Ted "Wildcat65" Nagel

Help, its coming apart faster than I can get parts!

IMHO the cause of the exhaust manifold damage was this factory Y pipe- restriction much? Second picture is the replacement without the restriction.

Manifolds are off. Found my exhaust leak- cracks and hole in the manifold. I used the walnut shells in my blast cab to clean til I get the beads loaded back into the cabinet. Shifter cleaning went way better.

Always Red Friday. Cheers Buick People.

My Ex! Photo in the beautiful Spring Grove Cemetery.

I'll throw my 2 cents in, just because I'm tire daft and have purchased lots of tires... I've settled on 225/75/15 for my radials. I tried a set of 225/70/15 on my LeSabre, they are OK. These are Vercelli Classics, from eBay. I like the smooth sidewall vs the Hancooks ribbed and the price is great, especially after buying some J-78 15 Bias ply! https://www.ebay.com/itm/333863711905?fits=Section+Width%3A225|Rim+Diameter%3A15|Aspect+Ratio%3A75&epid=729849391&itmmeta=01HTJSJN9VBKFT11AJHENXQTSS&hash=item4dbbd3f4a1:g:viYAAOSwlZJl9KaG&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8G2c5mBqsxkm2pb3mItB4SHCpknMlF5c%2BjVJW5O3mdBUA1TaM39Gtv9UT4MKq2huN0UBYgJs%2FveUceP2kpd3CW%2Fo7OPkUZrHkjLLRsn4a8ORIAlTYxQNkKQa%2Bgp6Oxvw3kg7t9xNL0eCf5G%2BqKrOTHn3cxNzftw5O82QCymax1tEgs8q3GL%2FHCyNf6RFl8HyXZRJ5mpCjvj2%2FICOguMZIP0GrFtEWETzKr1PDC0woCTjUIbT8FfaC3yvnuefRw8e7POYWC%2B0AdCSKNN8yi%2B%2BEvfbif%2BAejRQwfwYG79yKVSUXMuFqdNg3AlUE0vgE6a95A%3D%3D|tkp%3ABFBMjNXK2dRj

Yesterrday I put my rebuilt (EverydayPerformance!) Q-Jet back on and it fired up perfect, not a hiccup. Well just one big one- loud exhaust leak! Off with the manifolds! First- as it ran... and hour later disconnected. Frame off coming?

Taking a break from Buicks...This one caught my eyeballs! I joined the OHC Club a couple years ago and started looking for an interesting example. That means to me 1) Sprint 2) 3-speed, 3) running or close to it 4) affordable So this checked all boxes for me. PHS docs say it has 2 options- Sprint package (OHC 6, Quadrajet, Shocks and upgraded sway bar, stripes) and an AM radio. None of this PS, PB, stuff to weigh it down. Standard bench seat with cloth/vinyl, rubber floor covering... There is some rust but not bad. The rubber floor made the driver's floor pan rust away, but the rest is OK. Trunk floor is solid and not a sign of any rust there. Paint is mostly original. Interior was covered with aftermarket covers and the material underneath will serve the first phase of my ownership. My plan is to fix the engine up- it started and would have been great but it has a manifold leak and a bad fuel pump. Parts are on the way! First pic- the ad, 2nd is at new home, 3rd -OHC Sprint 6!

Love that big Mercury!

Struggling to type these days! Great looking paint.

We dropped the engine in a couple weeks ago. Steve is slow struglling with some infrastructure problem but should be on this heavy to get body done soon.

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Hi Don- I did not see this post til now since searching for MCB's website again. I have used their brakes exclusively since the first job on my Buick Special Wagon. They are the cryogenic cast drums and whatever tech shoes Praise Dyno Brake was selling early 2000's. They are Excellent, even 20 years later. For my other A bodies I have the shoes from MCB and they work great. I'm about to buy some more! Cheers.

This dude is looking so Fine after polishing and paint correction...

I went to visit Sea Foam Coupe at my painter's shop. Coming along great.

body is back on the frame. lots of fitment fun next.

Come through Cincy, I'll set you up with something

Greetings Forum People! Strongsville is about as local as it gets for me so I'm excited to attend. I've not decided which car to bring but am having fun thinking about it. Maybe this?

Engine bay...This is the X Code 2 x 4 intake, Carter carbs tuned but from a 65 Riv engine (LX block in the burgundy car ) Carmen heads with larger intake valves, TA shorty headers with 2.5 exhaust, GSCA cam with stock lifters and pushrods, stock bottom end. Tremec 5-speed, hydraulic clutch, 3.42 rear, 15 X 7 wheels...little upgrades, lots of love.

EmTee, I'm saying there were 38 4-speed 4-doors - I have edited and corrected above. 3-speeds: 66 4 doors,( post above was incorrect, said 38) 81 2 doors, 22 convertibles.

We have the Daily Car Reports from Sloan so actual numbers are known. 466 total 65 Wildcat 4-speeds (No 65 LeSabres with 4-speeds. Column shift was standard) 38 4-doors 322 Coupes 106 Convertibles 169 3-speed manual column shift = 66 4 doors, 81 2 doors, 22 convertibles. If I want to put finer points here- Pete P has one of 4 Custom Convertible 4- speed Super Wildcat with Air Conditioning! Mine is One Of 14 Custom Convertibles 4- speed Super Wildcat... Make that one of 10 if we say without a/c. Each option narrows it down but obscures the whole number 466 we start with.

Some one mentioned Nuggets... Garage Bands from the 60's and the ones that paid tribute in the 80's are my thing. Standells, Chocolate Watch Band, 13th Floor Elevators, Flaming Groovies, MC5, and so on. Later Fleshtones, Boss Martians, Woggles, The Mortals, Fuzztones and SURF. somewhat obscure to the end, fixated on the mid sixties just like my car collection.

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