alek72us

hello everyone. i have been a member for about a month now and figured i would say hi. i have been around oldsmobiles all my life so 26 years now. my dad has alot of olds from 69-72. some really nice ones some not so nice. i bought a wrecked 70 cutlass S from him when i was 14 that im just now starting to fix up. i'm turing it in to a 72 olds 442 clone. i will post pics as i go. these are what i have right now. just disassembling it ans starting the body work.

Red71

welcome,
see you have bird in there also.

good start, why a 72 and a 70?

alek72us

the bird is not mine. it belongs to the guy that is painting my car.

when my dad bought my car it was wrecked in the front. so my dad thru a 72 front clip on it. so i just stayed with it no big reason.

garys 68

Well I'm partial to 72s, so good luck. Was the original a 4 speed?

alek72us

nope auto, options are power brakes,power steering, 455 ,auto, tinted windows. bench seat.

garys 68

You going to switch to 4 speed? How about the induction hood and rear wing. I have both hood and a wing for my 72 project. Just trying to figure out if I want to use them.

cutlassjoe

Love the hood and wings. I put them on my 72'. It really looks good. Good luck with the project, post pics.

alek72us

Nope i'm going to keep in the auto. Yeah i'm going to get the ram air hood, wing and 442 grills. i already have a center console and shifter but haven't found bucket seats yet. so i guess i will let the wife sit in the center for a little while. I'm doing red with black stripes with the w30 stripe on the side. with (if i can find 15") slotted wheels. 275-60-15 rear and 235-60-14 in the front.

gearheads78

looks like a good project

Stick with 15" wheels front and rear 235 -60-14 will look goofy paired with the 28" tall 275-60-15

alek72us

I will worry about the wheels and tires when i get there that will be a couple months.

alek72us

If u dont use ur wing or hood will u sale the. let me know.

alek72us

A couple more pics of the car. found out i need new quarters the passengers aint to bad but the drivers is way bad.

ziff396

I had to put new quarters on mine also. Most likely you will also have to replace the trunk drop offs and outer wheelhouses. Not really a bad job, just time.

alek72us

Yeah i'm expecting it. i'm just waiting to get new quarters before i cut the old ones out. i just hope its not to bad.

ziff396

The worst part of replacing the outer wheelhouses and trunk drop offs, if needed, is drilling out all the spot welds. More than I can count Good luck on your the project.

alek72us

Here is the worst of my rust . had to cut some parts out of a parts car to fix. my dash rust. and the rust under my back window and the top of the trunk lid. will be fixed before the end of the year.

alek72us

So i have to finish up this thread. my body man called me and said the more he digs into this car the more he finds cancer and that i need a whole new shell. I guess whoever did the body work before us just bondoed over the rust and never fixed it so it got worse and worse over the years. so i brought it back home and parted it out. i have another car that i'm going to do instead i just need to go get it. so sorry if anyone has been following me i will start andother thread soon.