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Hi, my name is Debbie and I am a proud owner of a 72 cutlass. It was my moms car for 30+ years and she really babied it. Lots of good memories of her in the car.
Right now my plans are to clean it up and enjoy. I want to do some touch ups on the paint, put the chrome back on it. I'm buffing out right now and was going to order some touch up paint. Looking at the pics for colors I believe its the pinehurst green but the number on it is 14 which I believe is silver mist. Its definitely green. Unless it was painted before it was three years old my parents never painted it and it would have to have been off frame. The paint on the hood and trunk are cracking, due to financial issues I must fix myself for now. I have the chrome trim to put back on it minus the parts for the wheel wells. Mechanically when I got it we put new brakes, shocks, hoses, on it. It had been garaged for more than 20 years with the gas drained and the battery pulled. We put gas in, hot battery, and started her up and drove it. My parents had put new tires on it, seats covered, and new vinyl top, then parked it. I even drove on the tires till I could replace them, lol. And one of you said more pics if I had them, asking for things like that could get you in trouble, I love the excuse to send more!
Hi Deb, welcome to the site. I hope you enjoy driving it for many years. There is always a bit of work to do them but they provide a lot of smiles per gallon.
Holy Guacamole. When I first saw your very first picture (mostly that old church/school house) I thought to myself (because I lived in the Ozarks outside of Jasper way back in the hills for a fair number of years) that sure resembles Arkansas. Having viewed your follow-up pictures has confirmed my suspicions. Love Arkansas. Welcome aboard.
Don't worry about the cosmetics, just drive it and have fun. I drove my car for 8 years with three colors of primer in addition to the gold paint, so I will say yours looks a lot better than mine did.
Drive it and have fun, don't worry about the small stuff.
Welcome Deb, Question How many miles are on your car? The reason I'm asking is that our cars came with a nylon toothed timing gear and right around 75,000 miles they fail. Its happened to me so if its got that many miles it would be prudent to have it changed. Its a lot cheaper than rebuilding a whole engine. Just my two cents worth. Guy
Deb - I have a '71 CS convertible and along w/ it came the stock (Sienna color) steering wheel separated w/ several nice cracks just like the cracks in your steering wheel. Here's an easy, manageable and modestly durable long-lasting and (this is the sweet part) - inexpensive fix.
Grab a tube of caulk from Lowe's, Home Depot, etc. which matches your steering wheel - they sell many colors of caulk. Looks like yours is black. On day 1 fill each crack w/ some caulk. Remove excess with liberal amounts of water - place a towel on the seat to catch water. Use your fingers to apply the caulk and remove excess caulk w/ water. Perform the same over the next several days or week or whatever. You'll be surprised how well it addresses the cracks, and how well it adheres.
Thank you! What type of caulking?? I will definitely get to Home Depot within the next few days, I had no idea what I was going to do about the steering wheel
You're going to find an array of caulking types and manufacturers. I'd take a look for you but my caulking tubes (which are the long tubes used in a caulking gun) - about x20 of them (some open/some not open) are out in the man-cave stored in a box.
You'll often find more colors in the tubes which fit a caulking gun than you will in the smaller hand-held tubes. None-the-less, two suggestions would be not to grab one of the types which contain fine sand (some types do contain a fine caulking grit - generally sand) as they're generally used for sealing cracks, etc. which can be sanded after they set and dry. The other suggestion would be to buy one which doesn't dry as a pliable flexible material, buy one which sets and dries firm (not flexible) but it may not be a deal breaker. Even the least expensive caulk is going to be just fine. You're going to pay a tad more for a colored caulk than you will for a clear or white caulk, and the colored caulks are generally of the same uniform mixtures - mostly silicone. Don't be overwhelmed - you'll see a bunch of them in various colors. Good luck!
our cars came with a nylon toothed timing gear and right around 75,000 miles they fail.
I don't think that applies to all engines. My 1970 Supreme had 99,000 miles on it when I rebuilt the engine due to cracked piston rings caused by detonation because a dumb high school kid over-reved the engine while running cheap gas, and at that time the timing gear was still doing its job. So yeah, it's something to be aware of.
May 12th, 2020, 02:20 PM
