joe_padavano

That Jetfire hood was still on the wagon when I bought it, but he told me he was going to keep it and swap a normal hood back onto the wagon. I was OK with that.

Jim is correct. The progression on oil filters used on the BOP motors was PF7 to PF30 to PF24. The white AC filters are period correct. The blue ones are newer. Brand new production AC filters are horrible. The quality is very poor and the materials are much thinner. I use the Wix 51409 on my later Olds motors, but I use the 51258 on my 215 as it…[Read more]

Nice find, Eric. I’ve noticed that many vendors do not take the time to research parts that cross over from one type of car to another. For example, I found the correct color arm rest pads for my 62 available from Hubbard’s Impala Parts. Sometimes GM’s “parts bin engineering” pays off.

Nicely done, Eric. I’ve also had good results from Right Stuff.

You’ll need a custom flexplate and the D&D adapter plate. The 200-4R is set up to use a lockup converter unless you build it specifically for a non-lockup. You will need to modify the floor. The only later model automatic that fits without floorpan mods is the TH200 three speed.

I’ll also suggest browsing the engine builds at britishV8.com. Lots of good info on the BOPR motors (that’s Buick-Olds-Pontiac-Rover).

Spend some time looking at the engine builds at britishv8.com. The Buick 300 crank is the usual way to go, but put that in a Rover block with Chevy 305 pistons and you get about a 298. The late Rover 4.6 blocks have cross-bolted mains.

“It has all to do with stopping power. If manual brakes are so great then why does the D.O.T. require power brakes, and now antilock brakes.. Again its making old cars better than new.”

You apparently still don’t understand how brakes work. If the pressure at the wheel cylinders is the same, what difference does it make if there is a power…[Read more]

“Why keep manual brakes….. The whole point to convert to disc is power disc brakes… A hell of alot better stopping power. Its all about making old cars better than new.”

Uh, no. The brakes at the wheels neither know nor care if there is a power booster. All they know is the hydraulic line pressure. You don’t need a power booster to make suf…[Read more]

Win10 and Firefox on a PC.

I just did a test. With this website open in one tab in Firefox, I opened a second tab and did a google search for a topic on the site, as I suggested above. When I open that topic, the pictures open up just fine. No gyrations, no magic, just two tabs open in the same browser.

So use Google. It’s a better search engine anyway. In the Google search box, type (with the quotes) and then your search topic. This searches the entire site, forum and all.

Click on the red magnifying glass at the right end of the menu bar at the top of the page.

And where does the other end go? Again, NOT factory, so you’ll have to ask whoever installed it why it is there.

I’m not sure what you’re trying to show in those photos. If they were in focus it might help. I do see a copper line in the second photo. That’s not factory. Olds NEVER used copper lines, only steel.

Eric, do they look like this? These are Centric bushings for a 1963 Tempest from RockAuto.

“This is the line in question if the pic loaded”

Any chance of a photo that’s in focus and zoomed out a little so we can see what’s going on?

“Joe you’re right, the carb choke of that type pulls vacuum. Your description is correct.
However, the exhaust manifold isn’t pulling or have vacuum, the carb is pulling vacuum. The exhaust manifold tube simply provides heated air for the carb vacuum.”

I thought that’s what I said. The tube in the hot air stove simply passes through the man…[Read more]

1961-63 F-85 or Skylark are the only options. Nothing else fits. Rust free sheet metal from the desert southwest is your only option. Keep in mind that this is a unibody car. The floor pans are part of the structure. You don’t want to mickey-mouse something.

The choke hot air tube has vacuum from the carb. That’s how the heated air gets pulled past the choke coil. The other end of that stove in the exhaust manifold is obviously also going to have vacuum, since air has to be pulled into the stove to be heated before it goes to the choke coil. It’s all the same tube.