New to forums need help with bushings 1962 dynamic 88

[1962oldslap]

ok i am 17 this is my first car i stole it off ebay pretty much as a project car last august my dad and i have not started working on it untill now (takes a while to track down some special parts) when we got the car there was a brand new complete set of disk brakes in the trunk so we took off the rims and it was in bad shape it needed all new ball joints and bushings mainly on the upper and lower a arms.......... thats where the problem is i have 2 brands of bushings for the car for the uppers some nos atlas bushings and some moog only problem is when we put them in there is still crazy amounts of play in the upper a arms like the bushing does not fit the car??? does anyone know any measurements on the upper a arms openings... or any good websites for parts

now for the pictures......
i just put up my car domain instead
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2501040

[Olds64]

WOW! That is a pretty straight car. I can't believe you bought it for $3,200. I wish I could find a deal like that.

I know you can get front end rebuild kits from Kanter and PST. I think Kanter would be a better place to shop though. I bought a front end kit a few years ago from PST and they weren't able to get me stabalizer bar bushings.

[rocketraider]

Send a PM to oldsfan. He went thru a lot of the same mess with a 62 Starfire using NOS GM bushings. Plus he's a dealer parts man so he has contacts to find this stuff.

Boy- 17 and taking on a 62 big Olds. My hat is off to you, young'un. Good luck, and nice car. Lot of mods- does it still have the 394/Slim Jim?

[Oldsfan]

I would strongly suggest against using any NOS control arm bushings. I put a pair of lowers in my Starfire, just because they were available from the source all my other steering parts came from. They didn't last very long at all. I had to replace them a second time, which isn't a fun job. My second set of lower bushings came from Kanter. I would probably just go ahead and get the uppers from them, too. They carry a lifetime guarantee. I don't remember where I got my upper bushings - might have been Fusick, might have been NAPA. NAPA didn't have lowers. Fusick had lowers, but I thought they were pretty expensive.

Paul

[1962oldslap]

Originally Posted by Olds64

WOW! That is a pretty straight car. I can't believe you bought it for $3,200. I wish I could find a deal like that.

actually 2300 shipped to my door.....
ok i have been talking to so many people on the phones i went to autozon and napa and the carquest distribution center and test fit bout a 100 bushings none worked i called spicer and they gave me the measurements for the bushings and they do not match.... so i contacted rare parts and the machine bushings and he said there are two types a fatter short one and skinny long one only problem is they are 117 a set and that is just for uppers... i will check out kanter and keep lookin and see about getting my uncles machine shop make me some...

[1962oldslap]

Originally Posted by rocketraider

Send a PM to oldsfan. He went thru a lot of the same mess with a 62 Starfire using NOS GM bushings. Plus he's a dealer parts man so he has contacts to find this stuff.

Boy- 17 and taking on a 62 big Olds. My hat is off to you, young'un. Good luck, and nice car. Lot of mods- does it still have the 394/Slim Jim?

yeah i have loved the big cars since i was probally 12 i learned to drive in and drove a 1964 buick wildcat with a 401 and drive it to school occasionally here is its cardomain... http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2424009

yes it still has the 394 with a 2 barrel want dual 4s or a 6x2 but gas sucks as it is

[Oldsguy]

Nice looking car. It needs something along the belt line to break up the huge section of yellow and make the car look longer, either a stainless piece of trim or a stipe of silver inside of the indented "panel" running horizontally from front to back. Good luck with your front end work and welcome to our site.

[REDRUM]

Is this a 4 door? Your car looks just like my father's except for the color and all that.