Here is my numbers matching 68 GS 400 I Just finished Take a look, I am looking for events to attend in the Maryland area this summer, thanks.
Fresh Resto! thanks... I am new to this and am having some trouble ....I have tried to post more pics but am having porblems. Anyway the car: rebuilt original 400 ci, HEI, Edelbrock, Q-Jet, TA Headers & 3 inch flowmasters Rebuilt turbo 400 w/3000 TCI stall & shift kit 411 posi New EVERYTHING!! TOP to BOTTOM !!
Go back and edit your profile and add a signature with your name at the bottom. Everyone's on a first name basis here, kinda like family. You've done a great job on that car. The wheels really do it. How long did it take? How long since finished? Congrats on a nice ride and welcome to the board.:TU:
The third pic is a gorgeous picture with the sunset. Makes me wanna crack open a Miller Lite and chill out!:bglasses:
Thanks! Thank you ....It took about a year to do and of course it's still not done. Thanks for the tip Reynold!
Beautiful car man! :TU: Any wheel well rub with the big fatties? It sure is hard to deny that 69 hood isn't it? :Brow:
69 hood Yeah the hood was on it when I got it and so was the whole air cleaner assembly! So....why not! It also has a 69 rear bumper. I took alot of time to measure the wheels to get it right, they are American Racing Hopsters 16X7 front and 16X8 rear with 4/34 backspacing on Kumho ECSTA Supra 712's 225/55 front and 255/50 rear, thought yu might like to know.:TU:
Awesome! Hey, that is one beautiful resto! Do you have any before pics??? Those are always nice to look at for comparison. I love the color. Is it original? If not, what was the original color? How long have you had it? Know any history on it? Did you do most of the work yourself? (In other words, give us the whole story. ) I agree that third pic is a great one. Would love to see it on a calendar someday. So, you middle name would be "Lee" would it? (Bet you get that all the time....) :laugh: Anyway, congratulations on a beautiful car. I'm sure you'll have fun ripping around in it this summer. :TU:
David, I would like to think that if I used those same wheels and tires I would be good to go, but then I remembered that you said you had a 4.11 rear, which obviously is not original, so I'm assuming that maybe you do not not have the original "drum to drum" dimensions and this enabled you to clear the wheel wells with a little bit more of a "narrower" rear than the stock one?? Also, does your speedometer read accurately still? If so, what did you do to compensate for the bigger wheels? Thanks! Ken
getting the hang of the board now! Thanks Ken Mild & Ken Lisk, First the wheels and tires, when I got the car the previous owner was a "Racer"(more on that later) and he put the rear togeather, as far as I know it's the stock housing with a different gear set. I have the original drums on all fours (rebuilt) and plan to up grade to 4 wheel disk as soon as funds allow. I didn't have to cut the original wheel well at all and can use the uncut wheel well trim also! There is alot of room under there, my buddy has stuffed a 275/60/15 TA Radial under the stock fender well on an 8 inch rim with a 5 inch backspace! ! Secondly the whole story for those intersted... I bought the car from a Racer some might know Jeff Reinoehl he owns Insane Racing (www.insaneracing.com) it was his daily car for a number of years (Old Blue). He did race it some though, but when I got it it needed almost everything but the drive train was intact for the most part. I stripped the whole car down, detailed the engine (twice) had it painted base/clear original Blue Poly put in a new Legendary interior (of fair quality) complete PST front end sway bars, shocks KYB's, exhaust, headres,intake carb,HEI, the list go on.... but it turned out decent. thanks for all your interest everybody makes it all worth the effort ! Here is the before pic. __________________
shows There are several nice shows in the area. The best Buick show is the BCA show at Miller Motors (Baltimore) in late Sept. There is a nice BOP/all GM show in Rockville Aug 9 at the Montgomery College campus. There are some nice hot rod shows Damascus MD July 18/19 and the best one is also in Damascus in Sept (end of the season awards, every hot rod show up!). I will try to post on the board any local shows, although I generally look around DC. Nice Car! - Bill
David, BEAUTIFUL! Is that a small block shroud in there? How does it cool? Usually they say you should see half of the fan blades for proper setup. Just curious. o No:
David, didn't this car just go the EBay route or did u decide to keep it???? I think I was inquiring on this car with you for my brother last week on EBay, anyway it sure is a sweet ride...
