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  1. Y I W O R K
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    Technical 1950 Buick Roadmaster Air ride build 'Marilyn'

    PraiseD thanks for the comments and I enjoyed your build as well.
    Post by: Y I W O R K, Aug 6, 2016 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Technical 1950 Buick Roadmaster Air ride build 'Marilyn'

    Appx $1,200.00 in parts and materials. [ATTACH]
    Post by: Y I W O R K, Oct 17, 2015 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Technical 1950 Buick Roadmaster Air ride build 'Marilyn'

    Uaint1sturlast, I am willing and able yes. I don't know how to private message you here so if you are on Facebook, I suggest you join our Buick...
    Post by: Y I W O R K, Oct 15, 2015 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Features 1950 Buick

    Props, I wrote up a thread on here about the air ride build after some encouragement from our Buick Fireball Eights Facebook guys. Search for...
    Post by: Y I W O R K, Oct 6, 2015 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Technical 1950 Buick Roadmaster Air ride build 'Marilyn'

    [ATTACH] A little early Fall shot
    Post by: Y I W O R K, Oct 3, 2015 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Technical 1950 Buick Roadmaster Air ride build 'Marilyn'

    [ATTACH] Went back to the stock and original Roadmaster caps recently. My dad bought this car as a barn find in 1978. It had been in the barn...
    Post by: Y I W O R K, Sep 21, 2015 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Technical 1950 Buick Roadmaster Air ride build 'Marilyn'

    40HeavyChevy the Little Larry's valves are as advertised in my opinion. They are very well made and form/fit/finish is top shelf. The paddles are...
    Post by: Y I W O R K, Sep 21, 2015 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Projects My '50 Buick special build

    PraiseD - here's one in the weeds for you brother. Hope you are driving yours every chance you get! [ATTACH]
    Post by: Y I W O R K, Jun 19, 2015 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Technical 1950 Buick Roadmaster Air ride build 'Marilyn'

    They are double needle gauges Blase. Each gauge has two inputs so only two gauges are required. I will post a pic of the gauges later.
    Post by: Y I W O R K, May 22, 2015 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Technical 1950 Buick Roadmaster Air ride build 'Marilyn'

    Yes each corner is done individually. This allows each corner of the suspension to work independently of the others which provides a better...
    Post by: Y I W O R K, May 22, 2015 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Technical 1950 Buick Roadmaster Air ride build 'Marilyn'

    [ATTACH] Brought it to work WED, rides great
    Post by: Y I W O R K, May 21, 2015 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Technical 1950 Buick Roadmaster Air ride build 'Marilyn'

    CadMad - Rear suspension in these cars is coil spring. Lower coil mount is bolted direct to solid axle mount.
    Post by: Y I W O R K, May 20, 2015 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Technical 1950 Buick Roadmaster Air ride build 'Marilyn'

    Agreed J. A. Miller. I am working on a steel roll bar for the regulator Now. Much like you would see on commercial truck bottles, it will thread...
    Post by: Y I W O R K, May 20, 2015 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Technical 1950 Buick Roadmaster Air ride build 'Marilyn'

    I tried my best to knock that write up out in one sitting but of course after sleeping on it for one night I realized that I left some key details...
    Post by: Y I W O R K, May 20, 2015 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Technical 1950 Buick Roadmaster Air ride build 'Marilyn'

    Once everything was installed we rolled her outside for a good look in the sun and loved it. First road tests were last weekend and everything...
    Post by: Y I W O R K, May 20, 2015 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Technical 1950 Buick Roadmaster Air ride build 'Marilyn'

    With all the bag mounts made, we moved on to mounting the Little Larry's valves and the Parker fittings to the valves. We mounted the valve...
    Post by: Y I W O R K, May 20, 2015 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Technical 1950 Buick Roadmaster Air ride build 'Marilyn'

    The rear mounts turned out to be the same pipe dimension 2-7/8ths" which made it easy and familiar. These cups allowed my car to be level (as...
    Post by: Y I W O R K, May 20, 2015 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Technical 1950 Buick Roadmaster Air ride build 'Marilyn'

    Once we made room for more travel, then it was time to focus on the cups required for the front bag mounts. After several measurements we...
    Post by: Y I W O R K, May 20, 2015 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Technical 1950 Buick Roadmaster Air ride build 'Marilyn'

    Ok design and layout are done on paper and components are in house, time to start building. I will give you a high level overview of our steps....
    Post by: Y I W O R K, May 19, 2015 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Technical 1950 Buick Roadmaster Air ride build 'Marilyn'

    System design included the following components. - Slam Specialties 6" bags (4ea) - Parker brand push to connect mickle plated brass airline...
    Post by: Y I W O R K, May 19, 2015 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Technical 1950 Buick Roadmaster Air ride build 'Marilyn'

    I've been asked by a few members of our Buick Fireball Eights FB group to document my recent air ride build on my 50 Buick Roadmaster Riviera 72r...
    Thread by: Y I W O R K, May 19, 2015, 51 replies, in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Projects My '50 Buick special build

    Just finally got around to building the air ride system last weekend. This is all on stock components including uprights and with 6volt system...
    Post by: Y I W O R K, May 7, 2015 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Features 1950 Buick

    Update to mine after building an air ride set up for it. [ATTACH]
    Post by: Y I W O R K, May 7, 2015 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Projects My '50 Buick special build

    Looking good! How high are the rockers on it when it's aired out?
    Post by: Y I W O R K, May 3, 2015 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Features 1950 Buick

    Thank you. Mukilteo Lighthouse in Mukilteo, WA they host a lot of wedding there every year now. The car is named after my mother who passed away...
    Post by: Y I W O R K, Nov 1, 2014 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    1950 Buick Dynaflow Trans Problem

    UPDATE: treated the car like it was brand new with break in period requirements etc and everything is running smooth now. It took a couple months...
    Post by: Y I W O R K, Oct 31, 2014 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Features 1950 Buick

    [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] This car has been in my family for appx 35 years and was stored for 31 years before I got it on the road late this...
    Post by: Y I W O R K, Oct 31, 2014 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Projects My '50 Buick special build

    Did you go with the Scarebird brake kit? Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
    Post by: Y I W O R K, Oct 21, 2014 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    Projects My '50 Buick special build

    Check out this simple kit from Scarebird Classic Brakes https://scarebird.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=59&product_id=57 Pretty easy...
    Post by: Y I W O R K, Sep 28, 2014 in forum: Traditional Customs
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    My 52 Buick project

    Thanks, cut 1.5 coil off the front and went with some Jeep springs in the rear. It's on the bump stops but rides fine. Check out the 'dropping the...
    Post by: Y I W O R K, Aug 12, 2014 in forum: Traditional Customs
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