1930 Buick V12 build

[sammons]

Thats great Essex!  All the hard long work has really paid off. You have a great looking Rod and i believe it will end up being very reliable. Congrats!👍

[Essex_29]

I just checked, 800 miles driven so far. Except for a tiny coolant leak
where the cooling fan sensor is welded and a bit excessive oil consumption,
it?s been driving and running just about perfect. With one exception.
A harsh vibration under accelleration. And not even hard accelleration.
always there, always stripping away the good feeling you get when you
get to drive your brand newly done project car.
Yesterday i fixed it!
I was going to adjust the rear axle backlash (a pain to do on these 10-bolt
axles). I wasn?t exactly enthusiastic, and procrastinated by checking the
prop shaft alignment, or ratger the pinion angle.
I noticed that the pinion was one degree high, which, of course isn?t ideal,
A degree low would be better. So, just to avoid the shimming of the axle, I
unbolted the lower link bars and screwed out the ends one and a half turn.
This amounted to a 3 degree change.
By the one change at a time rule, I lowered the Buick to the floor and went
driving. The vibrations were 90% gone!

This time procrastination really worked in my favor, the result is a car that
I can finally enjoy fully to drive!

[Essex_29]

We attended Wheels Nationals North in Sweden this last weekend. A big
car meet by local standards. I'd guess 1,500 cars or thereabout.
We went by ferry and  on top of a few hours on the ferry, it's about a 30
mile drive, so very close to home.
We went with a few buddies with rods. The four of us at Ikea in one pic
Other pics from the happening.

[sammons]

Essex, i'm glade you found an easy solution to the vibration.  Glad to see your enjoying it!

Nice bunch of cars there🙂

[TFoch]

Cool rides!  Glad you found the vibration! Enjoy!!!

[Essex_29]

I finally got my coveted black old style five digit licence plates
that cars in Finland had prior to 1972.
These plates have been obsolete for a few years now, but a very
Helpful lady at the local DMV found an unused pair of plates in
a small town and had them sent here!
I was so happy that I wrote a little note and put a tiny symbolic
gift in the envelope.

[sammons]

Looks good on there, you got lucky! Was it a never used tag?
All ours get destroyed on left overs for the year. Here in Kansas anyway, your only allowed to use a year of manufature tag. Then you have to take it to court house for approval of condition as they all are used. Your not allowed to refinish either🙄

[Essex_29]

Yes, this is a never used tag. As a general rule, we never get used tags.
As this is an imported car, my Buick Marquette came to Finland from America
in 2008, it obviously didn't have a tag before. On previously registered cars,
you may get the old tags back.

Pics:
The Buick with it's post 1972 licence plates.
Six digits. Also the new plates since about the year 2000 have a blue
extension that says FI and EU. I cut that off, it's just too ugly on an
old car. (criminal behaviour)
And in the second pic the
Essex, which had its original tag on new plates, since it had been sold
new in Finland. Same style, but I painted the outer border black to make
for an older look, that border line came in in the fifties, I think.
Also not allowed, but luckily mischief no one cares much about.

[TFoch]

The Black tags match the car perfectly!

[Essex_29]

Thanks, TFoch, especially on a black car, the black tags
look so much better than the white ones.
To some it makes no difference, but to me, the tags are a part
of the overall look of a car.

[Essex_29]

It's been a fun summer, driving around in the Buick. A bit more than 2500 trouble free miles now.
I've been invited to a car show early September in a town about 80 miles north of where
I live. I think that after that I'll be ready to call it garage season.
I got a couple Trophies (cups?), one in the ?land islands in July for best  Rod&Custom
and one in Forssa PickNick, third in Rod&Custom.
First pic of the Forssa judges scrutinizing, and second pic when I was awarded the trophy.
Fun to get a bit of acknowledgement for the last six and a half years spent in the shop.

[sammons]

Essex thats great, glad you are driving and enjoying that car. Well done Sir!

[EDNY]

Outstanding...you deserve every bit of praise and acknowledgement for a job well done.

[sixball]

Well deserved recognition! Even those "car guys" who will judge your work at shows will not know what it took to put this car together. Great work!

[TFoch]

Great job and the Buick looks awesome! Well deserved!