Lets see some Olds pics

[gearheads78]

Mike your care sits right and looks good. Looking forward to seeing future progress.

[jocko124]

Great looking cars everyone. I was sorry to see your car go Richard. Seeing your car and Chili442's '68 on this site got me to join. Looking forward to seeing what you do with the Cruiser. My Cutlass is in a holding pattern right now while I'm making payments on the new Challenger I just couldn't live without. It's driveable and gets used quite a bit in the Summer, just won't be getting the Winter upgrades for awhile.
It's a '66 with a '67 front clip.
Grey epoxy primer.
New windshield, windshield trim, hood hinges and springs, and new (to me) flat black hood with pins due to dumbass attack last Summer. Damn single catch hood latches.
Stock 350 Olds and Turbo 350 from a '75 Cutlass.
SPC upper and lower arms.
Single adjustable Varishocks.
Lee 670 steering box.
ATS AFX spindles.
C5/C6 Kore3 brakes.
17x8 & 17x10 Raceline GT wheels. 245/45/17 & 285/40/17 Kuhmo Ecsta ASX tires.
Stock rearend and arms for now.
LED taillights.
Set of Autometer Ultra Light gauges (been in the spare bedroom for almost 3 years). Always keep finding something else on the car to work on. :bsjerk:
Keep the Olds posts coming.

Mike,

when you say LED taillights, what did that enatail (as far as parts) and what does it look like?

Thanks

[youngdeezy]

my olds with HID lights

[Mingus]

Thanks Richard. Once I got the front suspension on and settled, I had the rear springs in and out about 6 times trimming them to get the stance. They were easy to R&R and trim a little more. It's a little harder to add some back if you go to far though. Been there and done that.

Lee, I ditched my 1157 sockets/lights a couple of months ago. I was having problems with the bulbs losing contact in the socket. I got some "direct replacement" ones that were as bad as the original ones. This means I was driving around with one or no brake lights and had to constantly check them. They aren't the brightest lights to begin with. I decided I needed do something about them before I got a ticket or worse got rearended.
I was at the Portland swap meet in April and talked with a few people who were selling LED lights. Nobody makes them for older Oldsmobiles (there are some for the G-bodies) and I don't think they ever will. There just isn't enough demand. I started looking at what they had that was the general size and shape I needed. I bought a pair of United Pacific lights for '64 1/2 Mustangs. They are epoxy sealed and have 1157 type pigtails so they can plug into the stock socket. It cost me $70 for the pair.
I got them home and pulled out one of my taillight housings to see what I was getting myself into. It looked like I could make them fit. I had to work myself up a little to start cutting on brand new lights.
I trimmed off the reflectors on both sides, but I didn't have to touch the epoxy sealed part. I cut the inner side straight and tapered the outside to fit snugly in the housing. You have to "mirror image" the lights because the housings are straight towards the center of the car and tapered on the outisde (the pictures are of the right light).
I used trim adhesive tape to secure them in the housings. The store had some generic stuff but I bought the 3M because it seems much stickier. You can see it in the picture of the light sitting in the housing. I put some on the housing where the top and bottom touched on the left side. On the right side I put some on all 3 of the "pop outs" that clear the screws. It sticks to the side of the new light there. I just pushed them down into the tape and they seem wedged in nice and tight.
I cut off the 1157 pigtails and my sockets (since they were the problem to begin with) and wired them direct. On a nice original car you could retrofit these without cutting anything and be able to go back completely stock whenever you wanted.
I'm really happy with the way they turned out. I have driven the car quite a bit since putting them in and they are holding in the housings fine. The lights are way brighter. The picture doesn't really do it justice.
One more thing, I had to change the turn signal flasher. The LED lights don't draw enough power to trigger the old mechanical flasher so they didn't blink. I had to buy an electronic one for $5.99.

[jocko124]

Looks great. I'd like to get LEDs in the rear and HIDs up front. It's toward the bottom of my list, but I'm always on the lookout for ideas. As you said, it's a little frustrating that Olds has pretty much no aftermarket support.

