Circulation: To the Enthusiastic Owners of Volume XXVIII - Issue I MARCH 2014 1929 Buicks Everywhere (Established 1987 - Now in our 28th year) SUBSCRIPTION NOTICE If you have a “Subscription Due” notation in your covering email or "OK thru Dec. 13" at the top of your envelope's address label: THIS IS YOUR LAST ISSUE By Email: $15 US/CAN * or $15 Australian** By Mail: $22.50 US/CAN * or $22.50 Australian** * see last page for full payment details and other currency information ** see last page for Australian payment details Easy way to pay is PayPal: <[email protected]> Please send your subscription renewal in before the next issue - April 25/14 DEAR FELLOW 1929 BUICK OWNERS Well, winter is here in NA and 29 Buicks are in their cocoons until Spring. We had some interesting weather. An ice storm just before Christmas left us powerless for 2&1/2 days with the temp. getting down to 4C (38F) in the house. Then we received a deep freeze. Daytime temps of -20C (-5F) with -30C (-25F) with the wind chill. Fortunately, I was in Mexico where the temps were 33C (90F). I’m a bit late with this issue having just returned from Brazil visiting my daughter and grandchildren. Nice and warm there, too. Wow, our Post Office just raised postage rates over 33% starting in March. I can hold mailed NEWS- LETTER prices this year but think they will have to go up to next year. Switch to email and save a price increase. Lowell Lisker (27) & Norm McKendry (54CC) sent me the following Mike Robinson pic: Mike Robinson and his 29-50. Winner Hemmings Classic Car Award - 2013. Paco Jimenez Cifuentes (58) sent the following Christmas Tapas Car Show Report from Mallorca, Spain: "The sun shone, the classic cars arrived, the cava was poured and the tapas were served; a fantastic day for over 50 members at the Marina Port Cafe! We had cars from all ages, the oldest being my 29-58. My whole family dressed period costume which made it even more spectacular !”
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Circulation: To the Enthusiastic Owners of Volume XXVIII - Issue I MARCH 2014 1929 Buicks Everywhere (Established 1987 - Now in our 28th year)
SUBSCRIPTION NOTICEIf you have a “Subscription Due” notation in your covering email or "OK thru Dec. 13" at the top of your envelope's address label:
THIS IS YOUR LAST ISSUEBy Email: $15 US/CAN * or $15 Australian**By Mail: $22.50 US/CAN * or $22.50 Australian**
* see last page for full payment details and other currency information
Please send your subscription renewal in before the next issue - April 25/14
DEAR FELLOW 1929 BUICK OWNERS
Well, winter is here in NA and 29 Buicks are in their cocoons until Spring. We had some interesting weather. An ice storm just before Christmas left us powerless for 2&1/2 days with the temp. getting down to 4C (38F) in the house. Then we received a deep freeze. Daytime temps of -20C (-5F) with -30C (-25F) with the wind chill. Fortunately, I was in Mexico where the temps were 33C (90F).
I’m a bit late with this issue having just returned from Brazil visiting my daughter and grandchildren. Nice and warm there, too.
Wow, our Post Office just raised postage rates over 33% starting in March. I can hold mailed NEWS-LETTER prices this year but think they will have to go up to next year. Switch to email and save a price increase.
Lowell Lisker (27) & Norm McKendry (54CC)sent me the following Mike Robinson pic:
Mike Robinson and his 29-50. Winner Hemmings Classic Car Award - 2013.
