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coachtek
12-18-2013, 07:37 PM
I bought this cutlass earlier this year and its been a rocky road so far but im not losing faith in this build. (might name her Faith)

After losing money by hiring a shop to do my LS swap and being bullshyted by them i pulled the car out of that shop and started over again. For anyone this might help STAY AWAY from hotrod revolution in cummings GA. http://hotrodrev.com/

moving on my plans are to build a pro touring car i can drive all over the place, not a race car



Engine -LY6 backed by a 4L80E trans out of a cargo van
Wildwood 6 caliper disc brakes all around
19 x8.5 front and 20x10 rear wheels (tucked in)
Qa1 adjustable suspension kit (lower the car 2-3 inches)
all red reupholstered interior
red cloth top


this is how the car looked when i got it

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Below is a render idea, not sure about the black bumpers (open to ideas)

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close up of wheels

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Random shots

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RichUSAF
12-18-2013, 08:10 PM
Nice project. Looking forward to seeing you progress.

Rich

deejai35
12-25-2013, 03:48 PM
Nice starting point. I like the colors in the rendering. I didn't know they made Forgiato wheels that small. (Kidding)

raustinss
12-25-2013, 04:22 PM
Red headed Rebecca
Perfect name

csouth
12-26-2013, 07:13 AM
Good start. Great to see another Olds in the mix...

coachtek
12-26-2013, 02:25 PM
Good start. Great to see another Olds in the mix...

yes! i researched olds a lot couldn't find many to get some pointers from, hopefully this thread will help someone else

RaiderLSX
12-28-2013, 08:48 AM
Good looking car! I'm in the process of building the same car and going in the same general direction. I haven't been updating my build thread though. Dismantling the car I found a lot more work than I bargained for including a rotten frame. Glad to see you and this build have found your way here I'll be following along.

coachtek
12-28-2013, 08:57 PM
Good looking car! I'm in the process of building the same car and going in the same general direction. I haven't been updating my build thread though. Dismantling the car I found a lot more work than I bargained for including a rotten frame. Glad to see you and this build have found your way here I'll be following along.

i found your thread awhile back and was excited to read up on it, sorry to hear about your frame

coachtek
12-30-2013, 07:52 PM
Thinking about going with these gauges, anyone have any experience with them and how do i figure out what size will fit the cutlass dash?


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2Loose
01-03-2014, 09:14 AM
As I'm sure you know, it's an "A-Body", and a lot of the Chevelle A-body parts will fit it. I've a '70 Buick GS455 I work on occasionally, and the front suspension upgrade parts were spec'd for a '70 Chevelle, bolted right in, no mod necessary.

It's a really nice body style, both the Olds and the Buick, don't have a pix to show you, but have run across a couple in recent years fixed very nicely in the direction you are going.

"Maxine" strikes me as a name for your car, don't know why, it just struck me when I saw the pix!
Happy New Year,
Willy

ps, did find a pic of the Buick, from it's "prostreet" days, that's getting changed:
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif
Will start a thread on it when I get back to work on it....

ent72olds
01-03-2014, 04:45 PM
Another Olds....subscribed!

coachtek
01-03-2014, 07:09 PM
i like the name Maxine!! better than anything ive come up with so far, will highly consider it

csouth
01-04-2014, 12:24 PM
Thinking about going with these gauges, anyone have any experience with them and how do i figure out what size will fit the cutlass dash?


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Based on the way the 69 dash is setup, you probably need some sort of combo gauge(temp, volt, oil, fuel). Size will probably be 3 3/8". I don't think Autometer makes any like that? You can get a combo and a separate speedo and tach. You might want to hit up New Vintage or SpeedHut.

http://www.speedhut.com/gauges/Quad-Gauges/1:9/i=12&p=2

LeighP
01-04-2014, 04:05 PM
Classic Instruments also do quad gauge systems in various styles. I have Classic gauges in my 71 Firebird, they look and work great.
Only thing I could say is think about LED lighting, the regular gauge lighting isn't brilliant.

coachtek
02-01-2014, 05:31 PM
just a lil progress...pulled the motor and shaved the firewall for a cleaner look.

Deleted the heater box and will eventually install vintage air with flush firewall mounted fittings when i can afford it

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coachtek
02-08-2014, 05:21 PM
my wheels finally came in and they have me contemplating of changing the color from silver to red body, red top, red interior



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deejai35
02-09-2014, 04:39 PM
I really like the wheels!

coachtek
02-25-2014, 02:14 PM
just ordered my suspension parts from UMI...

