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Old Sep 26, 2013 | 10:48 AM
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newbie from Ct.

hello all. I am new to this forum as I have just discovered it.
I am the owner of a 64 f85 plain jane 2door post. when I mean plain jane it had no trim (that I know of) on the interior or exterior even down to the rear view mirror w/o the day night feature even the door panels were different thatn most
I have own the car for 30 years and have started several attempts at restoration. Most were bad as I had no idea of what I was doing . ie: 20 years ago I redid one floor pan with very thin sheet metal and being ignorant but poly plastic between floor pans and carpet . the end result was rotting out the entire floor.
them about 7 years ago was my second try at it which included rebuilding the 330 2 br carb. I did replace floor pans but still did it wrong.
the car sat dorment for a nother several years as had some troble with the engine (one lifter would not pump up) and it was racing too much(more on that later) one main reason I did/could not work on it was 1) always worked on either my car brothers car nieces car (all our daily driver) and 2) I had fallen ill at the same time My dad did.
(sorry for the long story ) Now I have time to start to work on it again (although most ppl say it is a basket case (well I will not go into details in what else they say ) but I remember an article I read a long time ago that if I was going to try and resll it it would not be worth it but if it is a keeper it is definelyt worth the labour of love . the frame is still soid and so is most of the body (pics will soon to come) one reason I have time is I am recently unemployed .but no money for things I need.
anyway I was hoping for some future guidance in helping with my restoration like how to properly install new floor pan.
I will be purchasing new full pans . form what online part co should I purchase them form ??
thanks in advance a fellow olds lover
Old Sep 26, 2013 | 11:20 AM
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Welcome. Where are you located and some pics would be appreciated.
Old Sep 26, 2013 | 12:02 PM
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New England Olds Show this Sunday in case you might be interested.

http://www.neolds.com/neoc2013.pdf
Old Sep 26, 2013 | 01:03 PM
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thank-you for the welcome I live in Fairfield county near Danbury I will post some pics later
Old Sep 27, 2013 | 10:16 AM
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thank-you for the welcome I live in Fairfield county near Danbury I will post some pics later
Hello neighbor! Welcome to the forum. I live right in Danbury and I'm leading a small caravan of Oldsmobiles to the New England Olds Club show this Sunday, the 29th. Hope to see you there!

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Old Sep 27, 2013 | 10:40 AM
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hello to you also neighbor, I would love to attend but have other engagments, I hope to converse with you some other time . I was also thinking of joining the NEOC again . thanks for the welcome and invite
Old Sep 27, 2013 | 10:43 AM
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uploaded some pics

it did not work

Last edited by wgonzo64; Sep 27, 2013 at 06:56 PM. Reason: picture did not upload
Old Sep 27, 2013 | 10:43 AM
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hello to you also neighbor, I would love to attend but have other engagments, I hope to converse with you some other time . I was also thinking of joining the NEOC again . thanks for the welcome and invite
Sure thing. I really like being in the NEOC. I actually feel like I'm a part of the club. I'd recommend joining. I'm around so reach out whenever you'd like.

John

and post some pics of the F-85
Old Sep 27, 2013 | 10:44 AM
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huh it did not work I did something wrong help ???!!!
Old Sep 27, 2013 | 07:00 PM
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I think this may work
http://s75.photobucket.com/user/wgon...?sort=3&page=1
Old Sep 28, 2013 | 08:47 AM
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Welcome to CO
Old Sep 29, 2013 | 08:56 PM
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Welcome to CO! Yes the pic link worked. Looks like a pretty nice car. You can start a thread in the "Major Builds and Projects" section for your restoration.
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