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11-10-2017, 06:33 PM | #1 |
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I passed on I would say a good deal for a beautiful car on Ebay the other day, a 1936 Buick, auction ended at $8,000. The exterior was very good, the interior needed work, low mileage. The reason why I passed on this car that I really wanted was because, I was told parts can be a problem. It will never be as easy as getting almost anything I want for my Model A.
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11-10-2017, 08:13 PM | #2 |
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That's true for sure, as I'm still looking for headlamp stanchions for my 29 Chevy.
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11-10-2017, 09:08 PM | #3 |
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I agree with you, parts are tough to find for Buick. When I did my 1931 Buick 90 it was hard, but fortunately the car was so well built that I only had to rework most of the original parts rather than replace them. There's a big advantage to high quality parts, like with Buicks.
One thing is for sure, you can get ANY part for ANY car at ANY time...its really just a matter of how much money do you want to spend? How much ya got?
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11-10-2017, 10:19 PM | #7 |
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11-10-2017, 11:41 PM | #8 |
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I have a friend that restored a Morris Minor with real racing history, found an authentic windscreen washer bottle in Australia for near a thousand dollars. It is now on display in a museum in Australia with that bottle on it. Anything for authenticity I guess. I'm not that picky, a hairspray bottle full of windex would have worked for me and I bet 99.999% of the people that will see the car.
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11-11-2017, 11:17 AM | #10 |
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I have always found that having a parts car is cheaper than finding the pieces and a lot more time efficient.
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11-11-2017, 11:43 AM | #11 |
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Being a restorer as opposed to a parts changer also requires a LOT more investment in tools and equipment and, since most people only restore 1 or 2 cars in their lifetime, it makes no economic sense to tool up for restoring most parts. That's why it often makes more sense to have a shop like yours do the restoration if you don't just want a car made up of repop parts or repop's are unavailable.
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11-11-2017, 12:22 PM | #12 |
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Very timely discussion because we've been working on a 1936 Buick coupe with dual side mounts, and though some mech. parts are available, other parts are difficult. The owner spent almost 2x what an A motor costs just to get the top end and some bearings redone on the straight 8. Unlike Chrysler products of the period, a lot of the GM products still had a lot of wood in the doors,etc. one of which we had to repair due to sagging and fatigue without destroying the outer skin.
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11-11-2017, 02:05 PM | #15 |
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Tom, I thought Chevy availability was the same as Ford.
I thought the same thing 5 years ago and bought a basket case 31 chevy roadster................. they are like orphan cars because of all of the wood rotting out. and in 1931 chevy outsold ford........ so the chevy, while complete, sits in a storage body and I have been buying model A's since, and what brought me to this site. |
11-11-2017, 08:32 PM | #16 |
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it does make the hunt more exciting though besides the A I have a near complete 1913 Maxwell - have been looking for some upgrade parts for years ...just need one more hubcap
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11-12-2017, 06:01 AM | #17 |
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I put a 28 Chevy back on the road this spring it was parked inside in 1958. Parts for the car came from 1 vendor. Engine parts 4cyl were twice as expensive as Ford. Owner is very happy with the outcome.
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Buick straight eight engines were the best! the clutches to move them often wore out because of the cars weight.
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