Raise your hand if you drove at least one old Buick this weekend

[MRJBUICK]

1 hour ago, MrEarl said:

Last getaway for the year. A little peninsula on the Tugaloo River, Lake Hartwell. The Wagon performed fabulously after the QJet rebuild, especially on some of the grades that gave a bit of trouble last year. 

 

 

 

 

 

Looks like a beautiful area

[MRJBUICK]

Went to the cruise spot Saturday evening and took our 75 Century Pace Car and another Buick owner we know showed up with his 75 Lesabre Indy Festival Pace Car. Great little side show. His car was at Indy, my car was sold out of a Harriman, NY dealer and spent it's life in Harriman until I brought it to Long Island.

 

[avgwarhawk]

1 hour ago, MrEarl said:

Last getaway for the year. A little peninsula on the Tugaloo River, Lake Hartwell. The Wagon performed fabulously after the QJet rebuild, especially on some of the grades that gave a bit of trouble last year. 

 

 

Glad to hear the Buick is pulling the trailer without issue and a good time is being had by all.      

[MrEarl]

11 minutes ago, avgwarhawk said:

 

Glad to hear the Buick is pulling the trailer without issue      

no gladder than I Chris,  tha’s for sure 😁

[Dynaflash8]

5 hours ago, avgwarhawk said:

 

I live in AA County.  There is always plenty to do with car shows and the like.  When I retire I will move elsewhere but local car clubs and or events will not really be a determining factor as to the area we choose.   I enjoy shows certainly.  But I enjoy driving my Buicks more.  My wife and I will find some place in country with open country roads.  Sorry for your situation in FL and little to do with your cars. 

If you want the country, near fishing and swimming maybe, choose Westmoreland, Richmond, Northumberland or Lancaster Counties in Virginia just south of the Potomac River Bridge.  Rt. 301 to VA Route 3 and start looking.  Good old car club there too.

 

 

[dmfconsult]

3 hours ago, MrEarl said:

The Wagon performed fabulously after the QJet rebuild

Was there a specific issue that was found during the Qjet rebuild?  Asking for a friend.... 🙂

[MrEarl]

 

50 minutes ago, dmfconsult said:

Was there a specific issue that was found during the Qjet rebuild?  Asking for a friend.... 🙂

😆Not that he mentioned. He also removed as much of the smog hoses and parts also though. He’s an old school race car guy and most if not all he described that he did just went right over my head . 

[dei]

4 hours ago, MrEarl said:

Last getaway for the year. A little peninsula on the Tugaloo River, Lake Hartwell. The Wagon performed fabulously after the QJet rebuild, especially on some of the grades that gave a bit of trouble last year. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elvis (and your wife) sure look happy.

He looks like quite the great companion.

[avgwarhawk]

2 hours ago, Dynaflash8 said:

If you want the country, near fishing and swimming maybe, choose Westmoreland, Richmond, Northumberland or Lancaster Counties in Virginia just south of the Potomac River Bridge.  Rt. 301 to VA Route 3 and start looking.  Good old car club there too.

 

 

As it would have it, my 54 was purchased from a family living in Winchester VA. 

[dibarlaw]

Have a photo of our Mason-Dixon treasurer's car, a 1965 LeSabre at our club meeting yesterday with my 1937 in the back-round. This has been the first time more than one old Buick was driven to a club meeting in a long time. I usually try to drive mine. 

Beautiful 65 degree day in Central PA. No vapor lock for my 37 on the 100 mile round trip. I was able to fill up this time with Non Ethanol! The same trip in July caused vapor lock.

 

Giving the engine a breather at the July meeting in front of the C&D Grill and Bar.

 Just a serene drive home to Chambersburg on the old Lincoln Highway.

5 miles west of Gettysburg about to start up the three mile grade to the top of South Mountain. Not a hint of vapor lock.   JOY.....

 

Edited September 22, 2020 by dibarlaw (see edit history)

[jackofalltrades70]

Wife and I went out for a drive tonight. 50 miles round trip.  Beautiful evening for a drive. Trees are starting to work i to the changing of the leaves.

 

 

 

 

[Dynaflash8]

12 hours ago, avgwarhawk said:

As it would have it, my 54 was purchased from a family living in Winchester VA. 

