oldsobsolete

I just love your website.I have been to it several times since I acquired my E75. Whoever it was that reproduced the sheetmetal piece forward of the radiator is a good hand.I would love even to hear how he went about it. Have you ever considered adding more pictures or other restoration information? Gary

I just put an Factory Body manual on Ebay for 1952 Lincoln Mercury. It really belongs in a car club library and I hated to just sell it. 130 pages,200 plus illustrations. I would love to have one of these for cars I am working on. It is a shame to sell information on Ebay but I will never own a 1952 Lincoln. I am hoping a car club can use it. Regards, Oldsobsolete

What exactly do you need? Oldsobsolete

I probably have most of what you could ever need for your 41 Olds,In fact I have two myself a model 78 as well as a model 98 conv coupe. I have accumulated about 6 semi loads of NOS but am to sick to do anything with it. I have a friend who has been listing it all on my website Oldsobsolete.com not much on there yet but he adds 20 t0 30 Items a day with pictures. He knows nothing about the car hobby.Is working on group 8 at this time and we have good coverage from 1930 thru 1980 other car lines as well but if you are patient I think you will be blown away by what you see there. I wish I felt better and could help you out myself.I just love oldsmobiles

I knew that my type 24 E75 Body by Robbin was a rare car but I had no idea just how rare it was until I joined the Marmon club.I am just glad that it is 98% complete. My car was modified sometime early in life I am guessing to run moonshine. The rumble seat was removed and the rear floor was modified to make the "trunk" bigger. They even removed one of the frame crossmembers to lower the floor. I need help finding a few items or even understanding what they looked like and how they functioned.For starters the rumble seat deck lid had a Yale lock at top center that had the lock cylinder and key. On both upper corners there was what the parts book calls a "rear deck lid spring box lock" .What you saw was the "rear deck lid spring box lock key hole cover" .You would insert the "rear deck lid spring box key" and turn the lock. I need to find some of these or come up with some photographs of what I need so that I can fabricate them.All I have now is the hole in the panel.I also need Golf Bag door hinges.They would be the same as a four passenger Victoria.The folding foot rest for the rumble seat passengers is gone.The rear deck area also had a (dome?) light opperated by what the parts book calls a "rear deck lid light switch" I don't have a clue about what I need there. I also need a pair of correct dome lights for inside the car as well as the parts needed .I have the handy lamp but need the pieces necessary to make the cigar lighter work. I am currently rewooding the body and a understanding of how the rear window went up and down would help. It has what is similar to a old time shade that is a cylinder with a spring in it that wound up when the window was lowered that assisted the window to return to the up position, a friction brake to lock the window into position but I have nothing that tells me how the window was raised and lowered. Any ideas? Other than that all I really need is a crank hole cover,correct Waltham clock,front seat cushions,double rear view mirror,cowl lamp lenses (Parabeam) and the sheet metal part that covers the frame rails forward of the radiator. Not to many items but I am glad I am not in a big hurry. It has been so much fun bringing this car back to life I wish I had more time to work on it. thanks for all your help. Regards oldsobsolete

I am working with another Marmon club member to recast the big 6 waterpump and thought it would be neat to reproduce the bush and washers as well.My thinking was that there were others that need them like me.I guess what I really need is to have a clear understanding of what the function of the ribs in the brass bush were as well as what their location was in relation to the waterpump packings and the brass washers.Having the width and height of the ribs would be nice.I am sure the Marmon engineers were a lot sharper than I am. I am just starting a ground up restoration of a 1927 E75 2 Passanger Coupe with rumbleseat. It is an untouched origional that was sold in WW2 to be used to power a sawmill and some how excaped destruction and has sat until a former Marmon club member sold it to me.It is all there except for a pair of Parabeam headlight lenses,the clock,and the latch locks and bezels for the rumbleseat lid. I even found a paper instruction label on the Marmon Self Lubricator that I am trying to reproduce for other Marmon owners. Part of the label was illegible and I am hoping another partial lable will surface.I also have the instruction label for raising and lowering the top for open cars, It is in perfect shape.All of the body wood is in poor shape and has to be completely replaced.I have the main rails all ready to cut out but I am a little neverous and will verify my measurements before I proceed.I do have an oldsmobile. In fact I have several: a F31 coupe,F34 coupe,1941 98 Convertible coupe,1941 78 Deluxe 2 dr sedan,1958 S88 2dr Hardtop,a 63 & 4 Starfire,as well as a 28,29,30 Olds for parts and a 54 Lincoln 2dr Hardtop for parts but should be restored. but that is not why I am called oldsobsolete. I have 5 to 6 semi loads of NOS oldsmobile parts,also other GM carlines as well as 800 NOS ford mldgs for 40's & 50's.hope this answers some of your questions. Regards, oldsobsolete

I am also rebuilding the water pump for my E75. the casting is in excellent shape. The only thing is that I did'nt even realize that I was missing the ribbed brass bush that is on the waterpump drive shaft and the brass washers that allowed grease to reach the shaft.I was puzzled by the packing and grease zerk until I saw your pictures now it all makes sense to me. I do have a box of about 3 dozen new graphite water pump packings that fit the E75 pump as well as a number of other cars. Is there any way I could get some pictures and or measurements from you to make the missing parts I need? regards, oldsobsolete

I MAY HAVE ONE NEW OLD STOCK. I HAVE OVER 90,000 PIECES OF NOS GM IN MY DATABASE.MOSTLY OLDS AND PONT.A PART NUMBER WOULD HELP.MY OLDEST PONT PART BOOK IS 1975.WILL LOOK WHEN I GET BACK TO TOWN IN A WEEK. GARY

Hi Pascsal, The 1934 Oldsmobile uses the same mascot. it is a 6 cylinder car which was very similar to the 1933 model.The 8 cylinder models had a "Flying Lady" mascot which was outstanding.hope this helps Gary