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Didn’t think to look for that in there. Thanks, ill take a look.

The chassis service manual shows how to do it. Should be able to.

Should be no problem with the heater core. Problem is the heater valve.

Sorry to say Fusick uses rubber for the diaphragm. I talked to Terry in the back who does their valve rebuilds. Everyone i checked with uses rubber. According to Terry and the Evans guy Dexcool and other modern antifreezes with Similar corrosion Resistance chemicals also…[Read more]

Any luck on your question elsewhere? Maybe you should check with the new face book group 1961-1963 Oldsmobile F-85/Cutlass/Jetfire as this really more Jetfire specific here. Good luck!

You certainly are making lots of headway lately: Great work Eric!

I just saw your post. I was wondering about waterless antifreeze and any possible issues. We had our heater core redone bu Fusicks: I better check with them about that now! Heater cores seem to be my enemy. Every car we have restored – if we did not do the heater core too: sure as shooting the darn thing would start leaking a year or so…[Read more]

Found this yellow paint mark on my drive shaft.

Made more headway.

Apparently not all cars came with seatbelts so I have posted mine here. Note: ‘factory correct’ have the soft rubbery vinyl sleeve at the bottom to cover the connectors to avoid rattling. They mount to heavy duty forged eye bolts. If you look at the picture, top right you will see that there are two plates that swing to open to catch the eye bolt.…[Read more]

We haven’t touched the motor since unloading it, likely be next week. We started some other jobs before heading south: we are installing a Vintage Air system in our 61 Fiesta wagon which was only half done when we left. That is a big job, everything has to be custom fit and there are no ‘direct instructions’ of fitting the unit to our actual car…[Read more]

I am getting there. I got the paint off the water pump so it look better now.

Good deal! Might even be able to turn the key in 14 days? At least all the parts are in the same place….
Have fun!

I still have lots to catch up in posting on this forum, however I must fast forward to today – BECAUSE . . . .

TODAY we finally picked up my engine from D&D Aluminum V8 in Michigan. It is just shy of one year since we dropped it off to Mark. He was booked ahead by a few months but we were travelling to Florida for the winter so he had plenty…[Read more]

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The guy that rebuilt the water pump painted it and it didn’t look right. Just used some lacquer thinner on a rag and took it right off. I will use a Q tip to remove it in the little areas I couldn’t get to.

Making some headway. Front and back glass are in and the engine is mostly assembled.

I’ll second Eric’s estimate. I bought a 62 Jetfire parts car (with turbo long gone) for $900. It also had Flintstone floors.