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Here is a close up of one of the Cutlass driveshafts with the rubber.

The beltline weatherstrip and window fuzzies are still really nice on this car. I was able to get the driver side door apart and not hurt them. I sure hope I can do the same for all the others.

They sent me an email update and they are telling me I should have the sample by September first. A little farther out than I expected but at least they are keeping me posted.

I was able to pull the Shell oil change decal off without hurting the one under it. This one has been torn off some but was able to still get some more history information from it for what it is worth. The Shell oil change was 06-20-1970 with 42724 miles. The one under it is 23960 miles but the last digit of the date is gone. 04-27-6?. The one…[Read more]

Sent a message to the Contact at top of page. Who does that go to?

Isn’t there a way to contact him through the website? Usually there’s a way to report problems by members of a forum.

Neither 62 cutlass conver has the collar with rubber. The 62 Jetfire has the collar with rubber.

Eric, the driveshaft in my 62 wagon does not have the rubber.

A little more done. The driver side fender is junk but I pretty much already knew that. Also more rust in the headlight areas than expected but I have NOS parts for all that area. NOS driver side fender, headlight assemblies, parking light assemblies, valance, front side fillers and even the little metal pieces between the inner fender and…[Read more]

Thanks. I replied to your email.

Eric

The two that I have that are cutlass both have the rubber layer but this one does not. Did all f-85 and Cutlass have the rubber? Till now I thought everything in 62 had it. I would assume this to be the original but I can’t say that for sure. Only had 44,000 miles but I guess it could have had one brake maybe and got replaced. I would suspect they…[Read more]

Eric, I’ll take one

Is it possible that the rear section (or even the complete length) of this drive shaft was replaced at some time? The parts book only shows one drive shaft for all 1962-63 4 speed Jetfires. Maybe the assembly line ran out of the Jetfire drive shafts that day and put in a Cutlass one to move the car down the line? The mysteries of production!

Had my 4 peed car on the lift taking things apart and noticed that the drive shaft in this car is not the same as any of the others. The front section is the same as my other 4 speed front section. This back section is the smaller diameter but this one was not made with the rubber damper layer like the small diameter Cutlass one. This drive shaft…[Read more]

I know two emails were sent to Rick. I have not heard anything back. The email I have is from a long time ago so not sure it is what he still uses. I believe Jim emailed him also.

Very good article on gauges and probes in MAD Electrical. Go to MAD Electrical site, “Work Shop “ Tips tab to the right on top and see “Water temp gauge accuracy”. This is a great resource for electrical stuff.

I had two probes for my elec gauge, Stewart Warner, one in car and one new in box in on shelf. I plugged the new one into the factory…[Read more]

Any action on this?

Check the 6163.Skylark forum for an extended thread on the conversion. Both Scarebird and BCCP conversions are covered. Several of those guys are using a Rambler manual mc I believe. Cheap and small for Manual brakes, drum/drum but they like it for the disc/drum. BCCP will sell you one of their new alum mcs which is small, manual, and expensive.…[Read more]

You check Rare Parts? good stuff