Oldsfan
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Thanks, Dave. I appreciate the info. I'd take the guys name if you can find it. Might be a good thing to have around, just in case. The carb has been rebuilt and is set up just fine. We guessed on this Slim Jim adjustment as best we could, and did the rest by they service manual and Service Guild supplement. Since then, I've had Tom Kasper check it out and he said no further adjustment is necessary. But it still might be a good thing to have around.
Paul
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The dates for this year's NAOC meet are July 7 - 10. Location is Lansing. More information is available on the NAOC website in my signature below.
Paul
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Yes.
All the time.
Money talks, BS walks.
People like to hear themselves talk.
Just another tire kicker.
I had the same experience selling a friend's '67 Olds Toro.
Good luck,
Bill Boudway
Hey! I bought that Toronado...
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Oh, you have no idea...
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Geez, those shocks look huge. Maybe it's because they're yellow. I don't remember mine being that big.
See that gas hose running through that hole in the frame? It's REAL important that that thing runs back through there when you're done. Trust me.
Paul
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Any GM dealer can order one. GM has limited stock at 3 warehouses. Sells for around $125.
Looks like if you drop the knee bolster below the steering column, it might be just under the column.
Paul
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Under the left of the instrument panel, on the knee bolster
Paul
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It wouldn't fit in my garage. The trunk is too long...
C/B only started using the 98 platform in '64. Prior to that they used Dynamic 88s trimmed as Supers.
Paul
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#3959360 is listed as a "housing, control indicator (saddle) that applies to '67 thru '69 Series 10 thru 30 Chevy trucks with Turbo-Hydramatic, and '67 to '70 Series 10 thru 30 Chevy trucks with Powerglide. There is a fibre optic conductor that inserts into that housing and feeds down through the steering column to a socket somethere. This illuminates the pointer, which is part of the conductor assembly, which lights up behind the dial.
I am assuming the saddle housing was replaced by black, which needs to be painted to match.
#3904750 is listed as a "dial, indicator (top edge beveled) that applies to '67 thru '70 Series 10 thru 30 Chevy trucks with Turbo-Hydramatic and '71 G-10 thru G-30 (1st design). The 2nd design was bottom edge beveled.
So they do sort of go together.
Paul
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If you get the body style number off of the data plate on the firewall we can figure out what you've got. You obviously already know that it is not a 90 series.
You might want to consider checking out the link below for the National Antique Oldsmobile Club. We don't have a parts catalog, but we do have free classified advertising for members, as well as a membership directory so that you can network with other '40 Olds owners.
Paul
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All the while you're laying on your back on disgusting old carpet with your head wedged next to the brake pedal while disintegrating insulation rains down into your eyes.
Boy, have I been there - done that!
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20051418 supreceded 1708558 on 2/1/77. 20051418 was superceded by 20047338 on 11/1/79. 20047338 was discontinued 7/1/91.
It is a right rear quarter panel that fits '77 thru '79 Buick LeSabre 2-door models.
Paul
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I am reading the article in the latest Collectible Automobile about the '67 to '70 full size Buicks. In it, they mention that the LeSabres got a new hydraulic cruise control option for '67, while the other full size cars kept the electric cruise control.
Hydraulic cruise control?
I've never heard of that. Of course, I never heard of hydraulic windshield wipers, either, and Lincoln used those in the early 60s.
Anybody have one of these hydraulic cruise control equipped LeSabreS?
Paul
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Well, you're out of my territory now. GM of Canada was sort of its own division of GM, from what I understand. They probably had a totally different way of numbering things. It's possible they used different colors than we had here in the States. I don't know where you'd go to find that informtion, but I have heard that you can get a copy of the original invoice from GM Canada, for a fee. They were much better at retaining records than the US divisions were.
Paul
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Yes, I did read all of that. Interesting. Never knew any of that stuff.
Also learned that you can test bubble lights with a 9 volt battery. Never knew that, either. I have one set working. 2nd set has a bad string. Have a couple of dead lights, but I've found a guy with some bulbs for $1 each, so if I can fix the wire and a couple of lights, Mom will have two sets of bubble lights for Christmas this year. We've had them since she was just a little girl.
