1952 Hornet guages, Radio and parts
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Today I picked up my ’62 Buick Skylark and drove it 80 miles at 80 MPH home, with a grin on my face of satisfaction; Allen did a magnificent restoration of a car that I only gave him boxes with all the pieces or same as I did with my ’52 Hornet coupe. Now that the Buick is finished, Allen will devote full time to the Hornet and we expect to complete before the end of January. Although I had several people interested in my ’56 Twin-H Hornet listed on eBay, but no firm bids, most interest are in 308 engine with Twin-H which is why I purchased the car too thinking I would use drive train in future step-down restoration?
Need some help from whoever has experienced same problems…Getting ready to install gauges, radio and dash board, need to know if anyone has recommendation to restore clock & speedometer to look new again? As I want to use Hudson radio bezel but with new radio w/CD player Rudy Bennett had this set up in 1953 Hudson Hornet Black Beauty I purchased from him, but I forgot brand etc. Could anyone identify couple of parts with gauges in picture, where they are supposed to go? Lastly did anyone find a supplier of narrow chrome/stainless bead/welt that goes between dashboard or will stainless piece from window whiskers work?
See attached pictures. As always thanks in advance,
Ray
Need some help from whoever has experienced same problems…Getting ready to install gauges, radio and dash board, need to know if anyone has recommendation to restore clock & speedometer to look new again? As I want to use Hudson radio bezel but with new radio w/CD player Rudy Bennett had this set up in 1953 Hudson Hornet Black Beauty I purchased from him, but I forgot brand etc. Could anyone identify couple of parts with gauges in picture, where they are supposed to go? Lastly did anyone find a supplier of narrow chrome/stainless bead/welt that goes between dashboard or will stainless piece from window whiskers work?
See attached pictures. As always thanks in advance,
Ray
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Nice Buick, Ray. What I did on my gauges is painted all the raised lettering and dots w/ an artist brush and some white paint. You loose the glow in the dark at night effect, but it sure brightens it up.0
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Ray-
Dave's right. Those are unusually dark #'s. I would paint them with a modeler's brush.0 -
There is a article in this months Rod and Custom, The march 2010 one .Restore Classic Instruments, Also web site www.classicinstruments.com Worth a look. John:)0
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DaveFury wrote:Nice Buick, Ray. What I did on my gauges is painted all the raised lettering and dots w/ an artist brush and some white paint. You loose the glow in the dark at night effect, but it sure brightens it up.
Here are the gauges after a repaint:0 -
Thanks guys,
Gauges look great, did you also paint black background?
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Nope. I just washed the black faces off prior to painting the numerals. That is the original black, (and gold)0
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I know this may sound incredibly stupid, but I'll take a chance (I've said dumb tings before). Has anyone ever tried soaking the plastic speedo numbers in a denture cleaner? You know, remove the yellow, brighten your smile? Newer dentures are made of plastics, so may be safe to the basic structure. If I had a spare I'd try it, but hesitate to risk my only set of gauges.
Joe0 -
I cleaned mine with some Armor all cleaning wipes (in one of those small foil packs) and they did a really good job cleaning my guages and cleaning the vinyl on my dash. It takes some work, but I thought it was worth it. Use the protectant wipes after they are clean, if you go this route. You can always paint them if they are too far gone.0
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Hi Ray, love the Buick, a friend of mine had a convertible version of this when we were teenagers, and we used to feel like we could take o the world, convertibles down here in the early 70s were extremely rear, is your body made from a mixture of st/steel as his one was supposed to be?
does it have the alloy motor still in it and 2 speed auto, these are basically what they used in the Rover v8 from my understanding
Mike0 -
Buick sold the 215 Aluminum V8 Tooling to Rover... that is how the marque got this engine. The Lil Buick Skylark shown and the 52 PMaker were my primary transportation in the 1980s. The Buick was powered by a 215 V8 w/4BBL and 4Speed through a posi rear. Hudson is getting an oil change in the driveway.0
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essexcoupe3131 wrote:Hi Ray, love the Buick, a friend of mine had a convertible version of this when we were teenagers, and we used to feel like we could take o the world, convertibles down here in the early 70s were extremely rear, is your body made from a mixture of st/steel as his one was supposed to be?
does it have the alloy motor still in it and 2 speed auto, these are basically what they used in the Rover v8 from my understanding
Mike
Hi Mike,
Yes besides Hudson Hornets I too love my '62 Skylark, since I picked up the days ago I've put 435 fun filled miles on 48 year old/new car... Kept and rebuilt little light weight aluminum V8 engine with machine work and proper kit of my 1962 Skylark 3.5L 215 cubic inch also had 2-speed Dual-Path Turbine Drive rebuilt. Only other major change to original car is addition of Vintage Air A/C unit, all four wheels with *disc brakes, new Rally 15" rims and tires, all suspension replaced with NOS parts, interior completely reupholstered, chrome and stainless plated and polished respectively, all new weather stripping and flat glass.
* Use to have and rebuilt same platform '62 f/85 Cutlass (see picture) but engine was too powerful and very difficult to stop car. Ironic I just purchased 1962 Oldsmobile f/85 Cutlass running station wagon, I may or may not restored also have '56 Hornet with Twin-H sitting in Overton, NV. will not make any decisions until my '52 Hornet is on the road.
Being older, I love old cars,
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Ken,
I know you must have enjoyed many driving years of Buick Skylark and Hudson's, hope your Wasp project is moving along and wish you a very Happy, Healthy New Years.
Ray0 -
A freind of mine had a F88 64 cutlass for 24 years, a sports 2 door coupe had amazing lines, 1 of only 2 in NZ, he sold it 2 years ago to a another friend of his and is being rebuilt
I got a picture with my coupe on the back of the olds going to a panel beater back in 84
Mike0
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