Grant Z Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Lawrence Helfand said: Hi Grant, Skirts come up regularly on ebay. Might even be a set up now. Make sure you find a pair with the lower trim as this is a bit hard to find. The shorter spears are again a frequent item found on ebay. I have an extra set laying around myself . Thanks Lawrence, I had seen a set while sniffing online. What do you mean by "shorter spears"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil morse Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 16 minutes ago, Grant Z said: Thanks Neil, I had seen that while sniffing online. I assume that piece of trim (1 is missing from this set I notice) should always be there? I'm actually talking about the little piece between the skirt and the trim on the rocker molding. You can see it in this photo. It was part of the trim on the cars that came from the factory with skirts, but is missing on a lot of cars where people added skirts later. It is basically made of "unobtainium." ? The shorter spears is a reference to the spears that go on the the skirts -- I believe they are 21" instead of the 24" versions that go on the fender. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence Helfand Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Hi Grant, As Neil mentions there is a 3 inch difference between spear sets but I have seen both lengths used on cars and do not know what determined usage. My Century came with the 24's which are harder to find and more prone to the tips breaking as they often lift some off the fender and get caught on cleaning rags etc.. Those small stainless stone guard trim pieces do come up on EBAY but one must be careful as they made them differently depending on model but they do appear on ebay with some regularity. That said I have seen many restored cars without them and they can be tricky to fit often looking a bit off on most cars I have seen them mounted on with gap and alignment issues. They do continue the line of stainless along the bottom but looks fine without them to my eye. I have skirts on a shelf to go with car when sold but really am not sold on the look and dont intend to mount them. So many I have seen mounted dont scribe well and usually gap along the rear curve of the fender so they can be fussy to fit correctly. Personal taste really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Z Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 7 hours ago, Lawrence Helfand said: Hi Grant, As Neil mentions there is a 3 inch difference between spear sets but I have seen both lengths used on cars and do not know what determined usage. My Century came with the 24's which are harder to find and more prone to the tips breaking as they often lift some off the fender and get caught on cleaning rags etc.. Those small stainless stone guard trim pieces do come up on EBAY but one must be careful as they made them differently depending on model but they do appear on ebay with some regularity. That said I have seen many restored cars without them and they can be tricky to fit often looking a bit off on most cars I have seen them mounted on with gap and alignment issues. They do continue the line of stainless along the bottom but looks fine without them to my eye. I have skirts on a shelf to go with car when sold but really am not sold on the look and dont intend to mount them. So many I have seen mounted dont scribe well and usually gap along the rear curve of the fender so they can be fussy to fit correctly. Personal taste really. Lawrence, I greatly appreciate you taking the time to respond. I have much to learn. This is all useful information and I appreciate it very much. I don't have the small length of trim on the fender stone guard anyway. I would like a set of skirts. When you say "spear sets", do you mean the piece mounted in the middle of the skirt? I assume I would have to move mine from the rear part of the fender to the skirt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence Helfand Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 Those small stone guard trim bits were only used when skirts were mounted. The double spear trim you have would be removed and mounted on the skirt. You will likely have a hole to fill if on your car the skirt does not cover the rear mounting hole of the spear set now removed. Its like that on my Century but perhaps different on your car. Would then require filling hole and touching up paint. Not a problem if its easily blended lacquer finish. Also that back up light is not correct and it would be a smaller bullet shaped light easily found on EBAY. Wondering if those modern amber lights on rear bumper are turn signals? You do have turn signals built in to your rear lights already. Happy to help out mate! Cheers Lawrence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Z Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 14 hours ago, Lawrence Helfand said: Those small stone guard trim bits were only used when skirts were mounted. The double spear trim you have would be removed and mounted on the skirt. You will likely have a hole to fill if on your car the skirt does not cover the rear mounting hole of the spear set now removed. Its like that on my Century but perhaps different on your car. Would then require filling hole and touching up paint. Not a problem if its easily blended lacquer finish. Also that back up light is not correct and it would be a smaller bullet shaped light easily found on EBAY. Wondering if those modern amber lights on rear bumper are turn signals? You do have turn signals built in to your rear lights already. Happy to help out mate! Cheers Lawrence Lawrence (my helpful friend ?), are those small stone guard trim pieces difficult to find (I suspect so)? I suspected exactly as you have stated re moving the double-spear trim and filling a hole (or 2) after mounting skirts. The back-up light and the spotlights I suspected were not correct. Dale (who imported & converted the car in 1989 and I've met up with him and purchased parts) said "old Jack" (who he sold the car to and who died in 2007) loved the jewellery and purchased after market parts and put little 'Buick' badges on top to make them look 'official'. That back-up light looks quite large to what I'm used to seeing on the Chevy lowriders online. Is the image I've attached the correct backup light? Yes the yellow lights are turn-signals (we call them 'blinkers' in Australia). We are now allowed to have the flashing brake lights like you Americans do even though no new car produced in Australia has ever been produced with that. Flashing brake lights would not have been allowed back in 1989 here in Australia. I'd like to set up the flashing brake lights or a much more discreet turn signal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth Carr Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 (edited) On 5/9/2016 at 10:20 PM, Morgan Wright said: Here's my picture. It's a video actually. 