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Offline Mark Ascher

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Re: 65 4-Speed Restoration
« Reply #105 on: August 09, 2011, 07:22:45 PM »
We assembled the door and quarter reveal mouldings last night. It is good to have one of your best friends work as a mechanical engineer. Specialized tools used were a rivet "squeezer" (I don't know the technical name), a notching tool, and a hand held hole punch. The Steele weatherstrips needed holes made for the screws that hold them to the body, and for the plastic parts that were riveted on the originals. The mouldings themselves were polished and re-anodized some years ago. See pictures below.

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Re: 65 4-Speed Restoration
« Reply #106 on: August 26, 2011, 09:28:14 PM »
I've been picking up some consumables for taking a run at getting this thing fired.
It just struck me tonight what this stuff costs.

2 gallons of anti-freeze - $32.00
2 Wix oil filters - $22.00
2 bottles of Comp Cams break-in additive - $22.00
2 cans of SEM Landau Black - $20
1 quart of Wilwood DOT 5 - $13.00

I haven't even bought oil or gear lube yet.
The door panels were shipped to SMS today as well. Shipping was $97.62.

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Re: 65 4-Speed Restoration
« Reply #107 on: September 26, 2011, 04:47:26 PM »
Mr. Brian Stone arrived in St. Paul Thursday evening, Sept. 23 for a weekend of thrashing on the GS.
We started bright & early on Friday. Then Dan Ankeny arrived, and later had a surprise for us.
I don't know why he's laughing in the pic, probably something I didn't tighten up.
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Re: 65 4-Speed Restoration
« Reply #108 on: September 26, 2011, 04:51:28 PM »
Loren Alexander drove up from Nebraska, and helped out all weekend too. Engine was getting close to complete
later on Friday. Clutch linkage is shown with the Buick Farm repro boot (thanks Doug!) and the felt washer
is new. They are available! if anyone needs one, contact me.

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Re: 65 4-Speed Restoration
« Reply #109 on: September 26, 2011, 05:00:31 PM »
Brian screwing the instrument panel together. The engine is close to complete in photo 2.
Some other car showed up - unknown make & model. Melissa liked it though I guess.
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Re: 65 4-Speed Restoration
« Reply #110 on: September 26, 2011, 05:04:39 PM »
Engine fired up, about 7:30 pm on Saturday. All sounded well, but we had to escape the fumes in the garage
after 5 minutes or so. The timing and carb was set and cam break-in was finished on Sunday. That led to it's
first drive in 18 years. Windshield went in after that, and the second drive was better without the wind in my face!
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Re: 65 4-Speed Restoration
« Reply #111 on: September 26, 2011, 05:09:12 PM »
GS Crew in photo L-R: Rob, Brian, Mark, Jay
« Last Edit: September 28, 2011, 07:01:07 PM by Mark Ascher »
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Re: 65 4-Speed Restoration
« Reply #112 on: September 26, 2011, 05:34:49 PM »
I almost forget. A huge THANKS to Brian, Loren, Dan (thanks for the carb!) Rob & Jay.
Loren has been involved with this since the beginning - an unbelievable 20 years ago.
I met Brian early in the V8Buick days, he lived in the same town in NC as my in-laws.

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Re: 65 4-Speed Restoration
« Reply #113 on: September 27, 2011, 01:40:27 AM »
Mark, it looks Great! wish I could have come up for the test fire ,you had almost the whole crew there! :rocker: Jon
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Re: 65 4-Speed Restoration
« Reply #114 on: September 29, 2011, 07:21:54 AM »
Videos of the first drive:



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Re: 65 4-Speed Restoration
« Reply #115 on: September 29, 2011, 08:20:49 AM »
Great video Brian !! Not quite the same as being there but close. Thanks for posting it.

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Re: 65 4-Speed Restoration
« Reply #116 on: October 02, 2011, 12:00:15 PM »
Mark, congrats on getting your car back together. :hello2: :occasion14:
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Re: 65 4-Speed Restoration
« Reply #117 on: October 13, 2011, 11:49:21 AM »
Hi Jon, wish you could have been here too! We missed John as well.
Thanks Tom!

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Re: 65 4-Speed Restoration
« Reply #118 on: October 19, 2011, 05:46:00 PM »
I'm going to try one of these thermostat housings. Seals with an o-ring.

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Re: 65 4-Speed Restoration
« Reply #119 on: October 19, 2011, 05:56:14 PM »
We were just talking about the need for an "O" ring solution like that .
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