Dual four barrel 425 nailhead. My goal is for the 425 to look like it came there from the factory.
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Dual four barrel 425 nailhead. My goal is for the 425 to look like it came there from the factory.
I am replacing my straight eight with a Buick V-8 with means I have to update the steering. There is no room for the factory power steering gear. My car drives great so I want to leave the factory...
Another thought I would not be worried about the bell housing being strong enough but I would be concerned about your engine stand if it is from Harbor Freight or other low cost supplier, those cheap...
I have had my 263 on a regular engine stand multiple times over the years. I use grade 8 bolts attached to the bell housing. I assemble the complete engine on there. I have experimented and if you...
The adaptor plates in the picture in previous post can be made. I then used big block Chevy motor mounts and mounted them to the adaptor plates. The frame pads that the big block Chevy motor mounts...
I bet that car was running when it was parked, just a little polishing and it will be ready for the show circuit. I do not see any rust and I assume it is complete. It is a good car to start with. ...
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I do not know about this particular starter but there could be a third bolt between the starter and the block partially hidden from view or there could be a support bracket on the end of the stater...
If you have a mixture of 50% antifreeze don"t worry about the block cracking. These Buicks were used in cold weather when they were new. Thats why they have two heaters. My straight eight runs...
Replace your old rubber fuel line with Gates "Barricade" or equivalent. Get the low pressure hose, it is compatible with Ethanol fuel. If your car is stock there should be a length of rubber hose...
Have a 52 Super with a 263. Rebuilt the carb in 1983. Have put a little over 100,000 miles on that carb. and never done anything to it. Just got back from nearly a 3,000 mile trip this fall and...
Is it cold up there this morning?
Bob, stayed over night Thursday in Spokane then drove over to Kellogg, Idaho Friday and bought a pickup. Is that any where near where you live? Boy do they sell vehicles, 12 to 1800 a month. This...
I have been driving my 52 Buick Super Estate Wagon for a long time and where I live there are a lot of deer on the roads and getting hit by cars. So I been keeping my eyes out for a parts car. I...
I will go in another direction. Are the tires in balance? Can you exchange wheels and tires from another car? What condition are the shocks in?
If by description you say rolling chassis I take that to mean the car chassis a 1947. Attach the correct wiring up and use the ignition switch and accelerator pedal to start it. (Might as well...
and remove the fuel pump.
On the 21st of September (a Thursday night) I was in Encinitas California, just North of San Diego. I met a man who was driving an early 50's Buick, shiny dark paint, a big bock Chevy engine I...
Got back from California, all gas stations except far north California have those vapor ends on their gas nozzle. I used a transmission funnel as an extension and then I could depress the nozzle...
I have a 52 Buick Model 59. My driver's door was starting to require semi aggressive slamming to get it to shut. I compared it to the other doors and the striker on the pillar looked in great...
Go the old way. Drill some holes. Use a slide hammer to pull it out. Weld up the holes and use bobby filler to finish it. To me a curved surface is easier to get perfect.
Would the wider drums from a Super or Roadmaster fit your car?
Those are called junction blocks. NAPA and Ace Hardware both stock those items. They will probably bolt right in. I have one from Cole Hersey and the holes line up perfectly.
When I changed from the single turbine to the twin turbine I did not have to buy anything. All I had to change came from the single turbine and exchanged them onto the twin turbine. If I remember...
I have a 52 Super. I installed a 53 twin turbine along time ago and it works fine. I had to change something at the universal joint from the old dynaflow to the new one. What an improvement.