1940 Special. Morgan ... I loved the video. You have a great sense of humor! Your sometimes casual attitude towards working with an old car is refreshing. A while back I featured a link to your YouTube video on our club website. Members liked it. Keep the good stuff coming! Edited October 3, 2018 by Roadmaster71 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil morse Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 I'm working on faux-vintage snapshots of my '41. Here's my latest effort. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence Helfand Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Hello Grant, Some day I hope to make the trip down there as I have quite a close mate in Tassie ... I just came across this skirt set very reasonably priced with no reserve. Unfortunately as you know shipping to you is $$$ but if no one bids this would be a bargain price for a pair. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1941-Buick-Fender-Skirts-Pair/273490571110?hash=item3fad4eef66:g:fOoAAOSwgYlboTDv&vxp=mtr Cheers Mate, Lawrence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Z Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 7 hours ago, neil morse said: I'm working on faux-vintage snapshots of my '41. Here's my latest effort. That looks fabulous Neil. The colour (that's how we spell color here in Oz) of your car is superb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Z Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 3 hours ago, Lawrence Helfand said: Hello Grant, Some day I hope to make the trip down there as I have quite a close mate in Tassie ... I just came across this skirt set very reasonably priced with no reserve. Unfortunately as you know shipping to you is $$$ but if no one bids this would be a bargain price for a pair. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1941-Buick-Fender-Skirts-Pair/273490571110?hash=item3fad4eef66:g:fOoAAOSwgYlboTDv&vxp=mtr Cheers Mate, Lawrence Lawrence, so you have a mate (not many American use that term) in Tassie? Yes I've been watching that set of skirts. Freight is no issue for me as I know several importers based here who always have containers coming with cars. Their prices are very cheap (they usually charge me nothing anyway), but you do have to wait several weeks or a couple of months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil morse Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 12 hours ago, Grant Z said: That looks fabulous Neil. The colour (that's how we spell color here in Oz) of your car is superb. Thank you. It's called "royal maroon." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence Helfand Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Hi Grant, Funny but unless you have a mate in Tassie Americans would never hear it called that or any of the other odd twists on the english language you use. This making riddles of english seems to be a national hobby down under. Richo lives in Hobart and I dream of visiting that beautiful island. He had been to visit me in Brooklyn New York some years ago and we had a blast riding Italian motorcycles and eating like pigs as the variety of foods we have available was quite seductive for him. Hope its beginning to warm up a bit there but last pics I saw indicated you had a bit of snow this winter. Will let you know if I make plans to visit in the future! Kind Regards Lawrence 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Z Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 20 hours ago, Lawrence Helfand said: Hi Grant, Funny but unless you have a mate in Tassie Americans would never hear it called that or any of the other odd twists on the english language you use. This making riddles of english seems to be a national hobby down under. Richo lives in Hobart and I dream of visiting that beautiful island. He had been to visit me in Brooklyn New York some years ago and we had a blast riding Italian motorcycles and eating like pigs as the variety of foods we have available was quite seductive for him. Hope its beginning to warm up a bit there but last pics I saw indicated you had a bit of snow this winter. Will let you know if I make plans to visit in the future! Kind Regards Lawrence Yes us Aussies have certainly mangled the English language seriously. On my several trips to the USA, after several weeks my wife & I may be in a supermarket and hear another Aussie ranting and we both cringe - and them realise we probably sound just like that to all Americans. Embarrassed! I highly recommend watching this hilarious YouTube clip on Aussie lingo (language). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence Helfand Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 What a Hoot! Didna hear my most oft used autmo brevey...Carbie! Cheers Mate! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Z Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 2 hours ago, Lawrence Helfand said: What a Hoot! Didna hear my most oft used autmo brevey...Carbie! Cheers Mate! Yes it's hilarious indeed. I'm not sure we can call ourselves 'English speaking' after that. Cheers Mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stooge Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 (edited) i dont know about favorite, but most current atleast, and was great to see it outside for the first time since January. Had to shuffle a few cars around at the shop and I was wanting to spin my Century around to make working on the passenger side a bit more convenient. I am mostly done with sheet metal work on the driver side, with the exception of an area in behind the front fenders, I just need to clear a safe spot to store those giant things Edited October 9, 2018 by Stooge (see edit history) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Wright Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 The only time we use the word "mate" in America is when two animals breed. They mate. And maybe a matching sock. Men are not mates here. They are not lads, and they are not chaps, or blokes. And they are not bloody this or that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_S Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 