My friend Glenn came over Saturday to help me with removing the windshield and back glass (which I was a bit nervous to do).  Not only did all the glass come out unscratched, as it were, but the trim was completely unharmed.  Glenn worked at a resto shop back in his youth, and owned a '56 Chevy as well, so he was great to have on hand and tell me "do this, do that...".  Thanks Glenn !

Some of you are not reading the notes on the restricted pages that says you need a Gmail account before I'll grant you access.  Sign up for a Gmail address, send me an access request from whatever page you are on, and that's it.  That simple.  If the request comes from some email account *other* than Gmail, I ignore it.

Well, between my wifes dear grandma passing away and me having bilateral surgery on my legs (yes, even 42 year olds need a tune up once in a while)-- I've been delayed on the Buick.  The gas tank sealing turned out very well-- the POR15 gas tank sealing kit I used really does work.  I need to finish prepping the exterior and paint it with some more POR15.  I received in my gas tank sending unit and tar strapping from Kanters, no issues, fits great.  I tell you, what the tank setup looks like now is a FAR CRY from what I dropped out of the car last month.  More to follow.

I finished up the mending of my gas tank and the sealing of the interior.  Details are in the 2009 photos.  Seems to have worked pretty good, judging by how the interior of the tank looks now.  I used "Fast Steel" on the outside (JB weld product, I think) as solder was just not working.  Seems to have worked quite well.  I fixed up the larger rust holes, and the interior sealant sealed off all the pin hole leaks.  All my leaks were on the top of the tank, not the bottom.  Originally there was about 8 gallons of gas still in the tank, so all the rusting occurred at the top.  Local radiator shop would not work on it, said they did not want to try and braze it because the metal would just stress too much.  They recommended the Fast Steel on the larger holes, and that the interior sealant will take care of the pinholes. So we'll see how it goes in the long run.  I still have to paint the exterior with the Tank Tone I purchased from Eastwood.  I painted the exterior with POR-15 Metal, and then top coated with the Tank-Tone.  I'm very pleased with the results, and it is rock solid.  The new sending unit and cap make this good to go for re-install (someday...)

so far, so good.  I'm cutting over all the content to the site little by little.  I've got quite the clutter over on my main server, so cleaning that up over there and linking it in over here is a bit of work.  Bear with me while I get through it all.

as you may have noticed, I've moved over to using Google Sites for my 1956Buick.com website.  I still own the domain and I pay for the hosting on another server, but I have to admit-- the integration of everything on Google make it too damn easy to run a decent site.  I quite like all the added features and ability to allow folks to "subscribe to changes" and such.  Plus, I wanted a better way to handle sharing photos (mainly for my own benefit, but I don't mind sharing with everyone else).