YO Ben,
Just read all ten pages great thread and lots of info! I'm stuck up in the pnw just about an hour north of the greatly overpopulated rain rotted Seattle hopefully moving 6 hours east in the near future. I can also say your Buick is VERY pimped 12v with p.s. even a.c. NOT THE MENTION THE...
so I'm on my 3rd year with my 46 Buick runner driver I just want to see some other builds... don't see much of these on the road, at local meets, or big car shows so yes I'm being nosey where are all the straight eight Buicks at!
Been awhile since I asked stupid questions so I need an old timer to put me in place.
so i've had me 1946 sedanette for a little over a year (got it running after 20+ years of rest) and I've only been impressed with the machine.
That being said she's only got 48xxx on the clock (I believe is...
I really don't see many buick eights being built or even at any local shows so lemme see them who doing what for there 8 in 2017
mines a california car thats slowly migrated north into Washington and as of last November she's mine!!!!!
SOOO I kept getting yelled at to get my Buick running and driving so yesterday was the first time she saw the road in 20+ years. 248 straight 8 lots of little things here and there too get her back to life and introduce her to 2017 :hurray:
The drive was only a mile long spiked my adrenaline...
so let me start with making everyone aware that I'm only a 22 year old. Now what one of you elder hoarders has my box of valve springs for the 248 behemoth I've been looking for. Also I've gone to Napa and they basically said machine shop or bust so I've got no leads, no connections, or local...
1946 super i8 motor is free and pulled/rebuilt starter all pimped and pretty.
any suggestions or tips on jumping my starter without keys?
I'm gravity feeding fuel once I hear her run ill replace all lines and redo tank.
also my auto choke was removed and rigged with manual choke (looks like dog...
Once upon a time a drunk 16-17 year old stumbled in front of a bohemoth thing and only knew it was a shiny blue buick. FF 6 years after keeping tabs on the sitting bohemoth I now own the thing and yesterday bombed out the rad and hand cranked the i8 she's still healthy. Guy sold it too me...