Rear 2 inch drop springs with bilstein shocks & sway bars

for the front i came across a set of barely used QA1 coilovers that i couldnt pass up for the price

coachtek
03-12-2014, 01:31 PM
did the whole electrical over with a painless harness and giving a lil test with the convertible top

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and the HID LIGHTS

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coachtek
03-13-2014, 06:03 PM
few more pieces came in today...

Custom emblems came out much better than i expected, goin on both front quarters gonna order one more for the trunk lid

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and gauges..decent price and come with everything i needed on my gauges, volt, fuel, oil pressue, water temp and even a check engine light!!

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RaiderLSX
05-26-2014, 11:01 PM
Damn I like the Emblems!!! Where did you order those from? Car is coming along nicely as well

coachtek
05-28-2014, 11:50 AM
Damn I like the Emblems!!! Where did you order those from? Car is coming along nicely as well

the car isin body shop now havent updated this thread much

i got the emblems from http://thirdshiftstudios.com/ they can make you whatever you need and the quality is A1

JTz442
06-30-2014, 01:59 PM
Very Nice Build... I like the concept

cutlassmann
07-01-2014, 01:35 AM
You are in GA right? Man we need to get together and do some shows check out me build nice car can't wait to see it complete....

cutlassmann
07-01-2014, 12:03 PM
This my ls 1972 cutlass its a ls1 with a mild cam 4l60e new disc brakes shave firewall custom gauges fro speedhut.

cutlassmann
07-01-2014, 03:51 PM
These are the gauges i added.....man your car is going to be nice!!!!

cutlassmann
07-05-2014, 07:02 PM
Don't forget about the car show tomorrow off 400 exit 11 turn left can't miss it....

cutlassmann
08-05-2014, 01:03 AM
any update on the car...

coachtek
08-05-2014, 06:57 PM
Currently at the body shop...should be done in about 2 weeks then off to finish the interior in all blood red



Convertible top color change to red


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Cleaned floors and used a light coat of truck bedliner (gotta do the dynamat next)


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Powder coat chrome trim to a gloss black


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coachtek
08-14-2014, 03:03 PM
Finally decided on a name ...RUBY .. when done the car will look like a silver ring with a red ruby stone.


Put the wheels back on to get her in the paint booth

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In the paint booth

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side emblems, will replace the 442 emblem with my new custom LSX emblems


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bonecrrusher
08-14-2014, 05:24 PM
Where the emblems from?

81sleepinOLDS
08-14-2014, 08:18 PM
I have an 81 cutlass my buddy wants me to name "The Cu*tless" because "she's all balls!" Needless to say, I'm still searching as well... lol

81sleepinOLDS
08-14-2014, 08:21 PM
Great job on paint. Im also curious as to how you got custom emblems :)

coachtek
08-23-2014, 10:02 PM
piecing Ruby back together....next stop is the interior shop then i will return to wet sand & buff




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coachtek
08-25-2014, 07:55 PM
cpl more pics with the blacked out chrome...next step apply the sound deadener

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coachtek
08-29-2014, 10:14 PM
moving on to sound deadening before i install interior...need to finish the doors and trunk

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coachtek
09-24-2014, 08:03 PM
moving along swiftly on the interior

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Big Dawg
10-27-2014, 09:07 PM
Would it be possible for you to post a link for those gauges? ??

Been looking for a set for my 69 442.

thanks


Btw your car is coming along very nice! !!!!

Good job!

coachtek
10-29-2014, 01:18 AM
Would it be possible for you to post a link for those gauges? ??

Been looking for a set for my 69 442.

thanks


Btw your car is coming along very nice! !!!!

Good job!

Can't find the link but I got them from summit site

RaiderLSX
03-31-2015, 10:35 PM
How's the car coming along?

1968CamaroSS_Sam
04-01-2015, 06:38 AM
Man, this car has come a long way. Great work.

coachtek
04-21-2015, 12:41 AM
How's the car coming along?

She is pretty much doneand driveable, I have it at the shop now getting some audio upgrades and minor interior touch ups, will post more pics this weekend

Planning to do some motor upgrades, can swap, headers and tune

coachtek
05-11-2015, 04:38 PM
have had the pleasure of riding around in Ruby a couple times although she is not all the way finished and realised i need a lil bit more power, so i am adding a cam, stall converter and headers but in the meantime this is how she sits right now. Memorial weekend is my deadline to have her cruise ready.

my future wish list update is to install vintage air and maybe supercharge it


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RaiderLSX
05-11-2015, 07:13 PM
Looking proper! I can't wait until I can get back on mines.