[gearheads78]

Thats awsome and much smarter than how I thought about doing it. I was pretty much going to make them from scratch getting the individual strands of LED's and mounting them inside hacked up stock housings.

[Mingus]

I had thought about doing it with strings of LEDs too. I'd been having problems with the lights a couple of years. I also almost used the rectangular lights for semis. These ended up working out way better than I ever expected. I like the fact they're completely sealed. Some of the ones I've looked at aren't. I'm not sure they'd be a problem but it seems like dust and moisture could get into them over time.
The only way I think they could be better is if they were one solid row of lights. They have two blank spots in them where the Mustang taillight trim would cover them. It's not a big deal though and I haven't seen another light that would fit as good as these do.
I do wish they would make more Olds parts. Unfortunately, there just aren't that many of them around compared to Chevys and Pontiacs. I'm just glad they share suspension parts with the other A-bodies.

[BigBlockOlds]

Latest couple of pics of my '87:





Started the block sanding the other day.

Here's one of my brother's '81 at Norwalk:



And my mom's 51,000 mile all original '88 CSCB:



Of course in that pic I wast just test fitting set of my old Amercian Racing Hopster rims on it before I sold them.

[michael6372]

couple of pics.

[gearheads78]

couple of pics.

That was an incredibly clean car. If you walked 3 cars down my 66 was parked just the other side of that brown car in edge of the picture.

[Oldskool442]

couple of pics.

I saw your car at SEMA, looked absolutely amazing in person!!

[BanditDave]

Rendering of my pro-touring Cutlass 442...build in the projects section.

[crowe]

Here are my 2 cutlass'. I love Oldsmobiles and have owned several in my life including the following 2 and a 67 Toronado I wish I didnt sell like an idiot... But anyways heres my 2 rockets they are both long lasting or better word never-ending projects lol

85 Cutlass Supreme Brougham w/ a tired 307 but as of this coming weekend itll have new life in form of freshly built 1971 350 Rocket w/ many go fast parts!







New Heart coming this weekend!




And my pride and joy. My baby my everything.. Seriously ask my fiance lol. 1970 Olds Cutlass SX 455 w/ turbo 400. Staggered Foose Legends on nitto nt455 like new and about to be changed out. Burnt Orange Metallic w/ Gold Inlay stripes almost ghost job.. Black buckets w/ console shift. Mild cam flowmaster exhausst very very strong car. Every bolt has been out and replaced in restoring car. All i lack is original buckets which im working on and a new windshield due to crack in my original.

[7.5ltr_442]

Wow at that 50s burgundy and black olds. Thats a good looking bunch of cars. I'm loving that efi procharged olds most though. Mine is an 455 30 over keith black pistons port matched C heads & torker intake with lots of goodies.

[The Stickman]

looks great in there.

[Mingus]

Lots of great looking cars.
I finally got around to doing my dash. I've only had the gauges for over 3 years and the dash pad and glove box door for 1 1/2. Don't want to rush these things you know. It didn't turn out too bad.

[jocko124]

Lots of great looking cars.
I finally got around to doing my dash. I've only had the gauges for over 3 years and the dash pad and glove box door for 1 1/2. Don't want to rush these things you know. It didn't turn out too bad.

Looks great Mike.

[Mr. Anderson]

Cool thead, lots of great Oldsmobiles in here, olds powered or not.

Here's my '64 Cutlass. Nothing major...350 olds, th400. Stock suspension except 2" drop spindles and front discs. Big F-body sway bar in the front. Shaved the door handles but I think I'm going to put them back on. It has the factory grill back in it now since the pics were taken.


Needs a rear bumper :(


Here's an old picture. It used to be bagged....and red. I think I'm going to paint it red again someday, with a white top.

[GothamCity]

Here's my 72 Cutlass, its dirty...call her the Punisher and she's transforming into a streetfighter....Attachment 46864

[72Cutty]

I figured I better throw mine in the mix. I just got the motor done, finally! It made 450hp and 508ft lbs of torque. I was hoping for a little more, but it should make a nice street motor.