2015-10-13 56X Buick

56X BUICK OCT 13, 2015 work session

Again we had a great turn out of volunteers for the work session. Again our faithful photographer Al Batts was handy with his camera.

Photos 1 & 2 Jim Baker continues to work on the drivers powered swivel seat while Ken does the electrical wiring.

Photographs 3, 4 , 5 & 6 show Ken Tuinstra and Dick working on the button retainer for some of the push buttons. These push button switches retainers had to be altered to accept the different push buttons. It was Larry Faloon that produced the original SO list of the parts that were on this car. One of the rare parts was a 5 button driver's door switch that not only controlled the four power windows but also the powered head rest for the driver's seat. In addition we discovered the right passenger door contained a two button switch that controlled the power window but also the passenger's powered head rest.

Photographs 7 & 8 show a crew of 3 led by Del installing the special 4 side draft engine. The manifold is a duplicate of the 1954 Buick concept car called the Wildcat. There is only one other engine like this that is running although two more of these engines exist. Del is underneath the car and his crew is getting all the lines hooked up for the radiator cooling for the transmission and the radiator.

Photographs 9, 10 , 11 Since this car had 6 different blues , we had decided to name all the different blue colors. But who would be qualified to name these colors? We have had advice from Larry Faloon from the Futurliner restoration and now are relying on him to provide input to us on this special Bill Mitchell car. Larry worked directly for VP Bill Mitchell as a Stylist. He is now retired living in Michigan and then Texas when the cold weather hits Michigan. So today Art and Connie painted six different metal panels with each of the blue colors. We have asked Larry for his input on the colors.

Other work done today was continued work on powered rotating seats by Jim Baker, Ken Tuinstra, and Don Mayton.

Jerry Bush continued working at the lathe machining the pins required for the convertible roof.