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Picture taken 1967 Gary Frenkel's 1959 Buick
Convertible Restored to it's former glory
again Gary from Michigan has owned this LeSabre Convertible
since 1960. Gary and I traded information during our '59
Buick restorations, and it is my pleasure to introduce his
final product. His goal was to cruise the famous Woodward
Ave in Detroit. Did he ever! Gary opted for a "slightly"
more powerful drive-train than the stock LeSabre motor. He
installed a 401 c.i.d. out of a 1963 Wildcat, mild cam,
balanced, blueprinted, Edelbrock dual quad manifold, dual
exhaust and more. Just wanted to say hello and send you the
latest photos on my 59 Buick. It cruised
Woodward Ave. in Detroit for this years Woodward
Dream Cruise. The grin on my face was wider
than the grill as I cruised by 1.4 million
spectators lining Woodward Ave. on both sides
of the street for 20 plus miles. All this
driving was done on 34 year old Uniroyal triple
white wall tires that I had installed in 1966!
My wide white wall tires came from Coker Classic two
days after the cruise ended. I finally have got her tuned to perfection and managed
to literally KICK MY SHARE OF ASS on this years cruise.
To say the least, I was grinning, smiling and finishing off
my old tires with hole shots that would make any NAILHEAD
enthusiast proud. I still have a lot of work to do,
mainly the same things I didn't do for the past 2 years, but
sure had a blast this summer with her.
Looks like Gary doesn't need any
Viagra, this is all he needs. Thanks Gary, for
sharing your work with us. Keep the shiny side up! UP-DATE Dec 2008: Gary contact us with
an up-date. He writes:
Hi Rolf. I was surprised and happy to see the
sight back on line, or at least the Buick section. I
hope you are doing well.
Thanks to you and have owned my 59 Buick
convertible since 1960, which you posted on your
site. I finally finished her in the summer of 2006
and being the spoiled brat that I am, was not
satisfied with the 401 I put in her, so, out came
the whole drive train and in went a 455 Buick big
block out of a 72, with a turbo 400 trans with shift
kit and stall converter and, of all things, a Ford 9
inch rear end to handle the torque.
If I mash my foot down, I can literally burn
rubber for 50 feet, even leaving her in drive. She
even scares me sometimes, but now she is everything
I wanted and collects trophies all the time.
She even won a best of show at the famous
Woodward Dream Cruise in 06 and gets more attention
than 5 naked ladies at a Moose Lodge
meeting. Attached is a couple of photo's.
Hope you are doing well and that you find the
time to put the whole site back up one day. I know
it's a lot of work, but it was a terrific place to
visit, for us car nuts. Gary, we are glad to
get the Buick section up and running again, and to
show off your car.
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