Links & Contact Information

Links -  Buick related or restoration related:

Classic Buick Enthusiast Sites
Private Buick Sites
Other Sites
Parts and Services, Buick exclusive
Parts and Services, generic
Used parts / parts cars
Electrical
Rubber / Weatherstripping
Tires / Wheels
Upholstery

Links - custom & rod related

Adapters
Air Bag Suspension Systems
Gauges
Organizations & Forums
Custom & Rod stuff suppliers
Private Custom & Rod sites, Clubs
 
 
 

Classic Buick Enthusiast Sites and Organizations

• Buick Club of America
• Buick Street
• Buickgod.com
• Buicks.net
• Bombsight
• PreWar Buick
• PreWar Car
• V-8 Buick
• Buicks in Sweden
  

Private Buick Sites (STR-8 era)

• Hot Rods by Glen ('48 Special custom)
• Matt Harwood's '41 Century
• Bill Stoneberg's '50 Woodie
• PG Tälth's 1946 Buick Convertible custom
• Tom Haltmeyer's 48 Roadmaster sedanet
• Juha-Matti's Buick Pages (several Buicks)
• Per Örnberg's 1941 Special Sedanette
  

Other sites worth investigating

• Antique Automobile Club of America (discussion forums, Buy/Sell)
• Classicar.com
• Classic Road
• Hemmings Motor News
• Collector car trader online
• eBay (probably world's largest online auction)
• Inliners International (organization for Inline Engines)
• Webrodder (highly informative tech, discussion forums)
  

Parts and  Services
Buick exclusive

• Bob's Automobilia  (NOS/ used/ repro 1920-1957)
• Boyer's Restorations (engine turned dash panels, interior plastics)
• CARS (NOS, used, repro, 1934-87)
• Buick World (NOS/ used/ repro)  email: rivierajim@excite.com
• Buick Farm (NOS only)
• Classic Buicks (repro only, 1946-1976)
• Falcon Global (Buick engine parts)
  
• Buick Bonery - Ken Schmidt (used mainly), email: buickbonery@webtv.net
• DM Vintage Automotive - Dan Myers (used mainly), email: dmva@altavista.com
• The Buick Nut - Joe Krepps (repro 1928-55)
  
• Swansons Vintage Buick - Jim (used mainly), 1-916-646-0430
• Lamar Wilkins, email: wilkinshouse3@msn.com
• Obsolete Buick Parts (mainly 60's and 70's)
• Long Lake (NOS moldings, Bumpers)

Generic / several makes

• Kanter (repro, several makes, look for engine & front end kits)
• Fantasy Auto Works (NOS, used)
• Car Parts  (NOS)
• Northwestern Auto Supply (NOS)
• Kern Motor Co. (NOS)
• http://www.restoration-resources.com/
• GM Obsolete Buick, Cad, Olds 1950-90

Specialized parts & services

• Antique Parts Depot (NOS Carbs & Fuel Pumps) fax 1-603-893-6352
• Apple Hydraulics (rebuilds Stromberg & SU Carbs, Lever Shocks, Brake & Clutch cylinders)
• Art Houser (rearends)
• Classic Fabrication (Repro Floorpans)
• Classic Glass (windshields & everything glass 1940-89), email: classicglass@semo.net
• Egge (repro engine parts)
• Emblemagic (emblems)
• ESPO Springs 'n Things (springs, speedo cables)
• Mike Gadaleto (Door Sills) 1-215-736-3432
• Handles 'R Us (window cranks, door handles)
• Hotrod Carbs
• 97 Heaven (old carbs)
• Inline Tube (Brake & Gas Lines)
• JAMCO suspension
• JECC Inc (torque ball & trans seal kits) Tel 1-973-890-9682, Fax: 1-973-812-2724
• Lares Corp. (Steering Gears remanufactured)
• James Ragsdale (NOS Brake Parts) fax 1-215-348-5154
• Rare Parts, Inc (Steering & Suspension parts 1930 - present)
• Rocker King (steel rocker panels, fenders)
• White Post Restorations (Brake cylinders)
• United Speedometer Service (gauge restoration & modernization)
• Vintage Speed (induction)
• Wiperman (Vacuum Viper Motor Repair Service)

Used Parts & Parts Cars

• Wheatbelt Antique Auto, Ken Reeves, email: wheatbelt@myexcel.com
• Steve Ehrlich, email: sehrlich@greatbend.com
• Sagebrush Classic Auto, email: sagebrsh@localline.com
• Moore's Auto Salvage, 1-605-348-4926, fax 1-605-348-0499
• Don's Auto Parts
• All American Classics
• Black Hills Antique Auto
• Desert Valley Auto Parts
• Dick & Mike's Hot Rod Garage
• Freman's Auto
• Desert Dog Auto Parts
• Larry Lawrence
• CTC Autoranch
• Goldmine Autoparts
• Gilly's Auto Wreckers
• Westside Auto Dismantlers
• Speedway Automotive (1961 newer)