Thanks, Glenn
Paul
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I finally have some time to sit down with my '56 Dealer Data Book. Color codes 36 and 26 are not listed. 30, 31 and 32 are all some form of green, so I would think 36 would be, too. 20 is red, so I don't know what 26 would be. These two codes mean two tone, with the roof one color and the body the other color. The first color is the body color and the 2nd color is the roof. Special two tone paint would have an S in front of the first number. The deck and lower body would be the first number, the nose, upper body and roof would be the 2nd number.
Likewise, there is no trim #938. For any '56 Olds. Nothing even remotely close. Super 88 trim codes were 381 gray, 382 green, 383 blue and 384 beige. No turquoise, no red. Turquoise trims ended with 9, so if it were availabe in a S88 sedan, it would be 389. Red ended with 5, which would make it 385. Non-sedan blue interiors ended in 8, but I can't account for the first two digits.
For accessory codes, there was no B5 or BS. There was a B, which was the heater/defroster. That would be a Fisher body option. There was no 5. There was an S, which was dual exhaust, but that would not have been a Fisher option. Sometimes I think S stands for "sold order" but I have never been able to confirm that. And they should appear as BS. And in my experience the S always comes first. I can't explain the 303-372. In later Olds used IBM codes like this. I didn't think they used them in '56.
Your question regarding Canadian builds is valid. The body tag would say GM of Canada if this is the case.
There is one important piece of information that you have left out. You said that the body styly number was 3669D. There are two numbers in front of that. What are they? I'm starting to wonder if the tag wasn't switched for some reason.
Paul
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If this were Facebook, you'd get a thumbs up.
Paul like this.
Makes me want to get our bubble lights working again.
Paul
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3669D is a Super 88 4-door sedan. A base 88 wouldn't have the D. A Holiday Sedan would be 39 instead of a 69.
I can't even find paint codes 36 and 26. Are you sure it's a '56? During these years there were three two-tone schemes available. One was just the roof a different color from the body, one was the nose one color with the tail another color and the roof matching the nose, the third one was the nose one color with the tail another color and the roof matching the tail. Some of those were only available on Holiday models, and I think they have an S in front of them.
I don't have my trim codes in front of me to tell you what 938 is for.
Here's a link to a thread about '56 body tag decoding:
http://forums.aaca.org/f138/decode-1956-olds-cowl-tag-251412.html
Paul
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Actually, I don't think they assembled Chevys and Pontiacs in the same plants, did they? There were many B-O-P plants around the country, but I think Chevrolet kept their own plants. There was one in Janesville and one in Baltimore and probably others.
Oh, my '62 Olds has a painted firewall, too.
Paul
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1967 Cutlass, I think it was called Sports Coupe. (intermediate series)
Doug,
You might want to look closer at those name badges. I think it's an F-85. Wheel opening moldings must have been optional on them, as this one has them, but the sales brochure shows it without them.
Paul
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Good guess, but I don't think they look quite the same.
http://www.wcrosby.com/studebaker/DSC_0536a.gif
My vote is still for '53/'54 Packard.
Paul
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His number might be casting numbers, not part numbers. GM is like that.
Paul
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How 'bout '53 Packard?
http://www.anythingaboutcars.com/images/1953_Packard_Caribbean_Convertible.jpg
Paul
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Post-model two and four door sedans were available in both 88 lines. I believe the rarest '57 they built was a Super 88 2-door sedan.
I consulted a sales brochure before posting - it shows a Quadri-Jet as standard across the line. No mention of duals. I was pretty sure duals were standard on the Super, optional on the base 88, but couldn't back it up. I also think I was wrong on the louvered bumper ends. I knew a guy with a base 88 that had them. People always told him they were wrong. He said they came with the dual exhaust option. I now wonder if that is correct. I've seen other dual exhaust cars that didn't have them. I now think they were a 98 only thing.
Paul
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I'm sorry. I see now that you asked about 2011. That didn't register with me right away. I believe it has been decided that the 2011 meet will be at the Oglebay Resort in Wheeling, WV. I don't believe dates have been finalized. We should know more about the '11 meet in a few months.
Paul