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Post by 64b09 on Jul 28, 2010 16:33:05 GMT -5
Bought it on ebay a few years ago in southern Colorado. Saw it and told my wife it looked clean and said I wished I could get it. BTW I live in WI ;D She said go ahead. So I bid on it and won. Its a roller and the only rust was a little in the trunk, I could even read the axle stamping, which around here are impossible after a few years.lol It was a great road trip other than me having bronchitis, My wife ,best friend and I rotated driving out there and back. Didn't plan on staying but it took longer to get outthere than I thought. But hey it's the middle of nowhere right, how hard would it be to get a hotel room for the night. Well there was a race of some so in town and we had to drive an hour to find a room in a crappy part of Pueblo, CO. During the 4 hours we slept someone spray painted new cars at the buick dealer next to the hotel Here it is when we loaded it on the trailer Pic from the ebay ad
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Post by 64b09 on Jul 28, 2010 16:45:46 GMT -5
Putting in the 455, .030 over mild cam, Performer intake , Hedman headers. All the way in. Bought a Universal Alum rad from www.rocketracingperformance.comAdded a transcooler for the TH350
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Post by 64b09 on Jul 28, 2010 16:49:00 GMT -5
Traded my G-body Pypes exhaust to a friend for a 3" pypes exhaust, with Hooker Maximum flow muffs. Swapped over to manual steering with the box from my 64 442 which is a lot looooonger term project.lol
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Post by 64b09 on Jul 28, 2010 16:56:08 GMT -5
Bought a set of seats from an Olds guy about 40 miles away, they were from the southwest, either NV or AZ don't remember but the foam was crusty ;D and there were 2 layers of covers. It was like peeling an onion. Top Layer hmm centers used to be red ;D Base layer For my college graduation last year (at 37 ;D ) my wife got me all new seat covers, carpet,door panels,etc from Legendary. Sadly it's still in boxes in my house. Its the light blue color which will match the existing paint and the paint I will eventually go with, which will be a stock type met light blue with the white top.
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Post by 64b09 on Jul 28, 2010 17:14:19 GMT -5
These are the dog dish caps I will be running, took 2 different swapmeets and a couple years to get a set. Using these covers I traded some parts to a friend for. Old 3.08 8.2 axle out ...and in with the 3.42 8.5 from a 71-72 cutlass with bolt in axles and new bushings from Rocket Racing. I have repainted it before it went in. I have also switched to manual brakes in order to fit the valve covers and changed to a dual reservoir master cyl. and new front shoes. That's pretty much how it sits now, I have a Lunati cam that will go in eventually but it's a street car so it's nothing too radical, but is one of the UD harold grinds
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Post by stan65cutlass on Jul 28, 2010 23:54:45 GMT -5
looks like the right parts, how long till your on the road?
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Post by 64b09 on Jul 29, 2010 8:27:33 GMT -5
The plan was last year.lol Not sure, I need time which has been short lately
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Post by Big Mike on Jul 30, 2010 10:16:43 GMT -5
Sweet, I love two-tone cars. My wife's Sports Coupe is a two-tone car, white top and Lurcerne Mist bottom. Very similar to yours.
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Post by 64b09 on Jul 31, 2010 1:35:58 GMT -5
Yeah I love the 2 tone 64-5's. My first was a Saddle mist and white top. This car was originally Regal Mist ( maroon) and white top, but got painted this mystery blue somewhere along the way. Whenever I get around to repainting it I am going to go with a Pacific or Wedgewood mist with white top.
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Post by 64b09 on Sept 22, 2010 22:11:42 GMT -5
Been working too much and not doing anything to the car Today I had some free time and repacked the wheel bearings, put on new front brake shoes and new front rubber brake hoses. Gotta say it felt got to work on it even if it wasn't a whole lot. Need to run some new brake lines, the one that goes to the RF got smashed somehow, and I am switching to a dual res master because 4 wheel manual drums is suicide enough without the suicide master cylinder ;D
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Post by 64b09 on Sept 29, 2010 17:57:40 GMT -5
MANual brake pushrod shortened and installed. ;D
Now I am trying to find bushing for the shifter rod on the floor shifter and a right angle union for the brake line to the rear since I went with a dual res master and am separating the front and rear systems .
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Post by 64b09 on May 14, 2011 14:22:48 GMT -5
Well played around a bit more today and installed the rear interior.
That's a lotta blue ;D
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Post by 64b09 on May 14, 2011 14:23:34 GMT -5
...and installed the shifter ;D
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Post by oldsproject on May 18, 2011 23:12:22 GMT -5
Looking great! Keep up the good work.
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Post by 64b09 on May 18, 2011 23:27:34 GMT -5
Thanks. I'm plugging away the best I can. Hoping it'll be ready for Norwalk. Depending if the wallet recovers enough to bring it, I still want it to be ready.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2011 22:23:34 GMT -5
I like '64s.
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Post by 64b09 on May 10, 2012 14:44:23 GMT -5
Painted the console. Blue is going to match better than the tan/brown it was ;D. Going to put it in just painted for now and later on I'll pull it and recarpet it. I kept the old carpet to use as a pattern.
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Post by hicompolds on May 11, 2012 13:47:43 GMT -5
Nice solid car. I like the two tone cars too.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2012 9:40:45 GMT -5
Which event at Norwalk are you trying to attend?
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Post by 64b09 on May 12, 2012 10:46:13 GMT -5
That was last year, but it was the Dick Miller Olds event, didn't make it.lol Not going this year.
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