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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
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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
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Those look like Ford or Mercury seats to me. '64-ish?
Paul
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Unfortunately, Oldsmobile doesn't have any records prior to 1977. We are not fortunate like the Cadillac and Pontiac guys.
Paul
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Anybody know what the registration count is up to?
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I'm not a technician, just a parts guy, so you have to take all of this with a grain of salt.
I doubt the ECM has anything to do with fan blower speed. BCM, maybe, and I haven't looked to see if this uses one.
ECM might be related to the compressor. Something has to tell the compressor to kick off under full throttle. Used to be a cut-out switch associated with accelerator linkage, but later cars started using throttle position sensorS with the ECM cutting off the compressor. Could the ECM be that screwed up that it would run the compressor constantly? Dunno.
Paul
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You must have a short, or backfeeding, somewhere. Have you pulled the connector off the compressor? That'll keep the compressor from running. It'll be interesting to see what that does with your blower motor. Definitely shouldn't be running with the fuse out. Are you sure you have the right fuse pulled? Next step would be to start pulling fuses and see what makes it (them) stop.
Paul
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Olds offered the tach/clock combination in '67 & '68 88s and 98s, but not the whole rallye package. I bought a tach/clock up in Canada to install in my '67 coupe, but never got around to it, mainly because of that different bracket on the back. I would think they are pretty rare in a full size car.
Paul
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The GM parts catalog says that all '91 to '94 C/K pickups with a/c use the same control head, part #15169225, still available from GM for $201.92. Plenty of stock available.
Paul
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I bought a '67 Toronado in Canandiagua, NY a few years ago. It was a one owner, always local car. We passed some sort dealership on the way to the house to look at the car. When I got home and started to look through the folder full of paperwork that came with the car, there was the original sales order and bill of sale (both documenting it's rare bucket seats, btw...). When I googled the address, it turns out it was the dealership we had passed. It was the Oldsmobile dealership many years ago. Wish I had known than when we were there. Doesn't matter now, that car has moved on.
Paul
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Olds only had the TransPortable radios in '58 and '59. This is a '59. Usable by itself, but not usable in the car without the special adapter which was part of the car radio itself. In '58, the car radio played through the transistor radio - you pulled the TransPortable, you had no car radio. '59 may have been two separate systems.
Paul
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I knew I had seen some pictures on another site. It took me a while, but I found them:
http://www.ronsusser.com/inventory.asp?i=64
Sure looks like Eldorado Brougham to me. If so, that thing is extremely valuable.
Paul
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88 and 98 coupe roofs are different. Not many 98 coupes around for reference. If you want to see the roofline, search around for a '61 Coupe deVille - they used the same roofline.
Paul
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Shameless plug here...
The Blue/Gray Chapter of O.C.A. will be holding our 12th annual summer show at Brenner Cadillac on Paxton St. in Harrisburg, PA on June 2nd. Details can be obtained by viewing/printing our registration form here:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/BlueGray/BrennerShowFlyer2007.pdf
This is a non-judged show, held rain or shine. Registration is $5 per car. The first 35 cars registered are given a participation plaque. Food is provided by the dealership. Door prizes will be awarded. Please bring a non-perishable food item for donation to the Central PA Food Bank.
Direct questions to me. Hope to see you there.
Thanks,
Paul
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Is there somewhere I can go to find out what colors where used for wheels for '41 (or so) Chevy pickups? One of our salesman asked me this for one of his customers. I was told the truck is '41 to '45 and that the fenders are black but I wasn't told what the body color was. Wheels are currently a blue/green-aqua-turquoise color, which the customer knows is not correct.
Thanks,
Paul
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I, too, have stayed away from NOS shocks. They scare me. I can't see them lasting very long on a driver. A trailer queen might be a different story. I put a set of NOS control arm bushings in mine and they didn't last 250 miles. Old rubber... When I needed shocks, I got them Fusick. They are gas charged and I don't like them, rides too hard unless loaded, but they're all that are available. Wish someone had hydraulic shocks for it.
Paul
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They are in the corner of the dash.
Paul
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Is the car in question a post or hardtop model? Post models should have a fairly plain vinyl headliner with no exposed bows. Hardtop models may have the "Starlite" foam headliner with exposed bows like the Starfires and hardtop 98s had. I know '61 Supers had the foam headliners, I'm assuming '62s did, too, but haven't looked at original one that close.
Paul
Old car identification
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Ford. I'm not up on my pre-war years. Either '37 or '38.
Paul