Hi! Tried to cast some alu club plaques for the first time, big fun and im pleased with the result after our first try Trying to cast custom pedals next time...
Nice car Nikke, great to see new customs popping up in Norway...and Oslo We need more of those. Loose the portholes, it looks so much cleaner without them... Sam Barris removed them on his 1950 Buick as well...hint hint See you at the Bonanza show this weekend?
Sure we will be at Bonanza! its the hightlight of the year!!! From us you will see 3 or four new imorted customs this year.. And maybee without the portholes...
Buicks are a breed apart, especially the early 50's upto '53. Keep the port holes. They are a badge to wear proudly. Best looking make in the GM lineup. Look at the prices the early 50's are bringing. For the price of one 1953 Buick you could buy a Chevy, Pontiac and Olds. Fryguy Fryguy
That's awesome!! I look forward to see you guys and the cars Do you have a garage in Oslo where you work on the cars?
We`re living outside Lillestrom in Flateby and have some garages here. We are some local friends just building cars for fun anf how we like them, we have worked our way trough old opel, bmw`s and a couple of volvo customs and for two years ago stopped by "bonanza" by an accident and after that its been pure customs
nice lookin' car ya got there. i like the portholes. removing them would be like boobs with no nipples!
Nice 53. I say chop the roof! I've thought about loosing the ports on my 54 if I scallop the car to have a cleaner line. I've also thought about modifying them (frenched or later model..like 57 Century's) and adding a forth..which was actually James Ds idea.
Like the car. Buick man myself. Buick without portholes is like a cow without tits. Kinda what makes it a Buick.
Very slick job indeed......Really enhances the look of your car a lot.. I like it. Good for you. Now Enjoy... Cheers,
my 52 riv primered lite grey in 1983 all hood emblems removed 55 buick lite rings 58 chev bullets in the front signals 68-70 mopar console lites in the portholes 51-2 olds skirts all but the rocker trim removed eldo wires with t-bird centers cut coils front clamped coils and lotsa weight in rear window tint when it first came out.. 77 lebaron 60/40 grey leather front seat huge caterpiller 6 volt battery stock str. 8 engine w/3 on tree funny I had this for nearly 10 years and never had the plug wires right ran ok even in mid winter cold/ snow it kinda gurgled .. sold it and the guy gave me a ride after with them wires put on right .. night and day power duh TAKE THE PORTHOLES OFF JUST ONE SIDE .. THERE I SAID IT ... SELL THE SIDE TRIM TO ONE OF THEM MERCGUYS..
Lowered it about 1" in the front yesterday and painted the front rims black to get some contast to the new withewalls And monted the Squirrels plaque
Car is looking good. I have to comment on the portholes again. Portholes are what most people use to identify a Buick. The main thing about having a custom, is having a car people can't identify easily. So if you're building a custom, lose the portholes. If you're restoring a Buick, keep 'em.
her ya go very few pics have been scanned the are all hardcopiee i will look for more and scan em i did a photoshop of your buick removing the side trim and a 3 inch chop its on the laptop i will see if a saved it my grey car looks alot like your blue ... makes me all misty eyed .. i hit a deer and had to replace the pass side fender and hood drove w/o a hood all summer took that long to find the hood ez to switch as you know ! drove to the junk yard and swapped it for 40 bucks had lots of fun in that car .. some where i have a pic all dolled up for my wedding 20 feet of tp streamin behind ...the bridesmaids pushing it up to the church ... the headlite were mounted inside the fender the 55 buick rings on the outside a stainless tube between .. chrome half shields and off road wire meash in the middle gosh 6 volt lites and all that crap i had the high beams on all the time oh ya do some thing better for tail lites will you p----lease?
The rear lights is a temporary solution and looks a bit "ordered by mail" to me but havent made up my mind yet but will see this winter. Any ideas?? I saw Bill Hines had freched buick 52 in to the feders on a mercury that looked good....
I kept the holes on mine but filled them with something from a different year just to catch people off guard when they use that to identify the year.
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