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Just for thought considerations, pot metal vaporizes around 750 degrees range or so depending on the various metals used to make it in the first place as it is primarily Zinc based with various other metals thrown in for good measure all with various melting points. Any and all types of welding will be much hotter then that and will vaporize the pot metal. Then there is Muggy at 350 degrees melting point and is kinda like J-B Weld. I would take the rusty one, clean it up and try to make it work.

Yeah that's the spirit give it that Sir Lance once over ... Nice righteous buy. However, sounds like Pete is kinda creating some buying drama there. My predictions what with the incoming economy or lack of really, there is gonna be a lot more deals coming this year.

Well WOW what a great heavy metal collection of preassembled parts and it appears the Ranco Gang was out to get those heater valves in the first 5 photos letting nothing stand in their way.

Well no actually it is a 48 basically rewarmed and tweaked up for just one more model year.

Nice sleeping beauty " ....There can be only one .... Duncan McCloud ". But actually, just spot primer paint using Southern Polyurethane's epoxy primer over the old lacquer / metal junctions as well over the exposed factory primer and seal spots up Then melt some black real lacquer over these areas and things will blend in IF you know how to do that. Have done just that and works great. Do it in your driveway or garage. Put on 2 coats of lacquer, wet sand, 2 more coats of lacquer, wet sand, then 2 more coats of lacquer and do it all in one day cause lacquer is easy to work with and fun to spray, easy wet sanding and then buff out and that is easy too. Edit: Oh, and the real problem when getting these " long out of storage " cars is many folks ruin the engines by improperly bringing the engine back to life. Takes time and proper procedures and tasks to ensure the engine internals are clean, lifters clean, oil passages are not gummed up, pan is removed and cleaned etc. Just checking the dip stick and adding a gas can I.V. will only mill out the engine after it starts in the 4 - minutes it takes to get it running.

When they get to putting COP ( Coil on Plug ), a crank sensor ( eliminate distributor ) and a brain to control all ( control spark and spark / timing advance ) a gas tanks with pump in tank and therefore a pressurized fuel system ... then by all means give me a call and I will be all in.

I will attempt to take a look at my old stock gaskets off the AFB 2507S on my 1957 Roadmaster. Incidentally, the off idle stumble of which you refer to could be the result of alcohol fuel usage depending on the amount ratio % of alcohol. One cure for this has been the the little known art of enlarging of the AFB Idle Channel Restrictor to cure lean off idle stumble. Also recurving the distributor in conjunction with the use of alcohol fuel can solve a lot of problems that reoccur for folks on this site :

... O.K. thanks, where's the grills possible a one-off run ?

.... Where's Bob ?? 👀

Bump : It's always better car karma to sell off this site then on sleezebay. GLWTS

Nice collective posting CLC ... Kinda got a warm groove going on for that 52 Super. Wonder what the storage history has been and what the engine and trunk areas look like and if there is any invasive rust vibes going on underneath ? But what is shown it appears to be a big bargain for 8 ones.

First year of no fins but the Buick gang they could not resist keeping the front bumper cones perhaps as a fair well to the fabulous fifties as we rocketed into the sixties because we were headed to the moon after all. Aluminum radiator with that requisite column tach and ford blue engine paint ... so what's not to like here ?

Nice ride ... but wait I don't see any trace of a Dave Gelinas copy right thumb print stamp in the lower right of these photos ... ? 🤔

We Buick folks are collectors and I get it. But it does make me ponder unless of course the good professor was actively selling these parts as supplemental retirement income, otherwise what and why would one collect and create a virtual salvage yard menagerie of mid sixties to early seventies parts ? ... Perhaps he owns the particular year and model of Buicks for all these parts ? Still Interesting as it makes me laugh at myself and reflect upon my own hoarding affliction tendencies.

Sir Lance where are you going to get your aluminum drums relined ? I know of a guy who uses some crazy space age glue to secure new replacement liners because as the original factory ferrous liners where cast into the mold of original outer aluminum casing. Not sure if the glue is holding up long term or not or if there is shearing occurring after repeated heat sink cycles.

Thanks for the posting. Well must confess, we don't belong to " Tracebook " cause data mining and face recognition, doesn't give us much of a rise ... but the link will work if you sign in / join / give email etc, etc.

Nice sturdy old ride and Rebel blue one of my favorite colors too. Perhaps you could paste the ad copy here and the price ?

My 4 cents worth here. Be careful with ads that claim the cove is fitted or custom fit or tailored etc. At the end of the day many are just what I call balloon bags. For example, what if you have tail fins in contrast to trunk lid. What have they done to accommodate the sharp edges of the fin and is the fin landscape area actually shaped and sewn into the overall cover and fitted over it not just in a way to simply cover it. ( balloon fit ) ... Those type of cover balloon over the trunk. Also what about accommodations made for the hood or trunk ornaments as some marquees have small and some very large and newer cars do not have them at all. Same thing can be told regarding turn signals mounting on the fenders from the factory. If the car is gonna stay only in the garage where there is no wind then perhaps all these points may be minor but take it outside just once and use the cover there with occasional wind and if these protrusion areas are not addressed and fitted the cover will tear rubbing over any surface protrusions.

Yes aluminum drums require a longer bolt than from non aluminum drums. Below GM factory for 57/58 Roadmaster. Made available on the model 75 in 1957 and on all 58 models :

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Yeah the seat upholstery was done while on acid and no doubt used a Revell model car interior as a reference.

Chief Rubadub say heap too much suds used to bath car in last photo ...

Not bad ... wonder what the engine and trunk looks like. With Electra you need the bottom stainless clad pieces as well. At $ 8,000 would need to be complete parts and the paint / flux areas would need closer inspection. Was it a paint over the old sanded original paint or is there two different paint chemistries / systems going on here along with improper or incompatible primer base used ?

Well you could do what I have done in this situation. First make sure the vendors have a good return policy. Then purchase the same seal from as in this example Don's and the same piece from any of the other 3 mentioned above or from all three. Make sure to select a rubber seal that is in the medium level of complicated. Now compare what you have. Take photos and do a review back here as we all like photos and discussions. Notably, Steele claims to make parts right here in U.S.A. from original molds or 2nd gen molds. Rubber The Right Way sales line is soft and pliable yet not as extensive. Fusicks could be buying from either of the other two. Buy, Compare, Judge. Edit: Realize too that any given rubber seal/part that is either too hard, not shaped properly, too soft, not thick enough or not wide enough etc ... is worthless.

Grab the center grill and badge bar off the 57 Buick before some hick kicks the nice chrome teeth in and it has a good windshield as well. Also, the bumper assembly on those 53 Buicks are all there and intact as well. Edit: Oh if the owner is very reasonable you could always flip the parts either here or on sneeze bay for extra cash. Stock up - Cash out.