after a few weeks fiddling with the brakes (hard pedal no brakes)
I took my ride out for a spin....a few pics

 

some more pics

 

Nice car pogo!
Were all HO's wheel chrome delete?

Ted

 

Do you mean the wheel well moulding?.... My car was repainted 1985 just before i bought it its suppose to have the moulding but it wasnt there when i bought it

 

Looks Real Nice! It's raining cats and dogs here. Did you put the foam on the air inlet for the hood scoop or was it already on the car? If you did where did you get and how did you install it? I'm needing to get one for mine.

 

That is a beautiful car.

 

Lookin good

 

No the foam is attached to the top of air cleaner can with 3m adhesive...it was easuer to line up that way as opposed to glued on the hood. I might have another foam its not original but its 25 yrs old i'll look

 

Thanks...its pretty original with the factory engine/trans and most everything....its definetly a driver though, not a show car it has some bubbles on the quarters and need a headliner and seat covers

 

I went last wednsday but I was the only olds there...i had no one to talk shop to

 

Thanks for understanding what I was asking I found one but wasn't sure how to attach it to the AIR CLEANER CAN. I know what you mean about being the only Olds at a show. It happens to me 9 out of 10 times. Thanks for posting pics!

 

What was wrong with the brakes ?

 

I never pin pointed it but I believe it was a frozen caliper or wheel cylinders, I replaced all 4 parts and front hoses with new ones but didnt take the old ones apart yet. The brakes are pretty good now, I now have a small oil leak from the either the front cover/oil pan and am also thinking about how to put 3.23 gears in my 3.91 carrier to make it more drivable and better than 7 mpg's....thanks for checking back

 

Pogo,

Were those pics taken at the beach in West Haven ?

 

yes, very observant... at the altshuler st parking lot...my summer polk-a-dot hot dog/ice cream truck is right at the corner of the lot, if your around stop by

 

I will. Small world huh ? I grew up in West Haven. Laid down a ton of rubber in front of Chick's and all over Ocean Ave.

Your car is stellar. Do you bring it too the "show" on Thursday nights at Jimmie's?

 

nice... not much rubber to burn along there now the roads are trashed and west haven is broke I also think they prefer the roads that way to keep speeding down. I go to jimmies every WED nite it starts at 5 ends around 9:30 but its rare to see any olds, in the past 5 weeks there has only been a few olds that have showed up. Thanks for the compliment on my ride its a driver though not a show car...looks better in the pics, it needs paint and i am not looking forward to that cost

 

I hear ya. Scary expensive.

 

May as well add to this thread, got my car out for a ride last week to the OCA Nats and took Route 66 down from Chicago to Springfield, it was fantastic!! You can take the 'old road' all the way, Illinois has it pretty well marked and alot of it runs along side of I-55. Went down with my buddy Angelo following in the 'Darth Vader' car and for the most part we were the only two cars on the road. Basicially there is a small town about every 10 miles and many attractions still around or restored to stop in, see the pic's below... If anyone is near or has the chance, do some research and take a cruise on it, it's a great time!!

 

A few more pic's from the RT 66 ride.....

The last pic is a shot of part of the old south bound road that is still existing in many parts, from what I understand, it was 2 lanes south and 2 north but now just one side is available as a single lane each way, some places you can drive your car onto it and take pic's

 

great car Jeff and looked like a great ride!! I like those old service stations i could spend an hour wandering around one of those ...thanks for the pics

 

i have been trying to meet up with steve minore in the north haven stop and shop plaza car cruise show... its a half way point from where we live. its on monday nite. the weather this summer has been less than cooperative

 

Great shots of the car. Thanks for sharing Pogo.

 

Unless you like rain or suffocating heat. It's been one or the other.

 

pogo69 I am new to this site and own a 1969 H/O I see your air cleaner top is red has it always been that color? mine is according to the person I purchased it from 15 years ago he was the one who restored it and kept it red since that is how he found it most I have seen are grey or black?
thanks
Sal

 

mine was always been red...I dont know when it was painted but it looks like it was done professionally the paint is very hard and not something done with a can... i agree its not the color you normally see

 

I love it buddy keep driving it and look for a used overdrive for it also. I get techs and people looking over my ride also but i enjoy it period, not for admiration. I usually drive it to racing,hunting ,fishing, car shows but usually where i can keep a eye on it there are real haters out there that would love to foul our rides up.

 

Huh???....whats that again? What overdrive??

 

Just an fyi... all of the 1969 H/O air cleaner 'top can' with flapper actuator were plated a grey phosphate in color, anything else has been changed along the way.

 

Those are some nice pics Jeff

 

Thanks... yep, the interiors had allot of memorabilia along with old service station items as well, they were very cool.