That's a nice place too, but almost in the mountains.  Attended my first old car event there in 1958 and first car show in 1962.  I just like the Northern Neck best of anyplace in Virginia, east of Fredericksburg, east of Richmond.  Chilly there this morning though (47...burr) 🙂

[MrEarl]

On 9/21/2020 at 6:48 PM, dei said:

 

Elvis (and your wife) sure look happy.

He looks like quite the great companion.

 
indeed, both best friends and great companions, trained to go on beer and firewood runs without argument. 
 

[NC-car-guy]

5 minutes ago, MrEarl said:

 
trained to go on beer and firewood runs without argument. 
 

You play with fire sir....   Lmao!

[Brooklyn Beer]

9 hours ago, NC-car-guy said:

You play with fire sir....   Lmao!

I can live on beer 90% of the time. Steak and fried mushrooms with onions the other 10%

[MrEarl]

On 9/21/2020 at 6:48 PM, dei said:

 

Elvis (and your wife) sure look happy.

He looks like quite the great companion.

 
a boy and his dog out campin and tellin dog jokes 

 

 

 

[rodneybeauchamp]

Well at last! Was able to complete the Bay to Birdwood run in a pre-war Buick! This is a biennial event held in South Australia,  pre 1949 vehicles and post 1949 vehicles running in alternate years. However being the 40th anniversary it was decided that all years would be represented.
 

Running 72km (about 40miles) from Adelaide through the picturesque Adelaide Hills to the historic town of Birdwood, home of the National Motor Museum it gives a great opportunity for enthusiasts to showcase their cars as many thousands of spectators line the route.

 

With a ‘29 DeSoto as a back up, we had a leisurely drive to Birdwood, with several other Buick’s making the run also. A few pics here! The DeSoto and ‘38 Buick covered a total of 178 (s)miles over the weekend.

 

Edited September 27, 2020 by rodneybeauchamp
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[rodneybeauchamp]

And one I had not seen before!

[MrEarl]

 

  @rodneybeauchamp     lovin that tail !!!!!

 

 

[JohnD1956]

34 minutes ago, MrEarl said:

lovin that tail !!!!!

 

Geeze.. Better not let Miss Rita see that one.

 

[JohnD1956]

On Saturday the local Caddy Club invited our Buick Club to participate in a tour to a Cadillac/Buick dealership in our general area.  It was a round-about trip.  Where -as the dealership is approximately 40 miles away the tour took us around the Sacandaga Lake which added another 40 miles to the trip.  

 

It was a foggy morning in the area by my home, so I was considering forgoing the event.  But I already had the car out, so....

 

 

I met up with the group.   I had not seen that other 56 Special before and of course I was curious. 

 

 

I don't know much more about it other than it was purchased as a low mileage vehicle, it was a 3 speed stick shift car, and it was possibly the same model as Dad's 55 that I learned to drive on.  It even matches the colors of Dad's 55.  But the interior was very nice.  Look at that steering wheel!  And the polished panel between the top of the dash and the chrome bar is something I've not seen before.  I know it is the deluxe steering wheel, but this car has no power steering or brakes.  So I am not sure how that panel came to be polished like that.  But it sure looked pretty good.

 

 

Anyway, we drove that twisted path to the dealership.  We had 17 cars and since there was a lot of left turns we naturally got separated.  

 

 

 

 

 

But we finally arrived. 

 

 

The dealership put out a lunch for our group.  And parked us in the front line of his lot.  This did generate some floor traffic for them and a lot of visitors for us.  Here are a few of the cars I photographed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am not really a Cadillac guy but I would be interested in that '57 for sure!

 

Anyway, I drove a more direct route home and racked up roughly 120 miles for the day.

 

The Super was...SUPER!  It ran great, and got its share of attention.  And the Dealership invited us back for a repeat in the Spring.  It was a great day!

 

 

 

 

[Marty Roth]

Those '57, and '58 Caddy convertibles sure are "showy" cars,

and as you know, besides Buicks,

I am also a Cadillac guy

[Matt Harwood]

On 9/20/2020 at 4:41 PM, neil morse said:

I made it out to an informal "Cars & Coffee" event this morning.  Very heavily skewed towards hot rods and muscle cars, but I was able to find a few kindred souls.

