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My zipper came apart on mine, so I know to never unzip a back window again. It’s not worth it.

Looks like they are missing the half moon pieces. Some of this is still nice to have but the half moon pieces I hear are the hardest part to find. The “top hat” style and spring are for 63 but I have a paper that says the early drive shaft can be drilled to this style. The 61-62 has the shallow spring like in this picture.

I tried getting some paint over a year ago with the code for Royal Mist and was not close at all. My body guy tried it when he first started working on it and found the same thing I did. Took him a long time to get it right. Yours looks great!

I have long wondered why Oldsmobile put the seam for the front inlet on the top side of the air cleaner. Well, I just found one that was flipped. After noticing this one was flipped I looked through pictures of others I have had and the one on the 63 barn car I had was on the bottom. Now I need to decide what one I want to use on my car. I am…[Read more]

Hey all,

Jim rebuilt the turbo and that was the first thing I did on this. It is garnet mist with a white top. The paint shop had no trouble matching the color. I just gave them the GM color code that’s off of the cowl tag and they matched it up. In the background is a blue ’62 Cutlass that I found in the Phoenix, Arizona area about 20…[Read more]

Are you talking for between the box and the firewall? I am not sure what the proper stuff is but I think I am going to use 3-M strip caulk

Wow, nice work!

Very nice job Bruce! It’s exciting watching these cars go back together. Especially a 4-speed Jetfire! Can’t wait to see it finished.

Someone here has mentioned about this clip (or heater hose hook) before and not sure who it was? Maybe Jim? This is the first time I have ever found one of these hooks. It goes on the bottom of the heater core box and holds a heater hose. I had the parts car for almost two years and just now found it. This hook has been long lost on both of my…[Read more]

The blow out took the tail of the fender and rolled it up into the wheel well. Btw the car even came with a ‘California snow tire’ Judy told me they never had salt on the roads in the mountains back then, just in the city but they did get the occasional snowfall and when it did no one went out when it snowed.

Our trip to California was great. We arrived late Saturday night and due to the fact that we were paying for the car with a certified check we could not finalize the deal until the bank opened Monday. We had a chance to see the car but not on a hoist as their shop was full of vehicles that needed to be rolled outside so that was put off until…[Read more]

Here is a pic of my air cleaner on my “original” ’62. I don’t think the factory assembly personnel payed too much attention to the label placement.

Hi Bruce,
Looks very nice! Looks like this will be the twin to your Cutlass 4-speed. Cool! Restoration plans for other ’62 in background?

Is that royal mist or garnet mist? Did you have trouble matching the paint? Mine are royal mist and the body guy had fits getting the color right.

Very nice work!

wow, that looks great! Have you had the turbo rebuilt yet?