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I've got many hours into this but its the typical story of too many projects, not enough time to finish. I bought the car over ten years ago from...
I am mating a '57 371 Olds to a '55 slant pan hydramatic transmission. This should be easy but I've had to figure things out because the back of...
Okay this is making good sense, thanks all. I'll just track down the right dimension oillite bushing and have the crank bored to fit it.
So I need an early flywheel weighted to balance the externally balanced '57 engine. That I'm getting so far. I'm a little lost with what the...
The slant pan didn't come in 1957s, the jetaway did. I took separated my 1949 303 engine and single range hydramatic but I can see this 1956...
Went through my freshly rebuilt 371 Olds with the Olds tech thread posts and the shop manual and found how the machine shop put in solid galley...
Thanks for everyone that chimed in!
BTTT This is still for sale, now its located in Northern Wisconsin. A couple bites but no one could get it to where they are located so I still...
I'm re-assembling my '57 371 Olds and so far there is just one part I'm not clear on and I can't find a diagram either, I checked, Motors manual,...
Whatta find!
bttt
Will sell desperately or together: - short block with pistons, crank, pan, oil pump, water pump, etc, was checked and appears to be rebuildable,...
Pair of Oldsmobile 303 cylinder heads for sale, they are freshly rebuilt and have not been run on an engine. They were rebuilt for my 303 and...
Oldsmobile 394 complete engine and transmission from a '63 or '64 sedan. I bought it from a fellow Hamber in fall and he said it came out of a...
Ah, of course, I was working with a '63 394 with a flexplate recently and that made me forget the '57 would have had a torus... not sure that I...
Haha, even a guy under 40 like me knows he means a Hudson Hornet.:D I think I'd love a manual trans in this car, I'm just a bit overwhelmed while...
I don't know that the '57 371 engine I'm using has any variation from auto or stick as its missing the flexplate and belhousing, I received it as...
I've dug through the Early Olds engine tech threads and also searched the forum for everything hydramatic and I see that the '54 - '56 dual range...
A little progress.. more to come this year.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yeah, you're right!
Working through the extensive rust issues that I found after it was sandblasted.. of course. I should have seen that coming. I have help on...
Hauled it to my Dad's house in Wisconsin at Christmas and left it with him.. hes got the time to install the new wiring harness and get it...
Took the time to measure and cut closely and get a butt weld everywhere rather than overlap, used butt weld clamps to do this and they worked...
I cut away the old rust in the floors and and prepared the structural members for new steel. The Chassis is rock solid everywhere and the only...
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