"Corvette" was only 2 less letters and the I in Oldsmobile does not take up much space so I think its looks better than just "Olds" would have.

Thanks
Its an idea I have had in my head for a while. I finally found a local machine shop that was willing to take such a small job and not have to take a second on my house for setup fees.

Sweet... I may have a set of calipers to have done if you wouldn't mind someone else with "Oldsmobile" calipers.

Shiny Side Up!
Bill

PM me for my paypal address so you can send my royalty check. :lol:


Little bit of progress this weekend. Still a few days before I get the cad/zinc plating and the powder coated stuff back. I worked of prepping some of the stuff I still have here.

455 won't be built for a while so the orginal 330 will go back in for now. The motor was pulled down to a bare long block and scaped, chisled, and wire brushed 42 years worth of grease and grime. Also resealed everything back up with new gaskets. Little bit more cleaning and motor will be ready for a fresh coat of Oldsmobile gold.

The rest of the time was spent cleaning, sand blasting and painting lots of misc parts.

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you're not putting Toyota parts in the engine are you?:_paranoid

Of course...It makes it run a very rong rime :D

Two phone calls today. One was from the machine shop the other from the plater.

Since I am using LS1 F-body rear brakes on a stock 72 rear there is nothing to hold in the factory bolt in axles tight. I had these spacers made to take care of that. I also had them cut down the front hubs to clear the C6 Corvette front rotors. the last thing I had them do was cut the stud holes to .503 to get the correct interference fit with my aftermarket ARP metric studs. I cut them down to 2.200 so they will still be long but stay under the closed end lug nuts.

The plating I am extreemly happy with. I had old greasy rusty original parts and new gold cad after market parts parts. I did not like the look of either. Anything that did not go to the powder coater went to the plater. After this I don't think I will ever clean a rusty bolt again. Below is just some of the stuff.

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I got some high heat primer and Fusicks gold on the motor tonight. I should have waited till a daytime I could do it. The bugs and trash were getting in it like crazy. The intake and block still look great because the rough cast iron hides the imperfections. The pan and valve cover don't look to good up close. I will probably redo the valve covers since they are so visible.

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Well its over a week later than quoted but I finally got my pieces back from the coater tonight. Do these things come with instructions ? :D

23 days left. Oh Shhhhh**

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