I almost never come here any more. The Facebook group is pretty active. You can actually start a Facebook and not accept any friends of any kind and only join the 61-63 group. The only thing you will see if our stuff and nothing else. There are three of us that are administrators and keep it specific to our cars. It is a really good group.
Welcome! I am not on here as much as I use to be. Yes, that car has went through a few hands but some of those hands made nice refinements to it. I was supposed to go look at it at Mecum Indy a few years back for some people interested in it but the virus moved the date to when I was on a family vacation.
I am only guessing but I suspect it is not injecting fluid proper. I do not believe this has one of Jim’s rebuilt systems on it and if it don’t I would be willing to bet the metering valve diaphragms are bad. Not to take from this forum but most people have switched to the Facebook group and is much more active. https://www.facebook.com/groups/335089121268729
Do you have a Jetfire or looking at one? If you are looking for a Jetfire engine to put in a car with a missing engine there are some out there. I have a 62 Jetfire engine in Indiana available.
That car has floated around for a few years. The cowl tag and very likely the VIN tag were removed from another car and riveted to this one. My opinion is that the owner should cut his losses and sell it as a parts car. Has some great parts but not sure how legal the car will be to title in different states when the title says it is a hardtop.
They are the same size but the Jetfire used an aluminized coated valve and the f-85 and Cutlass did not. If you are replacing the valves it don’t matter because most all the new valves are superior to the Jetfire or f-85 valves.
I have everything needed but I am really far away. Shipping would be killer because it is all heavy.
Parts you have to have are….
Shaft in steering column and rag joint
steering box
pump and brackets
pitman arm
crank pulley
The outer steering arms that bolt to the spindles and the outer tie rod ends are specific part numbers to power steering but I have been told that you don’t have to change them to convert. I have had them side by side and can’t tell what the difference is.
Thanks. I hate to say it but I don’t check in here very often any more. I have sadly joined the masses and mostly on the Facebook group. It is a very active group there.
This trip was an incredible trip for the entire family. He called me about 2 weeks after the Olds Nationals.
I don’t know anything about the car but would really like a picture of the cowl tag. It is a rough car and you wouldn’t want to pay much for it. From those two pictures I would not give more than $2000 for it. Maybe $2500 because of getting the 4 speed parts but nothing more than that. Hard to say why it was parked but there is a really good chance the engine will need rebuilt and not something that would be up and running very easy.
