Thanks Jim. I am hoping to find the correct shade that is not faded. I am going to restore a set of 15 inch wheels for the 4 speed car and put a set of radials on them. I had 13’s on that car that I happen to have that were road worthy but now took them off to put on the 63 I sold. These 15’s will be the tires and wheels I use after the car is…[Read more]

I did want to add a couple more pictures. One is the very first registration to the car and the other is the registration from 71 that matches the license plates on the car. I got every registration the car ever had.

Well that did not take long. This car is sold pending payment. They will be here next week to pick it up. From what I understand it will be a couple years before they do anything with it but have been looking for a documented 4 speed car for a long time.

Thanks for following along

I have this car listed for $14,000 now in a couple places if anyone is interested.

I was watching those but was hoping for just two at a lower price. I did just pick up a couple. I should have them soon. To bad 62 were not the same, I hove those growing out my ears, lol

Does anyone have two 1963 13 inch hub caps they want to let go of? Need to be the f-85, Cutlass Jetfire style.

Here is a story about 4 cars in the barn find section of the show. It has this Jetfire in it.

https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2018/11/27/barn-finds-at-mcacn?fbclid=IwAR1mi-U39yYQ7H-4Ykephl3irEKc4VIgGF3XOKIFiwDiuhuYq4OIlSV-0BE

Here is a corny video for you. My videos are never nice and fancy like other car guys videos are, lol.

I cleaned under the hood some. I don’t know why they painted the front section in primer but I did find where the original sticker was under the primer. It is starting to flake off but you can sure see where the factory put it on .

Would a 205 70 15 fit on the original 15 inch wheels? Would they fit between the axle and body to mount them?

https://www.cokertire.com/tires/brands/maxxis-tires/maxxis-narrow-whitewall-radial.html

May sound crazy but how is tire diameter measured? When I convert my original 600 15 tires to radial it give me 185/70 15 but when I check the diameter on google it gives me 25.2 inches. My original 600 15 measures 26.25 at the max diameter when just using a tape measure. From what I see it looks like 205 70 15 is the same diameter at 26.3 but it…[Read more]

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More pictures

It would clean up better if someone was doing it that knows what they are doing but for the most part this is as good as it will get by me. Looks ok if you want that survivor look but as I said before, it really needs restored.

I will be at $14,000 on the car. With it being a factory 4 speed car with the Protect O Plates to prove it, and also being all original critical parts, I feel like it should be worth that. People that convert automatics to 4 speed have a lot invested into the swap so being an original 4 speed fixes that problem.

Yes, the Holiday red and white…[Read more]

I started cleaning the body up. I only worked on the fender but I think it will look much better than I expected. It will still need a full restoration to ever be a show car but for a mostly original paint car it will be ok. Looks like the passenger side front fender and door has been repainted before. The hood, trunk lid and roof have lots of…[Read more]

Just got home from MCACN. Had a wonderful time but crazy tired. When I got to my home town I got a little energy and decided to stop at the car wash and pressure wash the car. It cleaned a little better than I thought it would. I dropped it off at work and set fans around it to get it dried out before I bring it home. I may leave it and work on it…[Read more]

I am pooped. Been on my feet all day telling the same story over and over again, lol. I really enjoy being able to share info on these cars to so many people that never even knew they were made. I am also encouraged that so many younger people in their 20’s are interested in what they are. I have had many young guys ask questions in a way that I…[Read more]