Buinicorn the 1964 Skylark wagon sleeper

[fatguyzinc]

easy way out--factory 4 bolt 454, factory steel crank, $500/set aftermarket rods,
big brodie II heads, forged 10-1 pistons, and a mongo cam. that will make +500hp
already, and laugh off a 250hp shot like its nothing for a long long time-- and you
can piece it together for well under $7k.

course if you insist on that lil ol v6 or 455 buick, then yes you are gonna need
a lot more $$$ for it to make that kinda power reliably.... but id be confidant in a
MK-IV 454 with factory good stuff and aftermarket rods through about 800hp.

so whats more important--the giggle factor (oooh, look--its a buick motor!!! )
or the slack jaws when you show em your tailgate start to finish?

only you can decide.

(come on--you actually thought i was going to say only you can prevent
forest fires, didnt you? )

either way, that car is going to be awesome and then some.

[SuperBuickGuy]

and theres the flag that says "500hp motor w/ a HUGE n2o shot"................
although honestly a 500hp motor in a well sorted car with decent stall/gears
should still be an easy low 11/high 10. now hit it with 300+hp of n2o and
youre into the 9's/ knocking on the 8's... that will still take PLENTY of
lunch money, especially in a 'grandma' wagon....

one thing you're missing. The stock motor I have now - even with a girdle and updates - won't live long at anything north of 500 hp, it is either 500 hp motor, or later block and updates

[fatguyzinc]

and theres the flag that says "500hp motor w/ a HUGE n2o shot"................
although honestly a 500hp motor in a well sorted car with decent stall/gears
should still be an easy low 11/high 10. now hit it with 300+hp of n2o and
youre into the 9's/ knocking on the 8's... that will still take PLENTY of
lunch money, especially in a 'grandma' wagon....

[SuperBuickGuy]

projects.

my plan with this car is a fast, street sleeper. Sleepers come in many flavors, from "wow, can believe your Buick passed me on the inside of that corner while I'm driving my Audi" to ones that take someone else's lunch money (or lunch car). I haven't decided yet where the line is going to be, it needs to handle and stop - which I've done. However, do I put a 500 hp or 1100 hp motor in it? that I haven't yet decided the difference in cost is substantial however a DD will never support itself on lunch cars; but can make really good money in other situations....

and here is the danger of project creep - if this is a lunch money car, believe it or not, it's mostly motor work that gets the nod - however, "why don't I just" then creeps in - at 1100 hp this is an 8s car. To run it at the track with the lights on - needs a cage and a bunch of other things... but all of those things are chump change when considering the motor - I figure 1100 hp costs 20k for just the motor (not the fuel system, turbo, trans, diff, etc) - 500 - I could cobble something together (not DD) for less then 7k all in....

decisions - but the point - knowing your decision points can make or break a build... I could do foundation work (larger fuel system, stronger trans, axles, etc) as money and time allows - but if I'm flipping that's money I'm giving away...

and for those who are going 'but but but' - the 50 Buick, already has a 20k motor.... it and my FJ40 are keepers, the wagon and my Corvette are pleasant distractions .... though I must admit that I'm tempted to go put some Aussies back on their boat with a GM V6

and I did talk to the engine builder today - the nice part is I already have the turbo 400 for the V6 build

[SuperBuickGuy]

time to reduce the boxes on the floor

amazing how many holes are going to get covered up by this



some primer, some fitting and a bunch of tacks

rustbegone

window even fits (bonus)

fine tuning aside - it fits

[SuperBuickGuy]

To FedUp, this would be the weirdest thing.... but here it goes

UPS called yesterday to arrange delivery of a windshield to my house at 5 pm. Guess what! they did AND IT WASN'T BROKEN and delivered by someone who speaks english..... FedUp will never believe it... I've told them such things exist but they are certain it doesn't..... I didn't take pictures, though....

[SuperBuickGuy]

I've had better luck shipping outbound with fedex Ground for lots of big items when I used to sell on Ebay regularly. Lately most things come inbound via amazon, so I never know who will deliver.... always surprises me when an unmarked vehicle comes up the drive, then the safety orange amazon vested independent delivery person pops out with a package.

because of where I'm at, we have 'the best of the best' so even the Amazon vans are grey sprinter vans with Prime written on the side.... rarely do we get passenger cars....

that said, FedUp has earned their terrible reputation and continues to solidify their place.... thankfully they don't do Amazon any more so there is even more good on that front

[milner351]

I've had better luck shipping outbound with fedex Ground for lots of big items when I used to sell on Ebay regularly. Lately most things come inbound via amazon, so I never know who will deliver.... always surprises me when an unmarked vehicle comes up the drive, then the safety orange amazon vested independent delivery person pops out with a package.

[DanStokes]

I just shipped my old Lincoln MIG to the Grandson in MI via FedEx w/no issue. I chose them to save $10.00. Sounds like sometimes you win, sometimes you lose and I'm 1 for 1 on the plus side.

Dan

[STINEY]

We used to get the “dogs” excuse on a card BS too. Was a few years ago - must have been a “technique” popular with the barely employed rural postal carrier contractors. Also like Bob, new person does a great job now, packages tucked on porch out of the rain, perfect. Last one just left in driveway.


And FedUp.....wtf? I order and ship to work for the most part ( to avoid my junk sitting in the rain or front porch). And we are a CaseIH dealership, we sell HUGE RED EQUIPMENT. We have FIVE loading docks with roadside signage specifying which drive to use for unloading. We get hundreds of packages per day.

Yet, even though I specify commercial address with loading dock, half of the time FEDEX leaves my stuff on the back door, in the weather, at the empty house at the rear of the property which they had to GO PAST the dealership to FIND.

Unreal.

[Deaf Bob]

FedUp got me again.... this time they added a 45 degree bent the windshield channel piece no pictures at least not yet but that slows me a bit

and for the record, 10 out of 10.... that is the number of past, serial deliveries that have been screwed up by FedUp.... interestingly, there is zero for UPS, USPS, OnTrac, or Prime....

Ontrac delivered my kid's oil and gasket set to a house 3 blocks over and the fella was nice to deliver it to my house.
Ups is great. Fed Ex is hit n miss, USPS used to be a problem but took my wife and I several complaints to the postmaster. As I was in the yard a few feet from the mail box and he hurried and left.. Looked in, notice to pick up package from the PO the next day.. Notice was written 10:40 am and he was at my house at 1:30.. Reason given? My dogs which are never in front. Even with the gate open they stay a few feet from the gate.. Bull! New mailman is great!

[SuperBuickGuy]

FedUp got me again.... this time they added a 45 degree bent the windshield channel piece no pictures at least not yet but that slows me a bit

and for the record, 10 out of 10.... that is the number of past, serial deliveries that have been screwed up by FedUp.... interestingly, there is zero for UPS, USPS, OnTrac, or Prime....

[SuperBuickGuy]

stripping is FUN

gratuitous Buick shot

[SuperBuickGuy]

I used good epoxy primer too.... that really helps.

[silver_bullet]

Primer is good practice for gun techniques.
.. looking good!