1963 Wildcat - Freshening and Modification after a long nap

[JJorgensen52]

John, that is a sharp color! I admit I am still partial to the blue, but you're tempting me. I've got time to decide

Also, a good looking car. I'd never seen a 98 of that vintage before. One more to add to the list...

[JohnD1956]

Well, the blue is nice too, but green is the color of $$$...

This is the first 65 Olds 98 I've seen in at least a decade.

[JJorgensen52]

Good news! I have here now a correct T10-7B tailhousing with the right date code for this car, so I will be moving forward with getting the trans in, fabricating the shifter mount and linkage, and getting a front driveshaft section made.

Bad news. I haven't had any time for this project in a while. Hopefully after the holiday I will get a chance to do the tailhousing swap.

Happy early Thanksgiving, all!

[JJorgensen52]

Wow! It's been forever since I had a chance to work on this car. I've gotten deeply involved in building a 1950 GMC hot-rod/cruiser (if you're interested, click here) - but I am still slowly collecting Buick parts, and I've finally gotten the four speed tail housing swapped, cross member straightened and the whole affair is bolted up into the car. Score!

The next two steps are getting a new driveshaft mid-section made for the longer trans, and getting the shifter set up in the car. Hopefully this summer I will be focused on this one again.

[JJorgensen52]

Well, this project has been dormant for a LONG time, I got tied up in too many other things...

 

Anyways, I'm going to be getting back into the transmission swap - the next thing I need to do is get a new center section for my driveshaft, and that leads to a question:

 

What output yoke should be in this car?

 

The service manual shows a 16 spline count on the T10 output shaft, but that yoke only uses 1310 series U-joints, where the original joints in the car were 1330. Has anyone with a manual trans car had to replace U-joints, and if so do you remember what series they were?

[JJorgensen52]

My previous question is now moot - I have acquired a complete transmission and shifter setup from a wrecked '64 Wildcat with 40k miles!! An old hot rodder stored them, along with the correct dual quad 425, back in the late '60s, for a race car he was building - but never finished. Very excited, need to clean everything up before I take any pictures, though.

 

I'm in the process of moving/building a new shop, so the 'Cat is in storage right now, sadly, but I hope to have it out in the fall and start working again!

Edited July 3, 2016 by JJorgensen52 (see edit history)