BUILD THREAD 81 Buick/Olds Turbo Wagon 02/15/2024 More Parts!

[liquidh8]

Made the temporary mount for the alky tank. Over next winter in my new shop I'll fabricate the stainless tank, this will work for now though. It not real fancy, but it will work.

My front tires and rear diff also came in.

I believe this is a 3 quart tank.









Summit parts.

 

[fleming442]

Are you still using photobucket?

 

[liquidh8]

I am using whatever Tapatalk uses?

 

[liquidh8]

I uploaded right to Gbody, I'll try and fix the other posts.

Mounted and balanced the front tires.

 

[fleming442]

Thanks!!!

 

[Blake442]

Looking good, Jim!
I've got plenty of factory steel bumper shims if you want a few...

 

[el camino ss 84]

What kind of wheels are those? They look just like fr500s for mustangs.

 

[liquidh8]

Looking good, Jim!
I've got plenty of factory steel bumper shims if you want a few...

Thank you sir! I appreciate it! I found just 4 factory aluminum shims, I may use those with a few washers. I used some fender shims on the bolts to fine tune the gap between the fender and the bumper. I can't use all or shims, so I may be able to get away with 2 aluminum on each side, and them the fender shims. I'll try it out and let you know.

 

[liquidh8]

What kind of wheels are those? They look just like fr500s for mustangs.

They are FR500s, they were cheap, and with the funky mustang backspacing and the the 1.25" adapers, the rear wheels are centered perfect in the wheel well with the frame notch.

Now, I just realized my old front wheels were 17x8, and these are 17x9. The 17x8s we're perfect. But with the wider fronts, the tires/wheels are really close to the fender lip now. That extra inch may be bad. I am looking at getting thinner adapters to pull the front wheels back in.

 

[motorheadmike]

They are FR500s, they were cheap, and with the funky mustang backspacing and the the 1.25" adapers, the rear wheels are centered perfect in the wheel well with the frame notch.

Now, I just realized my old front wheels were 17x8, and these are 17x9. The 17x8s we're perfect. But with the wider fronts, the tires/wheels are really close to the fender lip now. That extra inch may be bad. I am looking at getting thinner adapters to pull the front wheels back in.

It is a horrible dance.