Another 65 Cutlass Bites The Dust.
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Another 65 Cutlass Bites The Dust.
Kudos to Napoleon for selling me the remnants of one 65 Cutlass 2 door hardtop. I should have most of what I want to carry forth with my sorry 442 project. Kind of hate to cut this apart, but what must be must be. Very cool 381917-1 block with matching #2 heads and 387691 intake. Still runs, even. The 15 inch ralley wheels don't look half bad on the car, either.
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This is the best quarter, and it's got some fill in it. Pretty straight, though. The back bumper has dents. Would be a good core. All I really needed was the floor shift style column and some metal work under the trunk. Better for Napoleon to move the whole rocket, as he's tight for space. Half the worlds 65 Oldsmobiles seem to live with him. I'd better not go over for a while. My wife sees any more cars come home and I'll be living there as well !!
Last edited by HonestDave; July 28th, 2013 at 08:22 PM.
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giving its life so others can live....
Dave!
You beat me to it brotherman. I was going to post a similar thread. Like we said, 'you can't save them all'. I move in to my new house tomorrow and I'm still figuring out the logistics of where the flat top wagon will go and a temporary home for the Jaguar. Jeez!
BTW Dave, that guy Dennis you spoke to on the phone stopped by the shop and had a quick looksee at the VC. More than he wants to chew. So, Admiral Stubbs will likely just want the fuel tank - so the rest may be yours....better make room at the homestead.
Oh, I have lots 'o' room for you at the new place.....
You beat me to it brotherman. I was going to post a similar thread. Like we said, 'you can't save them all'. I move in to my new house tomorrow and I'm still figuring out the logistics of where the flat top wagon will go and a temporary home for the Jaguar. Jeez!
BTW Dave, that guy Dennis you spoke to on the phone stopped by the shop and had a quick looksee at the VC. More than he wants to chew. So, Admiral Stubbs will likely just want the fuel tank - so the rest may be yours....better make room at the homestead.
Oh, I have lots 'o' room for you at the new place.....
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#7
Hey Napoleon, these really are beautiful cars, aren't they? I even like looking at this machine the way it is. I can imagine the rest. I'm sure there's some psychosis at work on me.
I'm tempted to use the ralleys on the 442 and kiss the American Racing wheels goodbye.
I'm tempted to use the ralleys on the 442 and kiss the American Racing wheels goodbye.
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#9
nice score dave, hows the metal around the back window? mine is needing more work.
i was in richmond on wednesday for a few hours. thought about looking you up but was tite for time unfortunatly.
i like the ralleys myself too.
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#11
hey , i just noticed it also has a 381917 1 block(1964) with 2 heads(1965) same as my parts car. i thought maybe mine couldnt be original because of that but now im not so sure. if you cut that thing up like the last one save me some of the window area. tk65 may still need a package tray also. any chance its got a good posi rear?
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hey , i just noticed it also has a 381917 1 block(1964) with 2 heads(1965) same as my parts car. i thought maybe mine couldnt be original because of that but now im not so sure. if you cut that thing up like the last one save me some of the window area. tk65 may still need a package tray also. any chance its got a good posi rear?
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I'm sure I can save you some window area, and we can check with TK-65 about the package tray. It looks fair, surface rust but no obvious holes. The theater of the mind is alive and well....
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#15
Thanks Dave, my car has a small rust through area in the lower corner about 4 inches long and about 1 inch wide. Is that just surface rust on your car or is it too far gone to use a section from? Hard to see from the pictures. Might be easier just to fabricate a piece!
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#21
The lip is not too bad. It has a couple spots starting, but pretty small. When the time comes, I'll likely zip this whole quarter off in one chunk, sail panel and all. It might be straight enough for someone to change the whole thing, especially if their's is crunched.
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