billbuickgs Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Up date on my 55 century 2 dr sedan clone. I have 2 of the 15 x6 wheels mounted on the wider tires , a used front seat out of a 53 2 dr sedan in very good shape , emblems and portholes mounted and nos dog dish caps. Had a dent in the left front fender . Need to buy a water pump and install the new hoses ( all the trans cooling lines, heater and defrost ). I have the 3 duce manifold and carbs, air cleaners etc, but not installed. I'm not liking the red wheels but leaving the patina look with a satin clear , it may grow on me. I hope the cars I park next to at Allentown understand that their Buick can't catch anything from my Buick !!!! My granddaughter said "that looks like TOWMATHER mother " So this is 'BERTHA BUICK" , TOWMATERS MOM ! PS Still looking for 2 15 x6 wheels 1948 to 55 Bill 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Looks like FUN Bill!!! I like it.!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithbrother Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 (edited) I like it tooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! No, those AREN'T scallops. Dale in Indy P.S. The red rims will tame down a bit with the caps installed. If only it were a 3 on the tree car, and Thank the good Lord it doesn't have a VISOR, hehe. Edited June 7, 2016 by smithbrother (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dawn Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Bill, Car looks great... You are making good progress. Are you going to the tech session this Sunday at Berger's? I hope to find out who from BOOM intends to convoy to Allentown. You interested in convoying up there? Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC-car-guy Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Awesome car. What is the steering wheel from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbuickgs Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 2 hours ago, wndsofchng06 said: Awesome car. What is the steering wheel from? That is the standard wheel on a 55 Special , optional had the horn ring . This car has p steering , dynaflow but no radio ,no back up lights , std steering wheel , clear glass all around and dog dish hub caps. A New Mexico car with no rust holes and original chrome !!!!! Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbuickgs Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 6 hours ago, Red Dawn said: Bill, Car looks great... You are making good progress. Are you going to the tech session this Sunday at Berger's? I hope to find out who from BOOM intends to convoy to Allentown. You interested in convoying up there? Mark Mark I hope to be at the tech session Sunday, Will talk then Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC-car-guy Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 40 minutes ago, billbuickgs said: That is the standard wheel on a 55 Special , optional had the horn ring . This car has p steering , dynaflow but no radio ,no back up lights , std steering wheel , clear glass all around and dog dish hub caps. A New Mexico car with no rust holes and original chrome !!!!! Bill So interesting! Still learning. I've had six 55 specials, no PS but always had a radio and trim horn ring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersix Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Why was "a used front seat out of a 53 2 dr sedan...." added? Was the seat missing, or something better about a '53 seat, or was it all that was available? Unfamiliar with Buicks and just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbuickgs Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 2 hours ago, supersix said: Why was "a used front seat out of a 53 2 dr sedan...." added? Was the seat missing, or something better about a '53 seat, or was it all that was available? Unfamiliar with Buicks and just curious. Larry, The car sat in the New Mexico sun all its life and the seats exploded . I have the original seats, basically. The springs are like new but everything else is toast. I bought the front and rear seats in very nice shape , front bolted in and the rear needs a little work to fit. I will never restore this Buick to be original, It would be $30000 + to do this car and the finished value would be mid 20's at best. I'm going to enjoy it for what it is , a very solid old car to have fun with ! Bill 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBulldogMiller55Buick Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Very Nice !!! For water pump try thr Flying Dutchman http://water-pump-rebuilders.com/ Tony Coenradi, 200 Davis Creek Road Selma, OR 97538 USA Toll free (U.S. and Canada) 1-888-595-1110 Outside the U.S., 1-541-597-4057 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caballero2 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 The '55 model 68 is my favorite of the '55s for nostalgic reasons. I grew up with the 68 swarming around the home town and have stories to tell about them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithbrother Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Love dim dare POST cars, and dog pan caps. Dale in Indy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbuickgs Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 (edited) Edited October 24, 2016 by billbuickgs (see edit history) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beemon Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 How did you mount the coil? That was my issue when I did a 2x4 manifold. Do the slave 2GCs have idle circuits? When I was looking into 'hot rodding', and looking over various 2x4 and 3x2 setups, I noticed no one ever used the stock 2bbl carb as a master with bigger slave carbs. Would retain the stock starting circuit. If I recall correctly, the two barrel carbs were already pretty stout with larger bores than a four barrel. Nice setup none-the-less! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 13 minutes ago, billbuickgs said: Can you tell us what engine fan you have on there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbuickgs Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 Beemon, The coil is mounted to the intake on the last runner (similar to the way it was mounted on the Riviera with 2 x 4's All idle circuits intact. The original carb has the fuel inlet at the rear and it hits the rear carb. John , The fan is the original fan that was on the car. The only thing I changed was the intake and the carbs. Oh , I do have a problem with a stumble off an idle which I think is cause by the 1" spacer under the carbs and also the 1" spacer between the intake and the head , all for show and no go at this point. You can't add 3x2's to a stock 264 and expect to be plastered to the seat on takeoff !! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beemon Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 I've read that intake spacers on a Nailhead don't work because of the way they're ported. The intake meets the head at a 45* in the casting, so when you throw a spacer in there, it gives it a sharp 45* turn vertically down then another sharp 45* turn into the head, rather than a smooth continuous flow. I have heard carb spacers work because it increases flow velocity, given that air comes straight down through the carb and then diffuses in the intake ports. A shame about the original carb, the two 4GCs I put on mine were really close. Stumble off idle might be the three carbs at idle. I know they make kits to eliminate the idle circuits for the 2GCs. Your idle transition might be too rich with all three carbs dumping. Are you going to be running progressive or straight? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbuickgs Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 Beemon , Haven't figured out the progressive linkage yet. I'm thinking of making a horizontal "U" shape linkage because of the original mount on the firewall is low compared to the carb hookup. I think it will be easier to pull the center carb linkage from the front and somehow with the "U" pivot at the front go to the firewall mount ????? Fun ! Bill 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Bill, Is that by chance the intake you got from me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbuickgs Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 Hi Doug, Yep , Thats it ! I only had to do one thread repair on the front carb mount. Offy's are not the best flowing manifolds so I did some port work so it would run better. Anyway thanks for selling me the intake at a fair price !!!! Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Wow! That is way cool! So glad to see it together being used as compared to collecting dust on my shelf. The story on my getting it was through talk with a bunch of guys talking about street rods one day and someone mentions he knows someone who does motors out of his garage and I should see him about possibly doing one of my cars engines. Once we met the first thing he says to me is, Do you want another Buick engine? Seems this motor (with this intake) was in a car from California which a local here had purchased and decided to drive it home from there some 2300 miles. Sadly it did not make it all the way under it's own power as it developed some power loss at some point. The motor ended up with this motor fellow and after taking it apart found one of the cylinders had been running lean and had scored the wall plus burned a valve. This might give evidence about the flow comment earlier. Good thing you did some work there? He pretty much gave the motor to me all apart but... asked for something for the intake. I had visions of doing something like you on my Special, mostly for conversation sake, not performance, but reality (common sense ) sometimes emerges! In all my years of parts buying I have had some good deals come my way and way back, this was a hobby not a business so figure, pass it on. So glad it went where it is appreciated! (And good to see the results as planned) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Great story Doug, tha's what it's all about! them 3 deuces are the cats meow on that Nailhead! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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