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I don't know how collectible you would call my car but anyway, I am really
interested in garaging her and restoring the car while I drive something
else (which I am searching for). She needs to be repainted and the interior
needs some restoring. Does anyone have any websites I could use to find
items for my car?
Olds79
No matter how collectible it may be to others the main question is do you
like it?
You may not find many sites that specialize in you make and year model. The
best bet is to try and find a place where others go that feel as strongly
about your car as you do... web sites like:
Car Domain, yahoo groups, etc..... From there you can network with others
and you will be surprised at how many of them have extra parts that they
will sell or sometimes give away, just to see another car like theirs on
the road.
Also you could try some of the old stand by classifieds: Ebay, Craigslist,
etc....
Good luck and let us know how the progress goes.:thumbs:
corbett_auto
Thanks for the help. I absolutely love my car to death.
I just recdeived information from my grandparents that I will be recieving
their old Cadillac (1986 Coupe DeVille I think, I honestly have no idea).
This solves my problem about garaging my baby and this car gets roughly 22
MPG unlike my Olds which I would estimate around 10 - 15 MPG.
Olds79
Alright, now I have my 1988 Cadillac DeVille. Could anyone on here give me
detailed information on pulling apart my Cutlass and repainting it?
Olds79
How far apart do you plan to take it? Detailed instructions aren't exactly
something that can be given here. You may want to find a few repair manuals
and go from there. In general just pick a place to start (front, back,
etc.) and slow start pulling pieces off one at a time. The most important
advise I can give is take 100's of pictures to help aid reassembly, take
your time and finally buy lots of zip lock bags and masking tape and label
everything. Trust me, when you take it off, it may look like it can only go
back together one way.... but 6 months from now you will be scratching your
head.
corbett_auto
Thanks.
I plan on taking the hood, doors, trunk, rally tires, etc. off and
repainting them the original burgandy color. I also intend on taking ou the
majority if not all of the interior and repainting as many faded parts as I
can and replace what is not repaintable or dry-rotted.
Also, just received word that my dad recently received word that his
grandpa's truck was intended to be his but nobody told him until now. Well,
it is a very nice 1969 Chevrolet Pickup. All I know is that it says C/10 on
the side. It is a light blue color with a white top on it. A lot of the
body is rusted and the interior (well the seats) isn't too hot. Needless to
say it is a ten to twenty year project. I haven't said anything about it
mechanically, but like I say all the time: "I love cars to death...I just
don't know anything (mechanical) about them." It doesn't run and the front
right tire is blown out.
If this classic was restored, it would be worth a fortune. What I am
getting at is that we intend on taking a part off of the Chevy and
attempting to repaint it. "Trying our hand" at repainting automobiles if
you will. If and when we get it down, we will focus on the Cutlass,
repainting the whole car pretty much.
Would you know where I could get some replacement whitewalls for my baby?
Olds79
I love the look of those old trucks. I'd start by calling up LMC truck and
ordering a catalog from them. Generally you can find the parts cheaper
elsewhere, but it's a good resource. You can get exploded views of the
truck and even a little background info. Also more often then not they have
the rare parts you can't get elsewhere and offer everything down to the
bolts and washers. Interior, exterior, even custom add-ons.
DBain
I agree with DBain LMC is a great resource for truck parts. We used them on
occasion as well.
And for the whitewalls Coker Tire has everything. But if you are not
looking for something too specific try talking to your local tire dealer,
you may be surprised by what he can get.
Keep us posted on your progress and pictures are always welcome.:thumbs:
corbett_auto
http://www.cargurus.com/images/2008/12/02/22/00/pic-46887.jpeg
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Olds79
Nice pictures. Love the shot with the Camaros in the background.
corbett_auto
I wish they were mine. The '69 is a friend of mine (pictured), and his
daughter owns the '93. We were waxing and buffing it when I took that shot.
Olds79
Definately cool. Truck doesn't look to bad except the bed. Looks like it'd
be a good tire burner. Get yourself a line lock kit, some junk tires, and
then break out the camera.
DBain
Being that I will need to replace/rebuild the motor and maybe tranny on the
C/10, how much would you estimate the total restoration cost? I know,
broad.
Olds79
Yes very broad, mainly because no two people have the same idea about what
a restoration is... to some it means a rebuilt engine and a paint job while
to others it is sooo much more. Most of our customers fall into the sooo
much more category and a typical restoration includes a complete tear down
and every part is either rebuild or replaced. This takes around 600 - 1000
hours and $20k - $50k in parts.
So to answer your question.... if you can pull the engine/trans, bring them
in to be rebuilt and put them back in..... $2000 - $3500 should take care
of the rebuild then add another couple hundred for stuff like filters,
plugs, fluid, belts, etc... when you go to put it back in.
Quite a range isn't it $2500 all the way to $100,000. Just sit down and try
to determine what it is that you want and how much you want to spend. Then
just take it a step at the time. Remember this is your truck (and car) and
the ones that want to give you a hard time about the route you take are not
helping you pay for it.
:thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:
corbett_auto
LMFAOOO AT SHELLEY MARSH
STAN MARSH THE DARSH lol
chris_knows
?????????????????
corbett_auto
My bad. I had just gotten home from a party and naturally, the first thing
I went on was CF lol. Someone had posted a bunch of porn pics which have
been really common lately and I was reading the description, it said
something about Shelley Marsh (seen below)
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c74/DBenton/th_ShelleyMarsh-1.jpg
seemed a lot funnier back then lol :doh:
chris_knows
ok.... I was a little lost, But understand now.
corbett_auto
Yeah, there was a post advertising porn and it said something about stan
and shelley marsh. I deleted it and had no idea chris had posted. ha
Satty101
About 3 months ago my car started to act funny, when i would start it up it
would run for about 30 seconds then kill itself. It continued to happen
until i reved it up for about 5 minutes then it seemed fine, until i put it
into drive then it killed itself again. This problem has continued for the
last three months, i know my water pump is out but what is the problem?
Olds Rocket 350
You really need to start a new post.
What have you checked so far? My first guess is the choke is in need of
adjustment.... but of course this is on the assumption that your car has
anything to do with your screen name.......
Please start a new post post and give a much more detailed description of
the problem. And also you will need to post in the introduction section
too.
corbett_auto
