You kewl! It's wearing all the Olds trinkets. Thats how a hot rod guy builds a muscle car, throw away the numbers matching book and build something radical. That is why I like this new forum @Ryan gave us. We don't restore, we re-create in our own image.
I hate replacing power windows motors but I was reading my 1968 fisher buddy manual and found a cool trick. First identify your body style, And then photo copy the template in the book tape it to the inner door panel and a hole saw unbolt the old one and stuck in the new one. Easy peasy. Always have a service manual for whatever you drive.
If you looked carefully the bolts may have been marked already on the inner panel. Usually a slight dimple.
I didn’t see any indications, then again my olds had crank up windows when I bought it 26 years ago. I installed every factory option available except AC. Even power seat, vacuum trunk release, map light rear view mirror and AM/FM stereo with factory 8 track.
It was a good one. No gas crisis yet, good HP, good styling, very heavy. The hood on my Olds is a monster, that's a given. I pulled thee deck lid to take it to the paint store for a color match and nearly herniated m'self. This week I replaced the window motors in the doors, they weigh more than some wheels. But they are pretty and ride nice.
I'm ***uming this car did not come with rally stripes on the fenders from the factory. Nice work on the hood!
68 everything from Darts and Coronets to Novas and Chevelles. Chargers to Fairlanes,AMX and Cyclones. Every GM A body, every Mopar A and B body, all Ford cars. 1968 man, it's the best year
It did not. Those were added 25 years ago, and I didn't exactly get the layout correct and I was too cheap (poor) to buy the stencils. So, I used the same narrow spacing on my hood stripe so they would match. I have yet to see it outside in the sun since I painted the hood. I finished installing the window motors, new grounds, lubed everything with silicone, and a minor adjustment to the right window track and they zip up and down. Very happy with that. It is supposed to be nice for a week here so time to go play.
Every now and then, when it's late and I'm all alone working in the garage, I dream I'm wearing a white lab coat and sporting a handlebar mustache and Ringo hair.
First day out the garage since the hood pins were added and the paint/stripe job. It turned out pretty cool, for something that isn't supposed to be there.
Nice looking car! A lady up the street has an Olds 442 Convertible in yellow, don't think it is a factory color 1969 or maybe a 1970, not sure. It has the factory twist knobs in the hood.
My Olds did track duty some time back and I installed a rev limiting, digital tach with 2 stage shift lights. Very functional, very uuuugly! Yes it has a factory tach but it is hard to read at a stop light, on a race track fogetabou***! I had an old Sun Tach II lying around and some PVC from a sprinkler repair (don't ask), soooo I gutted the tach, drilled a hole through the face and epoxied the pipe in. Slips right on and just tight enough that it doesn't move. To the casual observer all they see is old school, especially in a parking lot or car show when the engine is off. I left the red line indicator for fun. Just one of her many secrets from a storied past. I drove it to work again today, it is definitely tune up time. The idle is smooth at 830 RPM, but it is mushy off the line, not crisp like when I put it away for the winter. I need plugs and if I am not mistaken it is power valve/accelerator pump time in that Barry Grant dual feed. I cannot remember if it takes a 6.5 or 7.5 PV so I guess it is one of those tear it apart and wait for parts kinda things. I've tried both valve sizes in the past and whatever is in there now was a money shot.
No, She really likes the car, her late husband restored it for her. She had an addition added to the garage just for this car, total cost would have bought any of us a really nice finished car.
Thanks for that post, I love stuff like that. I built my wife a PU just for this reason. I am 9 years older than her and have a heart problem that will likely separate us sooner than I would like. I wanted her to have a car that I built from the ground up, something that when she she looks at it and drives it she is reminded of me, like your neighbor lady. Hell, there is enough actual blood and sweat on the truck she can clone me!
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