My '65 Vista
#8
No Darrell....I do plan on a mild PT build for it once the other projects are done. It will be coming off the frame, full suspension mods and upgrades. Was considering an LS swap, but I think I will be saving that for a Studebaker I'm looking out for. It will be getting this.....
....with some "mild" work done of course! I want it to look like it was born in the engine bay.....it will be painted the same blue, same air cleaner and it will be keeping the Toro pie pan!
....with some "mild" work done of course! I want it to look like it was born in the engine bay.....it will be painted the same blue, same air cleaner and it will be keeping the Toro pie pan!
#12
Cool! Kinda the sleeper idea. That would make your wagon way more fun to drive. I can picture the suprised look on someone driving a rice burner as your wagon leaps off the line between lights
John
John
#21
The junkyard owner took the car and parked it in the corner of the yard. After a few months, covered in mud, he decided to get the car ready to take home. He had his lot guys use razor blades to scrape the stickers off, resulting in scratches every where, unscrewed the speakers, and sent it to the body shop to weld the holes in the roof. They welded the holes, splattered burns all over the windshield, and caught the headliner on fire. So that explains the headliner. The bows were also gone, so I made my own. Long story short, the guys wife refused to ride in it, because she said it looks like a hearse. That's how I was able to buy it....took my a month to get all the tint off both sides of all the windows......
#23
#25
Wow Erik, some story on that Vista! I got to play with a gold '65 with power accessories, in 1973. It had a roof leak, and water sloshing around in the back floor. ( It was at a used car dealer, who knows where it ended up. The '65 Buick equivalent was at a lot here last year, with a hideous two tone job and missing roof rack, as well as the original steering wheel. Hate to think of where that went too.
#32
Very cool...love it. I just picked up a '65 Vista Cruiser from the original owner. Needs a few things, but DD quality right now. I am looking at getting Torq-thrusts just like yours. What size, backspacing, etc? I love THAT look on yours, and would like to replicate it.
#34
Thanks guys! orangeshirt, where are you located? Those TT's are 15x8 IIRC...I don't have them on the car anymore, went to the painted wheel dog dish look! Sooo, the set you see in the pics are for sale.....pick-up only! Includes the BFG rubber also!
Here is the link for how she looks now....
https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...-look-now.html
Here is the link for how she looks now....
https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...-look-now.html
#35
darn! too bad...im in SoCal! I would be all over those. ...although, I did just have a set of race wheels/slicks for my race car shipped from Ohio. That was about $225 for shipping. What are you looking to get for the set?
#37
65 V/C rear coil spring question
#38
Rod, I have never changed the springs. As far as I know, the isolators are the same as a cutlass. The shocks are heavier on a vista. I am not positive on the springs though. I would have to look it up.
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