Hello everyone,

thanks for having me on this forum, its a pleasure to be here with all the knowledge and expertise advice.

Let me first start off by telling you that I have acquired a 1962 acadian beaumont convertible, I traded my brother for a 1969 buick skylark 400 gs( he said I looked like an old granny driving it) guess Because I'm a smaller guy, so he says the acadian would suit me better. 

I put 3000 into that buick so I agreed only if he would get the top on the acadian replaced, get the motor running up to snuff with new push rods,spark plugs and  wires ,distributor and points,new carburetor and brakes. I figured that was a good trade.

I figured that I would do all the work myself because I would be learning alot about my car and whatever I didn't know I would youtube .

. It's actually been quite a good starter car to learn on since there is all that room under the hood. I've never been mechanically inclined but I've been told that the 250 straight six is a strong and sturdy  engine with the only issue so far is finding parts for the bugger.you can forget Canadian tire or part source witch happens to be across the street.

My issue now is getting it to stop. It runs nicely but these dam drum brakes are getting a bit difficult. I've bled them three times already and still no pressure in the lines. I've had the back two drums machined and new shoes put on, now I'm trying the front but the drum is giving me a hard time, tried the taps with the hammer but no go, and partsource don't carry a drum puller.

The cylinder on the back seemed a bit wonky ,maybe that's the problem.

Only thing is I might be getting over my head.youtube can only take me so far.

I'll be posting pics of it shortly and maybe get some insight.

Anyhow glad to be part of the team

Tony