Started one of the 66’s and let it warm up, turned on the defroster and proceeded to watch the windshield fog up. Looks like I will probably need a new heater core. At least there is no dripping on the floor.
Took a break from messing with the pinion, and swapped out the dead rear shocks. They now match the front.
I drove my Buick to Walgreens. I went in the liquor department in but the case of beer. I got back in my car in a very nice blonde gave me a thumbs up. Dang, don’t see young people into old cars very often.
The car liked to eat front shocks early in it's career, and Koni's solved it. Looking forward to seeing what these do.
My Sea Foam 65 Wildcat is getting a paint job...I finished assembling the grill for it and soaked the hinges in evaporust. Next - tail lights...
The 68 3-speed convertible is about as far apart as it can get- frame is stripped here(Cincy), body is getting fixed in Columbus, carb just came back from Ken in CT, transmission about to go out to DME in E. KY, engine is Michigan.
2days ago. But brought it out of winter slumber to drive it almost 10 miles. Give it some exercise and fresh gas in its belly and clean the rear tires off a bit.
Was 50* today here in MI. Did some battery charging & California car dusting. 50* on March 1st, gives you that false spring is here feeling.
Swapped out an ammeter that was never hooked up for a tachometer. Not exactly an ideal spot for a tach, but the new AutoMeter Sport Comp gauge matched the 80s-vintage oil pressure and temperature gauges in the cluster.
Stripping paint off of the 50-year old rocker trim. New ones are $200 plus shipping, so I'm not sure if restoring the old ones is worth the effort.
Yesterday I had my roll up doors to my shop replaced with 10' by 8' insulated garage doors. They are R 18.4 rated and should make is much easier to heat and cool the shop. The doors also somewhat follow the ceiling of my shop, but I have to raise a car on my two post lift to see if they are too low. If they are, I will just close that door when using the lift. The insulation factor is going to be amazing and allow year around use of the shop. I also had a mini-split unit install this fall after we insulated the ceiling and added plywood covering. The walls were insulated 15 years ago when the shop was built. Now I can work on my projects any time and I am retired!
Took the GS400 to get a hair cut and then to Wawa this afternoon. Lots of sitting in traffic, as it is Snowbird season here.
After working on the Grand Cherokee most of the day, to get ready for our trip from Florida to Colorado, to South Carolina, and back to Florida, I decided to get in some Buick time and go to a local (25-ish miles away) cruise-in car show with the GS400. Was a nice drive and had a good time there. I was one of 2 Buicks. And here is the other Buick, a 1964 Electra Convertible. I believe that he recently moved here from Massachusetts. Beautiful car!
Kissed it goodbye... I'm "Buickless" for the first time in 40 years. It's been a good run for this car, I've owned it for close to 20 years, and it's time to move it along. I hope the new owner does something good with the car like makes it as nice as the one in the picture above.
I recently put the motor and transmission back in my GS. Today, I reinstalled the shifter and linkage. I have changed to a Programable MSD as my distributor does not have any type of advancement. If you look through the windshield in this picture, you will see what I have to look over driving down the road.
