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Morgan...nice to have met you in person the other day in Barkersville...your E-49's will keep you busy and you do have lots of extra parts. As I need a belt for my D-45, it was interesting to see you used a NAPA Gates belt 060295 6PK750.I found one on line and hopefully it will fit mine. As I look at installing the belt in advance if seems that the the ringed fan is too large to slip the belt over..seems as though the easiest way is to remove the radiator, fan and then install the belt. Can anyone weigh in on this with any tricks, 2 piece belts etc. I'm waiting on the fuel tank and the belt before firing the car over. I cleaned up the carb no surprises but at some point it would be good to replace the float. Anyone making floats out there?

Morgan like to get together to see your E49. Although freed up I need to go through the fuel system before starting...The vacuum tank looked like it was used as a coffee pot and the grounds were left in it for 50 years! I cleaned it up and looks functional...the gas tank looks equally as murky, I drained it out (5 gallons of 50 year old fuel), dropped the tank and sent it over to shop to be rehabbed. I'll get it back in a couple of weeks. In the waiting period I'll clean up the carb and evaluate a fix for a cracked bow up top. Not planning a full restoration only making it functional and reliable, the patina is fine.

My wife was happy to see the Buick come as long as I got rid of the( 2) 1949 Studebaker model 2R16A trucks...these were each 2 ton trucks one a tilting grain body the other a rack body. I got one running before she blew her stack. After selling those and doing an extensive honey do list she said ok to the buick as a project. Probably will get it running and on to something else. I did get it freed up this afternoon so maybe over the weekend I'll get it started for the first time in 45 years

The 1923 49 was taken to Florida by my neighbor to his winter home and the day after it arrived he sold it for the full asking price. It was an enjoyable car. Per the 17 Buick I had first thought the manifold and carb were changed out but viewing other 17 buicks on the net they did have the carb heat pre controlled from the dash like my old 1923 did. I clearly see the carb has d44 and d45 casting numbers. The flame thrower from the exhaust to the carb is plugged. The valves are a more modern adaptation as they use wedge keepers. I think I read somewhere in Dean Tryon's newsletter that someone had used valves out of a 283 engine and this could be a similar retrofit. I will let the pb blaster work for a few days before trying to free it up. I'll post more pictures latter

actually pretty good...missing a fan belt, lunchbox coil and the valves are non original necessitating the lifter arm blocks to be shimmed higher. The carb and manifold look to be off later model using the manifold carb preheat mechanism controlled from the dash. Must have been considered an improvement on the glidden tours of the 50's..other than that everything else is there including the original rear carpets.

It has been awhile but a 1917 buick d45 has found its away to my garage as a winter project. The collection of tags in the back indicate it was well traveled on the Glidden tour between 1953 and at least 1966, it belonged to an important US business person from new to about 1968.The second owner used it for 6 years or so then parked among his stable of cars for the last 45 years. I am now the third owner. I checked out the ring gear before I bought it and it is perfect!!! Engine is stuck from sitting 45 years but I should get that freed up soon. I never hang on these things for too long so if there is interest out there, drop me a PM....Noted the cool poor man's dual cowl phaeton rear window attachment! Ive only seen one other on a 1930 Lincoln

Came to terms I bought it (Chevy 1932 Pickup 1/2 ton)

thanks i was in touch but we were a bit off on value pricing maybe we will come to terms...driver quality does not in my mind mean nice looking but rather good running needing improvement to take it up a step thanks

i contacted the owner it does not have jump seats, so not a model 49

did they carrier the model 49 7 passenger touring into the 1924 model year. attached is my now gone 1923 model 49

Looking for a driver quality truck thanks

SOLD

SOLD

I sold Jon Henry all of my teens 4 cylinder buick parts including a rebuilt 1917 4 cylinder short block...he may have some of this stuff left forsale as well TBlack