Paco Jimenez Cifuentes (58) sent the following Christmas Tapas Car Show Report from Mallorca, Spain: "The sun
shone, the classic cars arrived, the cava was poured and the tapas were served; a fantastic day for over 50
members at the Marina Port Cafe! We had cars from all ages, the oldest being my 29-58. My whole family
dressed period costume which madeit even more spectacular !”
move the crank enough to get a gap of approx. 8mm between bottom of con rod and crank on #2.I covered the the crank with thick gasket paper and secured with cable tie. Then I inserted the wooden block previously fabricated into cylinder #2, marked it carefully to ensure it would not drop more than 5mm and gave it gentle persuasion with a dead blow hammer. Piston dropped surprisingly easily – so a added lots of Plus Gas and left it overnight.Today, I could move piston #2 up and down by hand from under the car - it was tough going when the piston got towards the top of the block. So I cleaned the top of the bore with emery cloth and coated the cylinder lining with oil - then managed to gently knock the piston up out the top of the blockAs always with old cars, two steps forwards, one step back. I discover that on cylinder #1 the white metal in the cap has significant damage/hole (see pic – triangular hole).
Tim Wilkinson’s Rod Cap w/triangle hole
I had a chat with a white metal specialist this morn-ing, emailing him the image of the cap. He said he wouldn’t bother replacing white metal. Interestingly he added that a lot of cars that age would never have had perfect white metal linings when new, they were often pitted/holed. He sent me some im-ages of what looked like shocking badly damaged linings that were still running fine in engines.The piston rings on #2 are badly stuck in the pistonI’ve managed to gently tap and get parts of the rings “out”, but I’m doubtful if they will “pop” back out, even with a massive splash of penetrating oil – we’ll see next weekend.So, with a set of gaskets from Al Lambert and a couple of bits from Bob's, I will get it back together and see if I can get it running - very exciting !”
GARY BLESI (26 & 27) writes: “I purchased a 29-27 in 1988 with the intention of restoring it. I spent the next few years gathering parts from all over the USA, inc. some NOS parts. I spent many days in auto scrap yards pulling parts off 29 Buicks and
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from other 29 GMC cars which also fit 29 Buicks. I even picked up a parts car and in 1991 bought a 26 and decided I’d restore the Coupe, not the Sedan.
29-26 - This is what I started with. I received fenders and hood. I used a radiator from one of my parts cars. It’s ber-
ing rebuilt, now.
Two adjustable height wheeled gantries. Shown in lower position. They made it easy to remove body by myself.
Gantries, in raised position, with the body hanging after being removed from the chassis
regulars and caught up with the past year’s news. We had good weather and sales from Tues. PM through noon Thurs. Then the skies let loose. I understand there was 9” of rain on Thurs. and Fri.
1929 BUICK FACTORY PICTURESDan Bower (27) writes: "These photos are from the Terry B. Dunham Memorial Collection, now owned by The Buick Heritage Alliance (<http://www.buick heritagealliance.org> or the Sloan Museum’s Buick Gallery, in Flint, MI
Prototype Buick with Buick Logo Pressed in Lovuers
Wood Pattern for a 29 Buick Body - presumably used to design metal panels
Buick Parts Boxed and loaded on Freight Cars for Export
Early Rad Cap ? Note High Locking Buttonon this Early Radiator Photo
UPCOMING BCA NATIONAL MEETS • July 23-26, 2014. Portland, OR • June 10-14, 2015. Springfield, MO • July 27-30, 2016 - Allentown, PA
WHAT DID THEY SELL FOR
29-44 was listed for $49,950 OBO on eBay. Didn’t sell. Reduced to $39,950 OBO (6 offers) but obvi-ously not high enough as then re-listed back at $49,950 OBO (3 offers) (go figure ?).
29-27 sold for $11,729 in spirited bidding (42 bids).
29-41 in Canada, offered for sale at $35K or trade for 12 ton float and truck on Kijiji Canada.
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Gary Blesi (26&27) found 2 different Speedo Driven Gear castings. Most common is one on left without shoulder. The shoulder would have given cable more support. Casting # is the same. Anyone have an idea when the unit with the shoulder was used ?
1929 Buick Majors - a semi pro ball team sponsored by the Buick Automotive Company of Flint, MI
A 29-49X in India. Recently received photos of a 29 -49X in India. Car was totally restored as these pics
show. Interesting - the car has a Flint production plate vs Canadian when there would have been pref-erential Commonwealth tariffs available.
