38. DRIVING THE BUICK – FANTASTIC !

9.4.14

Dave fetched the newly repaired radiator back from the menders, and he has made a great job of fitting it back in the shell and back on the car.

Radiator back on

We are planning on a test drive in the near future, watch this space!!

18.4.14

Reorganisation

We were working towards trying to drive the Buick for the first time. We moved all the motorcycles to the back of the workshop and positioned the Buick by the shutter door.

Ready to roll?

 

I had not tried to start the engine again since the one and only time we had it running.

We strapped the seat in place, connected the battery and petrol pump, and surprise surprise, it started again.

When we had the gearbox and transmission out of the car for several months, I had not checked the clutch, and I was certain that it would be stuck and the Buick would not change gear successfully.

Little Phil put oil in the gearbox and back axle for the first time, water in the newly repaired radiator and petrol in the tank.

I sat in the drivers seat, pressed the foot pedal starter, and it fired up. I managed to find reverse gear, that worked, and would have knocked the motorcycles over, and then first gear, and drove out of the workshop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K0SJ2EPa5g

Not very smooth and only in first gear so far, but it worked! Wow!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey0mGqkV_pM

19.8.14

Work on the Buick has come to a halt again, as it seems to do every summer.

We are very busy in the workshop, fiddling with vintage motorcycles.

 

We will get back to the Buick later in the year.

24.11.14

We have set a date of 1st January to re start work on the Buick. Not sure how we are going to fit it in the workshop yet. We have been selling lots of motorcycles, but more keep arriving.