NZ Buick Posted April 2, 2022 Author Share Posted April 2, 2022 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Morgan Wright said: You need to talk to people with your actual model car, or resort to the parts catalogue. 15 leaves? No way. 8? No way either. You still haven't told us whether you got a model 45 or 49. Sorry Morgan, I have what is going to be a E/H X45 Tourer. Unfortunately I don’t have a ‘car’ as such just a mountain of parts that I was lead to believe was of numerous 1919 Buicks. The two pairs of rear springs I have are 8 and 15 leaves. The 15 leaf pair came off the chassis I bought most recently with a diff etc still mounted under it which I assumed had never been out. Edited April 2, 2022 by NZ Buick (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZ Buick Posted April 2, 2022 Author Share Posted April 2, 2022 (edited) Here is one of the 15 leaf springs. The chassis number it is off is 526323 can anyone clarify anything for me from this? Perhaps the cars that came out to NZ had bigger springs? Edited April 2, 2022 by NZ Buick (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Wise Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 NZ Buick, A lot of these vehicles were converted into utilities or the rear ends were turned into trailers. Very likely the rear springs were beefed up for the heavier loads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZ Buick Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Rod Wise said: NZ Buick, A lot of these vehicles were converted into utilities or the rear ends were turned into trailers. Very likely the rear springs were beefed up for the heavier loads. Hi Rod, This is what I’m assuming must have happened at some point. My fathers D45 has 8 leaves in its rear springs so I can only guess I have a pair of them in my parts. Hopefully the 15 leaf ones won’t be too hard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NZ Buick Posted November 3, 2022 Author Share Posted November 3, 2022 Another step in the right direction! Hoping to have a rolling chassis together in the near future so need something to steer it with! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 New wood? Is that walnut? Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Wright Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Looks like NOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZ Buick Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 Yes it’s walnut. I had the option of mahogany or walnut and am hopeful the walnut will stand up to our NZ sun better as roof down driving over summer will be a priority in this car. Was modelled off a few photos and measurements taken of my father’s original ‘16 and has come up amazingly! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZ Buick Posted November 12, 2022 Author Share Posted November 12, 2022 Well was a big day for me yesterday. After five ish years my Buick project is now rolling! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1956cody Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Congratulations and keep up the good work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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