 

 

 

 

Is... is that FOG?

[Matt Harwood]

The Northeast Ohio Buick Club had their clambake today so Melanie, Riley, and I headed over there to visit a bit--Riley loves clams. It's been a strange summer without many events, so it felt odd getting reacquainted with the folks in the club. A great turnout of Buicks, including no fewer than FIVE 1941s: four Supers and our Limited. Also a handful of Rivieras including a gorgeous GS, three or four '50s Buicks, and a low-mileage Reatta (like 8000 miles). Oh, and my friend (and builder of my 1941 Century's engine) Al Blake brought one of my all-time favorites, his black 1963 Skylark with the little aluminum V8 and a 4-speed--what a neat car! Good food, good time to visit, and hopefully not the last time we get out this year. The drive was uneventful--the big Limited hammers down the highway at 65 MPH without issues, so it was about a 30 minute drive. Easy!

 

    

 

    

 

    

[neil morse]

32 minutes ago, Matt Harwood said:

Is... is that FOG?

 

It most certainly is.  A very common occurrence here in the Gateway to the Golden West.  We're just happy at this point that it's actually fog and not smoke from the terrible fires.

[The Dynaflash Kid]

9 hours ago, Matt Harwood said:

The Northeast Ohio Buick Club had their clambake today so Melanie, Riley, and I headed over there to visit a bit--Riley loves clams. It's been a strange summer without many events, so it felt odd getting reacquainted with the folks in the club. A great turnout of Buicks, including no fewer than FIVE 1941s: four Supers and our Limited. Also a handful of Rivieras including a gorgeous GS, three or four '50s Buicks, and a low-mileage Reatta (like 8000 miles). Oh, and my friend (and builder of my 1941 Century's engine) Al Blake brought one of my all-time favorites, his black 1963 Skylark with the little aluminum V8 and a 4-speed--what a neat car! Good food, good time to visit, and hopefully not the last time we get out this year. The drive was uneventful--the big Limited hammers down the highway at 65 MPH without issues, so it was about a 30 minute drive. Easy!

 

    

 

    

 

    

Matt,

 

These are some great pictures! I drove the blue 1941 Business Coupe, your Limited is absolutely gorgeous. 

 

Alex

[JohnD1956]

11 hours ago, Marty Roth said:

Those '57, and '58 Caddy convertibles sure are "showy" cars,

and as you know, besides Buicks,

I am also a Cadillac guy

 

Being that this area is famous for, or rather,infamous for, rock salted winter roads it is always a surprise to find cars from this area in good condition. I don't know about the 58 but the 57 was always located in my home county, which makes that a rare car by virtue of its existance.  I always liked the design of the 57 Caddy. Those single headlights just look balanced vs the dual headlights on the 58. And I especially like the backslash angle to the taillights.  Always looks like its moving forward...it was a great car!

[dibarlaw]

Well, I drove several miles to see if by my changing out the original rear shocks on my 1937 improved things. Last week when driving home from our Mason-Dixon meeting I was really feeling the sway and bounce. On another post in the Pre-War section about a 1940's Weak Bouncy ride made me decide to change out the shocks. (More details on that thread.) I only put it off for 31 years! Needless to say the shocks were shot. The rebuilt shocks changed the ride dramatically!

 

[Buicknutty]

 So the first tour planned on was a go. We were right at the imposed government limit for people, and the places we went were supervised by staff, and we followed all the rules.

Boring, and kind of annoying at times, but cases here in Ontario are rising dramatically the last few days.

 This trip was the Electra's big journey of the year, and we did about 260 miles from morn to evening. It was a really nice tour, great roads, perfect weather, and good company. Of course the socializing with said company had to tempered by not being able to seat everyone at the same table, etc. etc.

 One of the places we visited was a museum which was originally a Firehall, and they had their own jail! We were all good, so no one had to be put behind bars.

 Also, pictured, was a one left of only 6 cars built in 1900, called the Maxmobile. A single cylinder, mostly hand built machine. So the story goes, he turned down a merger with none other than Henry Ford!

 Another was a machine shop built in 1914, and with a lot of it's original belt powered machines. It really was like a slice out of 100 years ago.

