NC-car-guy Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 12 hours ago, Edwin The Kid said: The radiator I got from my friend doesn't fit in the front, so I either need to spend the money on a custom radiator or figure out how to plumb a trunk radiator. . Measure out what you need and call Ledfoot racing. (Championradiators.com) They are building an aluminum 3 core to fit my 57. Under 300 bucks shipped! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Hmmmmmm. Remember that Tahoe I showed a while back? Sold it in the Spring. I'm wondering if we are heading toward a similar end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin The Kid Posted July 31, 2021 Author Share Posted July 31, 2021 I don't plan on selling it anytime soon, now that I got my bumper "chromed!" I'm done with work for the summer and going down to McPherson for school pretty soon! Although I didn't get much done on the Buick I learned a lot welding this summer and also made a decent amount of money to help pay for my education. Here's a pic of my vertical uphill weld I did for a 3G certification for the company! It passed both a face and root bend, which I would say is pretty good for not knowing how to MIG a year ago. Most of my time and money is going towards finishing the Beetle before I leave so I don't think I'll get much farther on the Buick than re-doing the steering, but I'm excited to save up some more and get my pedals set up. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Good for you, Edwin. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Stoneberg Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Nice weld…and I am glad you are continuing your education. Love your 4 x 4 Buick. Keep up the good work. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin The Kid Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share Posted August 11, 2021 Well, with work and the beetle I didn't get anything done on the Buick this summer I did get the beetle running! But I'm off to college now Here's how the Buick is looking I'm looking forward to getting more done on it in the future 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin The Kid Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share Posted October 20, 2021 College at McPherson is going very well! I went home for my fall break so here's a picture of the Buick, and also my latest project, a 54k mile 1989 Chevy Caprice Wagon! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin The Kid Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 Not much to report on the Buick side of my life, unfortunately. Hoping to mess around with the front panel fitment on the 4x4 while I'm home over Christmas. However, I thought I'd update this post anyways now that my first semester at McPherson is over. Things are going great! My grades are good and I've learned a lot. I have also acquired more cars. I currently have 5(whoops). Most notably, I traded my beetle for a squarebody truck, which i then sold for a pretty decent profit, and then bought a 1966 Corvair Corsa Turbo! I'm hoping to work my way up to a nice 50's(or really most any year) Buick project by the end of my 4 years. This car came with a bunch of parts, some of them Buick! I've already sold some of those parts on this forum. I've also moved into one of the storage sheds next to campus where I work on all my cars, which has been awesome. This is the cleanest this workbench I built will ever be! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron65 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Great looking Corvair! Go check out corvaircenter.com; I've been following that forum for almost 15 years now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 You tha MAN , Edwin! You tha man. Ben 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin The Kid Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 13 hours ago, Aaron65 said: Great looking Corvair! Go check out corvaircenter.com; I've been following that forum for almost 15 years now. Thanks! I'm really falling in love with it. I just started a thread on the Corvair Center forum! http://corvaircenter.com/phorum/read.php?1,1136246 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC-car-guy Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Any update on the 4x4 monster? I saw an early 50s buick on a dual chassis for sale recently and thought of this project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin The Kid Posted April 28, 2023 Author Share Posted April 28, 2023 6 hours ago, NC-car-guy said: Any update on the 4x4 monster? I saw an early 50s buick on a dual chassis for sale recently and thought of this project. Since the car lives in Iowa and I live in Kansas for the next two years, not much progress. I've got lots of ideas and plans, but I'm really enjoying doing factory original restoration work at the moment. At some point the 4x4 dream will be realized to it's full potential, but I'm not sure when. When I'm briefly home for the summer I'll send a pic or two of it's state. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin The Kid Posted May 29, 2023 Author Share Posted May 29, 2023 tried to fire it up, but my battery was toast and the charger couldn't draw enough power to spin fast enough. Spent a bunch of time fixing my dad's tractors for him. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin The Kid Posted December 29, 2023 Author Share Posted December 29, 2023 Home for the holidays, but never enough time to work on the Buick. Another reminder of just how rough this car is makes me.feel better about everything I've done to it. Someday I'll get to finishing it... I also took some time to organize all the parts so they take up less space. Hopefully some day I'll be able to use some of these parts when I get a nice 50s Buick. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50ChevyFrank Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 I skimmed this thread. Very interesting project. You go guy! I’m looking forward to seeing more progress. Is it a Special or Super? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin The Kid Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 5 hours ago, 50ChevyFrank said: I skimmed this thread. Very interesting project. You go guy! I’m looking forward to seeing more progress. Is it a Special or Super? It is a Super! I'm not sure when I'm going to get back to working on this thing, but I'll be sure to update the forum with progress! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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