My 1936 Buick originally purchased new by my Grandfather. Kinda faded like the fall leaves and me! Tom 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 On 12/11/2018 at 3:59 AM, Morgan Wright said: The only time we use the word "mate" in America is when two animals breed. They mate. And maybe a matching sock. Men are not mates here. They are not lads, and they are not chaps, or blokes. And they are not bloody this or that. Grouch! Ben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pont35cpe Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 10 hours ago, Tom_S said: My 1936 Buick originally purchased new by my Grandfather. Kinda faded like the fall leaves and me! Tom Tom, nice `36, I have a 3 w/coupe that was completely disassembled when I bought it. I`m missing the front tag mount/bracket. Could you take a close up picture of yours and post it. I have that exact same grille guard I`m thinking of using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Z Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 On 12/11/2018 at 8:29 PM, Morgan Wright said: The only time we use the word "mate" in America is when two animals breed. They mate. And maybe a matching sock. Men are not mates here. They are not lads, and they are not chaps, or blokes. And they are not bloody this or that. Sorry Morgan Wright, but I'm an Australian and Lawrence Helfand and I were obviously speaking with each other within the context of the Australian culture (which Lawrence clearly understands). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_S Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 9 hours ago, pont35cpe said: Tom, nice `36, I have a 3 w/coupe that was completely disassembled when I bought it. I`m missing the front tag mount/bracket. Could you take a close up picture of yours and post it. I have that exact same grille guard I`m thinking of using. Sent you a message to contact me at my email and I will send you photos Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 6 hours ago, Grant Z said: Sorry Morgan Wright, but I'm an Australian and Lawrence Helfand and I were obviously speaking with each other within the context of the Australian culture (which Lawrence clearly understands). Grant, I, for one, see no reason you need to apologize! This IS a world wide board. A world wide hobby. Some folks just get their "knickers in a twist". Ben 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Wright Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 What are you people babbling about? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul White Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 I'm not sure mate, you'd better ask the other bloke! 🙂 Hi Ben, how are things going? Cheers Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Paul, I am well. I trust all is well with . Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elpad Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Just wanted to share a picture of this Buick. A participant at the 2018 Concourse held at Boca. This is part of Guy Lewis collection in Pinecrest, Florida which I had the opportunity to visit last night as part of our AACA South Fl. Chapter meeting. Was able to see just a section of his great collection. Thanks Guy for opening your garage! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Z Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Wow that is spectacular. Thanks for sharing. I know a guy here in Australia who has a 1918 Buick roadster, and is restoring a much earlier one also (1910? I think). I hope to visit him in a couple of weeks so may get some pics for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cxgvd Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 On last weeks HCCA/AACA tour in Kingston, On we had three Model 31 touring cars on tour. All three performed well and finished five days of driving city streets and county roads, including a gas light parade. Regards, Gary 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieBuick Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Have a look at this 1928 Buick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjmarzoli Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 1931 Model 8-67. 61k miles. All original except paint. Never restored. Recently awakened from a 25 year slumber. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil morse Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Fabulous car! I love the black on black on black color scheme. It's so nice to see a car looking like it did in 1931 and not all dolled up with two-tone paint and wide whites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Wright Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Which car is not like the others? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuicksBuicks Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 My '39 81F Formal Sedan, completely destroyed in a fire years after I sold it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Frazier Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 First drive of the year! Capitol Reef National Park. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Wright Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) The first 3 pics are Curtis Lumber car show in Ballston Spa, NY, I won best unrestored vehicle out of 427 cars: . . The next pics are from the day before, at Goldstein Buick in Albany, NY. In this pic are Alan Goldstein and his daughter Stephanie. They gave me the top prize of the whole show, out of 75 cars, the President's Award! . . Below is the "best unrestored" trophy from the Curtis Lumber show. . Edited March 11, 2020 by Morgan Wright (see edit history) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MargaritavilleBuick Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Tonight...while the old girl sits on the shadowy lift. "1936 Buick Noir." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Here is a picture of our 1913 Buick Model 31 taken by Gary Van Dyken on a tour last year that I really like. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_B Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 (edited) When I was in high school I kept my 28 in a garage I rented for $5 month. My buds and I would hang out there, no adult supervision. Here we are in spring of 1969. Dave Edited March 2, 2020 by Dave_B Correction of date. spelling (see edit history) 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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