Bussard Automotive and Performance Specialties

05/22/2025

Finally finished up Chris Rankin’s 1971 Century Resorter inboard boat with a 440 Chrysler! We rebuilt the 440 and detailed it and then we made all new harnesses and re-wired the entire boat! Fired it up today and she sounds good! Ready for summer…. This has been a long project! But pretty cool!

04/22/2025

Thanks to Todd Love at Warsaw Metals for the bitchin polished stainless steel bezels we added to Garry Himes Camaro dash! Just a little extra bling to make this custome dash stand out a little more!

04/10/2025

Mark your calendars!!! After last years open house/cruise in success….. customers asked us to do it again!!!! Celebrating 22 years!!!! Well here’s the date, A Sick World will be playing, and we moved the hours later to the fireworks and not so hot during the day! Street will be shut down 4-12 so stop by and hangout for awhile! Food will be on site!!

04/04/2025

Re sealed and new rear main seal on Ben Scripture’s 1972 olds 455!! We then cleaned and detailed the engine and added new electronic ignition and a double roller timing chain before we will reinstall in his 1972 olds delta 88

04/01/2025

Here’s some of what we’ve been working on this winter…… Garry Himes 1980 Camaro we turned into a 1970 split bumper! All new hidden A/C system!!!!! We hid all the a/c lines in the inner fender and front valance which will be covered when done! We are also bidding all of the wiring and such so it will be a super clean EFI engine compartment! Lots of horsepower in this little stroker motor and still have your A/C for those hot days!

04/01/2025

Here’s another unique project! Dave Ulmer from Ft Wayne brought us his 2013 GMC pick up truck! He decided he needed more power so we installed an intercooled Whipple supercharger for him! He daily drives this truck and it’s super clean and ready for summer!

04/01/2025

We are finishing up on Doug Robinson’s 1973 Trans Am he bought new right here in Warsaw from Bledsoe’s Buick and Pontiac! It’s a factory correct restoration with all numbers matching 455, and 4 speed drivetrain, all rebuilt by us, all new paint by Vince Wilczynski, and everything is either painted or powder coated to factory correct, bare metal parts were coated or painted to appear like bare metal but won’t ever rust! Just an extra step we do to preserve these restorations to last for years! This car is a hood bird delete, console delete, A/C delete, rear defog delete, and non power windows and locks! This car is the only one known with these deleted options and color combination!

10/08/2024

Here’s a fun little (BIG) project we just completed!!! A Chrysler 440 big block for a 1971 Century Resorter boat!!! Original block, both heads, and an exhaust manifold were cracked! We sourced some new parts and rebuilt the old girl back to her glory days! It’s a 330hp reverse rotation engine with a V drive! Kind of odd but nothing beats a big block especially in an old boat!!!

08/27/2024

A neat little project!! 1973 comet GT!! 302 with aluminum heads, intake, and roller cam and an AOD!!! We just installed new 4:11 rear gears and auburn posi unit!! We also did a performance tune up on it including running the valves, timing, and carb adjustments, also checking the primary and secondary ignition systems!

06/24/2024

We are less than a week away for our Open house cruise in this coming Saturday June 29th!!!! Mark your calendars, burgers and dogs till they last! We will have live music from Jared Pagen, Mark Allen and Company and A Sick World playing 7 till ??? Come hang out and have some fun with us celebrating over 20+ years of hot rods, muscle cars, and race cars!

06/05/2024