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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Last question then is can you see the stitching or do you have to push the pleats apart to see them?</div></div> I would say you probably do. Those pleats are deeper than the ones in my '62 Starfire. Seems to be a lot more stuffing or padding on the '64s. Paul

I recommend http://www.car-part.com/ There are a bunch listed on there. Prices vary depending on complete-ness. Paul

My Delco book says a '59 w/o a/c uses a GF124. This will be a paper filter. Paul

I'd say ignition switch, or ignition cylinder (passlock sensor might have gone out). But that's just a guess. Paul

587582 is not a resonator. It is a muffler for '63 full sized wagons. May fit '64 - my book stops at '63. Paul

The yellow wire is feed for the radio and the black is ground for the radio. The blue wire out of the radio is the feed for the front speaker, which is grounded through the speaker frame to the dash. The blue wire out of the Multiplex unit is the feed for the rear speaker, which is also grounded through the speaker frame to the rear sheetmetal. Paul

Thanks Bob, I will check with them, because I am now pretty sure this thing has the wrong balancer on it. '62 part numbers are 583480 for the 2 groove and 583482 for the 3 groove. The number cast into the 2 groove on my parts motor is 583481, so I am pretty certain that is a non a/c pulley for a '62. '61 part numbers are 579486 for the 2 groove and 582051 for the 3 groove. The number cast into the 3 groove pulley on my '62 is 582050, so I am pretty sure my '62 has a '61 a/c pulley on it. I wonder how concerned I need to be about that? Paul

Does anyone know if 394 harmonic balancer pulleys have the part number cast/stamped into them? I've got one that went bad and will need to be sent out for rebuilding. It is not original to the car (green paint - my engine is red), so it has been replace at some point and I don't know if it is the correct one. My parts book says that '61 and '62 pulleys are different numbers, as are '61 and '62 crankshafts, so I'm thinking there is the possibility of a balance issue here. This motor is set to be overhauled anyway, so once it is, it would be nice to have the correct balancer on it. I've got a '62 Starfire parts motor that probably has the correct balancer on it, except it is not an A/C motor (2 groove pulley) and mine is (3 groove). Paul

608M means its a '60 (60) Super 88 (8) built at the Lansing plant (M). The rest of your serial number is the series of Super 88 production at Lansing. The first Super 88 would have been 608M01001. Style: 60-3567 Means, again, it is a '60 (60) Olds (3) Super 88 (5) convertible (67) Trim: 51 I'm guess this is 351, which is leather and moroceen (fancy name for vinyl) in light and dark gray. Paint: M (or N) M is the code for Citron, which is a pale yellow. N is for Cordovan, which is brown. I'm guessing it's Citron, because trim 351 was not recommended with Cordovan, but that doesn't mean one didn't get through. Body: 65 Well, if it's really 65, that would mean it was the 65th Super 88 convertible body produced at the Lansing Fisher Body Plant. Is the remainder of your serial number a pretty low number? Paul

I work for a Chevrolet dealer. For some reason we recently had to get a set of aftermarket curb feelers for a customer's car. I guess they're having trouble parking it. Anyway, we got them in and they were laying on the parts counter waiting for a technician to come take them. Some of the real young guys didn't even know what they were, or where they should be installed... <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

Post your numbers here. We can decode them. Paul

Those letters were self-adhesive. There was also a number to the right to show the number of new Oldsmobiles purchased. Sometimes at swap meets a tray of these letters/numbers will show up. Yes, I think the brass should be shiny. Paul

There's no conversions in the old books, as far as I know. Today, we call casting numbers into GM and their computer gives us part numbers. But we can't do old numbers like that. Paul

I can shoot you a scan of the interior pic from the dealer album, if I remember to do it. Paul

Rats! I still keep forgetin' to look at that '61/'62 number. Got pics? You know what? If you're taking a number off of the part, without a box, that is most likely a casting number. Casting numbers need to be converted into part numbers, but I can't convert anything that old. Paul

I forgot to check the '61/'62 number, but I tried the '66/'67 number and didn't get anything. Discontinued 12/83, so it should be in my 4/83 printed book, but it's not. Maybe not Oldsmobile? Are you sure it's trunk? Group numbers would help. Paul

Ford. I'm not up on my pre-war years. Either '37 or '38. Paul

583832 is an Olds 394 head. '62 thru '64 I believe. 25506293 looks to be an early 80s 3.8 v6 head. Run a google search on the number, you'll get all kinds of stuff. Paul

I had a '52 and I thought it had a fuse block. Maybe it didn't, but I'm pretty sure it did. Fuses on a '50 may be in-line. Fuse block should be down to the left of the steering column if there is one. Paul

Those look like Ford or Mercury seats to me. '64-ish? Paul

They fit: 1992 to 1996 Buick Roadmaster sedan with padded vinyl roof option C04 Called "roof panel cover quarter upper front finish molding clip" Goes on the vertical molding on the vinyl top at the rear edge of the rear door, make sense? Paul

I vote for speed warning or safety sentinel of whatever they called it. I looked at some '66 Buicks on that auction site, and every single one of them has that knob. On two of them, I can faintly see a yellow tipped needle. We can't see it on your picture, either because it is obscured by grime, or is hidden by the steering wheel. But I think that's what it is. Must have been standard equipment on Buicks. Paul

Never thought about the Bonnevilles being longer. But this leaves me with many other questions that I am not going to raise here because it is, after all, an Oldsmobile forum. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Paul

There was JUST a decent Garnet Mist convertible sold on eBay out of Tulsa. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1962-OLDS...1QQcmdZViewItem Seemed reasonable to me. I really had to fight the urge on this one. With getting ready to rebuild the motor in my coupe, this looked real inviting. I lost some sleep over this one. All the good bits from the coupe would have gone on this and the coupe would've gone up for sale. Had the convertible been white, I think I'd've done it. Looks like this convertible is on it's way to Jersey - hopefully not for resale, that would be just too close to home... <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> I don't know of any convertibles for sale currently. There's a Sahara Mist job on eBay right now, but you've gotta like Sahara Mist... <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> Paul

Well, I'm gonna turn thing into a Pontiac thread... Not all Pontiacs used the Slim Jims. Bonnevilles (& Star Chiefs?) used the old dual range. They had to fit under the floor. You mean they had two different floor pans in those Pontiacs? And what did Cadillac do with their transmissions? Did they use a separate bellhousing like Pontiac did? It's too bad that you can directly bolt a THM to the back of a Pontiac, or a Cadillac, but not an Olds... Paul