Well, I finally can afford to buy a "muscle car" with everything being relative. I am not going to lie and say my first love was an Oldsmobile Cutlass; as I am a fan 1969 Chevelle SS 396 above all. But I could not afford to buy a Chevelle in decent condition; the prices have at least tripled since I was in college (some 16 years ago). But with that said the body lines of the 1970 Olds Cutlass S are not too far from the Chevelle's. And that, along with price, is what primarily drove me to get the car.

I should take possession of the Cutlass (pic in signature line) in about a month or so. And as I have never owned this type of vehicle before, I hope to have all my questions answered via this forum. From what I have read so far, this is a very informative site.

Glad to be here and plan on inundating the forum with a bunch of questions.

Shaun

 

Welcome to the site Shaun! Hopefully once you get your Oldsmobile it will grow on you like they have for the rest of us. I've owned other makes of cars in the past, but never got attached to them like I have to Oldsmobiles.
John

 

Welcome you will enjoy it. Remember olds engines are totally different than che*y. Even the firing order is different. The good is the engines are very strong and make great torque.
Larry

 

Welcome to the site. Looks like a nice car. It's always good to see another 70 Cutlass.

 

Welcome.

Olds is about the same as chebby.

That's what you don't say here.



I just had to go dig my manual out to make sure I got my firing order right.

The distributor goes the other direction, the firing order isn't any different?

The number 18436572 has been ingrained in my membrain since my yute.

 

Welcome to our site. Nice car! I've never had anything but an Olds!

.....Olds is about the same as chebby.

That's what you don't say here.



Yeah.... what he said!!!!!

 

Thanks for the replies and info. I am looking forward to working on the car as soon as possible.

 

Great froup of people here always willing to help out. Nice looking Olds. Is it a 350/350 combo? tell us a little mor about the car

 

Truth be told I only know what the current owner is telling me as I have not seen the car in person.
Apparently it has the original 350 motor (53,000 miles) and rebuilt TH350. It has the shifter on the column. It has new paint and apparently only needs new wheels and front seats recovered to make it a respectable ride.

The current owner does not know a lot about cars so he is not sure if it has the original carburetor or if the carb is a 4 barrel or 2 barrel. I guess he is the second owner of the car.

I am looking forward to getting it. Of course, it will have to wait a little bit until this wonderful North Dakota winter weather subsides.

 

Enjoy the car...hopefully Hazers and Weeklies Auto wrecking are still around...they used to have lots of nice classic Oldsmobiles for parts

 

Good to know. I will try Weekly's as they are a lot closer than Hazers in Fargo.

 

Welcome aboard

I'm trying to think of the guys name up there who has a black and gold H/O clone. It will come to me about two o'clock in the morning and I'll call ya.

 

Welcome to CO.

 

welcome aboard I love the color combo if the one in your sig is the one your getting

and if it is and you wanna part with them Cragars If they are 15" hit me up I am looking for some

 

That's the car. And sorry, I like the Cragars too. So, I will be keeping them. They do have rust on them, so I think I will have them powder coated. There is a guy up here that does good work, so I think I will give him a try. I just need to figure out what color/finish to use.

 

ooooooooo darn thanks for the quick reply about the cragar's they are timeless that's for sure !!

 

Welcome aboard.

My family on my fathers side is from Bismarck. Been there many times and from what I remember it is a nice laid back area to live in.

 

Yeah, I like Bismarck as I used to live there when I was kid. I might move back there when I retire.

 

Welcome to the site Shaun ,

belgium greetz

marc