# Another classic, 1952 buick special 4 door welcome to the family
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-classic-1952-buick-special-4-door-welcome-to-the-family/255219
**Category:** Builds
**Created:** [October 24, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-classic-1952-buick-special-4-door-welcome-to-the-family/255219 "2010-10-24T20:47:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@cconlon692](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cconlon692)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-classic-1952-buick-special-4-door-welcome-to-the-family/255219/1 "2010-10-24T20:47:58Z")
Picked up a 52 buick special the other day. price was right & my dad, brother & i have a soft spot for old gm cars. it’s got the 263 straight 8 in it. runs like a champ, took it for a spin around the yard and she pulls hard. the guy we bought it from already rebuilt the brakes, ran new brake lines & fuel lines, installed a new thermostat, new front grill, new fuel pump & spark plugs. the car is very clean, needs very little to get her on the road. our goal is to have it full road worthy for the spring so my brother can take it to his prom & then have it for his senior year b/c how many 17 year olds drive a classic buick.
We assume this was a cop car due to the paint scheme & spot light mounted on the door. who knows, gotta do some research. overall we’re pretty happy with the purchase & after tearing up the grass with it today, we’re really excited to get it on the road. here’s a few pics we took today, my brother went a tad over kill on the angle of the pics but it’s alright.
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### Author:  [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-classic-1952-buick-special-4-door-welcome-to-the-family/255219/2 "2010-10-24T20:50:29Z")
cool car man!!
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### Author:  [@cconlon692](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cconlon692)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-classic-1952-buick-special-4-door-welcome-to-the-family/255219/3 "2010-10-24T20:52:02Z")
> [@CRX vs Lambo Murci](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crx-vs-lambo-murci/36156/29):
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> cool car man!!
thanks man, gotta love the classic gm cars
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### Author:  [@GATVILLE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GATVILLE)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-classic-1952-buick-special-4-door-welcome-to-the-family/255219/4 "2010-10-24T21:02:30Z")
badass!
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### Author:  [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2010, 5:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-classic-1952-buick-special-4-door-welcome-to-the-family/255219/5 "2010-10-25T05:07:57Z")
Nice! Straight 8!
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### Author:  [@jdaniels](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jdaniels)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2010, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-classic-1952-buick-special-4-door-welcome-to-the-family/255219/6 "2010-10-25T09:00:45Z")
That engine is awesomeness, lol.
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### Author:  [@LS\_WS.6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LS_WS.6)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2010, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-classic-1952-buick-special-4-door-welcome-to-the-family/255219/7 "2010-10-25T10:29:04Z")
nice boat
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### Author:  [@ReDevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ReDevil)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2010, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-classic-1952-buick-special-4-door-welcome-to-the-family/255219/8 "2010-10-25T10:34:45Z")
You could recreate scenes from Disney’s “Cars.” :lol
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### Author:  [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2010, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-classic-1952-buick-special-4-door-welcome-to-the-family/255219/9 "2010-10-25T12:13:08Z")
what are the build plans for it???
Please say chop and cut the living shit out of it and make me get off my ass and get my own retro rod project going!
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### Author:  [@toomanycamaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toomanycamaros)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-classic-1952-buick-special-4-door-welcome-to-the-family/255219/10 "2010-10-25T17:34:21Z")
nice pickup
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### Author:  [@cconlon692](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cconlon692)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-classic-1952-buick-special-4-door-welcome-to-the-family/255219/11 "2010-10-25T19:16:47Z")
> [@Who wants to.....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-to/36277/2):
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> what are the build plans for it???
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> Please say chop and cut the living shit out of it and make me get off my ass and get my own retro rod project going!
As of now, the plan is fix the little rust it has, paint it & drive it around for a while.
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### Author:  [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-classic-1952-buick-special-4-door-welcome-to-the-family/255219/12 "2010-10-25T19:21:18Z")
I like it. I saw it on Craigslist last week.
Id love to have a '50’s car like that to just cruise in and not modify.
