I feel like Jason Cook!! I'm bringing home a 66 GS!

It will probably look like this:
1) Change oil
2) Make burnout video
:grin: :grin:

 

Massholes like Baby Blue. They travel the country in search of them and then spend alot of money to have them sent to our country's freezer

 

This is true, but I need to
1) Replace DS motor mount OR
2) Put strap on from motor to frame

 

Paul,
Great find! You'll love it. :beers2:

Steve

 

Short piece of chain should do it. That's what Tom T. did to mine. My mount wasn't broken, but it's a good safety measure anyway. How about some detailed pics now that she's home?

 

Those are Olds armrests. :TU:

 

I'll bring the camera to work and see if I can throw it on the lift tomorrow night.

Anything specific you want to see? Ball bearings?

 

Here's the obligatory video:

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Nize, but where are the ball bearing photos?

 

It's the hose clamps that I'm interested in seeing.

 

Here's some pics from under the car. I finally had a chance to get it on the lift and see exactly what I'm dealing with. I'm more than pleased with the condition of the car.







Underside of core support:




Lower front DS stainless molding:



Broken motor mount:




Wheel houses and lower quarter panels:

 

Lower fenders:





Is this an original GM muffler?



Frame:











Exhaust:

 

Thanks for the pics, Paul!

Looks like a pretty easy restoration as the sheetmetal looks great. If I'm not mistaken, there's only one picture where it looks like a small amount of rust has popped through? I don't know if your planning to pull the body or just clean things up and paint, but either way you have a great start!

You're lucky you didn't launch that motor through the hood when you did that burnout!. I assume that's the driver's side mount? For now at least get yourself a short piece of chain and bolt it under each nut on the mount to limit movement. I don't think anyone will revulcanize those mounts anymore (or so I've been told). Also does that circular weight on the passenger exhaust manifold rotate freely by hand? It should rotate and when you let it go return to a closed position (butterfly inside the manifold)If not it might be stuck closed thus restricting exhaust. Some people just weld them open if not working properly.

I'd comment on what appears to be a FRAM oil filter, but I know you are aware they are not known for their quality.

Nice ride Masscotty! You could either just cruise it as is or pull it apart. It's nice to not have a rust bucket that needs a total resto with lots of welding!

Best of luck with it whatever direction you take! :3gears:

 

Paul that is in great condition. A wire wheel and some POR-15 will have the underside like new. Good luck with it. Real Nice!:TU:

 

Thanks Lisk. Yeah it's the drivers side mount. I ratchet strapped the motor down to do the burnouts. And that Nailhead likes to do burnouts. A lot.


The flapper valve on the heat exchanger works perfectly. This whole car's going to come apart with hand tools and no torches.


I haven't decided how "far" I'm going to go with this car but it will go back to stock when I'm done.

 

Well Paul,I was already to dive into my 4-speed car when i got hit with the dreaded Drop Top Disease! I've been chasing this car for a long long time and i got the call a couple days ago.Sooooo everything gets pushed to the back burner for a while.I've got a # matching 65 Riviera GS that i've been trying to get finished for years so a little longer won't hurt.

 

Soooo Tom....how much for the 4 speed car??:Brow:

Paul, it's great working on those western cars! It'll be an easy resto.
Bet you could have a soda-blast guy come to your site and do the whole underside. Then just wash/dry it and hit it with some black epoxy.
I noticed there's no undercoating on the floor. I'm surprised Flint didn't do that. The 66's built in Baltimore had the floors undercoated.

You'll need a new adapter plate for that motor mount. Mounts can be redone by Steele.
Another alternative is to make a new adapter plate from 1/2" plate. Then you can use a common sbc mount instead of having the GS ones redone.
The sbc mount have 3 mounting bolts instead of the 4 on the GS mounts.

Does the interior have alot of surface rust? My 2 Calif cars did. Weird....they only rust on the inside!

 

Paul,

Well done! Aren't those desert cars nice? My Riv has quarter panel rust and lower fender rust, and that's it. The underside looks factory new.

I'm willing to bet that a massive clean up would make that car a nice daily drive for a couple of years if you want to wait to restore it.

Can you post some interior pics? The desert is great for metal, but not for rubber and vinyl. Is the interior in OK shape?

I'm confused as to how that other car would get Olds arm rests??? Is the door handle an Olds item as well?

 

Mine too! (Cali/Colo car) It seems that they leak some water into the inerior and then the sun bakes the car, making the inside become a steam room rusting the inside out. Under my dash is horrendous. The fuse panel disintegrated to dust like an Egyptian relic when I took it out.ou:

 

Nice scoop Tom! As long as you've got em they can wait to be done!

I haven't pulled the interior back to see what's hiding. I've been having too much fun pulling it into the street and frying the back tire off! I'll take some pics of the interior after I pull it out to inspect it this week.