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On 1/19/2023 at 9:02 PM, West Peterson said:
I think you'll probably still get it. It just started arriving in peoples' mailboxes. If you don't get one soon, let me know.
Also, there will be an AACA show in Auburn again this year.
Is there a way to get a copy of this after the fact? I still never got mine. Likely because I forgot to renew at the beginning of the year. I would actually like to get 2 copies if I can buy them. One for the car and one for my personal collection
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My wife's 1962 Oldsmobile Jetfire. It is original paint and interior and never been taken all the way apart but I did rebuild the engine, turbo, and transmission.
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15 hours ago, Frank DuVal said:
Jensen, you are not alone! And people wonder why I have so many different brand sockets.
I also own the Harbor Freight 3/4" drive socket sets standard and metric along with the 2' to 3" additional set. Most use of these sets has been as bearing drivers.
Note, I only have a 12 ton press. I know the 20 ton and larger will break sockets and send shrapnel into your eyes so be careful out there.
Yep, Used them in the press as well but I don't get carried away with them there. About 12 years ago I was going to buy a 3/4 socket set. Was pricing them and deciding what brand I wanted. During this I drug home a 70 Cutlass 4 door that had no keys. When I got it home I took the back seat out and with lots of extensions, took the trunk latch off. To my surprise, there was a bran new 3/4 socket set still in the wrapper in the trunk. Was China stuff but works just fine for what I need.
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WOW! am I the only one that uses the correct OD size socket to drive these in? I just thought everyone done it like that. I never knew anyone that had the proper seal and bearing drivers.
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It is official, My wife and I will be at Auburn! She is excited to see any of the pre war stuff that shows up. She LOVES pre war cars
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5 hours ago, West Peterson said:
July 6-8
Cool, I plan to make it there again!
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I did not see it on the event calendar yet. Do you know the date for it?
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Rats! Now I know why I don't have my copy. I forget that membership is January to January. First time I signed up was in March and I keep thinking that I renew in March. I just renewed but I suspect I will miss my copy of this.
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WOW! It did not even cross my mind that it would be put on the cover! I sure had fun that day and was shocked at the attention it got. I just wish there was still an AACA show near me. I was tossing around the idea of going to Hershey this year but I already have to much going on this year to work that in.
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Modoc Indiana had a yard with old stuff but Not sure much of it was Prewar. Not been there for a several years so not sure if they are still there. From what I understood, they never scrapped a car since the 50's
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As a side note, Maybe I mentioned this in the thread already. After filming, Jay took us for a drive in his 1907 White steam car. We lost steam pressure and had to do a little work on the side of the road to get it burning correct again. This is the problem he was working on in November when he got burned. When he was in the hospital we exchanged a couple texts and he confirmed then that it was this car. I am so glad he recovered so well.
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On 1/2/2023 at 10:47 AM, rocketraider said:
Eric, what are you using in your fluid injection tank? This stuff is mostly methanol but I'm sure there were other ingredients in the emulsion.
I mix my own. I have the formula documents from the engineers. I have a letter also from Helen Early that was sent to the engineer in the late 80's asking him what the correct formula was and also have his reply. I also found the actual GM documents for the mix dated 1961 at the GM Heritage center. We knew what it was before but I did change the oil I use after finding the documents. It is 50/50 methanol and distilled water with some water soluble oil in it. The oil is needed to prevent the diaphragms from drying out and to prevent corrosion to the metal parts. Here is a video I made on it but it is set to unlisted. I need to make a new video because I said the wrong oil quantity in this. You can only see it with this link. Note to any Jetfire guys, The oil amount is wrong in this video. https://studio.youtube.com/video/T14ObUmopYw/edit
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On 1/10/2023 at 1:10 AM, rocketraider said:
Eric has a story on his Leno visit (and ride in Jay's 1907 White Steamer!) in Jan 2023 Journey With Olds (Oldsmobile Club of America's magazine). Looking forward to West's Antique Automobile feature.
I had forgot that they were doing one. After the video was out, they contacted me to see if I wanted to do a story on it. I put something down and sent it and they wanted more. This happened a couple times till it ended up being longer than I remember. That one is more focused on the overall trip. It truly was the most enjoyable trip/vacation we ever had. Even without the video or Jay, it was a fantastic trip. Was not cheap but worth every penny. I just forgot that they were doing this till it come out.
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I sent you a text
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The problem is shipping prices for the heavy parts. If we were close I would just come buy it all. Sadly, I am 12 hours away and the shipping would be killer on the manifolds and pipes. The below parts I for sure would be interested in. These parts would be worth more to someone that actually needed them but I am just trying to preserve them till they are needed. I could do $150 and shipping for this stuff. I would be interested in more but it is the shipping that would get me. I could likely help sell the exhaust manifolds, pipes and other intake for you for more than I could pay for them. I could only do $75 and shipping for that stuff.
The problem with the Jetfire model is that there are starting to be more turbo system parts left than there are cars that can use them. Sadly, there are times it take 2 or 3 systems to make one good setup.
If this is to low I totally understand. There is a guy in NJ that may be willing to pay more then me if you want me to pass your information to him.
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2 hours ago, carbking said:
The Jetfire was blessed with a Rochester side-draft carburetor; to my knowledge, the only automobile Rochester side-draft ever produced. They are somewhat scarce, we probably have less than a dozen of them. The vacuum controls are right out of Mr. Goldberg's worst nightmare!
The turbo Corvair used a more conventional Carter side-draft carburetor. The turbo carburetors are often confused (both directions) for marine carburetors.
Jon
Not to hijack the thread but just wanted to add, I actually have 12 extra turbo and carburetor setups and likely to get more when I find them for a correct price. These Rochester side drafts are actually very simple. One of the most simple automotive carburetors I have ever worked on. It is the fluid injection and safety systems that can be a pain in the butt. I just took one apart this past weekend and done a poor quality time laps on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTmE3LXAI2U
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1 hour ago, A Nice Guy said:
I do not have a price in mind. I don't know these cars (I got the parts with an Olds 215 that was destined for a Triumph TR8) and don't really know the value. Make an offer. I'll pack up what you want and get a shipping cost to you. <mengard123@gmail.com>
Later tonight I will circle the parts in the pictures I would be interested in. Some of it would just be heavy for shipping and not be any good to me. I have enough of them that I should not be considering them, lol. Some of this stuff is vanishing and I like to keep collecting them so future people have a place to go to get parts.
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54 minutes ago, TheCatOfAges said:
Jetfire... that's the second turbocharged gm car, right?
Just a matter of who you ask. Going by the GM Heritage documents, you could purchase a Jetfire before the Turbo Corvair. Either way, They were both available within a couple weeks of each other. But these were not the first GM turboed cars, They were the first ever in history of all brands turbocharged production cars.
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Somewhat related, The late Ken Dennison (great man) once told me about my Jetfire cars when I first got into them. If you see a part for a Jetfire in the wild, buy it. Does not matter if you need it or not, you buy it. That advice has turned out to be priceless to me in my Jetfire adventures. I later trade some of those parts for other needed Jetfire parts. Jetfire parts are really hard to find, I can't even imagine how hard it is to find pre war stuff. I will say this, The Jetfire model has made me learn to restore parts I didn't think was possible to restore.
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Do you have a price in mind? There are a few good parts there but the most important parts of the turbos are broken. People brake those center housings trying to take them apart. I broke them on the first one I took apart as well. The two carburetors and a few other parts would for sure be good to save. I would be interested in some of the stuff for the right price but not worth shipping as an entire lot.
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Very nice! My wife would love for me to find a car like this.
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On 12/28/2022 at 12:49 PM, Pfeil said:
Doesn't really matter to me. The important thing is they covered it. When was the last time a magazine did an article on a 61-63 F-85?
This car was in Hot Rod magazine in 2015. It was more a story about it being a "Garage find" parked in 1974. This one and my wifes car was in Hot Rod again in 2018.
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On 12/23/2022 at 1:09 PM, STEVE POLLARD said:
Eric - not sure if you have seen this....
What I want to find more than anything is one of these signs in working order. I have this cover to one but I want the full think like this You Tube video.
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On 12/23/2022 at 1:09 PM, STEVE POLLARD said:
Eric - not sure if you have seen this....
Yes, I am really glad this survived. I do wish it could be properly restored. I was offered an original film roll of this but they wanted $250 for it and could not guarantee the film was still good. I turned it down. I would hate to guess how much it would cost to have restored.
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I also own the Harbor Freight 3/4" drive socket sets standard and metric along with the 2' to 3" additional set. Most use of these sets has been as bearing drivers.
Note, I only have a 12 ton press. I know the 20 ton and larger will break sockets and send shrapnel into your eyes so be careful out there.
1962 Oldsmobile Jetfire Jay Leno's Garage
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Thank you!
Saturday I start my next Jetfire adventure. Making a 1400 mile round trip to pick up a 63 Jetfire 4 speed. I will make a new thread on that car. It will not be a full restoration, Just making it road worthy again after sitting for 40 years. A light cosmetic restoration under the hood and detailed the rest. Short term project and drive it about 1000 miles to be sure it is all reliable again and then sell it.