Thread: My new project..60 olds...

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Well I sold the 51 Chevy last month and was jonesing for a new project...Found this for sale on the HAMB. Had to travel all the way to Charlotte Mich. but it was worth it! I never thought Id be into the 60's cars, but Im really gettin into these things!.....Plans are to keep it as a mild custom, with the stock 394/auto. Just gonna do a nice interior and paint it candy maroon.....gotta loose the wheels and go with thin white walls and chrome reversed and baby moons.....I'll keep yall posted...here's some pics of unloading it.....

looks good would be nice with a j2 set up under the hood

I love those 60's Oldsmobiles. The 394 is one of my favorites and they run great.

I think the wheels and ww will look just right on that one.

Don

thanks guys....anybody know where to get parts for these things? Especially engine stuff...like headers, intakes..etc....? Its got a fresh 394 but it had single exhaust originaly, but now it has dual exhaust, but is not hooked up to the engine yet.....Its real tight in the engine compt....anybody make headers for these things???

Will make a cool ride..

One of Oldsmobile's' best lines . I think the wheels are era also .

cool olds i did some heads on a 394 no one in town wanted to play with them .i had to make new valve guilds up for them . if you ever look for a intake make sure its for a 394 .a guy had one at my shop some time ago and the intake was a try power but for the smaller engine i think ?? every thing looked rigth but was for a olds block with not the same deck height .looks good from mich .there is a guy in prescott mi,that has parts for them or did had a yard and had only olds cars . he was the guy that i pickup my new old stock olds windsheild for the 50 chevy

Another place to watch for parts is H.A.M.B. classified "Parts For Sale"; there seems to be a lot of Olds and other early (pre-seventy) stuff on there, most of the time.

Awesome model..getting popular down here too..

Originally Posted by Rrumbler

Another place to watch for parts is H.A.M.B. classified "Parts For Sale"; there seems to be a lot of Olds and other early (pre-seventy) stuff on there, most of the time.

I know......that's where I found this car!!

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

cool olds i did some heads on a 394 no one in town wanted to play with them .i had to make new valve guilds up for them . if you ever look for a intake make sure its for a 394 .a guy had one at my shop some time ago and the intake was a try power but for the smaller engine i think ?? every thing looked rigth but was for a olds block with not the same deck height .looks good from mich .there is a guy in prescott mi,that has parts for them or did had a yard and had only olds cars . he was the guy that i pickup my new old stock olds windsheild for the 50 chevy

That brings up a question....This car originaly had a 371. He replaced the engine with a 394 out of a 62 olds....when it was installed into the 60, the exhaust manifolds had the exit in the wrong place and the original 371 manifolds wouldn't fit. He had a shop refurbush the 371 heads and reinstalled them onto the 394 so he could use the 371 exhaust manifolds. The engine has NOT been fired up since the swap. Does this sound like an ok swap? So I guess when I look for an intake manifold or exhaust headers, they should be for a 371?

Pat...do you have a contact for this gu with the Olds parts?????

Pat is absolutely correct. I see manifolds being sold on Ebay all the time that say they fit 303- 371-394..........WRONG!!! You want one that fits 59-64. I'll get you the part number off of mine next time I am at the shop if you want.

Don

One of the most interesting car rearends of that era IMHO

Originally Posted by stovens

One of the most interesting car rearends of that era IMHO

Yes...I love the rear bumper especially! But I really love the 59 caddy taillights that have been frenched into mine....

Kool Kruizer.
Had 1 a couple years ago.
Pics from when I got it, Can't find finished pics
but all I did was put chrome rims and baby moons, Flaked the top silver
and drove the SH*T outta it.