Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
 

Ughhh, can you imagine? Pull the passenger fender to get to it!

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Nice looking project Drew

Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
 

Frankie's new parking buddy - our 4 door parts car from Nebraska/South Dakota.

Well, now we know where Chevy came up with "medium blue".

Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
 

Hello everyone, it's Biz here. Update on the road, again. We are now headed up to Connecticut for the "other car."
Here's what we picked up in Montana. The hood is super straight and fenders have a couple of dings each, well worth the effort to get these fine parts.
Attachment 1340619
There was some good progress yesterday in taking it apart.Attachment 1340620
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(I've decided that the Star Wars smily is going to be my new sign off)

Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
 

Parts and progress looks great. Have a safe trip!

PS...love the Star Wars smily!

Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
 

Nice job on the dis-assembly so far. Good luck on trip and you guys be safe!

Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
 

There is a 57 Buick body service manual FS on the Atlanta CL.

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/pts/4814571074.html

Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
 

Good to see you back to work on another one, great choice on the platform, not many Buicks out there, and I'm guessing "none" with your special touch?

BTW, that 4dr HT looks like something I'd drive, what a great patina!

Get to work, y'all, we're waiting:)

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They're not as big as I had expected, I somehow had the idea they'd be 2-3 times as big as they are. Incredible job nonetheless, i guess years of TV and my imagination made them grow a bit in my mind.

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OOOOHHHH count me in! If this is anything like Frankenstein I want to see how it turns out!

Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
 

Something different?

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This has a tad too much wind resistance for us..
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Earlier my dad said that he thinks we have enough Buick parts to finish the car, and yet we are going to pick up the "other car" today. I'm actually surprised that no one has been interested in knowing what it is!
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Something with forced induction?

Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
 

Buick Turbo V6 isn't modern enough. Keep thinking.
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Firebird? T/a? Camaro?

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I am thinking the Bride of Young Frankenstein will be getting the Rare corvette option.:metal: or a 6L super charged.

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Torque tube rear axle/drive shaft assembly is out of the car, never to be put back in. Attachment 1341025
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The rear axle doesn't have a normal driveshaft, but instead uses a torque tube filled with gear oil, which is notorious for leaking. That old technology has got to go!
Also the gas tank has been removed.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
 

Getting warmer, but actually not worrying with the engine choice right now.

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Ctsv???

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Very nice progress on the tear down. Looking forward to the new powerplant.

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With your taste its a modern GTO

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Hmmmm... you said no to all my options... latest camaro? I'm still wondering if it is a body on frame LT1 powered Buick.
I know. .. it's a Tesla

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You are all over it, but we aren't even concerning ourselves with the powertrain on this trip. The Bride will need both this car and a powertrain car. (Hint: what did we just pull out of the bride? It's a classic Hotroder's trick)

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That would be a very interesting engineering challenge, but probably above our pay grade.

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