Greg Oakley

Who’s red 63 is that on the poster?

You don’t need to drill out the pivot rivet, it’s much easier to drill the 2 rivets that hold that bracket to the frame, they are under the old weather strip so they don’t show. Then just use pop rivets to secure back on. Just make sure its aligned correctly.

You can find refills on eBay

There should only be real Jetfires in the design, otherwise it will confuse people about these cars and how they were made

I think the Ad is too lacking in information about the car. It says rust in the rear quarter and very little else. Not a lot of photos to inspire confidence in the car.

Eric, do they make the fuel line to the carburetor yet? I think I’ll get one of those oil lines!

Egge has everything. I used them for 2 rebuild kits and they were good quality

Great work Eric!

No, not too hard with the turbo off, there are 2 screws at the bottom of the heater core box, one has the brake line support.

Wow floors look really nice. You have to take both heater boxes off. They will be stuck on really good.
It can be done with the motor in place but difficult. Turbo needs to come off.

Another incredible find Eric!

BK is Kansas City, Jim can add it to the list

Eric,
I’ll take the center diff section and drain plug with tag from the limited slip rear. That thing looks like it was in a lake! I hope the diff is good.
Also. when you have time to list all the NOS stuff I’ll look through it. My friend Lee lives on the next street over from me and he bought Phil’s 62 Jetfire that he is restoring and he needs…[Read more]

No, just get them re-sleeved by a brake restore company. Lots of them on the net.

I believe they should be spring ring, that strap looks correct. If you find another, I need one too.

These cars only weigh 2700 lbs, There is really not reason to go 5 lug. Plenty of nice wheels. If you rebuild the brakes properly, the stock drums are more then sufficient. I never had a need for disc brakes. These are rare cars and imho should be left stock

Where were the floor pans modified for the 4 speed trans tunnel? Was it at Fisher Body or at Oldsmobile? Hard to believe Fisher would do the trans tunnel mod that way.

Eric, thanks for posting that tag! That’s the 98th Jetfire made! Anyone ever see a lower number?
Save that car, it may be the earliest ever found.

Jim, my 62 had air conditioning and no stamps at all in the ACC line.
But a/c could be dealer installed and no way to tell. The assembly line manual outlines the installation, but it would take a lot of work at the dealer to install it.

I got mine from SMS. It’s Naugahyde, original material and tough. Mine had the logo of the Naugahyde “creature” on the back side.