BrandonBerkosky
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So back in the day. 1975. My dad bought a 55 Buick. He was 23.
He had it painted and drove it every day until it the frame broke in about 1994.
I was born in 87 so I have some faint memories of it. Like the back doors being held shut with rope bc it was so far gone.
I was always obsessed with it and swore ide have one.
Fast forward 2013 I find the exact car on The H.A.M.B.
I won't get into 55 Buick body detail but it was a hard car to find in northeast pa. Where the winters claim the lives of many awesome vehicles.
Pictures are of his car circa 1975 as he bought it. 1980 with 13 coats of fresh laquer. Again in 2000 when the junkyard it was in finally crushed it.
Here's mine.
The plan is use the first gen 12v I have. With an A518 trans for overdrive and an 8" ford rear with 3.20 gears and a Detroit truetrac.
It will be fun it town and cruise effortlessly down the highway.
Why a cummins swap on this car? Well. The original nailhead is neat. But expensive to build. And the Buick dynaflow trans is worthless. Could I drop a 350 in it? Sure.
I already had this spare 12v "in stock"
And I scrounged up a 4x4 518.
So I found a 2wd tailshaft on eBay. Got my hands on a ford 8" from a 60s falcon thsts already the right width. Just have to swap it over to 4 link. The car was already coil sprung. So I'll run with that. and that's about where I'm at.
Original drivetrain is pulled and the new drivetrain is ready for the test fit within the next few days.
He had it painted and drove it every day until it the frame broke in about 1994.
I was born in 87 so I have some faint memories of it. Like the back doors being held shut with rope bc it was so far gone.
I was always obsessed with it and swore ide have one.
Fast forward 2013 I find the exact car on The H.A.M.B.
I won't get into 55 Buick body detail but it was a hard car to find in northeast pa. Where the winters claim the lives of many awesome vehicles.
Pictures are of his car circa 1975 as he bought it. 1980 with 13 coats of fresh laquer. Again in 2000 when the junkyard it was in finally crushed it.
Here's mine.
The plan is use the first gen 12v I have. With an A518 trans for overdrive and an 8" ford rear with 3.20 gears and a Detroit truetrac.
It will be fun it town and cruise effortlessly down the highway.
Why a cummins swap on this car? Well. The original nailhead is neat. But expensive to build. And the Buick dynaflow trans is worthless. Could I drop a 350 in it? Sure.
I already had this spare 12v "in stock"
And I scrounged up a 4x4 518.
So I found a 2wd tailshaft on eBay. Got my hands on a ford 8" from a 60s falcon thsts already the right width. Just have to swap it over to 4 link. The car was already coil sprung. So I'll run with that. and that's about where I'm at.
Original drivetrain is pulled and the new drivetrain is ready for the test fit within the next few days.