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Re: 444675 4 speed restoration
« Reply #75 on: January 10, 2016, 03:40:03 PM »
Sounds great!
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Re: 444675 4 speed restoration
« Reply #76 on: January 10, 2016, 05:24:39 PM »
Love it!!  :occasion14:  Watching your video makes me want to get one.
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Re: 444675 4 speed restoration
« Reply #77 on: January 11, 2016, 02:43:41 PM »
Todd,

Really great looking car.   I have not tried the OPGI power steering pump, but when mine bit the dust I sent it to Lares, in Cambridge Minnesota.  Nationally known re-builder of power steering pumps.   They did and excellent job but it takes awhile.  I recall about 4 weeks.  The good news is that they were accurate in their prediction on how long it would take and i am told turnaround time varies throughout the year.  I had mine done in summer.

http://www.larescorp.com/

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Re: 444675 4 speed restoration
« Reply #78 on: January 20, 2016, 08:46:33 AM »
Nice.   Very NIIIICCE!  :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Re: 444675 4 speed restoration
« Reply #79 on: August 19, 2016, 06:02:33 PM »
Top is on, need to locate the retainer strip for the well liner.  Can find it anywhere.  Interior going in then maybe I can enjoy it for 2 or 3 weeks before summer runs out.
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Re: 444675 4 speed restoration
« Reply #80 on: August 19, 2016, 06:37:37 PM »
Looks great!
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Stay away from d'em basketballs! (Re: 444675 4 speed restoration)
« Reply #81 on: August 19, 2016, 09:28:05 PM »
Dear Buick_65, Jim, and mid-60s Buick ragtop fans, . . . .

Quote from: Buick_65 on August 19, 2016, 06:02:33 PM
Top is on, need to locate the retainer strip for the well liner.  Can find it anywhere.  Interior going in then maybe I can enjoy it for 2 or 3 weeks before summer runs out.


Looks great! :icon_thumright:

. . . The only thing that worries me a bit is that basketball hoop just behind the car.  If one of those kids tries to make a slam dunk, you might end up with a hole in your convertible roof! . . . .

. . . . .

Cheers, Edouard  :occasion14:
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Re: 444675 4 speed restoration
« Reply #82 on: September 15, 2016, 09:26:50 PM »
Headed to a local show on Saturday.  Still got some top issues to work on, but got the interior in it to show it off a little.  Looks like rain, but this is Washington.  So..... :headbang:
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Re: 444675 4 speed restoration
« Reply #83 on: September 15, 2016, 09:40:06 PM »
Nice!
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Re: 444675 4 speed restoration
« Reply #84 on: September 15, 2016, 10:52:44 PM »
Beautiful Paint! Really like that color, don't see many dark blue '65's.
Real nice job on the interior too! Like the retro tach, what kind is it?
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Re: 444675 4 speed restoration
« Reply #85 on: September 16, 2016, 03:36:15 AM »
Todd

Really love that dark blue paint and I'm always a sucker for that white interior.

Congratulations on a great job.

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Re: 444675 4 speed restoration
« Reply #86 on: September 16, 2016, 08:46:43 AM »
Quote from: WkillGS on September 15, 2016, 10:52:44 PM
Beautiful Paint! Really like that color, don't see many dark blue '65's.
Real nice job on the interior too! Like the retro tach, what kind is it?

Tach is a Bosch FST8050. It's a retro knock off of the old sun tachs. Keeping my eye open for an original Buick after market tach, sun tach, or kenne bell branded one. By for $100, the Bosch is a good stand in.
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Looking sharp!! (Re: 444675 4 speed restoration)
« Reply #87 on: September 16, 2016, 11:11:07 AM »
A beautiful job!  Congrats!  :icon_thumright:

Cheers, Edouard  :occasion14:
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Re: 444675 4 speed restoration
« Reply #88 on: September 24, 2016, 06:55:53 PM »
Got this gem from the in laws. Note the lack of wheel mouldings and spoked wheel covers.
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Thanks for sharing! (Re: 444675 4 speed restoration)
« Reply #89 on: September 24, 2016, 09:36:55 PM »
Dear Todd and mid-60s Buick nostalgia fans,

Quote from: Buick_65 on September 24, 2016, 06:55:53 PM
Got this gem from the in laws. Note the lack of wheel mouldings and spoked wheel covers.

Thanks for sharing!  :thumbsup:  There is something about those old original pictures that really take you back!  Sometimes it is hard to believe I was actually alive all that far back! . . .

Cheers, Edouard  :occasion14:
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