Rusty Olds Update

Looking really good Gary. Man, lots of Chrome there. Do you use a local shop for replating?
 
Beautiful summer cruiser. Really like the colour!
I helped a buddy here paint his 40 Olds coupe with 500 Caddy power. It has the same style front fenders
that trail on to the doors as your car.
I always bug him that those "pods" should be on the back of a sports car going the opposite direction,,
Fred
 
That is definitely a color that works with that car . As I'm new here I just did a quick run over of your thread but didn't notice if you had mentioned what the color was .
 
Gary...in reviewing your build I have often wondered how difficult it was to get right hand drive components for your car. Not only the box, but dash pieces etc.
 
Not that big a deal Keith thanks to symmetric original design. I swapped the glovebox mounts front the right to the left so I could move the glovebox door over. I made a new glovebox inner out of a plastic kitchen bin (I could cut it and mould it (after a bit of heat) to clear the windscreen wiper motor so thought I’d give it a go, it worked. At one point I bought a 46 Olds 4 door wreck to get a couple of bits so grabbed the glovebox door off that and installed the instruments into the door. Added a couple of brackets and installed the new instrument panel into the right side.

For the mechanicals I installed a R&P off a relatively modern RHD car. A bit of measuring and calculating to get the geometry right and it works. I cut down the original steering column and fitted an intermediate shaft. I’ve not had the car up to speed yet but so far it drives well.
 
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Fitted the side spears today. They change the look of the car some. Sure would look better if the correct wheels were fitted
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That spear really adds to the look as it breaks up the expanse of the side view. Looks great. :)
 
I have to finalise the wheel choice yet. I have a couple of thoughts but need to sort it. Soon
 
The right set of wheels will really make her pop . I'm not sure about your area but wheels in north america are in very short supply . I had quite a time getting a set for my coupe and didn't get exactly what I wanted but close .
 
EBEAR said:
The right set of wheels will really make her pop . I'm not sure about your area but wheels in north america are in very short supply . I had quite a time getting a set for my coupe and didn't get exactly what I wanted but close .
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Lots of new style wheels around which all seem to be 18 - 20 in. It’s just not me. Finding stuff at 15 in is much harder
 
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