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Last fall my neighbor and I were looking for a trailer to haul grass clippings in. A co-worker of ours said his son had an old boat trailer for $25. We went and looked at the trailer and sitting in the yard on two flat tires was a 1965 olds cutlass. We asked him if it was for sale and he said no he had had it for 18 of the last 20 years,(having sold it then tracking it back down in a barn). So my neighbor told his dad if he wanted to sell it to let him know. In January his dad said he was going through a divorce and wanted to sell the car for $2000, we went and looked at the car. It has a 350 out of a 69 olds. It started and ran good, he said he put $800 into the front end 6 years ago. We offered him $1500 and he jumped right on it! He also threw in the body and chassis manual, 7 milk crates of extra parts ( original steering box, brake cylinder, and a bunch of other parts), some extra chrome parts, 9 yes nine cutlass rims with chrome rings 1 set are wide 15s the rest are 14s, they need sand blasted and repainted but the chrome is good. And an extra hood. I drove the car home and it drives great!
To date we have installed a new water pump and thermostat. rewired under the hood, and put a new air cleaner on it. It has a holley 4 barrel on it but two barrels are cut out unbeknownst to him his dad cut 2 out because he knew he would ruin it otherwise.We also have the original carb for it. It needs new interior, floor and trunk plans and the bumbers need rechromed. The body is straight and the car runs really good it just won't kick down when you floor it. Which may be attributed to the carb. The speedometer doesn't work but the tach does.
I love the car and am going to enjoy working on it over the years, have started an album to show the progress as we go along. My neighbor and I will do all the work on it with a little help from another friend. Plan on putting in a big block also or turning the 350 into a stroker. Have a few questions on here and sure I will have more as I go along! Always wanted a car that wasn't a belly button car( camaro,nova, firechicken). You know everyone has one and I found it and love it!
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