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### Author:  [@cconlon692](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cconlon692)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2011, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-classic-1952-buick-special-4-door-welcome-to-the-family/255219/13 "2011-05-05T12:21:11Z")
the buick’s been kind of forgotten about since we put her away for the winter back in december. so a few weeks ago my old man & i dug her out & pulled her up to the house. before the winter, my dad, brothe & i got the whole front clip off the car, down to bare metal & primed. since we’ve started working on her again, we’ve stripped 1 1/4 panel & primed it (still have to do body worked, primed to prevent rusting w/ all this rain lately), stripped & primed the trunk & also stripped the roof down to bare metal, fixed all the dents in it & shot it with primer. here’s a few pics of what we’ve got so far. (fenders are in the garage for time being)
you can kinda see where the wire wheel ate some bondo. new metal soon
hood’s set, right front door is stripping itself pratically w/ how thin the paint is.
the hub caps that came on the car back in 52. still in great shape & will look sweet w/ the black paint job & coker white walls that are in store.
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### Author:  [@swaiknow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/swaiknow)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2011, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-classic-1952-buick-special-4-door-welcome-to-the-family/255219/14 "2011-05-06T10:21:24Z")
nice pick-up. i love the old fireball’s. i am picking up my 54 chevy 210 this coming week, we will have to get together and cruise…
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### Author:  [@AUDI\_JAY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AUDI_JAY)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2011, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-classic-1952-buick-special-4-door-welcome-to-the-family/255219/15 "2011-05-06T10:22:48Z")
do want
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### Author:  [@cconlon692](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cconlon692)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-classic-1952-buick-special-4-door-welcome-to-the-family/255219/16 "2011-05-06T13:23:04Z")
> [@New Garage / Workshop](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-garage-workshop/41953/26):
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> nice pick-up. i love the old fireball’s. i am picking up my 54 chevy 210 this coming week, we will have to get together and cruise…
yeah definitely when it’s done i’d love to cruise this thing w/ some other classics, especially gm’s
> [@There is...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/there-is/41942/24):
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> do want
I gotta say, it’s a nice car. Thing i love about it is everything you can work on easily by yourself unlike modern day cars. Almost every component is accessible w/ simple hand tools. It’s great.
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### Author:  [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2011, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-classic-1952-buick-special-4-door-welcome-to-the-family/255219/17 "2011-05-07T10:46:55Z")
lead filler where filler is needed! dont be afraid of it.
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### Author:  [@swaiknow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/swaiknow)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-classic-1952-buick-special-4-door-welcome-to-the-family/255219/18 "2011-05-07T13:12:22Z")
> [@vibration issue](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vibration-issue/41374/19):
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> yeah definitely when it’s done i’d love to cruise this thing w/ some other classics, especially gm’s
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> I gotta say, it’s a nice car. Thing i love about it is everything you can work on easily by yourself unlike modern day cars. Almost every component is accessible w/ simple hand tools. It’s great.
sounds good. And it is awesome. I was looking around for parts over the last few days, and the fact that stuff is affordable and available blows my mind…what plans do you have for the Buick?
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### Author:  [@cconlon692](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cconlon692)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-classic-1952-buick-special-4-door-welcome-to-the-family/255219/19 "2011-05-07T18:52:13Z")
> [@ever wonder what idiots look like ?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ever-wonder-what-idiots-look-like/41999/6):
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> sounds good. And it is awesome. I was looking around for parts over the last few days, and the fact that stuff is affordable and available blows my mind…what plans do you have for the Buick?
plans are just get the body looking good, new fuel tank & lines, clean the carb, get the exhaust fixed & get some coker white walls & drive her around on nice days. not a rare car worth a ton of money so my dad & i just want it to look good & be drivable.
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### Author:  [@cconlon692](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cconlon692)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-classic-1952-buick-special-4-door-welcome-to-the-family/255219/20 "2011-07-09T20:39:50Z")
Buick received her 1st coats of her new color today. I’ll post some picks tomorrow. Getting close to being done. :retardclap
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