Sneak peak at my 66 Cutlass

[OLDFLM]

You're almost there my friend! Can't wait to see fully assembled pics!!!

[gearheads78]

Originally Posted by ScotI

Statistics prove that 'anal-gloucoma' cases increase significanlty over the weekends..... especially during the spring/summer seasons. Just tell 'em that's what the dr. said it was .

Well I did make it to work but there a few parts under my desk to detail. Been getting a little done at a time this morning waiting on work to come to my desk.

Sorry boss....I have no idea there that masking tape and chrome polish came from.

[70rs]

I have been reading the whole thread over the past couple of days. Your car is looking great! I admire your ability to work through the "speedbumps" as they come up. I wish I had your patients. Thos exhaust manifolds would have ended up on my nieghbors roof!
Keep it up, it's sooooo close to done! Nice work and sweet car.

[gearheads78]

Originally Posted by OLDFLM

You're almost there my friend! Can't wait to see fully assembled pics!!!

Thanks won't be near as nice as yours but it will be a decent ride for sure.

Originally Posted by 70rs

I have been reading the whole thread over the past couple of days. Your car is looking great! I admire your ability to work through the "speedbumps" as they come up. I wish I had your patients. Thos exhaust manifolds would have ended up on my nieghbors roof!
Keep it up, it's sooooo close to done! Nice work and sweet car.

I have a half acre so could not throw them that far.

Thanks for props. Its been a journey for sure but I taught myself a lot. I've owned lots of cars and worked on this or that on all of them but by far have never taken on anything like this. Some of the speed bumps sucked in the middle of the process but looking back they are just part of it. I just had to keep myself focused on what the end result would be and kept moving.

As I have mentioned before this was stage 1 of 3 steps. The motor is next and if still own it after I build my wifes 69 Firebird I will pull it apart again for body and paint.

[gearheads78]

Originally Posted by waynieZ

Hey Its a car again! Looks good, You'll be enjoying it pretty soon.

I hope so...

Now I am just teasing myself. LOL Few small details and need to add an exhaust system. After 14 months I can drive it again. I got a universal 2.25" Abody system from Summit. I hope to be able to build it this weekend.

[gearheads78]

OK for you die hard olds guys you will enjoy this and get a good laugh. For you Chevy guys working on Oldsmobile this may save you from killing yourself.

Its been 14 months since I took my car apart. Well thurs night I planned on starting it so I could trailer it to work Friday for adjusting all the suspension before I can drive it. Starter was dead but I figured out it was a fuse issue with my neutral saftey system.

So Friday night with the starter working I try to prime the carb but all I cab get it to do it blubber. I add a little gas over and over till finally the pump is primed but it just won't start. I move the distributor back and forth a little at a time but it just won't fire. I run the battery down trying and put the charger on it. I try another 15 min and see a small fire reflection from the raw gas in the open exhaust manifold so I just call it a night.

So today I start about 1:00 and add a temporary exhaust a few feet behind the motor so I don't have any more potential fires. I check the timing I check for spark I check the compression incase some how sitting the rings stuck. I try a differnet coil and different distributor incase the Pertronix is bad or installed wrong. I literly try everything I can think of well into tonight. So I am putting the Pertronix distributor back in and I bump the starter and watch the rotor turn counter clockwise. I thing I am seeing things and the bump it again and watch it turn counter clockwise for sure. I literly screamed out loud. So I set the timing and correct the wires in the right order and it fires in less than 1/2 a revolution and sits there and purrs at idle. I can't believe how much of a headache its been for such a simple fix.

[mexMan]

just amazing, I've been following this build from a while ago, and I love it, you're almost finished there, great car, and you're foing an amazing job with it...

[gearheads78]

Originally Posted by mexMan

just amazing, I've been following this build from a while ago, and I love it, you're almost finished there, great car, and you're foing an amazing job with it...

Thanks its getting real close now.




Well I got it aligned this morning. It took a little while. I had never used and aligment machine and the tech helping me is used to Lexus vehicles not old hod rods with custom suspension. Once I figured out what made what change it went pretty smooth but it was a leaning curve for both of us.


I did find a small problem. I drove it next door to our body shop because several guys have been waiting to see it. Well sitting there only 15 minutes the LH front tire was almost flat. It turns out the valve stems hit the calipers up front and damaged one of them causing it to leak.

[ProTouring442]

Originally Posted by gearheads78

I did find a small problem. I drove it next door to our body shop because several guys have been waiting to see it. Well sitting there only 15 minutes the LH front tire was almost flat. It turns out the valve stems hit the calipers up front and damaged one of them causing it to leak.

Best to have found it now rather than finding it at 70mph!

Shiny Side Up!
Bill

[syborg tt]

Originally Posted by gearheads78

I did find a small problem. I drove it next door to our body shop because several guys have been waiting to see it. Well sitting there only 15 minutes the LH front tire was almost flat. It turns out the valve stems hit the calipers up front and damaged one of them causing it to leak.

yep - been there done that. Actually on a couple projects

Summit Racing sell to low profile stems

These are about 3/4" tall
Summit SUM-G1957

These are about as flush as you can get. I have them on my truck and I ordered a set for a Friends High End Nova. ( No leaks )

Summit SUM-G1958

ps - these are actually made by weld Racing