Still here if you are near upstate NY come on over and take a test drive

The former owner and I were friends, he is now deceased. In life he always chastised me for not putting my car in better shape, he would not race me though. Even though in some ways we were like oil and water, he would approve of me saving it. But looking down he hopes a more meticulus guy or gal than I will carry on the tradition. As you can see my car and I are a little rough around the edges

I bought this car from a relative of the restorer, it was headed to be a hotrod. I knew the owner for 45 years he was meticulus in his work. The car was featured on the Cover of VCCA back in 1993. It looks and drives like new. Frankly the car is too nice for me. I prefer driving my beat up 31 Chevy that I've owned and driven for 49 years. If you want one car that is totally done this is it at $14250. This is a couple of hundred over my cost, I could not see this beauty getting cutup and would like to see it go to someone who can appreciate it and enjoy it. Tom Black 518 863 4400 Northville, NY

Steve got your PM and sent you owners email...good luck with this one...If I had the room I think I might buy it . T Black

I bought a 46 GMC from the seller of this Buick last fall and have been happy with the purchase. He approached me with the sale of his 34 Buick, all original unmolested still has the dealer seat covers. He says it runs fine but smokes a little. Contact me and I will put you in touch with the owner $17.5 K or best offer

Larry /Brian.....the points are tungsten...very hard but eventually with repeated stone redressing and after repeated burn pitting you get thru the tungsten in spots and the burn pit cycle gets worse. The points I replaced on 2 different cars were at that point a fresh set cured my problems in both cases. The tale of woe on my 1923 model 38 was as long as this one and embarrassingly at the end it was simply a case of points replacement. I pulled the quote from Larry that said he changed 3 condensers to stop the point burn. That in my mind at least is signal that maybe something else is the problem...best running buick I ever owned was 1941 with pertronix ignition eliminating the pesky points all together. Best of luck

My distributer (on the left) is shown on post #20 on this thread. The 2 piece points are used. I had an other set of points which I re-dressed. I changed out 3 different condensers to try to keep the points from burning. My engine, as I originally stated is very tired. I was just hoping to be able to get a few more miles from her before the big plunge into a rebuild. Larry ..I too redressed points but once you lose the the hardened top coat the car will start and within minutes it runs like crap. I had the same thing on the short lived ownership of the 21 touring (bought and sold last spring before moving) It ran to the gas station and quit within a mile. I remembered the 1923 model 38 experience and ordered a nos set of points. End problem period .Sometimes the easiest solution is the least obvious. Good luck

Larry...being a former multi-buick owner I can sympathize with your plight. As Dandy Dave mention I had a 23 buick model 38 cylinder that acted the sameway..it had a partial exhaust leak to the carb but the real culprit was a tired set of points. New points if you do not have them is a good starting point. Another issue I had on another buick was a coil that would break down as it heated up. Electrical problems can mask themselves like a car not getting gas. Other buicks I owned that at one point or another that were intermitantly cranky, were as Leif pointed out a bushing on the vacuum side loosening and then you get raw gas to the manifold. I also had a bee block the vacuum atomsperic vent not allowing the inner tank to gravity feed the carb. If you suspect fuel set up a pony tank it that soves it you have trouble in the vacuum tank or tubing back to the main tank. If the car still runs bad it is your carb or electrical. Good luck

I have an extra 40 pontiac six cylinder starter...would this work on a 50??

I converted my 40 six cylinder to 12 v negative ground. I install pertronix 2161 and the flame thrower coil. Never ran better and yes solid core wires. I am still using the original 647D delco distributor and they make a 6 volt version for the original as well. Pertronix has not developed instructions for this new product but the tech can talk you through it as it uses a spacer plate.

SOLD....I will be driving it up to new home in Plattsburg NY near the Canadian border. New owner was a bit overwhelmed with the literal tons of parts that went with it so when all is final and he is agreeable there should be lots of 21 and 22 parts available from him. That is the last of my Buicks been fun.