Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Old Cars Weekly

    Q&A

    Aug 30, 2021 3 minutes
    WITH KIT FOSTER

    Q. I have a 1955 Buick Special with a Dynaflow transmission. I have had it rebuilt and reinstalled twice and I’m still having problems with it. I have decided to convert the car to a GM Turbo Hydra-Matic 350 transmission. Does anyone know the best rear end to use?

    — Brian Peterson, Emmons, Minn.

    Whatever rear axle you use, you’ll be faced with some chassis changes. Your Buick has coil springs in the rear, with a transverse radius rod limiting side-to-side sway. Fore-aft stability is provided by

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Old Cars Weekly

    Old Cars Weekly1 min readIndustries
    Good Work From Hupp, REO Club Editors
    The Hupp Herald editor Robin Woosley (rewoolsey@yahoo.com) is actively fishing for great catches to share in that publication, which represents the Hupmobile Club (Brian Spear, president, bcckspear@comcast.net). Woosley is encouraging members to shar
    Old Cars Weekly5 min read
    Starring Graham
    By 1940, the Graham-Paige Motors Corp. of Detroit remained in deep financial trouble. Like other car manufacturers, the company had struggled through the Great Depression, which took the hardest toll on independent car makers. Many independents went
    Old Cars Weekly1 min read
    Sound Your Horn
    I read in Old Cars about the pomp and circumstance that car dealerships once made when the new models were being introduced, including the curtains used to obscure the cars until introduction day. We recently arrived at our warehouse of NOS parts and

    Related