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I'm sorry, you've lost me. Just above the 18? You'll have to explain that. The engine number is on the driver's side head, stamped on a pad just below the edge of the valve cover, between #3 and #5 cylinder.
Paul
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'76 Omega (base) coupes - 15,347
Omega (base) sedans - 20,221
Omega Brougham coupes - 5,363
Omega Brougham sedans - 7,587
Base Omegas had an "SX" package - production numbers not available.
Paul
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I think "vanities" are the illuminated mirrors in the visors.
Paul
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'75 Omega production was not broken down by engine or transmission type. There were 6,287 Omega Hatchbacks and 14,306 Omega Coupes. There were also 1,636 Omega Salon Hatchbacks and 2,176 Omega Salon Coupes. Salons were about a $700 premium over the base models. My specs book only shows automatics and 3-speed manuals available, but it is the Dec. 10 '74 edition. Maybe the 5-speed was an option that was added later in the year, because it was available with the 260 V8 in '76. If he's latched onto a 5-speed Salon, I'd say that's a rare bird. But rare doesn't always mean desirable/valuable.
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Chariot Red was not available for the entire year. It was a post-introduction substitution to replace Heather Mist, which was discontinued and then reinstated in the Spring. Anyway, you might be able to get codes here:
http://www.autocolorlibrary.com/scripts/depot.exe?pgm=aclgate.bbx
I probably have codes in the Service Guild at home.
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Transmission is a Roto-HydraMatic, more commonly called a Slim-Jim. It doesn't have a modulator. Glenn will have all kinds of unkind things to say about them, and I'll let him say them, because he's much more diplomatic about it than I am. Hateful is a word I think I once saw him use...
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According to my parts book, post sedans and Holiday sedans use different moldings. Looks like the Holidays have longer doors. The good news is that plain 88s and Super 88s share moldings.
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I had a '68 Delta with a similar problem. The turn signals would blink slower and slower the longer you sat a stop, then finally wouldn't blink at all. The more electrical stuff going, the worse it was. They found something in the body wiring in the trunk.
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That's a 2-door (post) sedan. Not a Holiday (hardtop) coupe. And it's a Golden Rocket 88 (not a Super 88).
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I just ran a search of the '61/'62 pumps on ebay. None of them appear to be what you are looking for. The '59/'60s (without the bowl on the bottom) look close, but I don't what differences there might be.
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My '63 parts book shows '61 and '62 the same. '63 is a different number. I would imagine '64 is the same as '63. I think the difference is that '61/'62 is a fuel and vacuum pump. I think for '63 they eliminated the vacuum part and went with a vacuum storage tank instead. I bought one a few years ago for my '62, but I don't remember where it came from.
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Sounds to me like you might need something like this:
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Those are some pretty hefty rivets. I'm sure it took quite a machine to get them pressed in there. I'd say you're gonna just have to bolt them in like everyone else does. Unless you can find NOS control arms with the ball joints already in place.
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I've got a '68 Motor manual in front of me. The first year they show a P prefix on the motor number is for the '67 2bbl 425.
Where's the motor number located at?
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I would like to know how we are to effectively vote on by-laws revisions when we don't know what the current by-laws are.
My local AACA region gives current and proposed by-laws when it comes time for voting on such matters.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The cylinder head is P9169654</div></div>
Are you sure about this? I'm not finding anything with a P prefix. Maybe it's an F? And I thought it should only have 6 number, not 7.
Paul
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The buy/sell section on here is probably a good tool.
And there's always that eBay thing...
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It'll have the crank-out vent windows whether it's a post model or a hardtop. They all had the fender rockets. The J-2 triple carbs were optional on all '57s, standard on none, so you can't go by that, either. The only was to know for sure if it's a Golden Rocket 88 or a Super 88, and if it's a sedan or a Holiday, is to have the body style number off of the data plate.
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You'd better be specific here; there were two different 88s in '51
88As used the old style '50 bodies, as well as their bumpers. I think they were phased out mid-year. They were the A body, hence the 88A designation.
Super 88s were the new style B body, newly introduced for '51 and carried over into '52.
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I think the knob is for the speed alert.
And I think there's an extra set of turn signal indicators.
Strange. Wonder what it's really out of?
Paul
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I tried to look up an application. You've got a bad part number - not enough numbers.
Paul
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Toronados use different tilt/tele columns than full size cars.
Paul
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What's wrong with this picture?
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I searched the web for "birdseye worsted" and got this:
http://www.theexecutivescloset.com/fabrics/PLATINUM/104.htm
Probably not the color you are looking for. But there might be more out there.
Paul
How does one identify the year of a 394?
in Oldsmobile - Technical
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OK, now this is starting to come together.
'59 and '60 394s had the center x-man bolts above and below each other (leaving room on the head's center exhaust ports for the 18 you mentioned, which I now see in my '60 shop manual). In '61 they went to the two center x-man bolts being side by side - no room on the center ports to cast a number. Those numbers, like on my '62 are on the end ports instead of in the center.
So I'd say you have a '59 or '60.
According to the '60 shop manual they only used one 394 (as opposed to 2 371s). Motor numbers started at 500001 and had a D prefix, so a '60 394 motor should be a D500001. And they were green. I don't have a '59 manual, but it appears from what I'm seeing in other publications that they used the same numbering system.
Paul