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You fellas are making reference to the 400. I work with a guy who used to be a borough cop and he was looking over my shoulder when I was looking at that Biscayne. He said he thought that car might have the police package because his borough had an unmarked Biscayne like that in '72 and theirs had a 400 also.
Paul
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Just wondering how you made out with this. I got a call from a guy this morning who wanted to know what floor pans might interchange with his '63 88.
Paul
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The car still won't be raised and unveiled until Friday. They opened the fault early so that HAZMAT crews could ensure the stability of the fuel and oil to avoid any potential hazardous situations, and so that they could check the condition of the steel pallets needed to raise the car. Go ahead and go. More of a mystery now, than ever. I'd go if I could.
Paul
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1, 2, 4, 6 & 8 are convertible top color codes, although some are also vinyl top codes. There were no blue or yellow vinyl tops.
Beige... Champagne... same thing, different name.
When your assembly manual was printed in late 1966, black and champagne were the only colors available for vinyl tops. White was added early in '67 and is not reflected in the assembly manual or the Color & Trim book. There was a sale bulletin issued early in '67 announcing the additional availability of white.
Paul
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Not my car, but I looked at it this weekend. I'm going to pass, but thought someone else might be interested.
White and Gold car with tan vinyl interior. 90k miles if I remember right. Seems complete and correct with some original paperwork. Need cosmetics. Has rust. Rear bumper 1/2 gone. Rust in rear frame rails. The sun has not been kind to the interior plastics. Original wheels, original decals & emblems, original Hurst dual gate shifter. Not highly optioned - tilt, cruise, power antenna, a/c, fm 8-track. No t-tops or sunroof. No other power options.
Located just south of Avondale, PA on Route 41.
Seller's # is 610-268-8256
Too much money for what it is, if you ask me, but that's just me. Someone else might feel differently.
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Don't know how many are out there, but you don't seem them too often.
Check out my website:
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Paul
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S is for Champagne lower body paint.
6 is the vinyl top color. Vinyl tops were only available in white, black and champagne in '67, and white and black were 1 & 2 (not necessarily in that order), so I guess 6 is champagne.
Paul
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I, too, have been thinking Cadillac, but earlier. Maybe '56, like this? Maybe earlier? 60 Specials such as this one used a longer skirt than the lesser series did.
Paul
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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
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I recommend
There are a bunch listed on there. Prices vary depending on complete-ness.
Paul
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My Delco book says a '59 w/o a/c uses a GF124. This will be a paper filter.
Paul
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I'd say ignition switch, or ignition cylinder (passlock sensor might have gone out). But that's just a guess.
Paul
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587582 is not a resonator. It is a muffler for '63 full sized wagons. May fit '64 - my book stops at '63.
Paul
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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="" />
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Post your numbers here. We can decode them.
Paul
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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
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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
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I can shoot you a scan of the interior pic from the dealer album, if I remember to do it.
Paul
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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
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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
1972 Electra - another oddly equipped
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The new owner of that radio delete 98 Regency has surfaced on one of the Oldsmobile forums. He's already looking for an am/fm radio for it...
Paul