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01-14-2015, 01:38 AM | #1 |
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Agreed!!
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01-14-2015, 01:55 AM | #2 |
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
OOPS, spoke too soon. I forgot I had already measured the width of the frame and need to trim out about 1.5 inches. I knew there would be something to make it a little tough. No worries though, I've already got a plan to slice out the extra width and weld it back up. Now I just need the Buick lump out of the way. I had left it in to keep weight on the front end while I figured out ride height, although you can tell by the pictures I had to add a good bit more to help me "see" the ride height I wanted in the final production.
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Sounds like things are working out well. Glad to hear it. Can't wait for the next update.
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Drew, great planning and ready for the next update...Jim
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01-17-2015, 06:54 PM | #5 |
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Saturday night picture time!!!
Serious Biz / Daddy time again, and we had another rare visit from the Mrs. Engine was out with very little hassle. More to come.
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01-18-2015, 02:01 AM | #6 |
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I'm fairly certain looking at all that grime that it has been 58 years since the engine was not with the body!
Can somebody say "we're gonna need a high hump"!
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01-18-2015, 09:40 AM | #7 |
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Good progress and great time together again. My daughters helped some, though never at this level of involvement.
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Something else went bye-bye. This thing is HUGE and has got to weigh a good bit more than the independent Jag rear, and it was virtually all unsprung weight contributing to a rougher ride. The dirt caked on it is literally 3/8ths of an inch thick, thats a lot of leaking and a lot of dust accumulating.
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01-19-2015, 08:12 PM | #10 |
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I'd love one if I could snap my fingers and it would be out of my way when I didn't need it.
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Very nice progress on the tear down.
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You make it look easy, Drew Seriously, you probably just removed 1/4 of the 2 tons that car weighs. Can't wait for your updates, this is as good as watching Young Frankie come together!
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I've only pulled one or two of those old style rear ends and heavy is putting it mildly.
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Like I need another thread to follow. JK, glad to see how this is coming a long. Very cool!
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I really want to weigh it, but how? Bathroom scales won't cut it. Anyone got a cheap solution to figure out what it weighs?
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This has become my favorite thread. I check this one before checking the truck forum anymore.
This person might be interested in some of your old parts, he seems to be needing everything. http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/4799077035.html. |
01-20-2015, 08:59 PM | #19 |
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I've stripped the 4 barrel intake and carb off for sale, and both exhaust manifolds are good and worth around $300 to $400 each. Apparently they crack easily? Anyone need a 300 HP 361 ci Buick nailhead??? It did still run before I pulled it.
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Gotta love getting paid to pull parts!
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Drew..Stumbled across this 57 Buick Special with a jag front and rear installed...just in case you need other parts...https://westky.craigslist.org/cto/4850069679.html
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Sorry for being a slacker this week, but friends invited me to a Montana ski trip in Whitefish near the Canadian border and I just couldn't resist!
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02-04-2015, 10:50 PM | #24 |
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I was really curious just how much this hunk of junk axle and torque tube setup weighs, so I bought a 700 pound scale to hang off of my engine hoist point in my garage ceiling (I planned ahead when I built the garage). I weighed both the 1957 Buick set-up and the 1994 Jaguar IRS.......
Guess whose completely different differential, driveshaft, braking system, suspension system, blah blah blah, made in 2 different countries (USA vs England), 37 years apart, weighed within 3 pounds of each other??? Take a wild guess...They couldn't be any more different.... and yet one weighs 350 pounds (Jag) and the other one (Buick) weighs 353 pounds!!!! NO WAYYYYYY. That is seriously crazy! 3 pounds! You couldn't have done that in a million years if you told 2 engineers to design completely opposite assemblies but they must weigh within 3 pounds of one another. Hey, at least I'm saving 3 pounds.
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And gaining way more in cool!
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