after examining a 4 door, it appears to be different. If I remember right, it is cut in a place toward the rear that the 2 door doesn't have.
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after examining a 4 door, it appears to be different. If I remember right, it is cut in a place toward the rear that the 2 door doesn't have.
Thanks for posting. Nice looking ride. I must have the same paint on my 53. Need to find some "touch-up" so I'll try using the paint name you listed.
I have looked a bit for this and never found anyone making them new. But didn't work too hard at looking. I check this part when I go to junk yards and they are always worse than mine. I could use...
I rebuilt the front end, mostly due to shocks being shot. New tie rods and it steers much easier. Not as good as PS, but much better.
Problem not yet solved, but here's another piece of the horn. The contact "strap." The retainer is the rubber around the horn emblem/button. Still not finding a picture of the spring part under...
I ordered rear wheel cylinders for a 53 Buick from NAPA. Picked them up and they are made in China. Also some suspension parts from a Buick supplier and are made in Taiwan. Neither place mentioned...
Also posted this under "Shop Talk." Maybe more help here: ...
I've found that if there is a chrome ring it is a Flexible Spoke Steering Wheel. The more basic is the single spoke steering wheel with more basic horn parts. You can see the guts of my single...
Anyone had experience with this? There are some missing pieces, that don't seem to be manufactured anymore. I believe I am missing:
1. some kind of spring under the horn cup
2. a strap that goes...
Good info to have. Got my car with a Bob's catalog in it. Said for me to tell them my brake shoe size. Then ended up getting conflicting sizes from different places like you.
Since there's no reply, I looked at the catalog of Rockauto and the parts are different.
From the download catalog at www.oldbuickparts.com:
FRONT (set is enough for 2 wheels)
1936-1951...1936-1951 Special & Super..................................BS-29......1 3/4”.....$54.50 set
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Looking at some side trim pieces on the rear quarter from a junk yard that are quite a distance from my home. They looked the same. Anyone save me the trip and taking them off for comparison?
Is...