Mine cleaned up a little over too, in fact they sanded them smooth instead of turning to do the minimum and then they lined the shoes with thicker linings. Work good.

There have been a number of members who have changed their brake system to disk brakes. Look them up and see if they might have saved their old brake drums. I did search for front and/or rear drums new or used and didn’t find anything two years ago.I decided to have mine turned and now they are at or close to the limit but work just fine.

I could be wrong on the paint code order. (Sure would not be the first time-ha) However I have 2-1962 convertible cowl tags and they both only have one letter for the paint code? Second code just might be wheel color on a “non black wheel” conv’t.? I have noticed that often the black wheel color is not stamped on the cowl tag.

Jim, don’t like to contradict you here, but my convertible is definitely an original convertible and has a Paint code of V V. Not looking it up right now but I think I saw where the first V was body color code and the second V was wheel color code. It also has V V in factory chalk marking remnant on the inner fender. Picture of my tag is…[Read more]

I am sure it is the same car.

Don’t get me wrong. It is still a VERY cool car and will likely make someone very happy to own it. I (likely we) just don’t want to see someone get cheated by thinking it is something it is not. If they will sell it for $10K I think someone would be happy to own it for that if it is as nice as the pictures. If I did…[Read more]

I don’t think jensenracing77 is talking about the same car.
She just emailed me and it was no where near 30k, and it’s just her, not ‘they’ trying to sell the car.
Here is a partial quote from the email

” I think the guy that had it before Jack turned it into a convertible… Guess I would take $10k for it; really just want someone to have it…[Read more]

No one really knows just how the Oldsmobile factory would have tagged a “one off” car. The real tell tail to this tag being from some other Jetfire hard top is the paint code V-V. The first V stands for the body color. The second V stands for the top color. A convertible, 3167, did not show the color of the fabric top in the paint code, only has…[Read more]

still available

Just be careful with dealing with this car. I talked to them on the phone and several emails. They first said they were not in a hurry to sell but wanted it to go to a Jetfire person. Said it was going to be a while till they got it out of the garage it was in. After a while of back and forth I ask a price and all of the sudden they were in a…[Read more]

Thanks for the info, by the way the car is for sale in Florida

That tag is not from your car. Unless someone cut the roof off and made it a convertible.The tag says it’s a Hard Top. Someone parted out a Jetfire and put it all on a convertible.The factory would never use the wrong body style code for production. It can’t work that way. If it was a “factory convertible” Jetfire, the tag would still have a 3167…[Read more]

I have no doubt it came off of this car.
He took it off to paint it and riveted it back on.
(He was an old guy that just liked to tinker with the old cars he had, I don’t think he cared about what was the correct way to do things.)
But still — can anyone explain how to read the tag?

What I find interesting is that the Jetfire that tag is off of was built the same week as my 4 speed Jetfire, 160 bodies apart.

That tag was removed from a Jetfire and they used pop rivets to install it on the convertible. These rivets are not original and obviously the tag is not original to the car either.

Here is a Jetfire tag with the correct rivets.

Got a picture today of the plate Can anyone explain everything on it?

I’ve heard too many stories like this over the years. They NEVER have a scrap of documentation to back them up. I’m also aware of several “Jetfire” convertibles. Not one was factory built.

Thanks guys,
I don’t think there was much if any body work, it was very solid as I remember it, it’s always, I think been a southern car. Don’t quote me though.
Working on getting a picture of the Protecto Plate if there is one and it can be found.