Morgan Wright Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 When I got my car it came with a spare car and many piles of spare parts. One pile has these that say Buick on them. Is that "correct" for certain years? The ones on my car say Perlman (on the right in the pic). They were painted black, on top of red paint, off a 1918 Buick that was restored but got old again and rotted away. Anybody know what color they were originally, and what years the "Buick" ones were used? I love the fact that they say Buick, and will probably strip the paint off them and use them on my car, if they are correct for 1917. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Wiegand Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Ben, The BAKER rim wedges are really different shaped from the ones that have BUICK cast into them. Would you do us a favor and take some photos of the front and back of the BAKER wedges and post them on here. I am curious if there was any difference between 4 and 6-Cylinder model wheel attachments. There were BAKER, BUICK, and JAXON rim wedges that I know of and all of these were of cast steel material. I have been told that the earliest of the demountable type rim wheels used a washed nickel and/or zinc finish. Cadmium plating did not come along until sometime in the 1930's. I believe that there was a STANWELL rim wedge also. Terry Wiegand South Hutchinson, Kansas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 I put out a listing of different Buick wedges on another thread. They were used wit Weston-Mott axles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert_25-25 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) Morgan, Hopefully this will answer your questions. The Buick wedges are all Buicks 1922 thru 1925. Galvanized parts go back pretty far. I did not make the hand written marks, but someone that was researching this did. Hugh Edited February 7, 2021 by Hubert_25-25 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Wright Posted February 7, 2021 Author Share Posted February 7, 2021 I better leave the Perlman's on it then, I want my car to be 100% original POF (preservation original features) Who wants my BUICK wedges? PM me if you want them. How is $5 each? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Engle Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 I've been stripping parts off of a 1918 D45? serial # 256381. The frame, steering and springs are all painted Red. My 1917 D45 is painted black on these parts. Both have Buick clinchers on the wheels. Bob Engle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21raceabout Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Terry - As requested attached are 3 views of BAKER rim wedges from a 1915 Buick C-25. Note the faint "W" and "M" on either side of the bolt slot below the "BAKER" text. Paint is modern, color when found was rust. Regards; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Wiegand Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 The BAKER wedge in the above photo is exactly like what is on my 1916 D-45. They ARE different from the other wedges. Terry Wiegand South Hutchinson, Kansas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 I have looked in my parts book and it does not call out a particular named wedge. I have looked in my stash of wedges and found that the BUICK & PERLMAN wedges are identical except for the name on the wedge. BUT............. As shown in the picture below, the first row of wedges I have a plain PERLMAN and a plain BUICK. The second row of wedges show WM on either side of the bolt hole. This would stand for Weston-Mott axle company which supplied axles to Buick. This makes sense. I do not know what the smaller letters below WM are for on the Perlman wedge mean. Maybe they were used for another manufacturer like Oakland or could be a date code. The BM on the third BUICK wedge could be axles built after 1913 when GM bought Weston-Mott to designate Buick-Mott axle, but I do not know. I would think either PERLMAN or BUICK wedges would be fine, but BUICK might be a later addition to axles only used by Buick or a difference for model year change. Just my thoughts. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDuguid Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 I've got a 1917 with Perlman wedges and one just cracked. Any recommendations on who may have some extras? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, JDuguid said: I've got a 1917 with Perlman wedges and one just cracked. Any recommendations on who may have some extras? Picture of cracked wedge? Edited November 14, 2023 by Larry Schramm (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDuguid Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Already gave it to a friend to try brazing it. I'm looking for a spare, just in case... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 6 hours ago, JDuguid said: Already gave it to a friend to try brazing it. I'm looking for a spare, just in case... take a picture of one of the others on your vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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