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Buinicorn the 1964 Skylark wagon sleeper
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Central TEXAS Sleeper
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My dollars are on the valve train being stuck. bore scope said no rust in the cylinders (and let me again highly recommend the $10 bore scope you can use with your smart phone) it still has oil in it and the oil doesn't have water on top of it. What's actually kind of amazing is, given how loose the turbo is, that the plugs weren't oil fouled.Doing it all wrong since 1966
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You know.... this hasn't been on the front page. Do you think McSquatch is jealous too?
So beside pot stirring - I have to relate this because, well you'll get it.
When I pulled the motor with the seller, I forgot my cordless impact. He's down in SeaTac and that is a good solid hour drive from my house. He works out of Bellevue but is mostly in the field. I asked him that, when he got a chance, if he'd bring my cordless driver back when he came north. He did, delivered it nearly to my office. There are good people out there and he is one of them.Doing it all wrong since 1966
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Originally posted by silver_bullet View PostYou could finish it and let me drive it to work for a six month shakedown in Iowa to properly age her...
you guys already ruined all of yours and now you want mine? ha, I tell you. HA. But I hear the weather is great there now.... oh wait, that's here too.Doing it all wrong since 1966
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So here's the plan... painting season really isn't that long, and if I want to use this next year, I need to paint it this year. Seems backwards, but I can do motor builds, suspension work and all the rest during the winter.... so that's going to be the mainstay of this for awhile
this kind of explains the rear gears
this is not stock
looks promising
even more so
a Buick in a Buick... whodathunkit?
flat hood achieved
and now for the body work
I'm so torn on this - I should fix it right with a pan, but they're so small that I may do good enough
lots of little holes around the windshield
I did spend time vacuuming it out - apparently I didn't photograph it. The floors are in such good shape - I'll get it up on the lift in the next day or so and mount the motor along with fix the lower bits.... perhaps even widen the wheel wells in the back
Doing it all wrong since 1966
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Full assessment time
floors
they're good even for here....
quarters... not so much, but I think I'm going to channel my inner M&P ... who am I kidding, I'll hack and mud
this is the worst - I think it's been pre-hacked and pre-mudded
at least it has a 7 pin plug for my trailer pulling
but those floors
I'm pretty sure I can easily hook the column shift to the new trans :D
and I think I'll be eliminating the spare-tire well (at least eliminating what's left).... though bonus is there's a brand-new, bias-ply studded snow tire in the well
fenders look good
I can get new inner fenders
the motor fits(ish). I need to move it back or up a bit because the pan is against the cross member.... still, this is not hard stuff so I'm kind of looking forward to doing it (as much as I can look forward to bodywork).Doing it all wrong since 1966
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The kid hooked the full manual reverse valve body turbo 400 to the column shift in his Skylark.
Little too easy to shift.. Dash isn't marked for 3 speeds but everything else lines up.. P-R-N are in the same place as stock, then it goes 1-2-3 instead of D-2-1.. There are dash pieces made as well as "proper" linkage pieces.. If memory serves, you may need to grind a bit on the outer sleeve of the column to get first gear if you keep the standard O-D-2-1,
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