[ghost28]

 I played with the buick over the weekend a little. The rear fenders that are not for this car beat me up a little but I got them to fit for the most part. Then I decided that since the car was in the right position I would mock up the engine and start on the front mounts which will be a rubber biscuit style for the 401 nailhead.
John

[sixball]

In my shop it would have had a straight 8, but it would never get done. A Nail Head ? Far Out! That is a great build. It looks really nice.

[ghost28]

In my shop it would have had a straight 8, but it would never get done. A Nail Head ? Far Out! That is a great build. It looks really nice.

  My son n law has a straight eight out of a 51 buick in storage so it was thought of in the build, and it would have fit the space.

[TFoch]

John the fenders look like they belong there, nice work.  You should be able to fit some good size tires in there.  It'll be really cool with that nail head.  Great to see the progress.
Tom

[ghost28]

When I built the support for the area behind the seat where the top will lay down, it was just for support so the cosmetic side of it wasn't real pretty I spent sunday last bending some brake line to wrap the outside of the area and then cut some 16 guage into the proper sizes to cap the whole area. Doing this I was able to properly transition where the door closes to the back part of the body. I then added on metal to the top door jams on the hinge sides and the door closure area, this will give me a clean gap at the top of the doors when all is said and done.

[TFoch]

John, That was a great idea, should finish that part of the car real well.  Nice work!
Tom

[logride]

I like the nailhead! What trans. are you using?

[ghost28]

I like the nailhead! What trans. are you using?

I have a nice saginaw 4 speed and hurst shifter, but now I have my eyes on a muncie if I can swing it...

[madmike3434]

Buick V8 in a 26 buick, how absolutely perfect !!!!!!!!!!!!

googled a search for 26 buicks to see what they look like, wow great body design.  Does yours have the golf club door in the quarter panel

From my days as THE GASKET KING 1975--90 I rember that there was 2 buicks made.. One was the MASTER SERIES and the other was the STANDARD SERIES . They had diff sized wheel bases and different straight six motors.  Which one do you have ?

looking at your manifolds, I would say probably easiest to make a TRI-Y style header, dougs headers makes that style for SBC, as an example.

My friend frank has a 26 dodge and the hardest thing was trying to find a 30--32 " tall tire to fill the rear fender opening.  Looks like you will not have that problem with the front, gonna be IN DA WEEDS .

mike

[ghost28]

Buick V8 in a 26 buick, how absolutely perfect !!!!!!!!!!!!

googled a search for 26 buicks to see what they look like, wow great body design.  Does yours have the golf club door in the quarter panel

From my days as THE GASKET KING 1975--90 I rember that there was 2 buicks made.. One was the MASTER SERIES and the other was the STANDARD SERIES . They had diff sized wheel bases and different straight six motors.  Which one do you have ?

 No it didn't have the golf door and it was the 120 inch wheel base model so I cut 6 inches out of the body and the frame making it 104 inches, but it's still a big car. On mine the top was stationary cloth non folding. I did chop off the rear gast tank area of the frame where the spare tire would have been mounted to clean up the back a little bit. Thanks for your comments....John
 

[ghost28]

little by little. I ordered the slim line bear claws and pin setups from speedway. I had the  mounting plates in my inventory. They were relatively easy to install and get everything lined up. The first door took about an hour and the second about 20 minutes, and of course the second door works the best?

[sammons]

The last set of slim lines I used on my 34 5-w, the mounting holes didn't line up. They were 1/8" to narrow.  I had to use the die grinder to widen, the back weld(on the mounting plate). Don't know what that was all about, ordered the complete kit, should have been matched.

I've been tapping the latch holes so it would clear the door glass, no room for nuts. Luckily our hardware store carries a short counter sink bolt in philips or flat

[ghost28]

 I looked at the mounting plates speedway were offering and didn't care for them. To me they looked like a one size fits all hopefully. The ones I had  lined up perfectly.

[sammons]

That's where I got them. The bear claws & kit I got previously, my buddy bought off the internet somewhere and they matched perfect.

I was wrong on what machine screws I used on the 34, I used the pan head flat like you. The counter sunk I used on the hinges.  I did a "36 ford that I made the plate with the counter sink for clearance in the jamb. I threaded the mounting holes in the bearclaws and kissed a counter sink with a larger drill bit till the screw would set.

Damn meds get my reckoning off sometimes, sorry.

[ghost28]

i finally figured out my split bones mounting tabs,. placement on the frame, how large they should be and so on.  What I did figure out is the crossmember I built was mounted crooked  (one of those moments) and wouldn't let me do a correct tape measure alighnment on the axle, so I had to cut a slit on drivers side front and passenger side rear so I could rotate the axle and spring about a quarter inch. It worked fine, but now I have to weld up the seams again. oh well it's what I do AGAIN AND AGAIN.