She stopped running again. This problem deserves its own thread.

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I managed to overlook two extra holes in my trunk lid when I sent it off to the painter, and they're not holes I made. Does anyone know what's supposed to fit here? I assume it's something my car oughtta have.

 

I would think, "Oldsmobile," or "Cutlass" script (I think they were on the other side of trunk lid), or even a dealer stamp.
Question is, How could you over look holes before sending it to paint? Now if it was bondo'ed before, and the painters sanding it out, then they fix it. If not you might have to pay to have it fixed.

 

I overlooked them because there are another 20 holes for the "Oldsmobile" lettering, and because I managed to forget that I didn't actually pull anything off the trunk at that particular spot.

The car when it arrived:

 

X2 1972 Cutlass Supreme is IMO the best Too bad the insurance company's and the EPA screwed everything up by then or we could've seen a 450 hp 455 CI by then from the factory, albeit you could've had a 5.00:1 rear gear dealer installed in '72 (Could be ordered factory installed in '70 & '71) Keep up the awesome work Seff

 

looks like you are doing a fine job on it

 

It died on me again, so I'm not doing THAT fine a job on it.

 

Wow! You've accomplished an amazing amount of work! It sounds like you just have a carb problem. Did you rebuild it and if so, with what parts? You may just need to do a little more research on it.
Good luck. We are cheering for your success!

 

I took it apart and put together with the same parts, merely cleaning and inspecting it.

 

That's probably your issue, as you need to rebuild it with a carb kit.

 

Details about the starting issues are here: https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...tml#post413137

 

My daughter was taking a college semester in Denmark last month and visited a car show in May.
She sent me these nice pictures of a convertible supreme she found. So it looks like there are a few Olds lovers in Denmark.

 

Not compared to the Mustangs. :P Still, I had fun posting for sale adds from Denmark with outrageous Oldsmobiles and the crazy asking prices in some random thread a while back. I've seen like four or five for sale in the last week, actually. Some shoddy, some modified, and a 65 Vista Cruiser. o.O

 

Here ya go, for reference and general browsing:
http://www.smallblock.dk/modules/MyA...ces&lid=138706
http://www.smallblock.dk/modules/MyA...ces&lid=138737
http://www.smallblock.dk/modules/MyA...ces&lid=138517
http://www.smallblock.dk/modules/MyA...ces&lid=138438
http://www.smallblock.dk/modules/MyA...ces&lid=138304
http://www.smallblock.dk/modules/MyA...ces&lid=137894
http://www.smallblock.dk/modules/MyA...ces&lid=137779

 

Found this on the wiring of the '72! I can guess that the ground goes to the negative lead of the battery, but where do I connect the ACC and Power plugs?

 

In my humble opinion, I'd say I'm getting pretty close.

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Sooo close...

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Beautiful

 

Yeah, don't mind the immense mess, I had nothing to do with that, at all. :P

The '71 headlight bezels are getting exchanged for the '72 version as soon as I've gotten those painted. back up.

 

Finished, for now.


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Done and straight to the rain! haha.

Looks great!

 

Thank you.

Been waiting a loooong time for this moment.

 

Nice lookin' car. The kind of car a young guy with a pair should be driving.

That's one helluva license plate.
Hate to be the clerk that has to read that out over the PA system when you leave your lights on in the supermarket parking lot .

- Eric

 

I have to have a pair to drive her, given the potential speed and other young-man behavior. :P

The plates on her are temporary plates - reference number on top, and the dates (both inclusive, and in ddmmyy format) denoting the period of validity. A normal license plate has two letters and five numbers. No states, of course. They cost $20 a day, and include insurance for all allowed forms of driving, as prescribed by the agreement made when getting the plates. If you don't have any kind of plates, be they temp. or permanent, you pay double registration of the vehicle as a fine (if caught, of course).

 

$20 a DAY?!?

I can rent a whole CAR for $20 a day!

Yikes.

- Eric

 

This is true, but prices are different over here (we've been over this), and driving a rental doesn't get my car to the vehicle inspector. :P

 

Amazing job. Thanks for sharing!

 

Everybody here loves to look at pictures, so it's no biggie.

 

Awesome job Seff! I like it...

By the way, those two holes in your trunk are for a dealership tag. I had them on both of my cars, they came from Charles Maund in Austin Texas. I took the one off of the silver car and filled the holes. The convertible still has the nameplate.

And what the heck are you doing driving that thing in the rain...don't you know there's a one year no rain policy on a newly painted car? lol!

 

 

Ah64pilot: As far as I've understood, dealership tags were specific in size to the particular dealership that put them on the car, yes? That means I can't just find any ol' dealership tag and stick it on there.

Tony: Thanks. I was close, actually, as I was struggling with reinstalling my headlight switch.

I'm back in Afghanistan for a month and a half - hopefully the paperwork will get sorted out in the meantime, meaning that I can finally get her on the road when I return home permanently.

 

Update for those of you who're still reading.

Returned safe and sound from A-stan, more permanently this time. They may have tried, but they never hit me.

Fixed the carb with a rebuild kid from Cliff Ruggle, she now starts, runs and spins the back wheel as much as a car with a 2.56 is expected to.
Then I looked at my alternator and noticed three terminals on it, but only one wire connected (having never had a working car of this vintage before, I didn't know to expect a genny idiot light in the run position with engine off). Thus began the wild goose chase to find the problem, where I found out (due to help from you guys, of course) that I had an internally regulated alternator from AC Delco in France of all places, and an easy fix to circumvent the existing external regulator and attach the second wire was facilitated, setting my electrics a little more straight.

After a quick talk with the motor vehicles office, I found out that the vehicle inspector had neglected to do the proper paperwork, which I immediately got him to do - but that means I'm still waiting for the final paperwork that allows me to pay registration and thus purchase license plates.

Forgot to take sunshine pictures - tomorrow, I promise!

 

Good to hear it!

I am reminded of the time, in my younger life, I learned firsthand the truth of Winston Churchill's 1895 quote, "There is nothing so exhilarating as to be shot at without effect."

It's good that you can feel confident that you don't have to go back again - I expect it will make it easier to get on with the rest of your life.

- Eric

 

Our army doesn't send people abroad sooner than two years after their last deployment, unless they sign up for it, and not without significant financial bonuses. It's quite possible that I'm done with the army at that point.

We didn't see much traditional combat, but they made plenty of attempts to blow us up with IEDs. Out of 670 men deployed (note, population 5 million), all we lost was one foot. Still too much, but a huge improvement.

 

Thank you for your service.

 

Thank you.

 

Im sure we all are proud of you, glad you are back.

 

Terribly kind of you all. Really wasn't that hard or awful, all things considered.

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Looks great!

- Eric

 

I gave up trying to fix the large hood to grill-spacer-plastic thing, since the latter is already flush against the front clip. The charm of a 40 year old car, yes?

 

looks very nice