Need a 57 Super Upper Grille Bar

[MrEarl]

Re-chromed, NOS or good core for re-plating \

email me 1954 Buick at gmail dot com

[john hanson]

Is this what you want 1957 # 1173529-2

[john hanson]

of corse i could ad my name

john Hanson

[serb]

What are you going to do with it, stick it under your nose?

[MrEarl]

John that is nice. Sadly it is for a Century or Special, my friend needs one for a Super. Thanks for posting though.

No Serbo, I already have one thank you.

[Guest Rob McDonald]

LAMAR, I have a spare senior series grille bar you can have. It's not pitted but it does have a crack. The big challenge is the cost of shipping. It's too long for Canada Post to handle, so it'd have to be couriered or trucked. If you're also interested in that '53 power brake setup, they could be packaged together. I'll post some photos of the grille bar here later today.

[MrEarl]

Thanks Rob and everybody for your offers. I think I have found one, just waiting on a better and detailed description. I am actually looking for this for a good friend who pulled a very nice one off his 57 Super and sent it UPS to his plater to have plated. I'm sure you can guess the rest of this story. UPS demolished it. So now he is needing a nice one to replace that one with.

Better hold up on that PB unit too Rob. I'm currently saving my Buick pennies for a little Special cdan up in Kansas City.

Thanks again Rob, that's a very generous and nice offer. I'll let you know what the pics show.

Here's my friends original condition 57.

Edited December 1, 2012 by MrEarl (see edit history)

[Fred Zwicker]

Thanks Rob and everybody for your offers. I think I have found one, just waiting on a better and detailed description. I am actually looking for this for a good friend who pulled a very nice one off his 57 Super and sent it UPS to his plater to have plated. I'm sure you can guess the rest of this story. UPS demolished it. So now he is needing a nice one to replace that one with.

Better hold up on that PB unit too Rob. I'm currently saving my Buick pennies for a little Special cdan up in Kansas City.

Thanks again Rob, that's a very generous and nice offer. I'll let you know what the pics show.

Here's my friends original condition 57.

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* Note This car belongs to my wife, and Mr. Earl is helping with this. The bar that I sent to my plater was almost, but not quite perfect - no cracks, no pitting, perfect chrome and just a few scuff marks, but for judging or show, I wanted it to be show quality chrome. My plater called me Thursday and said it was broken in half upon receipt (I now have a unique and very rare 2 piece grille bar). This car is scheduled to be shown at the Buick Nationals in South Bend this coming summer. Two days ago, I mentioned this to Mr. Earl, and he sure has come through again. He was of soooo much help when I restored my '54 Riviera Special 2dr HT and was the primary reason that the '54 was awarded a first place and 400 points at last years nationals in Charlotte.

Attached are three other pictures of the '57 Super, showing the grille detail. This car is not a 400 point car, but sure is a nice one. I bought it in Ft. Wayne Indiana a few years ago from a nice gentleman who was selling it due to ill health and has later passed. I promised to take good care of the car and I plan to keep this promise. The picture posted of this car by Mr. Earl was taken in front of an original 100 year old home that was in front of the Firestone Testing Grounds in Columbiana, Ohio. The home has since been moved about a half-mile down the road facing a nice lake and is for sale with a waterfron view. Great look, but the cost to update the wiring, insulation, heating and plumbing would be staggering. So far no buyers and home is on a new foundation but no updates have been made as yet. Too bad they moved this house, as it was a favorite place to take photos.

Fred

P.S. This is "Be kind to Mr. Earl" month.