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Having problems uploading the images, it says 'stale_thumb216c.jpg' Any IT geniuses out there who can help?

Hmmm. I have just posted and thought I'd included the photos...

Hello Anthony What a great car you've acquired, well done! I'm sure you will get a great deal of pleasure in recommissioning it! I enclose a couple of images of the rear window of a 21-45 McLaughlin Buick I owned a few years ago. I sold it to a Frenchman in La Rochelle. As you can see it has the same, lovely shaped, bevelled glass rear window and also cute oval ones for the side curtains. The McLaughlin Buicks were very luxurious, with their wooden dashboards and lockable cupboards and also the nickle plating on the metalwork for the top hoops. Looking at these photos after such a long time, make me regret ever having parted with the car...

What a fun thread... I enclose a couple of images of what I found in the clutch cover of my ex-Bob Cole's 1918 Buick E-6-45. (Terry Wiegand knows this car well) Can anyone identify the rodents from their skulls, or the type of nuts they've collected? Answers on a postcard etc...

Just read the link posted above by Ben P re Rex tops and enclose some photos of the original Jiffy rain curtains which came with my super original 1918 Paige 6-39 Linwood 5 seat tourer. It also came with a fitted hood blanket and radiator blanket which unfortunately seems to have shrunk and is difficult to fit without damaging it.

Hello Terry Oh dear! I received the same message today at 18.46 UK time - the same message. I've deleted it as well. Best wishes, Nick Bell from across the pond.

Yes they are incredibly rare and intact snubbers (?US term) or shock absorbers (UK term), I'll take some more pictures of them. Even the canvas straps are in unworn condition which is a testament to the probable low mileage of this car.

Yikes! That is a serious infestation, US mice obviously have good taste going for Buicks.

More pictures of the E-6-49, it is super original and complete - including the obligatory mouse nest in the front seat!! However have you ever seen the correct beading along the top of the front passenger seat and the fabric covering on the bodywork above the robe rail? First job was to remove that terrible fender from the front of the chassis, looks better already. I'm going to recommission the mechanicals and leave the rest as is...

Don, you are correct in thinking your 'pinwheel' is in backwards. I've just taken a couple of photos of mine in my 1918 E45... I've recently cleaned it out and replaced the cracked glass and it works fine now.

Well, here she is... Thank you Terry and Larry for not 'stealing my thunder'. Fresh out of the container this morning, having crossed the Atlantic Ocean to start her new adventures in the UK. Coming to join my E-6-45 which Terry knows well and on which we've just completed a 350 mile tour to Wales from Oxford last week-end.

And a couple of views of its rehabilitated engine with nicely aligned valve cages!!

Here are some more pictures of my E45 in its new habitat, as requested by Terry...

Hello from across the pond. I have had the same problem with my 1918 D45. I soaked the cage with a 50/50 mix of acetone and ATM, tried hitting the valve with a 5lb hammer and wooden pole from below, tried jacking the car up on the pole pushed up through the bore so the entire weight of the car was taken by the valve and cage and at the same time applied heat (having removed the ATM/acetone mix!) and attached a slide hammer to the valve stem - all at the same time and no luck. All this was taking place over a period of months and I was getting desperate. I finally called in a legendary fettler here in the UK (name supplied in personal communications) who had listened to my tale of woe over the months and eventually made a 200 mile round trip to visit me. He took his 5lb lump hammer and a steel drift and told me to look away... He then made several well aimed blows with the drift around the lip of the cage - driving it down the bore, subjecting the rust on the cage to a percussive sheering force . (Boy was I worried about my beautiful cast iron block...). He then reattached my slide hammer and within a few upward slides the cage started moving and came out within minutes. Genius! He fixed a problem in five minutes which had me baffled for 3 months or more... His theory was that the counter intuitive blows to the rim of the cage transmitted the shock such that the rust which had effectively welded the cage to the block cracked thus releasing the cage. I needed to remove the cage because it had turned and had reduced the inlet orifice by about 50%. One of the other cages had spun around and completely blocked off the exhaust outlet to another cylinder, but happily that one moved easily. I found that the inlet cages had rusted, whereas the hotter exhaust cages were free. Terry Wiegand knows this car because he helped the owner free the engine before he sold it to me. It is now running sweetly with new white metal bearings having had a knock in the engine.

Thank you Don, looks like 33ft lbs, i was going to tighten to 35, so not far out!

Can someone tell me the correct torque settings for the big-end bolts on a 1918 Buick E45 please?

They look VERY tempting, but check out his feedback: -1 and a disatisfied customer declaiming him as a scammer only one week ago... it may be too good to be true. I would strongly advise any prospective purchaser to look at the cars in person before bidding.

Has anyone got a top water pipe from the cylinder block (two outlets) to the top rad hose (one outlet) which they could sell me? All propositions considered.

Thank you Larry Schramm and old Buick, I've ordered a set of brushes from Jim at Special Interest Autos. I'm still looking for a crank handle, and also the bayonet fitting cover for the opening in the radiator for the crank handle.

Having read a little more on the forum I should add that the unit part number is a D-117

Does anyone on the forum know where I could obtain new brushes for one of these units? Also I would like to find a crank handle to fit my newly acquired 1918 Buick E45. All help would be gratefully received.

The car is a type D Scrpps Booth with V-8 engine of 2.5 litres