The 55er

The cabs on a 4-door Chieftain and a 4-door Star Chief are the same size and the Chieftain carpet should fit. I hate buying carpet, none of the replacements ever seem to fit like the originals. Maybe you can get some advice on this Forum who makes the best replacement carpet, that's what I would do if I were in the market for some. If there's an old car upholstery shop in your area you might ask them what brand they like to use. Opinions?

You just add a little bit at a time until it's up to the full mark.

Here's a vote that you install a nice glass Mason jar under the hood and run the dummy lines. Those early washer systems are much more trouble than they're worth. Love your car by the way!

Personally, I have owned 4 older floor-fill Hydramatic cars and serviced another one for a friend. I check the fluid after driving a reasonable distance on a flat surface with everything at operating temperature and the transmission in neutral. I keep it at the full level on the dipstick and that's about all you can do. I don't remember any splattering and never had a problem with any of those 5 Hydramatics.

Are you sure the transmission is supposed to be in the Drive position and not in Neutral? I have included a section of the GM Hydra-matic Transmission Service Manual from 1946-1955 that explains the proper procedure for checking the fluid level. See step 2.

Over in the real world where I live, those are fairly common hubcaps. I've sold lots of hubcaps over the years at Carlisle & Hershey, I throw all the 60's Chevy SS caps I get in with all the hundreds of other $5 hubcaps I sell and sometimes they sell and sometimes they don't. $5 apiece was all I could ever Git for mine but your set looks pretty nice and I'd price them a little higher than that. My problem though is when I drag stuff out to a swap meet I want as much of it gone as possible so I don't have to haul it back home and store it for another year.......I wish you all the best with your sale, I hope you find the right buyer and do well with them.

They're 1961. Look at the lettering at the center, should say Guide B1-61 or maybe R1-61. The 61 designates the year. 1958 Chevrolet lenses are a similar shape but are all one color. The 1958 taillight lens is all red and the backup lens is all clear. I don't think 58 and 61 lenses interchange.

That looks like an early 1950's ribbed GM trim ring. Check the dimensions of the wheel. If it has a 5 1/2 " width where the tire mounts (6 1/2" overall) and an overall outer diameter of 16 1/2" it could be for a 1940-1956 Oldsmobile or a 1940-1955 Pontiac. Those will have a 5" bolt circle and a center hole with a 3 1/16" diameter. The trim rings might fit 1949-1953 Olds or Pontiac, maybe other years as well.

First one is for 1946-1948 Dodge cars, mounts on the front of the hood in a die-cast trim piece underneath the hood ornament.

The bumper could be 1949 Plymouth.

The 21098 muffler fits various Studebakers from 1956-1966. Also some 1957-1958 Packards. Kaiser mufflers have different numbers.

1955 or 1956 Dodge car.

On a 1960 Olds the clock is located on the right side of the main instrument cluster in front of the driver just above the ignition switch by the driver's right hand.

I don't know if rocker moulding clips for your Electra are available or not, might be a hard to find item since it's not for a mainstream Chevy or Ford type car.....I would try to reuse yours if they're in good shape, maybe clean up the insert areas on the clips and file them flat so they will go back into the hole. I would check with Eastwood for availability of the pliers-type tool, if they can't help I'd talk to Restoration Specialties & Supply in PA. They sell a lot of old clips that mount that way, maybe they know of a tool supplier. Of course you can always take the easy way out, drill two holes in the clip, one above and one below the insert, drill thru the rocker panel on the car and re-mount the old clips with pop rivets. It won't be seen under the moulding and no one will know the difference. There are a number of ways around this, maybe someone on the Forums has another idea.

If you don't see any weld studs, I believe there are holes in the rocker panel that are a slightly larger size than the inward recessed section of the clip. The clip mounts with a special pliers-like tool that spreads the inward recessed section outward around the hole in the rocker panel, holding it tight. Some careful prying with a screwdriver or similar thin tool between the clip and the rocker panel should loosen it. I don't know what the installation tool is called or where you would get one. Many GM clips were attached like that back in the day.

I would like to sell a large number (well over 100) of used Buick wheelcovers that date from about 1952 to the 1970s. There is no shipping available and they will have to be picked up locally. All are in good used condition for the most part, some have scratches, scuffs and dings but all are driver quality or better. These were stored inside for many years and the majority of them are from the 1960's. Most are pictured but I have a few more, you can buy one or as many as you like. They are priced at $5 each. The caps are located in Elizabethtown, PA 17022 (Hershey area). Please PM me if interested.

pontiac 53 is correct. I have a 1953 Pontiac Deluxe myself and that definitely had a black rubber floor mat in the front and carpet in the rear. I have had a few early 1950's Oldsmobile 88s with the same set-up. Might have been that way on the lower line models and the higher priced Super 88s, 98s, Supers and Roadmasters had front & rear carpet as standard equipment. There used to be swap meet vendors with piles of aftermarket rubber floor mats available in long boxes (ACE was one aftermarket supplier, there were probably others) sometimes even in various colors but I don't see many anymore. I guess even the replacements have cracked and succumbed to age. Might be very difficult to find an original NOS GM front floormat exactly like the original.

1967 Pontiac GTO.

Won't fit 1939 Plymouth. A Plymouth is more of a rectangular shape.

Those cheap kits ARE crap, better off using well-known brand name ignition stuff from an auto parts store. I'd throw them out or might be good $1 pile space filler at a swap meet.

You have a set of 1967-1969 Imperials, second pic top row left (3) and first pic left side center sticking out the farthest (1). Also third pic shows (3) 1955-1956 imperial hubcaps top left, one is missing the center emblem.

And three 1961 Plymouths! Last pic, 2 top row center and the one sticking out the lowest on the bottom row left.

All are for 1954-1955 Oldsmobiles. The top two are the very desirable deluxe wheelcovers, the next two are the standard full hubcap and the last two look like the deluxe covers with a customized center.

I want to enjoy this great event to its fullest and I will be having a LARGE GREEN FIELD DOLLAR PILE SALE SATURDAY AT GCB 26-28. There will be 3 spaces full of $1 sale items including taillights, handles & escutcheons, hubcaps, brake shoes, literature, wiper motors, books and manuals and much more stuff from the 1940's to the 1970's available. We plan to stay open until at least mid-afternoon, weather permitting of course. Stop by and check us out on your way to or from the show field area at spaces GCB 26-28 near light pole #93 close to the Car Corral. See you there! The 55er.

1940 Dodge Sedan.