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I don't know how you made out, but I researched and found that Oldsmobile compressor brackets have different part numbers for EVERY YEAR!
But I still don't see why you wouldn't be able to use '62 brackets on a '57 block. In service, they used to replace the old big 5 cylinder compressors with the A6 and offered an mounting packages for '59, '60 and '61 and a harness kit for '58.
Paul
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Mid to late 60s, early 70s.
Oldsmobile started using that logo in '64.
Paul
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The Auroras are nice cars. They seem to be relatively trouble free in service. Some of those 3.5/4.0 motor were known to be oil leakers due the block design. That can be expensive to repair. I don't know of any head gasket issues. Don't know what to tell you about value/collectibility. Right now it's just a used car, Final 500 or not. And an orphan to boot. We had Aleros we couldn't give away. Finally sent them back to GM.
Paul
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Well, a 371 and a 394 are basically the same. I guess what we need to figure out is if the stock compressor bracketS from a '57 371 are the same as a '61 394 (because that is the last year they used the big compressor). '62 is when they went to the A6. If '61 brackets are the same as '57, then '62-up A6 brackets shouldn't be a problem.
Paul
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Part #22511078. Still available from your friendly GM dealer. $138.36. Plenty of stock in the Lansing wareshouse.
Paul
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Here is the link for the previous conversion I was considering:
http://www.forwhatyouneed.com/transmission%20adapters,%20conversion.htm
Paul
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Wow. That is great information. Looks better than the conversion I was previously considering. I still wonder about floor clearance and linkage/shifter issues. They don't mention transmission/rear engine mounting.
What d'ya say, Glenn? You do yours first and let me know how it goes...
Paul
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My '55 Dealer Data Book (dated 1-14-55) has this to say about wheel trim:
Option code X Stainless Steel Wheel Trim Rings - all 88 and Super 88 models suggested retail $11.60. Available on Series 98, if desired, no charge
Option code X1 Chrome Flashed Stainless Steel Wheel Discs - all 88 and Super 88 models (standard equipment on all Series 98 models) suggested retail $13.75.
Option code X2 Deluxe Stainless Steel Wheel Discs - all 88 and Super 88 models suggested retail $50.00
Option code X2 Deluxe Stainless Steel Wheel Discs - all Series 98 models suggested retail $36.25
X2s are Fiesta spinners.
The Mimetic Wire Wheel Discs available in '53 and '54 (option X3) are not shown as available in any of my '55 literature. My '63 parts book makes no mention of Mimetic discs or retainers at all, so they must have been long discontinued. I have seen '55s with Mimetic discs, but I have also seen '50 thru '52s with them and they didn't come out until '53. Mimetics will actually fit on any '41 thru '56 15 inch rim.
Paul
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I'm at home now, looking at this on a better screen and with my reference materials near me. I can see now that it is a '51 or '52, not a '53.
There was a Traveler available in '51 - they made 850 of them according to the Encyclopedia of American Cars, and Collectible Automobile magazine. The '51 Traveler was apparently not on an extended wheelbase (like the earlier DeSoto Carry-All) and did not have a roof rack.
As far as being titled as a '50, it must have been a very early '51 registered in the latter part of '50 and was titled as a '50. I've seen cars advertised for sale in the past that have been incorrectly titled based on the year is was sold instead of for the model year that it really was.
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You can bolt a 400 to that 394, but you have to send the case to a place in California to have it machined to fit, then you have to put the guts back in it. Then there is the issue of floor clearance. And the shifter quadrant. And throttle linkage. If I haven't discouraged you, I can come up with the name of the place.
I gave all of this some thought a year ago. Haven't given up yet. Actually, my buddy suggested a 700R4 to get the overdrive, and then I could go back to my stock 3.42 gears.
