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carmantx
03-18-2008, 11:02 PM
Here is our 72. Man, it hurts to see it this way, but here is where we started.

350, turbo 350 and 2:56 rear. A/C, bench seat, column shift

Now...NOTHING

Soon to be:
464, 10:1, ported aluminum heads, unknown cam, Qjet, Performer.
Turbo 400 with 10"
3:42 posi
A/C delete
Bench seats and still deciding on shifter.
M/T Sportsman pro 12.5x28 on Buick Ralley's
Air bags

Selling off everything I can to pay for all this.
carmantx
03-18-2008, 11:29 PM
Well, here is where we really started.
staged70
03-18-2008, 11:48 PM
Good progress already.
Joe65SkylarkGS
03-19-2008, 06:09 AM
Looking good. :TU:

Who did the paint? Previous owner?

Quater panel looks real clean.
fourfiftyfive
03-19-2008, 07:29 PM
Selling off everything I can to pay for all this.

I know that feeling... :Dou: lol.

Good luck though... that car will be NICE
carmantx
03-19-2008, 10:42 PM
An old friend of mine did the paint and body. He has a paint shop in Lubbock and does great work at great prices. Matched the GSX stripe based on specs I got on this site. He built the hood for us from a donor GS hood and our original flat hood. Paint looks great. He has done several of my cars. Including the 57 chevy you can see in the background.
Joe65SkylarkGS
03-20-2008, 02:34 PM
An old friend of mine did the paint and body. He has a paint shop in Lubbock and does great work at great prices. Matched the GSX stripe based on specs I got on this site. He built the hood for us from a donor GS hood and our original flat hood. Paint looks great. He has done several of my cars. Including the 57 chevy you can see in the background.

Very nice Mark. :TU: It's always good to have a friend like that. Goes the extra mile.

Is that mug in the pic yours?:kodak:
carmantx
03-20-2008, 02:46 PM
That's my son. I'm a little older, rounder, and less hair.

I really want to get a lift for the barn so I don't have to crawl under these things anymore.
Joe65SkylarkGS
03-20-2008, 02:48 PM
That's my son. I'm a little older, rounder, and less hair.

I really want to get a lift for the barn so I don't have to crawl under these things anymore.


Ha ha ha!! We're all getting a little older and rounder!!!!:Dou:

Can't say less hair though. I got a head full. Not sure why but I do. Sorry bro.:Brow:
photobugz
03-21-2008, 01:25 AM
Hey Mark, are you a Tyler employee? The car looks familiar to something I saw on the company website...

Jeff ~
carmantx
03-21-2008, 11:01 AM
Hey Mark, are you a Tyler employee? The car looks familiar to something I saw on the company website...

I am, that was the car. I sell public safety software in Texas/Oklahoma for the INCODE division.

Small world....email me some pics of your car.
1967 Big Buick
03-23-2008, 06:00 PM
Looks good! Hope to help fund your project soon. Cross your fingers.
Joe65SkylarkGS
03-25-2008, 10:27 PM
Well whats going on?:)
staged70
03-25-2008, 11:07 PM
Mark was going fast with class and delivering a fender and other parts to make a connection in Dallas today. They should make their final trip to StL this weekend or early next week.
RATT7
03-26-2008, 06:27 AM
Looks good, keep us updated with the pics.
carmantx
03-27-2008, 09:13 PM
I got my son a bead blaster and some professional quality paint, so here is what has been done this week. I've been on the road.
Hopefully this weekend, we will finish painting the rear and get the gears set and put it back under the car. Then we go to clean the engine bay.
Joe65SkylarkGS
03-29-2008, 11:27 PM
Looking good Mark.

Now I don't know what black finishes your using but may I suggest you get a can of the Grand National semi flat black paint?(SEM) :TU: This stuff is amazing.

I'm not a real big fan of real glossy black myself. But use it when appropriate.:boring:
carmantx
04-04-2008, 09:12 PM
We are using a satin finish black on most of the items. No glossy on anything. We have progressed, but seems like it is slow. Engine won't be finished for a month or so, so we hope to have everything else ready and back together by then.

3:42's and posi are in the diff, and it is almost together and finished. We have pulled everything out from underneath the car, and we are scraping and cleaning and painting the bottom side. New wheels are in and the M/T 12.5 x 28 sportman pro's are on. Suspension parts are here, air bags, rear sway bar, shocks. Also have bucket seats and shifter to get in. Busy around here. Selling a couple of extra cars has helped fund everything.

Oh yea. Started thinking about not having a tow vehicle, so today I bought a 2008 Chevy crew cab to pull all of this.

Pics for your enjoyment. Therapy for me.
staged70
04-04-2008, 09:16 PM
Fender arrived thank you .
carmantx
04-21-2008, 08:07 PM
Man oh Man. I have parts scattered all over the place and I had to move some furniture in my barn, so now I don't have room to turn around. So this weekend, I built a 12X20 barn to move stuff in so I have room to work on the Buick.

I want to hear it run so bad, and drive it around. Hey, I can dream can't I?

Still doing prep work on the underside, and spraying a little paint here and there.
carmantx
05-11-2008, 11:45 AM
New pics.
Rear is in and rear suspension. One seat. drive shaft loop. Electric fuel pump. Engine bay painted. We are almost ready.
19Skylark68 455
05-11-2008, 07:51 PM
New pics.
Rear is in and rear suspension. One seat. drive shaft loop. Electric fuel pump. Engine bay painted. We are almost ready.

Where did you get that seat from?

Jon

BTW: looks great
carmantx
05-11-2008, 09:40 PM
they are Scat Rally seats. My son really liked them and how they matched with the stock rear seat.
carmantx
05-16-2008, 09:43 PM
We went to see Jim Burek today at PAE and he will be finishing our 464 for us. Porting the aluminum heads, 10-1 compression. Expecting 525 HP for now and room to expand with an intake/carb change. Still working on the June finish.

Got the turbo 400 ready and looks like we will go with 2600 stall converter. Also about to add MSD box with rev limiter, and 1/2" fuel line from the Holley blue pump to the regulator.

More pics coming soon.
ImaNewb
05-20-2008, 11:05 AM
nice ride!
carmantx
05-21-2008, 07:17 AM
A/C delete is in. What a pain, but it will be nice I think. Now just have front adjustable shocks and a few odds and ends.
carmantx
06-08-2008, 09:48 PM
More pics of what is going on.

Engine bay is ready except for the wiring harness stuff. Battery relocation stuff in progress. Have the push/pull switch coming out by the license plate, and we can take the handle off when we are not racing.

Working on exhaust.

Now we just need the 464. Should be ready in a couple weeks.