what direction to take this 53 buick

Bone stock 53 buick...the family cruiser and my daily driver..

inline 8 and three on the tree...

I like the color and was thinking maybe metal flake or candy in a similar color...
Thought about dropping it 4 inches or so and removing the dagmars....nose and deck it etc....spider caps or astros if $$ allows


Any ideas?? photo choppers?

 

If you do anything to that car other than drop it hard and add dual exhausts, you do need a frontal lobotomy! What a great cruiser!

 

don't ruin it! it looks fine the way it is. the car is what it is to nice to mess with and not the right car for anything you mentioned. sell it and buy something with the money that will look right for what you want to do. just my 2%.

 

Bag it and enjoy for a while. I wish I woulda left mine alone, now the weather is nice and its in pieces.

 

I've got springs for it right now to go and drop it....had em layin around...the paint is good for a 100 footer but there is some bubbling on the rockers...no rust yet...I really want a nice subtle custom...something that stands out from the ...an honestly no offense cause I love em....Ford and Chevy crowd...I should mention it's my driver and taking it apart is not an option, I have to get to work on mondays...

 

Just slam it will do wonders to any old Buick

 

It's a clean car man don't cheapen it by following trends........ Lower it and drive it. Later when you decide what you really want it will be easier to sell

 

Lower it and drive it as is.

 

I agree with what everyone else said ......drop it and drive it ...the rest will come to you in due time

 

I'm all about lowering it and the dual exhausts will be great, gotta find a 41-42 intake and exhaust mani

 

yup lower and drive

 

Ok, if you want something "special" done to it. have some classy pin stripes put on it.
maybe some spot lights and lakes pipes. many people here wish they had a car that looked good at a 1/8 mile much less 100'

 

Lower it. Nose and deck it.

 

I agree with missysdad1, just a lowering........

 

Take the side chrome trim off of it and send it to me for my shoebox.

 

I think it'd look cool 2 toned with white inside the swoopy side trim to match the roof. That's how my dad's Roadmaster is painted and it looks really good that way.

 

I've been searching for a pin striper in the springs and I do seriously consider adding white below the trim....the wife has demanded that the trim go nowhere....so the side trim is going to stay.... I want a nice classy sled...clean lines no fuss

 

Leave it alone. If you mess with it, it will never be the same. aaaaaaaaaND ITS FINE JUST THE WAY IT IS. iCEMAN

 

Another vote for just some lowering and I like the white below the trim idea.
You've got a very nice car there.

 

you guys have me on the less is more attitude...I want it clean... I don't want to over accessorize it... I thought about visors and all that....but clean family cruiser will be the goal...

 

I found fender skirts for this thing......what do you guys think...slammed with fender skirts?

 

Fender skirts are always a plus in my eyes. Especially with a slamed car. Oh, and good luck with finding that intake! If you find two, pick the other up for me!

 

I always find em, just cant afford em....

 

Things I learned today:

1. spring compressors are easier that disconnecting the rear shocks to remove the rear springs

2. the upper spring retainer in the rear can be thread in a bit and the spring twisted to fit right into place

3. lower control arms are a B@$ch to get back in place when you remove them from the 4 bolts on the frame

4. a screwdriver will guide them right back into place....

5. 79 el camino springs are WAY too wide to fit in the front of a 53 buick... they don't fit the buckets of the control arms....buckets having roughly 6.5 inches of clearance and the springs for the camino are 6.75 in wide...
I will find new springs for the front. they have to be about 5.5 inches wide like the stock ones

6. Jeep Grand Cherokee springs lower the rear of my buick nicely... and are very stiff

 

Looks good, I'm a fan of these big buicks, yours looks a lot like mine....

 

low & go. A visor might look tuff.
theres an old biker saying , if there ain't nothing wrong with it , don't fix it.

 

kinda hoping you would give it to me....what a great direction!

 

Head East, Flat as a Pancake. Never been any reason! I agree, drop 'er and drive!!

 

.......leave it alone.......

 

Yep ... there ya go.

The only "direction" I'd head with it is down the road with a big shiteatin' grin on my face.