Hello from Iowa. I have a 69 cutlass that I am restoring.

 

Welcome to CO! Now...

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Welcome to our site! We do like pics, lol!!

 

68 and 69 are interchangeable for parts. Fortunately there's more stuff coming on line every day for this era of car.

Welcome aboard, keep us updated on your progress. Don't be afraid to ask for help or advice. I use this forum for that a lot.

 

Welcome to CO, 69 my favorite year!

 

Glad to have you aboard. If you don't post pictures within 24 hours your Olds will turn into a Yugo. You have been cursed

 

welcome!!! best site on the internet!

 

Welcome aboard

69's are my favorite

 

I have a correction! Sorry to those 69 lovers my car is a 70 cutlass s. Although the engine i will be putting into it is a 69 455. It had a 350 in it which is not the original engine so i thought what the heck might as well put the 455 in it. Right now I am at the rolling chassis stage.l I will have pictures of my progress some time in the near future. i just have to download them onto my computer.

 

wow , nice car .... looks pretty clean

 

Nice car. Are those photos really almost 9 years old, or just camera date not set?

 

Haha no the camera date is not set. They are from last summer.

 

Sweeet!

 

The curse has been lifted your Olds will remain an Olds. Are you going to paint it the same color when your finished. Stock 455 or modified?

 

Very nice. I think you'll notice quite a difference with a 455 in there! Looks like you got interrupted from painting the barn to take these shots

 

Thank you for the comments. Yes the barn could use a make over. It needs tin siding haha. Another project for the future. The 455 engine is not modified. I bought it from a guy who had it sitting in his garage on the floor. I am not sure what car it is out of but i know it has c heads. Those are pretty good right? It was missing some brackets and pulleys, but i stole what i needed from the 350 engine. I have it painted red and it looks sharp. I have the engine and 350 automatic transmission mounted on the chassis, and am getting a shift kit for it. I installed new brake hardware, ball joints, shoes, shocks and i think that is it. I will have pictures of all this soon. Eventually I will repaint the car a different color than the gold (which was not the original color).

 

Welcome to the site. That looks like a great place to put the 455, your going to love it.

 

Why would you paint a 455 red? Typically they are blue. Just curious, after all it's your car.

 

I might be wrong but I believe the 68 and 69 455's were red and the 70-76 were metallic blue. Here is where i found out.

http://www.yearone.com/yodnn/Vehicle...8/Default.aspx

 

Hey there! A fellow Iowan restoring a 70 cutlass S.
I have loved the 70 S since I was a kid.
You anywhere near Des Moines?
I need a nice bumper, yours look like they will do...

 

Hello. Wish I could sell them to you but I will be needing them.

 

As promised. Here's a few picks.

 

Now that's attention to detail - even painted the engine stand red! Looks great. Bet you can hardly wait to drive it!