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Joyflea - thanks very much for your kind offer! The speedo is intact and hubs cleaned and re-lubed it. It doesn't seem to have any issues and...
Whoa - look at this. I looked up the Dallas address where the first owners lived. Here is the house. Can you imagine the Kingswood pulling up...
Our friend John, the previous owner of the car, came by this evening with some of the original papers that came with the car. So cool that these...
Funny, I just got back from the hobby store with two little bottles of Testor's - one flat red, one flat yellow. The original color is...
:lolup: Windex is my hubs' favorite cleaner. That and 409. He's going to test the gauges and see what works and what doesn't, including the...
I tend to agree... I think we can get the existing ones fixed up just fine.
Aw, thanks, guys. I went to the shop today to pick up the instruments/gauges. Hubs and I are taking them apart now. Here are a few pics, and a...
Huh - didn't even notice until I got home and looked at the pics that the windshield had been removed. Also forgot to mention that we'll have...
Skink, I'm so glad you like the thread. I hope to have some more updates soon.
Thanks for bearing with me. I'll try not to let so much time go by between updates. On the color, we tried to get close to the original scheme....
Wow - yes, I've been away a long time! So sorry not to have filled you in sooner. Not much had been going on over the holidays, and then we had...
Yes, we had a conversation Friday about adding insulation wherever possible. That should help the a/c and heater work better with our blazing...
Update - The engine and transmission bolted into place now. Apologies for the bad lighting - it was late in the afternoon and the sun was in the...
Yes, but in the car only had to travel 10 miles a year to make it to Kingman in half a century. :rofl: Jack says his car was bright red. It...
My father in law just emailed me that he sold his F-85 Cutlass to a relative in Albuquerque in 1965. Makes me wonder if that F-85 in the photo...
That is good to know. I think Larry will re-use the original grommets and connectors (if I'm calling them the right thing) wherever possible, too.
I've sent a link to this thread to my mother in law. She and my father in law will get a kick out of that old Cutlass!
Wow - you have a wagon version of that? Do you have any pictures? :bouncy: My in-laws had the two-door F-85 when my husband was born... [IMG]...
Jarius, I took a look at your thread. What a labor of love, and a very cool car. I admire what you've accomplished.
Thanks, Jairus. Stephen said he has a little more patching to do behind the rear wheel wells, and he'll replace a rear lower quarter panel that...
