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What Eric said. The sending unit for a temp gauge must be in flowing coolant, and there is only one such location on the stock intake. You can get an aftermarket part that fits in the upper radiator hose and has an NPT port for a sender, but that is a little less accurate location.

The 2020 Nationals will be in July. I don’t remember the exact dates, but probably the third week or so. Apparently June in Tennessee isn’t hot and humid enough… 😉

[quote=14793]The switch is an accessory for the courtesy lights. [/quote]

Thanks, Jim. Was that 1963-only? I don’t see courtesy lights on the 1962 options list.

http://1962oldsmobile.com/62accessoriesf85.html

Car appears to be pretty solid. Nice find. What’s the on-off knob to the left of the heater control panel?

Yes, the threads that the idler arm pivots on wear out prematurely, allowing the arm itself to slop up and down. It’s apparently the threads on the bracket, as I put a new bushing on the threads of a used bracket and there was still slop. This slop is not present when both parts are new.

I’ll second the installation of a rear bar first. Enlarging the front bar just makes understeer worse. The back bar makes handling more neutral.

Sounds like you’d have to a bunch of money into it just to bring it up to the status of a parts car.

[quote]Are you sure it is a P? Is this what is on the title and also the VIN tag? Could it have been a typo on the title? Can we get a picture of the cowl tag and VIN tag? I am wondering what the build date is.[/quote]

There should not be a letter in that position of the VIN.

That link is from ebay. The Delco radio manuals are listed there regularly.

Ames Performance sells upholstery for the Tempest, which also fits. Of course, none of those options will be correct.

It cost me just under $900 for door and rear quarter panels for my 67 Delta from SMS, so that number is accurate as of a month ago. I also got all the turquoise upholstery materials and headliner for the 67 from them as well.…[Read more]

SMS sells the upholstery materials and can make the correct heat-sealed door panels.

The radio schematics are in the Delco radio manuals for the appropriate year.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/sv0AAMXQOT5Q~YKn/s-l500.jpg

The cheezy adapter plate should be your first clue that the Qjet is not factory. The fact that the Qjet didn’t exist until the 1966 model year (for Oldsmobile) should be your second clue.

Doesn’t anyone read the factory service manual?

Here’s my home-made linkage for the E-brock.

First, that “glop” is on the throttle linkage, not the TV linkage. Second, the linkage is hosed because whoever swapped in that Qjet apparently only knew how to use a torch and a sledge hammer. The stock linkage isn’t going to do you any good with a Qjet. I had to fabricate my own linkage when I did the E-brock swap. Adjusting the TV linkage took…[Read more]

Ken,

I’d be interested in learning more about this rivet tool.

It amazes me how much of the weatherstrip for these cars is available from Steele. I was able to get just about every single rubber part for my 62 wagon from them – including the tailgate weatherstrip – and there must be all of three people in the world looking for this stuff for a…[Read more]

Eric,

The post cars will definitely be different. Skylarks were true hardtops. Get those if you can’t find a Jetfire-specific listing.