I take offense at that reply as I do have a brother and he's younger so growing up I MADE all the command decisions like all older brothers are supposed to do

As far as the sunroof....well, it would be like the scene in the movie itself.....I'd stick my pearl handled Colt .45 up through the sunroof and peel off a few shots anything that looked like a German plane flying overhead. That might be a distinct possibility on this trip....isn't the big "fly in" experimental plane meet going on in Wisconsin around the same time as our trip?? Who knows what kinds of planes might be flying around for that event. Someone better warn them. At ease.

 

Well now you've done it.

After warning the EAA as to your threat, their CRAP wing (Comittee for the Restoration of Axis Planes) has decided to fly sorties up and down the I-39 corridor awaiting our arrival. They have promised to return any aggression on our part with a drop tank "accidentally" falling on my trailer. Can we just play "Ride Of The Valkyries" a lot?

 

Thought I was done. (3 hours)

Did a survey of the garage and car and figured out there was a little more to do:

1) Fresh coat of wax all the way around. There was plenty of body sweat/fingerprints and nastiness that had accumulated on the paint during reassembly. Probably another coat to come before loading it up.

2) Oil change, and installed the embossed white PF-30 oil filter

3) Finally got the front bumper where I like it.

4) Installed the Ladendorf Olds dealer trunk emblem.

There will also be more undercar/engine compartment dusting, and I am debating whether to do another furniture polish treatment on the seating surfaces and door panels. Aside from that, time to begin packing.

 

Looks great! I have not been updating my thread but outside of the emissions decal and air cleaner decal, Mine is done and ready to go. Looking forward to seeing your car. Your car will make mine look like the amature build it is. Your car is well above mine in my opinion.

 

You guys do know it's going to rain all that week now that Joe waxed the car.

 

Joe, the paint is awesome, Brian does nice work.
I'm hoping you get best of show, beautiful car!

 

joe now all that is missing now that u have your car complete is a walk around video of your car with the engine running would be the icing on the cake for both u and eric to post. congratulation to both u and eric on all the excellent work u both have done and all the post u have posted for all of the olds family to enjoy.
thanks ray

 

Jensenracing 77 - don't sell yourself short, I have been following your build as well and it looks amazing.. You both do great work

 

X10. I don't see anything amateur at all about what you've done!

 

Saw some pictures of your car online this morning from the nationals and all I can say is WOW

 

It looks even better in person

 

What a beautiful car, and the best build thread going!

Ryan

 

Thank you Ryan.

 

Lots of top notch competition up here at the Nationals. Eric and I both are displaying our cars during the full official show times Wend through Saturday, unlike a lot of "Trophy Hounds" who don't make the field until Friday morning and try to put it back in the trailer as soon as judging is completed. It has gotten so bad that the host club is offering a chance to win a drawing if you keep your car on the field until 3:00PM today.

This has been an absolute blast. Thanks to all my fellow CO'ers for making me feel welcome.

 

couple more pics

 

Good luck on the scoring. I think the end spot you had helped! Let us know on the results. I looked for ya when I left today. I packed it up. Nice to have met you and the mrs.

 

Congratulations on the BOC Joe! I told my wife the first day that you had it with no problem.

 

Kudos to all in the class and good to hear joe, the car was very nice.

 

Well done, and well deserved.

 

Congratulations.

 

Congratulations Joe , very well deserved, what a beautiful car.

 

Joe,
Well done!!!

 

Congrats Joe!!! Car looked great in the show field pics. Best in class and you left it out there for the whole show duration, even better!

 

2015 Oldsmobile Nationals

Congrats on your award Joe.

Killer W-Machine with Chi-Town history. Nice job of maintaining as many of the original parts and components as possible.

We have formally invited Joe's W-30 to be displayed at MCACN this Fall, so if you missed the opportunity to meet Joe and see the car, you now have another chance!

I especially want to thank you and those who kept their cars on display for all of us to enjoy on Saturday as many cars had already gone or were locked up in trailers.

 

2015 Oldsmobile Nationals

ISIS Members?

 

More 2015 Oldsmobile Nationals

 

Congrats Joe,super car and great to meet you!

Greg

 

Great job, Joe! Congratulations on the BOC!!!!

 

Wow - thank you all for the words and help/advice/encouragement along the way. More than a few times I was wavering on taking a "shortcut" and everyone's insistence on doing it right paid off in the end.

Again, thank you all!!!

 

Come to Il in fall Joe, I'll be attending (5th time now) and I'll even let you buy me a drink!

 

Congrats Joe!!! That car is very impressive. It was great meeting you along with the infamous Patton Glade and learning about your car along with some great lengths and details taken during the restoration.

Also thanks for the beer. If you come up to MCACN, and I highly recommend you do, I'll return the favor. If you are into musclecars, MCACN will NOT disappoint.

 

....and I will buy you a beer at MCACN as well for those seatbelts, in case that adds any more incentive to come.

MCACN is the best muscle car show I've ever been to. It's mind blowing. Fly up from KC every year for it, and skip Thanksgiving with the family.

 

Luke - really bummed about not getting to meet you at the Nats - Patton says he ran into you. That Hurst is going to be awesome!


MCACN is tempting. I'm going to start seeing if I can make the logistics work out.


Joe

 

I wasn't at the Nats this year... I would not have missed stopping by to meet you. I looked at last minute plane tickets, but work is too crazy right now. Patton must have confused me with someone else, or was relaying the story of hooliganism back in Dearborn '09

 

Congrats Joe!! Well deserved!!! Hope to see you soon!!!
Steve

 

Out of the blue - some additional fine tuning work (3 hours total)

Hello old friend. I have to admit I miss logging work, so Ithought I document a few adjustments made since Wisconsin. The work was done last Sunday and yesterday morning.