Paul
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The car in the photo is not a '50 Chrysler. Looks like a '51, '52 or '53.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Far as I know, the 3.4 is a pretty reliable engine.</div></div>
But when they break, they break big time. Timing parts can be an issue and are getting hard to come by. And if timing parts break, this an interference engine, so there will be bent valves. These engines, like the 3.1s, like to leak oil at the oil pump drive cover o-ring. This is not a big deal on a 3.1, but requires head removal on a 3.4. Intake gaskets can be an issue just like they can on 3.1s. Ditto what Glenn said about alternator replacement.
The last 3.4 we had in the shop managed to jump time. The customer junked it.
Paul
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With the very little bit I know about Diesels, I didn't think they used injectors. I thought they used and injector pump. I tried to look injectors up in the parts catalog and was unsuccessful.
Paul
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If you can find a '78-88 Cutlass, 78-87 Grand Prix, 78-87 Regal or Century or 78-88 Monte Carlo with buckets, the seat tracks should all interchange. So you should be able to just get a manual track and switch it with your electric one.
Paul
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Did I make it that obvious? I was trying to be discreet. But some folks don't know to look for the little flashing envelope. I know I've missed it already. There should be a better way of knowing you have private messages, or an email should be sent notifying of a private message. Anyway, now that these folks have decided to sell, they probably won't visit the forums anymore and they'll never even see my message. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
Paul
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">61-63- full leather seating surfaces</div></div>
Whoa...
I don't have full leather in the '62 (you know, the one with the 3 speed transmission because all it has is D, S & L... <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />). '62s were Morocceen in the [dark] inserts, leather just on the [light] bolsters. '61s were full leather (they cheapened 'em up for '62). Can't vouch for '63s - haven't looked at one in a while.
Paul
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Is/was this a vinyl top car? I am looking the retainers that run in the rain gutters.
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ljh, please check your private messages.
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All '63 Starfires came standard with automatics - but they are three speeds, not four.
Paul
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It's really not "normal" but with Slim Jims, "normal" can be very widely defined... <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> </div></div>
Mine buzzes. And that's how I know it's working good. I changed the filter last year and it didn't seat properly, so it wasn't pulling fluid out of the pan. No buzzing. Also no gears. So I drained it, took a BFH to the filter to get it seated, and started to refill it. I knew I was OK when it started buzzing...
Paul
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That must be a Limited. I think I saw in Hemmings that there was going to be a Limited auctioned somewhere...
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Maybe some leather cleaner might help with the seats. The headliner bows are chrome or stainless strips that run from side to side on the inside of the roof. I think yours should have them. The standard coupe and sedan didn't have them. They were supposed to give you the idea that you were in a convertible.
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I think you're vacuum source is a reserve tank mounted on the firewall under the hood. You should get a show manual and trace the lines. The heater control has numbers on the head. The vacuum schematic in the manual will tell you what components need hooked up to which numbers. If it's got the original vacuum line, they are color coded.
Paul
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You just bought a 98 Holiday coupe? I've been wanting one of those for years... 98 was the top of the line. Super 88 was the mid-line model, a little smaller than a 98. Shorter in the trunk. Might be shorter in wheelbase, can't remember. Base 88 had less trim than a Super and I think only a 2bbl carb where the S88 and 98 had a 4bbl.
Holiday means it is a two door hardtop - all open when you roll the windows down, as opposed to a 2 door sedan with posts around the door and rear 1/4 windows.
Now, there were two different 98 Holiday coupes in '54 - Holiday Coupe and DeLuxe Holiday coupe. Base Holiday had all cloth seats that are the same as a 98 sedan. DeLuxe Holiday came with power windows and seat, chrome headliner bows, and leather and cloth interior.
Paul
Wanted: 91-92 Custom Cruiser Emblems
in Oldsmobile - Buy/Sell
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These are available from a place in Wisconsin called VPI. GM sells their obsolete stock to VPI. VPI will sell to the public. Part numbers are 10163515 for "Custom" and 10135725 for "Cruiser". These have been in VPIs hands for a while and I have no pricing, you'll have to contact them.
http://www.vintageparts.org/partlocator.cfm
Paul