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Yeah, I love my old Buick. It's my most fun car to drive. That was an abandoned car near Carlisle, PA when I started on it. Check out the "before" pic.
I use the Packard more often than the ones in the garage because it's not in as good condition as the others. It's funny, but the nicer I fix them up, the less I drive and enjoy them. Still get a few hundred to a thousand miles a year on them. Attach file:  (121.86 KB)
Posted on: 2009/12/11 14:09
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In time, I plan on building a second garage where the Packard is parked to keep it in as well as the "family Studebaker" which I've been charged with keeping. Currently, my 62 Lesabre and 59 Edsel are in there now. No current shots of the Edsel but do have one of the Buick. Those 2 cars are special to me for different reasons. The Buick because my grandfather had one just like it and I loved riding in it, also the Edsel because I wanted one since I was 13. You could say it was my "dream car". Attach file: (166.52 KB)
Posted on: 2009/12/11 13:32
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Once I get the first frost of the year, I start mothballing the fleet one-by-one and putting them on life support till spring. I only go out and work on them if I have to. Most cases I'll just use another car till a good enough day comes. Instead, I use the winter to order and stockpile parts and get others rebuilt.
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Posted on: 2009/12/11 0:05
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Re: Hood to Cowl seal 22nd Series
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I have the groove, but no seal or holes for screws on my 48. The car had been repainted a couple times but I see no evidence of holes filled or welded up.
Posted on: 2009/12/9 17:39
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Re: BARF and HIDEOUS! 1983 Packard
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The one John posted looks pretty good while this last one looks like a 71 bonneville getting BF'd by a 90's Roadmaster!
Posted on: 2009/12/9 6:07
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Re: Of Mice and Men
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I've always bought Fords and Buicks when able to choose instead of necessity. I stick with full size Ford 74-78 and full size Buick 71-76 for daily drivers. The Buicks were higher maintenance, but more fun. Been using the same 78 Ltd for 9 years. extremely reliable, easy to maintain and parts are cheap and plentiful. If I were to buy a truck, it'd be a Ford as my father's served him well till his end.
Even then it would be 1978 and older as electronic crap creeps in after then. Attach file: (183.96 KB)
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Re: Hubcaps on the 22nd Series
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I don't feel like going outside and clearing all the snow, but if you can enlarge this pic, you'll see the believed to be correct hubcaps on my car.
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Re: ebay turd changes name
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Sadly, these ebay scum are nothing new. I work with a guy who proudly claims he's on his fifth user ID. He deals in antiques of questionable quality. He's still not as bad as the guy from Carbondale, PA who sold people "copper engravings" of Abraham Lincoln. He says "they were mighty surprised when their shiny new penny arrived".
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Re: Hard starting after not running for a week or so.
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Yes, good advice. I also do that following oil changes to lube the system. 9 years ago, I bought a Ford with a 351M engine with low miles. It ran fine and still does, but the first time I changed the oil, it knocked for about 20 seconds when I started it after filling the oil. Later that day, I was looking through one of my Ford shop manuals and found that they recommended pulling the coil wire and cranking till oil light goes out.
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Re: removal of axle fill plug
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Try a set of Craftsman Bolt-Outs. If one's large enough it should fit over the square end. They tap on with a hammer and you turn them out with a wrench or socket. I've had good luck with them.
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