1926's first big outing

[hidden_hunter]

Thought I'd give you guys a quick update to how we went on our first long cruise after all the help that we've had from all of you guys on here in helping us get to this point

 

The weekend was held in the regional Victorian town of Wangaratta and was organised by the local car club (which our car was actually a founding vehicle of 45 odd years ago!). It wasn't a specific buick or vintage car club and accepted any classic/vintage car, so there was a good mix of newish and old. We were also fortunate enough to meet up with the son of the previous owner, who helped fill in a few blanks on the history of the car (as well as giving us the parts book). The weather for the event was also perfect, sunny and around 80F all weekend. 

 

All up, we covered about 170 miles over the course of the weekend. The Saturday run was considerably more challenging for the cars, about 130 miles including quite a number of steep hills with a few stop offs along the way to see a few of the local attractions. 

 

We started out quite promising, with the first 20 miles or so dispatched with relative ease however after a while the car started to lose power before eventually starting to backfire before the engine stopped. We checked all the usual suspects and we managed to make it a bit further before the problem came back. After about the 4th time of it happening, we had narrowed the problem down to the vacuum tank not always supplying fuel so we made the decision by the side of the road to take it apart and see if we could see what was causing the issue. As far as we could tell there wasn't anything obviously wrong with it, asides from a bit of what appeared to be soot on the needle for the vacuum line so we gave it a good clean and reassembled it. Whatever we did by taking it apart solved the issue and we were able to continue on without any other unscheduled stops for the rest of the weekend. 

 

Asides from that we had no other issues, not even a single overheating problem for the entire weekend, so all of the various fixes we've picked up from on here seem to have done the trick.

 

We managed to average around 35mph over the whole distance so we were pretty pleased with the performance, we touched 45mph at a few points but it didn't seem like it was particularly happy doing it.

 

So thanks again for all the advice guys/gals and here are some pictures of the trip

 

[Anzac Buick64]

Well Done

Reliable Buicks strike again. An excellent effort. Have followed your posts and progress on this car with great interest. 

cheers

Andrew

[Mark Shaw]

Well done!  Thanks for posting this...

[AzBob]

Congrats on a job well done. Glad to hear you solved your overheating problem. Car looks great by the way especially with all the nice green scenery about.  Thanks for posting.

[ROD W]

Hidden Hunter,  Good to hear you,ve got the old girl running well.  You,ve certainly sorted out a few issues over the last year or so and thanks for posting   some pics of the car.  

[hidden_hunter]

We did also notice a bit more oil on the ground than usual that appears to be coming from the back of the motor, not sure if it's coming out of the drain at the bottom of the flywheel housing or if it's dripping down from one on the fittings.