Over the weekend I purchased my 4th 1962 f-85 cutlass. One of our own members, ryanflemming, contacted me and asked if id be interested in it. I assume seeing I obviously have an interest in this particular model and I was in the same state, I told him I may be interested and would look at it. Well it was the straightest most rust free car ive ever considered buying, so I sold my chevy II daily driver to replace with his cutlass. I havent messed with it to much but i readjusted the dwell and did a few carb adjustments and its running decent but the carb is still a little funny, probably from sitting, and the trans is shifting strangely, shifting to neutral instead of second unless i go through the gears manually starting in first. With the car i received boxes of parts, i havent gone through them all yet, I also got a folder with receipts including a receipt for the engine rebuild in 2000 totaling nearly $3600. I think once i get the bugs worked out it will replace my nova quite nicely. These are the pictures the previous owner sent me.
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Your slowly cornering the market on these. Nice!

 

thats a classy looking olds, i like it

 

Very nice looking car! What are your plans for it other than making it your new DD? The body and floor pans appear to be fairly solid; really surprising for a 52 year old car.

There are a few guys on this site with similar cars. Eric Jensen comes to mind - he's jensenracing77 on this site if you guys want to compare notes.

 

I just want to make a nice driver quality car. I plan to paint it, do the interior and just get all the mechanicals sorted out

 

You've got me beat. I only have three of them.

 

you have two wagons though, you can only beat that by having 3 wagons or one with a 3rd row seat.

 

whats your 3rd one btw?

 

I'll admit this is the first time I saw one but It looks solid and I especially like the wheels. What engine came in them? Will make a respectable daily driver. Congrats on the find!

 

they came with the all aluminum 215ci engine, 155hp 2bbl or 185hp 4bbl. this one is a 4bbl.

 

Darn, I really do like those cars.

Good luck with them!

- Eric