide historical information for the future.

Find original motors and they should bolt up to all of your regulators.

If it is spitting through the carb, you may have the distriburor off by 180 degrees. Make sure #1 cylinder is on compression when the distributor is set to fire.

Search other posts on here and you will find that the transmission will not work correctly with 12 volts. You need to go back to 6 volts. Hope your new harness is heavy enough gauge for 6 volts.

My favorite: Amos and Andy Buick S & M Clutch and Brake

Contact www.Key-Men.com . They should be able to help you.

You will need to find a shipping broker and customs will require a title or registration. Start by calling a shipping broker in the port of you choice to start finding out what all you need. Since you are in the UK, you will need to talk to the shipping broker and the buyer should be talking to US Customs. Not complicated but it need to be done right from the start. US Customs may want proof that the car was originally sold in the US to avoid the buyer having to pay customs duty on the car.

Nice work, but I guess they couldn't cut a circle or they would have done the steering wheel as well.

Vacuum gauge testing is done at idle not driving. Not much we can tell from this video other than the timing might be retarded. A vacuum gauge can be a great too. Adjust the timing to the highest vacuum and then adjust the carb to the highest vacuum at idle. Then adjust the timing again to the highest vacuum and the carb one more time. Your goal is to get as high as possible, close to 20 or slightly above. A reading of 19+ is good. Then drive the car to see if there is knocking, if so back off on the timing. You will be amazed how much better your wiper work as well.

Is it from a 6 or 8 cylinder car? Also, location. Thanks

Select four of the five tours. The problem is that the Vintage tour is 1931 and earlier and the Founders Tour is 1932 through the current AACA accepted year. Choose between these two tour and we can start giving you choices. Buicks are good, reliable cars and should be high on your list.

I've held my tongue long enough.............Back to the OP's question..........What is the rarest PRODUCTION car you have seen, not what is a common production car with a rare combination of options. Take the car in my avatar, 1961 Dodge Polara 2 door hardtop. My dad bought it new, I was with him, and still have it. I've actively looked for other since that day and have only seen 2 others and 1 advertised for sale since 1961. How many have seen one? Most likely no one. Desirable, no, that's why it survived. A great car that no dealer wanted on trade. Chrysler build about 2100 Polaras across all body styles in 1961, but did not break out production by body. My guess is less an 100 were built. When at a car show, I generally walk past the Hemi Challengers, because they were truly rare and I suspect most are not original Hemi cars. I never saw one new, but saw plenty of the 318 and slant six versions, which most were. They are now the rare cars on the show field.

I think the OP is in Spain and some terms are lost in translation. I would recommend a complete flush of the brake system until all fluid runs out clear from each wheel cylinder.

Nothing to worry about other than you may be wasting money. If you pour the additive in first, the gas you add will flush it down the pipe and you have extra turbulence in the tank to mix it. Adding it after you fill the tank, because you are driving the car out of there and sloshing it around that way. You may not even need a lead additive if your car ever ran on leaded gas or has hardened valve seats. Lead additives were the snake oil of the '70's. Everyone thought their valves were going to be destroyed in short order when lead was eliminated. In the 40 years since, I've never known of a valve job being done because there was no lead in the gas.

To download a copy of the Judges Guidelines, go the the AACA Home page of this site and select "Publications" and you will find the judges manual. For the BCA judges manual, go to the BCA website an I think you can download it from there.

Grog, Not quite Central Florida, but the next March there is an AACA National Meet in Naples.

Tell you neighbor that your fee for your services is for him to purchase a shop manual. It discribes how to bleed and adjust the brakes and many other things he need to know. That way both of you will save a lot of time and it should be done right.

For others out there, a Red Bird Award is the AACA North Carolina Region equivalent of an AACA National First Place Award. Congrats Annie on your Red Bird last year. Hope the get another this year.

Annie, Congatuations on attending four National Meets this year. That is quite an accomplishment. The Spencer show tomorrow is a North Carolina Region Meet of AACA. While judged to the same standards as an AACA National Meet by AACA National Judges, your award will be a NC Region Award, not a National award. This is not a lesser award, just a different award. It's a good show at a great location. I've been many times in the past. Enjoy yourself and good luck on your award.

When I was in high school, a girl I knew was telling me something about a car. I asked what it was, she thought for a minute and said.........It was a Buick, because it was blue. Based on this, it's not even a Buick.​

That's the normal flow of the water. Reverse flushing removes more scale and rust. Too bad he showed this on a clean engine. You should see what comes out of a normal engine needing a flush.

Try spraying it down with WD-40. It will remove the crud and leave a protecting coat on it.

You should not have to remove the speedometer to replace the switch. On the bottom side of the switch, you will feel a button. Press it up and pull out the headlight knob. It will come all the way out. Pull off the wiring harness and unscrew the bezel on the outside of the dash. Remove the switch from underneath the dash.

Take plenty of photos and post them here and you should get plenty of comments.