marinus_

First I would like to say that I am glad that there are so many oldsmobile fans out there.
I can't think of a time when I haven't had at least one Olds in the driveway since I bought my first car (78 Cutlass).
My dream was to buy a 1960 Ninety Eight convertible because that was the car that my dad had when I was born. He said he had to sell it so he could buy a house. I have been looking for a few years to find one but anything decent is way out my price range.
Last year I bought a 1964 Starfire which is in pretty good shape but it still needs quite a bit of TLC to get it so I can actually drive it.
I appreciate the fact that there are a lot of knowledgeable people here to answer questions.
Anyway thats it for now.
Keep it up!!!
Rene

J-(Chicago)

Gotta love those Starfires.

Good luck finding any parts

Oldsguy

Wow, I knew Oldsmobiles were worth a lot but, selling one to buy a house. Wish a person could do that on today's dollar.

marinus_

I didn't realize untill after I bought it how hard it is to find parts. I checked the numbers on convertible 1964 Starfires made for sale in Canada and I have one of 285. I did have a parts car (or should I say half of a car) which I completely stripped anything I thought might be usefull and put it in my shed. So there should still be another 283 of them out there.
If anyone needs a tailight I have 7 spares.

59-59-59

I was curious what was different about Canadian versus U.S. '64 Oldsmobiles. Was it just the whole kilometer speedometer?

Olds64

Post some pictures. We look forward to seeing your car!

marinus_

Canadian cars were all still in miles untill 1977. So mine is still in miles. I am not sure what the difference is except that my VIN number is different than that of a U.S. car. It has 11 digits in the VIN number and when I tried to find out any info on the internet I couldn't get anything. I ended up writing a letter to GM in Canada and for a few bucks they sent me an information package with the option codes, production date, and production numbers etc.
There are not a lot of good classics left up here unless they have been shipped up from the southern U.S.
The salt used on the roads in the winter time causes a lot of rust.

marinus_

My dad said he paid $8000.00 for his first house.

Texascarnut

A great many parts for 61-64 Starfires are around. The two nastiest things to find are good 3 grove harmonic balancers and A/C control assembly components.

I have two '62 Starfires and the biggest problem I've run into is finding new toe boards for one that is in early restoration stages after it having sat in an East Texas field too long.