Weatherstripping, Rubber

• Steele
• Metro Moulded Parts
• Weatherstrips.com

Classic Wheels, Whitewall Tires

• Wheel Vintiques (OEM Style Repro Wheels)
• Dayton Wire Wheels (old British style & lowrider style)
• Coker Tire (Vintage Tires & OEM Style Repro Wheels)
• Stockton Wheel
• Diamondback Classics (quality vulcanized wide whitewall on modern radial tire)
• Hubcaps (old hubcaps)
  

Electrical

• Yesteryear (electrical NOS, 1920-present)
• Rhode Island Wiring Service (Repro Wiring Harnesses)
• YnZ's Yesterdays Parts (Repro Wiring Harnesses)
• Affordable Streed Rods (Repro & Custom Wiring harnesses)
• American Autowire
• Specialty Power Windows (Custom Power Window & Wiper Systems)
• Ron Francis Wire Works (custom wiring kits)
• Painless Wiring (custom wiring kits)
• Ez Wiring (custom wiring kits)
• Vehicle Power Accessories (power window & door lock / latch kits)
• Hotronics

Upholstery

• SMS Auto Fabrics (probably world's largest selection of vintage fabrics)
• Hampton Coach Inc
• Fryer's Auto Upholstery

 

Links - modified cars, rods & customs:

Organizations, Forums

• Rodder
• Kustoms of America (organization for kustoms)
• Carnut.com (don't get lost on this site)
• Jalopy Journal (and the Hokey Ass Message Board for customizers/rodders)
• Inliners International (organization for Inline Engines)

Adapters

• Bendtsen's Transmission Adapters (various, including Buick nailhead and Straight-8)
• Cornhusker (Flathead to T-5)
• Flat-O Products (Flathead and Y-block to sticks & autos)
• Hays / Lakewood (clutch assys, bellhousings)
• J.W. Performance Transmissions (Ultra-Bells)
• Keisler Automotive Adapters (Mopar and Jaguar to sticks & autos)
• Powerplay / Hot Heads (Hemi adapters)
• Speedway Motors (Flatheads to sticks & autos)
• Tanson Enterprises (early Oldsmobile adapters)
• Wilcap (Flathead, Hemi, Cadillac, Chevy, many)
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Air Bag Suspension Systems

• Air Lift Company
• Air Ride Technologies
• Master Image Customs

Gauges

• Actron
• Auto Meter
• Beede
• Classic Instruments
• Dolphin Gauges
• Faria
• Haneline
• Metro Speedometer
• Mooneyes
• Stewart-Warner
• Teleflex
• United Speedometer
• VDO
• Westach

 

Private Rod & Custom Sites, Clubs

• John D'Agostino Custom Cars
• Rick Dore Kustoms
• Kurt McCormick collection by Dave Darby
• Mart's Real Hotrods (UK)
• Warre's A-V8 (Finland)
• Back to Roots Club(Finland)
• SoCal Car Culture (lotsa kool pictures)
• Sully's page
• JK's Mopar kustom(Finland)
• Spirit Of America
• Scrapers (Belgium)
• Kontinentals
• The Cheaters Gang
• Kool Kustom
• eKustom.net
• Kustom Corner (France)
• Sultans
• Alzart's page (lotsa cool pictures)
• More Alzar't pages (lotsa cool pictures)
• Wacky Dave
• West Coast Cruise
• Bedslead Customs
• Rikster's classic kustoms site  (must check this site)
  

Kustom & Rod Suppliers

• Ball's Rod & Custom
• Big Jim's (External Sunvisors, Fenderskirts, Custom Accessories)
• Fat Man Fabrications (Dropped Spindles, Mustang II IFS Kits, weld-on Front Clips etc)
• Fender Skirts Co (Fender Skirts, metal & fiberglass)
• Hot Rod and Custom Supply (a lot of Rod & Custom stuff)
• Hot Hemi Heads
• Hotrod Carbs
• Mooneyes (Rod & Custom accessories)
• Night Prowlers (their catalog is mandatory for every customizer)
• RB's Obsolete Automotive (Rod Stuff)
• PARR Automotive (Rod stuff)
• Speedway Automotive (Rod & custom Stuff)
• Sothern Rods (Rod stuff)
• Springfield Street Rods  (rod stuff)
• Watsons Streetworks
• Wirth's Custom Automotive