Cruising in a 1940 Buick with a 263 Fireball engine. 

Great to see a car like this being used for its intended purpose - being driven on the road, and not sitting in a garage. Well done, sir. Well done.

In September 1954, we drove a 1940 Buick super 4 Dr sedan with a nearly new 1953 263 straight 8 from Illinois to Tucson Az, pulling a 30 ft travel trailer ...car did great...no problems and it run great.....wish I still had it....by the way it was exactly the same color as yours.

THANK YOU, that was fun. Recently, I purchased 3 Buicks. A 1937 4-door Slant back, no trunk. It has no motor or trans. A 1946 4-door Special was bought that has sat in a garage since 1962, of course, the motor is stuck. And then a couple of weeks ago, we acquired a 1951 Buick Hearse, garage kept. It still has the 1951 tags on it. I really am a Packard guy but one would think I like Buicks, I do!!! They are excellent cars. You have well organized videos. Thank you. Glen

Thank you for saving the Buick and getting it running.

Years ago my friend,Rick powers,and I were working on the brakes on his wife's 1960 Willys CJ-5. I made a pressure bleeder out of an empty propane cylinder by brazing pipe nipples to the top and bottom and an air fitting at the top. I got an old master cylinder cap that fit the new one and drilled it so I could braze a pipe nipple to it and connected both together with a piece of fuel line and hose clamps. We installed all new hoses,a new master cylinder and wheel cylinders plus new brake shoes and turned the drums. I filled the bleeder with brake fluid and connected the air set to 3 psi.Worked like a champ!

"you dont like my car dont look at it"! i like you sir :)

A real gem. And plenty fast too!

Great that you are driving it instead of using it to decorate your garage.

This is so cool! I'd leave it completely original and only fix what I have to, to make it safe and reliable.

so quiet and smooth, great car!

This is coolest thing I’ve seen. The darn thing looks like it rides pretty darn good too for it’s age as well!! 👍👍

My dad had a 1940 Buick Special and sold it after the war for a 1947 Buick Super; if I can find a picture, I'll post it here

Yeap. Charming. Keep the car in that original condition, with its nice patina. Who really likes all these over-restored vehicles?

Coincidentally, my '40 Special (Model 41) also has a 263, but the original engine was 248. I got the 263 from a '52. No external differences, as far as I know, except the mounts, but the 263 used insert rod bearings starting during 1949 production, while earlier 263s and 248s used babbited rods. Thanks for the ride. I agree about the brakes being just fine, thank you. Big drums with a lot of swept area make for good stopping power. I've seen rear disc bake pads smaller (literally) than some postage stamps, so there's more to understand about brakes than "disc brakes are better."

Glad you got everything in the dashboard fixed.My favorite old car is the '55 T Bird.I got to drive one when I was a kid.Loved it.My first car was a 1951 Chevy.

My grandfather had a 1940 same car in burgundy. My father got it after he died in 1958. With less than 40,000 mi.

Wow..a "big" car like that,with a "three on the tree"...didn't expect it to be a standard shift. That baby is 16 years older than I am...and sounds like it runs better lol. Thanks for taking us in a cool ride in a cool car!

What a wonderful old girl. I hope you restore her one day.

Take me for a cruise!

awesome! THANKS!

Do you still have the car ? how difficult is it to turn the wheel from a stop with manual steering ? I never drove a manual with a column shifter but that looks easy as pie and like fun !

Yeah when you had the valve covers off the head looked like it had been hot dipped,no gunk at all.

Love the sound of that straight 8 does that engine have frost plugs? Any plans to go to a 12 volt system?

Love to have for a daily driver

Did you get the clutch changed?It sure does run well ,where did you find it?

Have you done anything else with this Buick? Beautiful!

what mileage do you get from the straight 8? thirsty?

The Buick,as big and heavy that it is,even with "good brakes"...could use a Jake Brake,like in Big Rigs,to assist in slowing it down lol

I hope you changed all the brake hoses and master cylinder.No isolation valves on these old vehicles.

I like the way the starter sounds. Is it normal for it to turn over so slowly?

I'd love to see more of this old Buick being driven, mate! How's she doing?

how'd the clutch change go? did the shop have any problems

Did you have to change the waterpump,and does it have full gauges?

I'm going to see the truth you going to be a very disappointed that if you see a classic car you want this you want to be the original owner to take care of it but you can to drive on the railroad that probably doesn't even have a seatbelt on it too that's the problem if you really want to pass the inspection of this car it is unbelievable that you need to get a new one good luck anyway