I think your work deserves the much coveted

"Jamebo's Great Thread award"

p.s. I beleive in Gouda it's pronounced like we [Americans] would say Howda with the G sounding more like an H.

Don't ask how I know this.

 

Wow Jamesbo,

I get your award the 2nd time.... I cant find any words...
THANK YOU!!!!

Yeah, youre right, "they" say howda!!!!
How did you know that??? Did you "grow" something else???? LOL
TOT ZIENS!!!! (have a great day)

Torsten

 

Today i bolted on the fenders and cleaned the shop....

Pic#1 : Ready for a ride????
Pic#2 : vacuumed the "interior"
Pic#3 : Taped all holes from the Engine for protection...

 

Then we moved the car out for the strip ... na just kidding

Muscle vs. Daily

Nice front shot

Then the painter came over to pick up the cutlass and i had to say goodbye....

Regards,

Torsten

 

I never can remember how to spell Dooie Dooie. I think one means death or die and the other means "See ya"

 

hmmm????? Dont know too....
I will check that and let you know when im there...

Anyhow, this language is really cool...close to german and closer to english...
Most of them speak english near than perfect....
So i had to put out my poor english.....

Torsten

 

Thanks,

Let me know. All the kids say it all of the time.

 

So guys, time for some updates....

Ive been very very busy the last couple of days.....
My Daily got some new suspension and shocks....
We did some work to Axels corvette, again some wiring problems and some minor interior work....

So back to my cutty....

Ive Blasted the door hinges:

 

also the hood hinges had to be blasted, damn these hinges bite.... ouch...:

 

Then i primed and painted the hood hinges :

 

I also blasted the hood hinge screws and primed them against rust...

Have a nice weekend

Torsten

 

Hi Guys...

Today i were at the paint shop to do some Photos.....

Here we go:

 

and some more:

Torsten

 

Torsten I just read this whole thread again from beginning to end and it isd great!! now I need to go have a ciggy outside, really really nice work, and the results are really outstanding...


thank you!!

 

Torsten,

Nice progress! BTW, what size sway bars did you put on the front and rear?

 

Thanks Eddie, im glad you guys like my little project!!!

My suspension is Eibach 1 " lowering springs all the way, KYB Shocks front and rear, Sway bars are 1 1/4" front and 1" in the rear with UMI control arms...

Regards,
Torsten

 

My order has arrived:

And i have to say, that i couldnt have made a better decision on the new wheels .... they are awesome....


Also ive ordered a 11" power booster instead of the 9" single one....
The new Morris Classic Seat Belts looking great, too...

Regards,

Torsten

 

Hi guys,

I checked my door hinges with the rebuild kit and dont know where these secure lock bushings have to come in...???

Here is the rebuild kit with the pin, brass and lock bushings....

 

The brass bushings are located here and they fit perfect by measurement..

I dont want to dissasemble everything and find out later that this kit wont fit ...

Please Rob help me out!"!!!

 

Here s the lower hinge where is the only location for the lock bushing by measurement .. but thats tight too...

BTW.: The biggest bolt in diameter on the lower hinge, is this one small bolt, that goes thru an thicker sleep or is this one bolt???? if it is one bolt, it makes no sense to me... how should i press in this bushing...????

Please help me out!!!

Thank you !!!

Regards,
Torsten

 

So guys, today ive pressed in the new door hinge bushings, everything worked great....

Not as hard as i thought...

At first i blasted every hinge again..
then i dissasembled the upper hinges.... you can see the differences in height

 

then i pressed in the brass bushings and tapped in the lock bolt..

also ive straightened the one hinge which has the large free play of 3mm´s..

Sorry, after some real sh*tty work on the lower hinges i forgot to shoot some pictures from them...

 

after all, i painted every hinge with some zinc spray against rust....

Tomorrow i will visit the painter again and see how it goes...

Regards,
Torsten

 

Great Work!!!!!
very very nice.
my friend in Italy have a '72 cutlass..

 

Thanks buddy!!!
I know oldsmobile`s are very rare finds in europe especially from 62 - 72

So some updates from the painter:

Car is completely done with filler, also all components like fenders hood and doors....
on monday they will start with sanding for first base coat....

Thank god i didnt strip all parts from my cutlass so the color choose was easy ....
The bad Headache hood tungue ( all 70 cutlass owners know what i mean....) made it happen....

Its very similar to the old paint just some more fine metallic flakes....

So here we go:

 

and some more pictures :

Regards,
Torsten

 

Things are a bit slow here at work and i was fianlly able to read this whole thread in entirety. I still cannot get to the site from home.

What an excellent job in such little time!
Heck, while I was being lazy on my birthday, you spent that whole day tearing your car down to nothing.

Great choice in wheels - you did well (as with the other parts, too).

Sorry i did not see your inquiry about the 'big' hinge bushing - I am sure you quickly found out where they went. The top of the bottom hinge got them as they get the most wear. You pressed 'em in like I did.
Did you get new hold-open rollers? Yours looked pretty worn:

See my thread on how I replaced them - it worked well.


Keep up the great work - the new paint will be great and you will have that thing together by summer.

I will need to look you up the next time I am in Germany!

 

THANKS A LOT ROB!!!!

Yeah i get everything done with the hinges, i just forgot to shoot some pictures...

ive sanded and cleaned the rollers again, and they turned out good...
much much better than before and that s what i want.

Hey no problem man, just come over and let us go for a ride
Thats what is all about

Regards,
Torsten

 

Torsten, looking good so far! What paint are they using? Also, I would guess waterborne.....? Love the wheels, did you stay with 15" or did you get them in 17"....I think Wheel Vintiques makes the SS1 in 17' now....

 

Thanks erik,

Yes its a waterborne paint.... i believe its not allowed to use some nitro paints anyway.....

I stayed with the 15" Wheels, 7" front and 8" in the rear... i want to have the original look as close as possible .....

Torsten

 

I also think I fit the same size wheels, I like to see the big tires on the rear but do not overdo.

 

You my friend are a real CRAFTSMAN looks fine fine fine. Andy

 

Thanks andy,

I felt ill and very lazy the last two days ... but i cant live without work

so i decided to do some homework...

I did some upholstery on my rear armrest covers... they turned out good....

Here they are:

Regards,
Torsten

 

Hi,

here are the updates on my cutty:

i`ve cutted some templates from the old sail panels, they are slightly different so i will check later which one fits better... and/ or i have to make a new custom one

also i`ve stripped the hood louver bezels from the old silver paint...
sometimes i could kill previous owner`s (dont get me wrong)
he stripped them with a angle grinder or something else... but he didnt remember that this is no steel yeah its aluminium
so there are many deep grinds in it ....

I decided to paint them blue..... not silver ...
BTW: what is the correct paint for them???? car color - right?!!!

 

2 hours ago i moved the bezels to the painter, in the same time i wanted to take a look at my baby...
Wow he is fast!!! Things getting close!

everything was sanded, and base coat was on her....
tomorrow she will get the the first color coat....

here she is:

 

some more of her:

 

and finally i started to help the valve covers get some more room against the ac box....
Also the 455 can breath much better...

(PLEASE DONT SHOOT ME!!!)

I`ve tried again with some fiberglass......- well soon, its time to try some hood

So far

Torsten

 

updates on the ac box..

first and second time filling paste....

after drying i will apply another fiberglass pad and see how it turns...

Torsten

 

Today, Sean (blukangoo) and me went to the painter to take a look at my cutlass....

just one word: AMAZING!!!!

This color is awesome, the surfaces are clean and straight like a mirror...
Damn, when i remember the paintjob on my 71 .....

Enough words, now pictures

 

and some more: