My grandfather gave me the car just getting started into it. It needs a lot of love but I’m truly excited. It has just over 100k well the odometer said 001037 but we all know what that means. The car has been sitting in a shed since 1994. The car was originally blue but I think I’ll restore it with the white on red. It has power steering but not power brakes. For some reason the convertible top motor is missing. But I was able to get the motor to run on gas so I have high hopes.
The main question I have is, is the 3 speed auto in these that bad or are they not as bad as people say?

 

Where are all these Rockettes coming from all of a sudden?!😳

That baby Slim Jim is not the greatest trans Olds ever made but with reasonable care and correct adjustments it's better than its reputation. The real problem with them is there are few if any trans guys now who are familiar with them and most don't want to learn.

There are several people on here who have these cars so you have resources.

 

Welcome to the site, looks to be a solid start for a restoration.

 

Welcome!!

 

Some of those cars had armstrong (manual) tops.

 

Eric Jensen from Indiana, is into these cars. Check out facebook .

Gene

 

Is that a 215 v8 or the v6?

 

Aluminum V8