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12-29-2014, 04:04 PM | #1 |
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Hello again. My dad forgot to pack the card reader for our camera, so we have not been able to post the pictures promised. I, however, took a picture on my phone, as we are driving down the road, and shall post it for y'all now.Attachment 1341610
TADAAAAAAAAA! One of us will post more pictures once we get home in about 6.5/7 hours. So long until then.
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12-29-2014, 08:06 PM | #2 |
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
At least youre not parting out a pretty Jag ,one of the old classics .Even though it would be worth it for this worthy cause .
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Drew, do you use a different site to search Craigslist near and far?
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01-04-2015, 11:39 AM | #6 |
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YES !!! Searchtempest.com is a nationwide Craigslist search aggregator. It works incredibly well, it would be impossible to search each city manually.
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01-04-2015, 09:34 AM | #7 |
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Biz looks super excited standing with the Jag ,I cant wait to see more .
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01-04-2015, 11:47 AM | #8 |
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Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
Drew I see all these pics of your cool trips with a u-haul trailer?
I thought you would own your own trailer. What's the inside scoop? Unlimited U-haul gift card? Ha. Seriously,... this is a COOL project!!!
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Thanks for loving the Bride!
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01-11-2015, 08:41 PM | #10 |
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Long time lurker here. Saw this at the JY today, an 84 with the Buick sitting right next to it....
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I need several trim parts, etc. Was it a 2 door or 4 door?
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01-04-2015, 08:03 PM | #12 |
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I have found that owning a trailer is more trouble than they are worth unless you use it a lot . I sold mine and dont regret it .
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01-04-2015, 09:21 PM | #13 |
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The Jag thinks he's died and gone to heaven being inside my warm and dry garage. Jokes on him though when we cut his arms and legs off to suspend our Buick!!!!!
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01-04-2015, 11:09 PM | #14 |
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Leaking driveshaft, well thats got to go.
Front cap is off Surprisingly no rust under all this junk that fell through the cowl.
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01-05-2015, 11:12 PM | #15 |
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A rare sighting in the garage, the Mrs. at work on the Buick - look at that pile of dirt from the passenger cowl vent! Fakhry tearing down the Jag.
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01-08-2015, 12:40 AM | #16 |
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Not tons to report tonight, just working on stripping the Jag. Everything on the engine is free of the car, but we still have to drop some belly pans and the exhaust. The drivers side of the rear is clear and working on the passenger side. I'm pointing to the 4 bolts on each side that hold the whole assembly to the car frame rails - these and 2 lower control arms. Our goal is to have both front and rear out by the weekend.
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01-11-2015, 08:25 AM | #17 |
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Good progress and great time together. Looks good.
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01-11-2015, 10:51 AM | #18 |
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You both will have something to talk about for years, good bonding...Jim
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I think it was a 4 door from the picture, I think that is the rear handle just peaking out behind the Jag rear window. I didn't look at it too long, it was picked pretty clean and most of the sheet was rotted through. PM me with what you need and I'll try to go next weekend
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Whoof! That's a garage fulla crap! I'd have trouble just keepin' it all straight! Looks like you got good help, though.
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01-13-2015, 12:43 AM | #21 |
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It is a load, but I did manage to get rid of the Jag lump and some other bits for some cash today.
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01-12-2015, 03:55 PM | #22 |
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Your parts car is nicer than most project cars! Almost a shame even for a 4 door. Looks great so far!
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01-13-2015, 12:50 AM | #23 |
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The floors are very gone in the 4 door and a fair bit of rot everywhere, but it does look pretty decent at first glance. $800 all in should tell you it is a little rough.
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01-14-2015, 01:23 AM | #24 |
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I've been out in the shop tonight working out ride height and how to mount the front cross member and suspension. As seen in the pictures, I'm going for rockers at 8 inches off the pavement which puts my frame at 6 inches off.
the Jag Crossmember is very compact and will actually end up at least 2 inches higher than the frame off of the ground - so that's nice. The crossmember unit only uses 4 mounting points, all rubber isolated for that Jag smooth ride... errrr I mean Buick smooth ride. The rear mount lines up perfectly with a flat spot on the Buick frame just before it starts to curve down to go under the body. That mount must be perfectly level front to rear to keep the castor geometry correct. That part of the Buick frame is perfectly level with the whole car, so that works out perfectly. Currently I have a 27 inch tire and if I mount the crossmember unit directly to my level spot on the Buick frame it will work out that I would be a half inch lower at the rocker than I am now. By doing a 28 inch tire, that will pick me up the half inch I'm off by. I am literally pinching myself at how well this is all working out. I had expected that I would have to be carving out pockets in the frame and remaking stuff on the front, but so far, so good. I do know already that the rear will need a lot of frame reworking, but I had seen those pictures already on the H.A.M.B blog about a 57 Oldsmobile. TTFN
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Drew & Biz, keep it up! You guys are kickin it - of course the suspension working out so good helps.
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