Da' further adventures of da' trusty billy-goat wagon!

[elagache]

Dear mid-60s Buick caregivers who have to cope with that occasional spring shower,

The air conditioner in my trusty wagon has been on the fritz for some time now.  I finally got her over to Orinda Classic Car Center to have that fixed and recharged.  While she was there I had a few other "small" things I hope they could take care of for me.  One of which was a chronic cold-start problem.  I keep suspecting that the EFI fuel pump in the gas tank since the fuel sending unit never recovered from sitting around while TA-Performance fixed Biquette's engine.  However, the latest suspect is instead the intake manifold pressure sensor.  We shall see!

We had a surprise period of drizzle this morning and Biquette got caught outside while the shop was shuffling vehicles.  Of course not a good thing to do to a classic car, but it did make for a pretty picture:



At least the last wax job is holding up nicely!

Edouard

[option B9]

  Hi Edouard, As always Biqette looks great ! Even when wet.. And no matter how well we keep our Buicks, there always seems to be something to do to get it just right. Even if it's just a coat of wax. Here in NYC the weather was lousy up until today. We finally had the first Spring day today, and I took advantage of every moment that I could. I was out in the Garage by 9am.  Other than the 45 minute lunch break I was out there working until 7pm. Sure felt good cutting, welding & painting again.    My Gran Sports will be out on the road again as of this weekend. Hopefully no rain !!

       Tony 

     

[elagache]

Dear Tony and mid-60s Buick caregivers,

  Hi Edouard, As always Biqette looks great . . . .

Thanks Tony!

Here in NYC the weather was lousy up until today. We finally had the first Spring day today, and I took advantage of every moment that I could. I was out in the Garage by 9am.  Other than the 45 minute lunch break I was out there working until 7pm. Sure felt good cutting, welding & painting again.    My Gran Sports will be out on the road again as of this weekend. Hopefully no rain !!

I'm glad that you got some "quality time" with your Gran Sports!  Indeed, I hope the weather cooperates this weekend!

Edouard

[elagache]

Dear caregivers of 60 year old Buicks,

Yesterday was a good day to take out my trusty wagon.  In the morning I took her to a doctor's appointment at a complex with plenty of parking - so no risk of dings.  In the evening I took my Mom to dinner.  While I was there I took this photo with the setting sun and marine layer serving as backlighting: 



Biquette got the usual compliments at both places, but a group of fellow dinners were especially pleased to see Biquette. It was a chance for me to give Mom credit for having bought Biquette all the way back in 1968.   Classic car ownership doesn't get much better than this!   

Edouard

[GS66]

Still looking great!