kevinpreston8
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I shared pics last year of my 1964 Oldsmobile Starfire.
It is up and running, needs a new distributor advance but is drivable.
I was doing routine "get it going again" tasks and was repairing my remote trunk release. This is an interesting mechanism in that it is not electrical, but uses engine vacuum--stored in a cannister--to release the trunk via a vacuum switch in the glovebox.
The actual box is missing in my car, fortunately a company makes replacements. Anyways, digging around in their two pieces of brown paper came down from way high up in the dash.
These are the highly prized "build sheets" that people always lose, or don't have in the first place. They can be in several places in a car, even the same model. Mine, crispy, crumbly and almost destoryed, have been up there under the hot dash decaying for 42 years.
Fortunately they are duplicates, and I can read most of the information on them. I scanned them both so I will now always have the image. Putting the original in dry white paper in a safe place.
This is a treasure trove of info, and any restorers out there, look for these in your car, behind the glovebox, in the seat springs, in the trunk, under the carpet. Get them before they are completely ruined.
On mine, I now know the carburator number, 4051, correct color of shocks, alternator and radiator numbers, and other information.
I now can see all the items that come with the Starfire stock, and all the options. U65 Wonder Bar Radio, electric window vents, trunk release, backup lights, safety buzzer, hood and turnk lights, to name a few, were all options.
I aslo see that the car was built in the Southgate Oldsmobile plant, and was delivered to Natzel Oldsmobile in Pasadena, CA.
This is rare and wonderful information and tells you alot of things about your car. Some live person, perhaps not even with us anymore, marked this up, placed it in the car, and perhaps bid farewell to it with a sense of pride.
Very cool.
It is up and running, needs a new distributor advance but is drivable.
I was doing routine "get it going again" tasks and was repairing my remote trunk release. This is an interesting mechanism in that it is not electrical, but uses engine vacuum--stored in a cannister--to release the trunk via a vacuum switch in the glovebox.
The actual box is missing in my car, fortunately a company makes replacements. Anyways, digging around in their two pieces of brown paper came down from way high up in the dash.
These are the highly prized "build sheets" that people always lose, or don't have in the first place. They can be in several places in a car, even the same model. Mine, crispy, crumbly and almost destoryed, have been up there under the hot dash decaying for 42 years.
Fortunately they are duplicates, and I can read most of the information on them. I scanned them both so I will now always have the image. Putting the original in dry white paper in a safe place.
This is a treasure trove of info, and any restorers out there, look for these in your car, behind the glovebox, in the seat springs, in the trunk, under the carpet. Get them before they are completely ruined.
On mine, I now know the carburator number, 4051, correct color of shocks, alternator and radiator numbers, and other information.
I now can see all the items that come with the Starfire stock, and all the options. U65 Wonder Bar Radio, electric window vents, trunk release, backup lights, safety buzzer, hood and turnk lights, to name a few, were all options.
I aslo see that the car was built in the Southgate Oldsmobile plant, and was delivered to Natzel Oldsmobile in Pasadena, CA.
This is rare and wonderful information and tells you alot of things about your car. Some live person, perhaps not even with us anymore, marked this up, placed it in the car, and perhaps bid farewell to it with a sense of pride.
Very cool.
