Grill Emblem

To top off the new grill, a new re-pro GS grill emblem was installed.  I have to say The Parts Place grill and emblem fit really nice and look great.

I picked up some thread cutter nuts at Autozone. It was an assortment pack but it had 2 nuts small enough work on the GS emblem.  Looks so good.

New Grill Installed

 The new grill is in.  With the help of the Dr. we dropped the front bumper and lower spoiler.  This was necessary as I did not want to force the new grill in like the old grill came out.

We had to align the bumper but now it looks better than ever. Moved it up and left compared to where it was.  A new grill emblem is on its way and that will be the icing on the cake.











It looks as good as an original piece, fit perfectly. New studs were included with it, which is a good thing because there was quite an assortment of hardware holding on the old grill.

While the front spoiler was off, I gave it a quick spray of semi gloss black.  Looked like it had never been painted, just black primer on fiberglass.  Looks great now.

She's getting a new smile!!

A new grill was in order.  I had planned to repair the original, but there was a surprise at Christmas...a repro grill. Its a nice piece.

The old grill came out easily, and was held in with junk studs.

Using a Dremel and a polishing tip, I made the stainless shine!











I picked up some new stainless screws for the stainless trim and it looks great.
The bumper needs to be dropped to get the new grill in, that will be tomorrow night.

Shifter Linkage

Installed the new re-plated shifter linkage yesterday.
There's a white bushing (which was missing making my shifter really sloppy)

So when I put it together, the bushing kept popping out of the bracket.
Called my 'Buick expert' and he says the spring keeps the bushing in... to which I reply..what spring?

I kinda remember seeing pictures of it so I did though my bag of trick.. no springs big enough. 
Then I find a throttle return spring which slips over the rod nicely.  But it 'pulls' instead of 'pushes'...
I give it a good stretch, and snip off whats not needed, compress it, slide it on and it was perfect!
Shifter feels like a new car!