Dash rattle - this was coming from the glovebox door. Adjusted the U clamp that the lock latches to more towards the front of the car, and added some small foam insulation pieces on the reliefs on the back side of the door where the rubber bumpers on the dash contact it. The rubber bumpers are missing since the plastic tabs are damaged. Will look at a more correct permanent fix in the future.

Shifter Alignment - the shifter was not aligning correctly with the detents and markings on the shifter plate. For example, it was almost in "S" when it was actually in drive. 10 minutes underneath the car adjusting the shift cable mounting stud on the gear selector arm and it now works perfectly.

Front LH marker flickering - despite all the hours spent cleaning and renewing harnesses, still had to dremel tool the contacts a little more and bend them inwards a little. Seems OK now, but will continue to check.

Remote Mirror Cable Routing - the RH remote mirror cable was preventing the window from going down all the way. Removed the door panel, and tucked the cable in the hook thing inside the door specifically designed for just this and then reassembled door panel.

Still to address is a seat belt buckling issue I have, and getting the front end aligned. Looking for a shop close by that won't go all caveman on the car.

Went to a local car show last Saturday with this car. Won the 50.00 best of show award out of about 50 cars there. Amazing what a nice paint job can do for you - now I just have to win about 500 more of these to recoup my investment in the paint alone.

 

Wow, that's quite a list. Sounds like you should give back a few of your points to the OCA.

 

Wow, what a great car!!! You've done an awesome job on the restoration, Congrats! I have a similar car that I've been working on for years, hope it turns out at least half as nice as yours. Again, Congrats.

 

Almost 4 years!

I've been tinkering with a few things over the last week in getting this car ready for the OCA Nationals. Us Texas boys have to take advantage of every event close - for us 5 1/2 hours drive time is a real rarity - barely enough time for one Dunkin Stix stop.

Since I have done next to nothing on this car since completing it in 2015, I thought it might be a good idea to document what else it has needed during my ownership. If and when sold, I think a copy of, or link to this thread would be of interest to the new owner.

The car will be in the Senior class this year which is ALL 1961-1970 Olds. I have never been in Senior class (but keep getting junk mail from AARP - I'm here all week Ladies And Gentlemen), but have to imagine it will be tougher than Junior class especially since it is so all encompassing. I found the 2015 judging sheet where it won BOC with 992 points and used it as a starting point to get it ready,

Work done till now June 10 2019 through June 16 (approx. 15 hours)

First was to refinish the interior A pillar covers. When I worked these before, I found they still had the original paint on them complete with paint runs from the factory. They has a couple of small scratches so I touched them up and waxed them to get them looking fresh. Unfortunately, it gave the finish too much gloss and a deduction was noted for they being too glossy. A comparison to the inside paint are showed this to be true. I tried to '"strip" off the wax, and wound up making things look worse so I finally bit the bullet - lightly sanded them (being sure to leave the paint runs visible) and painted them with my now go to paint SEM Landau Black. The runs are still there though not quite as pronounced.

Next was the core support to frame hardware. The team who judged my car correctly noted the bolts and big washers seen from the top were not close to correct. I think I figured out why since I was so over the top on bolts when I did the car. The body shop was who actually mounted the core support. I know I sent them the right AMK kit, but they probably lost or misused it and used what they had lying around the shop, Good thing I checked and replaced with the right bolts - they never tightened these at the body shop and were barely finger tight.

Hood Hockey Sticks. Another deduction was the pitting on the extreme upper edge of the hood hockey sticks. I had had my originals replated and they came back looking great except for that pitting along that edge. I thought that the affected part would not been seen when installed - wrongo! They stuck out like a sore thumb. Since then I had found a really nice used RH one, and Vader here on CO fixed me up with a NOS LH piece. Bonus - the NOS one I bought had a packet of the attaching screws in the GM pouch. They are a phosphate finish and not Zinc. Check.

Also noted were the door VIN sticker loose, but it is firmly stuck on now, and the pitting on the brake booster where the upside down Delco Moraine stamping is. It is the original booster - code and date correct and had it done by Steve Gregori. He did a nice job removing all the pitting it had (the master cylinder was leaking like a sieve when I got it) except he told me that the Delco Moraine stamping would disappear if he polished on it where it is located. I told him to leave it alone - to me, it is worth it to see the stamping and the area affected is pretty small. Guess I will take that deduction. Also, someting was deducted for the bare steel engine lift hook - it has been proven to be the hook and water outllet were NOT painted - hopefully this year's judges will know better.

Spent 4 or so hours on my back cleaning the undercarriage. It looks pretty much as good as it did 4 years ago except for the dust. Pulled all four wheels to clean the backs of the wheels, detail the well areas and provide additional access in dusting the frame rails and front suspension components. The rear license plate holder also needs a little work. I did not paint or plate the part that attaches to the bumper and it had begun to rust, Will evapo it, the pivot rod and the spring.

More time spent dusting the engine compartment. I got those resto hands with all the small cuts and bruises to prove it.

I also replaced the air cleaner sticker with the much more accurate one made by Chris Smetana (JuniorSupercar). The oil fill tube sticker had faded a little so it was replaced as well.

Still to do is apply three coats of Meguiars Carnuba wax, clean the interior with Lemon Pledge and drink more beer. Hope to see all the usual suspects at the show. Is there a CO meet planned?

 

Where did you get the OAI foam seal?