Seafoam65
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13 hours ago, Turbinator said:
Seafoam, A capital idea!
I think I'll put one aside so we can make a person very happy. Matter of fact I have a highly qualified prospect as we correspond.
I'm at 443-386-7356 or bobburnopp@icloud.com
Turbinator
It's a done deal......see you in Lexington.
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Mr Turbinator, I have a nice crack free steering wheel and a very nice pit free hub that goes
between the back of the wheel and the steering column. Why don't I bring those and we can sell the complete setup to someone in Lexington? I can't recall if I have the horn contact setup but those are available as a reproduction from "Best Offer Counts" on ebay.
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Oh, and you can buy oil pump priming extension tools for your drill online for about 30.00.
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What you need to do is remove the distributor and spin the oil pump driveshaft with a flat blade bit and extension clamped into an electric drill. the oil pump shaft rotates clockwise, as does the distributor shaft.
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That was awesome! Thanks for sharing. My Dad was a side gunner on the B-29 "Inspiration"
in the 73rd Bomb Wing on Saipan and flew many bombing missions over Tokyo. He is still
going at age 98.
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That door skin is way beyond bothering trying to straighten it, but you may be in luck.
There is a guy who just ran an ad in the latest Buick Club of America newsletter with several
NOS parts for 65 Rivieras, including an NOS driver's side door skin. His phone number is 310-378-6826. Parts are in Los Angeles. In the ad he also has for sale a set of four NOS wheel well moldings, NOS door weatherstrips and an NOS glove box door. Oh, and he also has an NOS right door skin for sale. His name is Trent Plungas and his BCA member number is 19794.
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Hey isn't that the same time that Jimmy Hoffa went missing?
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Praying that this crazy weather settles down before the Riviera Meet takes place.
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Ed the best chrome plater in the US and also the largest and I believe the best job for the price charged is Advanced Plating in Portland, Tennessee. That's who does all the chrome on Ridler Award
and Pebble Beach Winners. Personally I wouldn't use anyone else....they are the best. -
Can't wait to see some pics! I seem to recall that you had a 65 GS Riviera waiting on the back
burner but it isn't listed in your member description anymore so I assume you sold it?
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On 5/14/2024 at 12:37 PM, RivNut said:
I did not associate this post with your previous one about a/c parts. I'm pretty tied up right now with my 64. The reason I asked where you lived was that if you were close enough to Kansas City, you could drive by and pick them up. Don't think you're that close.
Ed, are you doing a stock build on your 64, or are you building a modified car? When do you
anticipate it will be finished, and what are the colors inside and out?
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I still don't have the private message icon on my screen.....all else is there.
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If I wasn't logged in, how could I have created this new post?
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I have a private message but the private message icon at the top of the page is not there anymore so I can't read the message. Anybody know what's going on?
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13 minutes ago, NC1968Riviera said:
Old Air Parts in Dallas has the replacement two cable kit for 68 Riviera. They used my original 68 Riv cables to create their kit.
Correction: They are actually located in Fort Worth!
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OK here is a pic of my dash. You will see in the pic that the right bezel appears a little higher.
This is because the chrome horizontal trim just below the dash pad and the edge of the dash pad slopes downward as it approaches the door, giving the right pod more space between that pod and the horizontal metal trim. They raised the right pod a little to compensate for this. It would look even more noticeable if they had lowered it to match the left pod.
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3 hours ago, telriv said:
Stock, originally, it was composed of 5 separate pieces.
The part that screwed into the back of the carb. which was a 3/8ths. pipe thread.
A fitting that screwed into this part with a hose for the 3/8ths.PCV valve hose.
A Brass fitting that the power booster line screwed into.
And from there the hose to the power booster.
I should have ALL the original parts except for the steel line to the booster???
A clip that held the steel line to the valve cover bolt.
Will have to look/search IF interested.
Tom T.
Wow I guess I need to look at my carb again....my recollection was that it was a simple vacuum tee.....
Good info Tom. I think I was confusing it with another car I worked on more recently.
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If your car didn't originally have finned aluminum valve covers and it has factory A/C, you will
also need to source the correct top A/C bracket.
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It is just a 3/8 vacuum tee, nothing special about it. You could order online or buy from
your local auto parts store.
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Just a heads up on battery prices currently. I had been using O'reilly flat top black batteries from Oreilly's for decades, but recently Oreilly's battery prices have gone to the moon. Recently I was
quoted 225.00 plus tax for a group 75 Oreilly's battery with a two year warranty for my 95 Corvette. After much investigating and calling around, I found out that I could go down to the parts counter at my local GM dealer and buy a group 75 Delco with a 42 month warranty for 125.00 plus tax! Of course, that's what I have in my Corvette now, with appropriate repro stickers on the top that mimic a 95 model GM battery.
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My biggest gripe with HEI ignitions is that the spark is so hot that it burns out plug wires
and ignition rotors. My Dad bought a new 79 Camaro and it had a plug wire with the spark jumping through the wire to the firewall when the car was 3 days old. Very common for
the ignition rotor to get a hole burned through it with the spark jumping down the distributor shaft instead of out to the plug wires.
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There's no reason to put an HEI on a nailhead. They are too large, ugly to look at and are less reliable than a stock distributor with a Pertronix conversion kit installed. This is only my opinion of course........other opinions may vary.
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I've had two different sets of 225-75-15 tires on my car with no rubbing
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1 hour ago, RivNut said:
The first Pontiac GTOs were rear wheel drive. GTO is for Gran Tourismo Omolagato - translated from Italian for Grand Touring Homolagated ( or however you spell it.). Literally a Grand Touring car of which enough were built to be accredited to sell it as a production model.
Every GTO ever made including the 2004-2006 models are rear wheel drive
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Silver '65 Gran Sport on BaT
in Buick Riviera
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Did it sell and how much did it bring?