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With the push of my cousin I picked up my first Olds. I am still trying to figure out what has been done to it and what it was originally. It currently is Black - looks to have originally been Blue. The seats were mismatched - white back seat with some kind of aftermarket buckets. The center console is an olds but the shifter doesn't match anything I have seen. It currently has a 455 with a TH400 trans. The front half of the floor pans have holes in them, the brakes were locked up and the transmission linkage wasn't hooked up. You had to start the car in drive and once you got it going it didn't have any brakes. Getting it into the garage was FUN. I have attached the body plate and the VIN - any help decoding would be greatly appreciated. Has anyone had floors done in the Oklahoma City area?
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You have a 1971 cutlass S that was code 26 viking blue, built in Arlington Texas I believe. The 930 is a interior seat/color option, I forget which one.
Someone else can decipher more exactly than I.
Show us some pictures of the console/shifter and seats and someone can give you a better answer. Heck, show us some pictures of the whole car. We like Oldsmobiles!
Edit: I see randy got you all fixed up. Show us some more about your car.
Last edited by don71; Nov 16, 2017 at 06:56 PM.
Reason: Randy
Thank you for the quick responses. I will grab some more pics tomorrow and I stand corrected. I just saw the exact same center console set up for sale in the classifieds! Now to find some decent black bucket seats to have redone. Thanks for the help guys. A lot of good information here! I think I'm going to have to make it Blue again when its time for paint.
I have been working on the Cutlass today, Front brakes are fixed, fuel leak is fixed and now I am working on the transmission linkage. I went and picked up a new cable at Obsolete Parts here in OKC. Why wont these two match up. With the oil and grease on the transmission I know this thing has been driven, how can it be this far off? Is this a situation where I can simply loosen the shift bracket and move the lever to match to cable? Or do I need to find a way to adjust the cable bracket so it meets where the transmission is. All I really know at this point is that it did start and drive with the transmission in first gear and now it is in park.
My guess is there has to be something wrong with the transmission for it to have been unhooked and this far off..... I wont know until I get it hooked back up.
Thanks for the help.
I thought I would come back and post some progress pics......
The rear half of the pans and back seat pans just look to have surface rust on them. IS there any type of product that I can put down to keep the rust from continuing? Anyone had luck with this?
Is it possible that the bracket is bolted to the wrong 2 pan bolts? If moved to the next set of bolts rearward would that work? I use a rust converter called OSHBO. It comes in a gallon jug and you spray it on rusty metal with a spray bottle. There are lots of products out there I don't know if they help stop rust for sure or not.
Interesting. The front end shot of your car shows it has metal 1971 Supreme grilles, complete with the Cutlass Supreme script emblem. I wonder is it had front end damage at some point and parts from a Supreme donor car were installed.
I’ve been using Rust Bullet for awhile now and it’s a great product. Order it direct from rustbullet.com. They claim GM is using it now. Similar to POR-15 but doesn’t require a special primer if you want to paint over it.
Try Rust Destroyer, best I've ever used, holds up for years. It works much like a rust converter and a rust preventive red primer all in one.Give it a try you won't be disappointed...Tedd
