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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
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They are skinny and long. 4 x 8? Been a long time since I replace the speaker in my Cutlass. They were available from GM then.
Paul
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'55 Chevy? There was just an article in Hemmings on those. They have bowties on the dash (609 of them). I was thinking this was something from a Cadillac, back in the years when they used Vs all over the place - early 50's? Maybe not...
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394s tend to have blow-by. Slim-Jim transmission wasn't the best design. They shift kinda funny. Some of these tend to rust in the floor and rear quarters, and in the frame, but a CA car should be pretty rust free. They're good cars, you just kinda have to get used to them. Check out my website
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Paul
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All F-85/Cutlass/Jetfire motors had an S prefix in the motor number. A true Jetfire motor will also have a T suffix. A G suffix would be a 4bbl motor and no suffix would be a 2bbl. E and H were for export.
Oldsmobile did not service a bare block, so I can't compare part numbers. I would imagine they are basically the same.
Heads interchanged on '61 & '62 F85 4bbl, '62 & '63 Jetfire and '63 4bbl manual transmission.
Jetfires used different valves than other F85 models.
Camshafts appear to be the same as used in other F85s.
Pistons were '62 & '63 Jetfire only, and '63 F85 4bbl automatic. Interesting considering the heads are the same as '63 F85 bbl manual trans.
Standard transmission appears to have been a 3 speed on the column like a standard F85. 4 speed on the floor and automatic on the floor were options.
Paul
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If you can hang in there a couple of weeks, I'll have one.
Paul
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Yours can be straightened and rechromed, but I think you'll spend more than $200 to get it done.
Paul
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I can't speak for the one in the center, but those other two look like '41 Oldsmobile to me.
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Well, if you buy the hood, then you'd have something to aspire to...
The first time I tried to buy a '62 cruise control setup, I was '62-less.
And then there was the time I bought that NOS '54 Autronic Eye in anticipation of buying a '54 to install it on...
Paul
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Had a guy at our chapter show yesterday that is looking for a new home for his '49 98 full plexiglass display hood. Hershey PA area. Anybody interested?
Paul
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My '63 parts book lists the '62 98 convertible frame as being only for '62 98 convertibles. '61 and '63 are different. Other '62 98s are different. Heavy duty frames were not available for non-convertibles in '62. I think they only started that in '64.
Paul
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I would think it should - they both used the same front end sheet metal.
Paul
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A 98 convertible frame won't interchange with much. Convertibles probably have boxed frame rails, which other 98s won't have unless they had the heavy duty frame option, and I don't even know that option was available in '62. 88 and starfire convertibles are a shorter wheelbase, so they won't work. Difference in length is between the door and rear wheel opening. C body Buicks and Cadillacs use different frames. Now, that being said, maybe a frame from a '61, '63 or '64 98 convertible would work. I'll have to look at my parts book.
Paul
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I haven't had anything done by them yet, but I've heard Hershey Brothers in Lancaster is pretty good. I talked to them about my Slim-Jim, and they were willing to work on it, but I never got around to taking it to them.
Paul
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Rats... we've got an Oldsmobile show at the Museum this coming Sunday. Too bad it won't be on display then. Anyone know where in the swap meet it will be?
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I do not have convertible top codes. Tops were available in black, white, tan, dark blue and dark green.
There were three two-tone paint options available in '56.
Conventional two-tone paint was available on all Oldsmobiles, except convertibles, at extra cost. There was no extra charge on for this option on Super 88 and 98 Deluxe Holiday coupes and Deluxe Holiday sedans. The combination had the body in one color and roof in another color. Shown on the firewall as XX-ZZ. XX being the color of the body, ZZ being the color of the roof.
Special two-tone paint was available on all Oldsmobiles, including convertibles, and was extra cost on all models ($25). Shown on the firewall as SXX-ZZ. XX being the color of the deck, rear fender and lower body, ZZ being the color of the roof, center pillar, window area, hood and upper body.
Another optional Special two-tone paint scheme was supposedly only available on 2-door and 4-door sedans, and not available on Holiday models or convertibles, same $25 cost. Shown on the firewall as TXX-ZZ. XX being the color of the roof, center pillar, window area, deck, rear fender and lower body. ZZ being the color of the hood and upper body.
So, in any two-tone combination, the lower color is always first, upper color is always second. With Special two-tones, roof color is indicated by the presence of the S or the T.
Paul
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577M04526
1957 (57) Golder Rocket 88 (7) Lansing built (M) 3,526th Golden Rocket produced at Lansing.
Style 57-3611
1957 (57) Oldsmobile (3) Golden Rocket 88 (6) 2-door sedan (11)
Body no. L 256
Built at Lansing Fisher Body Plant (L), 256th Golden Rocket 88 2-door sedan produced.
Trim 362 is for Ivory vinyl and Green pattern cloth upholstery
Paint 64-60-60 means the hood and lower body are Cutlass Bronze (64), roof and rear deck color are Alcan White (60), and the accent stripe is Alcan White (60).
ACC is where accessory codes would go. You've probably got a pretty basic car there, so there aren't any.
Paul
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I'm pretty sure I've got convertible top color codes. Will have to check tonight. I do have a list of accessory codes. It's probably easier for you to give me the codes on your plate, than for me to list them all.
'56s don't have more than two color codes on the data plate. The S is what tells you whether the roof is painted differently or not. I'm pretty sure the first number is always the lower body color, but I'll check that tonight as well.
Paul
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567 means it's a '56 (56) base 88 (7).
M means it's a Lansing built car (those are the good ones).
7387 means it's the 6,387th base 88 out of the Lansing plant (numbers started at 1001). I used to think that this would have been the 6,387th Olds out of Lansing, but something recently brought to my attention has led me to believe that it is just for base 88s. There also would have been a 568M7387 Super 88 and a 569M7387 Ninety Eight. The final production base 88 from Lansing was 567M81004.
Style:
56 means it's a '56
3637 means it's a Holiday Coupe
Body Number:
L means it's from the Lansing Fisher Body Plant
2324 means it was the 2,324th base 88 Holiday Coupe body built at Lansing Fisher Body
Trim 348 is for Ivory vinyl bolsters with Blue/White pattern cloth
Paint 40-60 is for Cirrus Blue (40) body with an Alcan White (60) roof. If this were a special two tone, with one color on the hood and one color on the trunk, it would have an S in front of it.
Top is the convertible color, which you don't have, so it's blank
ACC is for accessory codes - things that would affect the build of the body, such as air conditioning, power windows, etc. You have none of those, so it is blank as well.
Paul
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The part numbers you have given are for radiator support mounts. 377889 has changed to 472160, available from GM dealers for $23.56 each. 377888 is also available from GM dealers for $4.35 each.
Paul
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A sunvisor, or a Cadet Visor?
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Sounds like you're talking about motor mounts. I can check availability on Tuesday.
Paul
54 Olds Holiday 98 Rocket
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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.