Re: Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe
 

Ryan what are the plans for this beauty. A complete restoration or get it running and drive it. The body looks really nice from what I could see in the pics.

Re: Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe
 

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: chevyman0429</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ryan what are the plans for this beauty. A complete restoration or get it running and drive it. The body looks really nice from what I could see in the pics. </div></div>

Hi Mike:-)

In General:

Step #1: Nothing but investigation, documentation, research, and purchasing of needed items, till after MCACN, so they let me bring her to the BF/HG Display.

Step #2: Clean, polish, scrub, service, repair, reinstall every item that came with the car that I can still use, install new parts purchased during Step #1 such as carpet, headliner, seat covers, rebuild the mechanicals, get it certified, and drive it as is.

Step #3: Undetermined.....I have a feeling it will be so much fun with crappy paint I may want to have spot repairs done and enjoy the heck out of it.

Step #4: Drive it to Chevelle, (park out behind the porta-potties) and Oldsmobile shows all over the place!!! (No Truck, No Trailer, she will get wet, she will be ok:-)

Ryan

Re: Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe
 

Sounds like a great plan bud I'll be watching the progress until mcacn!

Re: Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe
 

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">LOL. Not to highjack your thread...You'd be amazed where you can find usable stuff in the plumbing aisle. I converted the airbox on my 6.5 diesel to the high flow K-47 optional unit but couldn't locate the main 90 degree air intake duct has been unavailable for years and very fragile if you can find an old one. I went to the plumbing aisle in the local Home Depot and found a 90 degree black ABS sewer duct that fit and flowed batter than the original crimped duct. It's not an original duct but now it flows much better than an actual K47! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

The unobtainable busted up factory duct piece:

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...9-p1010976.jpg

And my Home Depot version:

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0-p1010992.jpg



Now back to our originally scheduled program. :


Nice plumbing Steve:-)

Ryan

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Re: Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe
 

Here are some pictures of the underside.

Ryan

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...5-dsc_3210.jpg

Re: Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe
 

This rust spot is the worst spot I have found on the whole car so far.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...6-dsc_3302.jpg

Check out the boxed lower control arms:-)

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...7-dsc_3304.jpg

No power steering:-)

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...8-dsc_3305.jpg

Re: Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe
 

You`re lucky does meat hooks didn`t go through your gas tank.....tow driver was young....young usually means inexperienced. You NEVER should use them hooks near a gas tank.

Double check your gas tank.....is there a dent in your tank now.

Dan

Re: Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe
 

Really cool find, like your plan Ryan, make it safe and drive the wheels off. Or maybe burn them off. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif[/img] . I'd love to have a $15,000 paint job to, but I have to much fun driving it, like the hour drive to NOCC. Will be watching the progress, hope it warms up soon, to cold to stare at it in -20 for you. Good luck, Steve. Also like RAM ROD RYAN very cool. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Re: Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe
 

Dan is right about those hooks....sure be a shame to damage that original tank. Ryan, have you figured out just what a good find you have there buddy?

Re: Ryan Weaver's 1969 Olds Cutlass S W31 Club Coupe
 

Also like RAM ROD RYAN very cool.
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Dan