Turned my attention to the tail end. The paint around the trunk letters was really age stained so even though we are not repainting the car at this time – I wanted those letters removed in order to polish the paint as best as we could. We discovered the letters have flat tabs on them and there are some tiny – hard to buy clips that go into the s…[Read more]

I have been sending many hours working on all the exterior bright trim, but I am not quite done yet. I completely disassembled the front grill and headlight assemblies. All the bright trim has been re-polished by hand, the black background accents repainted, the OLDSMOBILE letters repainted as well in the grill. Everything was reassembled and…[Read more]

Steve also installed a factory clock in the dash that Ken Dennison had brought to my attention on ebay. Apparently, the clock was an item that was added to the car on the assembly line or possibly at the dealership) after the completed dash was installed as the ‘Assembly Manual’ has instructions on how to install the clock. Of course, when pur…[Read more]

Steve has been working on some of the interior details. He removed the carpet and cleaned the floors. We found our first ‘real rust’ however it was surface rust in the two foot well areas: an indicator that cowl area of the car had done some leaking to the inside of the car. The car had been stored in the same spot of the original owners dri…[Read more]

Over the winter I received my Turbo back from ‘our favorite Turbo Guru’ – Jim Noel of Bloomington Minnesota – who did a complete rebuild on the unit – looks brand new! We also delivered the engine block to Mark at D&D Aluminum V8 in Michigan before heading to Florida. Mechanically this car will be fully restored – Done once and done right! The…[Read more]

That wasn’t me.

Thats what I needed to know…Thanks Joe….By the way I saw a post on another site…how did your friends install go with his C4 in his 63?

Define “major mods”.

Will it bolt up to the block? Yes. That’s about the only thing that does.

The Rover motor has a different crank flange “stick-out” distance. The Olds doesn’t use a conventional flexplate, it uses a flywheel with a spring hub and spline drive like a manual trans. The Buick flexplate bolts up but will not work with the…[Read more]

what was the part number on the intake?

This car bid today to $32,000 and did not sell. I think it was right on the money.

starter for d&d 700r4 conversion

The stock intake uses the small (Holley) bolt pattern. The only issue is, are the bores in the intake large enough to clear the throttle blades as they open.

Thanks for all the input. I am not a big fan of Edelbrock…Already purchased my Quick Fuel…..not really wanting to use the adapter plate… hoping for a clean look…

One of the 62 Cutlasses had a pump with it.

Was definitely Jetfire only as Kelly said, in the ’63 service manual. The diagrams for the other models only show a 90 degree elbow fitting on the inlet side. My Cutlass originally came with A/C and does not have this device or a return line.

I will keep track etc. Hopefully have something in a few weeks.

You are partly right. Not so much to prevent surge but to keep a continues forward motion of the fuel. I think this was on all cars with a return line in 62 and 63 but it could have been Jetfire only. I believe A/C cars would have had them but maybe not. It is called a fuel dome and needs to be pointed up so it don’t fill with fuel. On a normal…[Read more]