I'm as single as they get:grin: I feel like I'm married to my job, though. This time of year doesn't allow me much free time to get any good work done.
It's alive!!!!!!!! Sort of... The exhaust system came on Thursday, so I bolted it on past the mufflers. I cobbled some wiring together so I could try and start it. Surprisingly, there were no crossed plug wires or major timing issues. It started right up as soon as the fuel hit the carburetor. There is still some tuning to do, but I'm satisfied with the fact that it will actually idle. I shot a quick video of the last time I ran it...didn't want to push it too hard, since I didn't have a radiator hooked up. Only ran it for a few seconds 3 times and packed everything back up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrtiESd9Mk8 I really needed to know if the engine would run before I started assembling everything else around it, just in case something went terribly wrong.
Adam, I've got to hand it to you, you probably picked the hardest, most expensive Buick on the planet to restore. If you re-chromed everything on that car you could probably spend as much as a nice house on a lake. Having witnessed your resto skills on your other cars I'm sure this Limited will be a showstopper when it completed. See you in Oh-High-Yoo soon ! Your Boyeeeee, :moonu: MOON' :moonu:
Looking GREAT Adam ! I look back at the time when I would do something like your doing, but not anymore. Again Great job Bill
Enie-Meanie-Mynie-Moe ou: ......... Larry told me it's my turn to bring a car this year. I think the only car no one has seen is GrandNasty. But if I bring that one Alan will be sniffing around for a race. I really don't want to spank him in front of the club. He already owes me $50.00 and I don't race for free ! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
I tackled the booster/master cylinder today. All went well. Interesting series of seals and other "stuff" on that beastie!
Adam Looking better! Are you re-plating the nuts, bolts, brake booster and brake lines as it looks in the photos or are you polishing everything, spraying silver, then spraying clear over the parts? If not re-plating might I ask what your using especially on the brake booster? Perhaps Eastman's Cad paint? David Thanks
No, I have not plated any parts. The booster is my own home made concoction of paint. "Chrome" paint as a base, gold anodizing paint on top, more dusting of chrome on top of that to get it dialed in, then a coat of clear on top of that.
I finally cleaned up all the AC lines and mufflers and that big ugly valve on top of the compressor today. The radiator is being recored in the next week or so, and I found that the heater core I got out of the parts car Super I bought is basically new...so that was nice to know. I installed the parking brake pedal assembly...although it seems that I can't get the pedal to come back up all the way by itself when I release it. I played with the brake adjustments and the spring at the rear end, but eventually gave up on it to look at it another day. I don't need it right now, anyway
