CanadianWildcat

It was from the West Elgin Chronicle... it is a small publication under 20 pages that comes out weekly. The author does quite a few articles about various old vehicles and the history surrounding them. Yes that is the car, and the pictures in this article are from the 2018 WAMBO event in Wallaceburg.

Was looking through a local newspaper the other day and came across this article. I learned quite a bit about your car... and some GM history. The article states that only 1026 two-door hardtops were made that year. Keep picking away at it!

Sorry I took so long to post. From two different 65 manuals. Hope this helps.

Yep I will post pictures. Won't be till spring time as the car is in storage. I am leaning towards the TA Performance setup.

Hey I appreciate any and all responses. Better to ask those who have done it themselves so I don't have to learn the hard way. Ya I agree that 3" won't be the way to go... probably end up with a drone. I actually kind of want it to sound like my wildcat... nice and quite but a real cool sound when idling. What mufflers did you use with the TA exhaust system?

I have been looking around for some new replacement exhaust for my 1970 Riv. What is currently installed is in decent condition... but it looks to be just aluminized and small. Tailpipes appear to be 2" and the two mufflers are located under the floor where the front seats would be. I also was hoping to find something that sounded a little more aggressive than it does now... its really quite. I don't want headers and I don't want it really loud. I was thinking 2 1/2" max. I found some systems made by TA Performance and Waldron Exhaust. Does anyone know much about these systems? Or does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.

Happy Halloween!

Yes they have been available for years. I have even shaved a few poly glass tires recently... its fun removing rubber from brand new expensive tires. I sure get some questions when people come in the shop and ask what the heck I am doing to this brand new tire.

Kalamazoo eh... thats not that far away really. Definitely something to consider. I saw the pictures from the aqua zephyr's adventure and it looked like an experience for sure.

Yes that is the original colour... which really drew me to the car. It is one of the few cars that I have gone to look at that looked better in person than in photos.

Purchased my first Riv this summer. I really wasn't planning on buying another Buick, but it was too good of a deal to pass up. Especially when I looked under and inside it and it turned out to be original and pristine. I need to do more research on this car because it is hard to believe it spent its life in Ontario. The used car buyers package only went as far as 1986 (as well as the UCDA car report) when it was registered in Ontario. It is fun to drive... rides fantastic, tons of power with that big motor and 3.42 gears. Unfortunately with winter coming I will have to put it away sooner than I would like. This weekend may be the last time I can take her out for a rip for the year.

Ya it can be tough to see behind the Riv but the wildcat is black, if I remember correctly. You like the paint on the Riv eh? You may be a little biased huh...😉

I agree. Also most people don't realize these old cars have drum brakes and don't stop as quickly as a crotch rocket. On more than one occasion I have thought I was going to put a Honda Civic bumper into the front seat.

Ha h aha you win. By the way she holds 21 cases.

Ya just an emptie run... I was bored. Nope 16 is light.

So with the rather larger trunk space that my old car possess I decided to conduct an experiment in order to find out the answer to everyone's burning question... how many cases of beer could you fit it the trunk? I had to make an empties run so I had the perfect opportunity to find out. Now there are a couple of small metal boxes screwed to the floor beside the quarter panels that reduced the trunk volume. Also the goal was to be able to close the trunk... which I was able to. A bunch of my friends had fun trying to guess how many from the picture... but nobody got the correct answer the first try. Any guesses?

Thanks guys. I put them in the back yard and they seem to be getting along just fine. Everyone around town keeps asking what I am going to do with the Wildcat, and I keep telling them I am gonna keep her. I am trying not to have too many stories where it ends in "I never should have sold that car".

Brought this home... the kitty is a bit jealous currently.

The engine that is currently in the car is a Canadian built engine that is numbers matching (as far as I can tell). This is another engine I picked up to rebuild and replace the current engine so if I blow it up I didn't ruin the original. The VIN tag you can see when you open the drivers door says GM Canada. I just want to make sure this 64 engine will bolt to a switch pitch 65 trany. Here are the pictures of the identification numbers of the engine in the car that I believe to be original. I was going to post the VIN but the site says I can only post so many MB of data.

The only numbers I can find on the valley pan deck are B251154L.

That is a good idea... I will do that thanks.

So I picked up an engine from a guy just up the road about 30 minutes. Its a 1964 401 that appears to be in good shape... the guy had big plans but decided to finish other projects so he sold it to me pretty cheap I think. He took it apart but everything is there. Casting number 1349046. Measured the bores and it is standard bore. I am pretty sure it would bolt up to my 65 transmission... anybody know for sure? Came with a 2 barrel intake... so I now have 3 different intakes to chose from.

Not sure to be honest... it was a olds 307 I remember that. Maybe both... the crank and rods looked okay at first glance but we didn't measure anything. Most engines I have blown up were when you decelerate... this was 3/4 of the way down the front straightaway and it wasn't accelerating much anymore... there wasn't a tach.

I agree. When I was younger I got an old field car one time from an old lady... a late 70's boat of some sort that had probably never seen over 45 mph. It was fairly low mileage but was quite rotten. Anyways me and a few buddies took it out to the farm and started putting it through the paces. It didn't last long, it didn't like the high RPM's. We were fairly frustrated (that was the fun car for the weekend) and we had lots of time so we pulled it apart and found the top piston rings destroyed. The ridge that had developed in the top of the cylinder was the culprit and the extra RPM caused the piston to travel further...

Rain... ya no doubt it just won't stop. I feel your pain😐