 Those that know early cars might notice it has a steering wheel, the builder himself converted it from tiller steering around 1910.

 Keith

 

[Buicknutty]

Here's a few more pictures from the tour. These are from the machine shop we visited, no cars in this, but it is a very neat place.

Keith

 

[Matt Harwood]

10 hours ago, Buicknutty said:

Here's a few more pictures from the tour. These are from the machine shop we visited, no cars in this, but it is a very neat place.

Keith

 

 

I love seeing all the belt-driven tools. Those old photos of entire factories with giant steam engines turning miles and miles of belts all over the place are amazing. Think of the brain power it took to make that work, especially without calculators or computers. It's always so impressive what our ancestors were able to do--better in many cases--without our "modern" technology.

 

Thanks for sharing!

[auburnseeker]

10 minutes ago, Matt Harwood said:

I love seeing all the belt-driven tools. Those old photos of entire factories with giant steam engines turning miles and miles of belts all over the place are amazing. Think of the brain power it took to make that work, especially without calculators or computers. It's always so impressive what our ancestors were able to do--better in many cases--without our "modern" technology.

I know it's not very clear but here is a production photo from the Buffalo Wire wheel company I rescued back in probably the 1920's.  Lots of belts in these.

[Brooklyn Beer]

I wish I could count how many guys are missing fingers.

 

[60FlatTop]

Saturday was birthday #72 for me. Spent the morning surrounded by Buicks and got the two closest to the door out for a ride around the block.

 

Nice combination of time alone and a later party with family and friends.

 

[Ben Bruce aka First Born]

Glad you enjoyed your birthday, young man!

 

  Ben

[JohnD1956]

Happy Birthday Bernie

[Marty Roth]

Happy Birthday, Bernie, and wishing you many more to share with us!

My birthday typically coincides with walking the HERSHEY SWAP MEET, and judging the show-

I've got eight years on you, and consider myself an ANTIQUE TEENAGER-

 

Now, let's get out there and drive our Buicks !

[Buicknutty]

I'm a bit behind here, but I'll offer my belated congrats for a Happy Birthday to Bernie!

 

Also, a tour we were supposed to this week was moved ahead to last Friday, and then that one was going to be a very long day.

We took the Reatta, and the trip was nearly 500 miles, we started just before 7:30 AM, and then drove 2 hrs plus to get to the starting point, then the long tour, and then over 3 hrs to get home.

 In between we had a great tour, and due to the issues with going into eat at times, we all brought a picnic lunch and had a great spot to stop at. Fortunately the weather was great.

 However the roads were not the typical ones we usually tour on, as we went over some of the worst gravel roads our leader could find. One was called, "Devils Four Mile Road", narrow, rutted and gravel, steep climbs that I struggled to get traction on. We had a few of these roads, so it was very slow going at times. However, we all made it through without incident. Though the cars look nice, everyone's car is a driver, not show cars.

 Here are a few pics, where I stopped to take a few shots in the roads. Most of these mentioned were single lane, and at times the weeds on both sides of the roads were brushing against our cars. Only 10 cars, and the tour leader had the oldest in his '32 Chev.

 So nice to get back on the highways again!

 Keith

 

[dibarlaw]

Keith:

 I am a little behind also. My daughter just sent me photos she took of the family going for a picnic on Labor Day weekend.

  Getting ready to leave for our picnic.

 Heading east on the Lincoln Highway. Holiday traffic.

 Leaving Caledonia State Park with the family.

 

 

[Paul White]

Hello all,, Ursula

 

First day of day-light savings here in Australia, well at least in New South Wales, our cousins in the state north of here, Queensland, do not follow us for various reasons, one apparently being that it upsets milking the cows. Anyway, it was another gloriously sunny day with a top temperature of 83F.  My wife, Ursula, accompanied me on one of my favourite short trips out into the countryside for a late lunch under a canopy of grape vines. Afterward, we dropped into a newly opened gourmet food shop run by two young blokes in an original 1930s local store. Of course Ursula parted ways with a wad of money, but at least it is supporting local business. Only a short 35 mile round trip today but well worth it.  It is about day 8 for us here in NSW without any new CV19 infections, and to some degree things seem to becoming normalised. Hope you are all safe out there. Cheers Paul