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What did you buy for your Gbody today? (2025)

So, some of you will recall that, last year, I ordered door insulation panels from OPGI for my '85 M/Carlo SS, only to be informed that they were back ordered from the Mfgr with no firm date as to when they would be back in stock. That continued to be the case since that time, except that, once a month, for the last six? or so months, I I have been receiving reminders that they are still out of stock and again, no delivery date.

So Monday, I get the same old notice and then, less than a half hour later, I get a second message saying that my panels are in and that the order is being filled! Yesterday, the message was, your order has been filled and has been shipped!!!!!. So now I am waiting on USPS to do their thing and then on CPS to finish the job.

It will be interesting to see how close these insulating pads are in thickness and dimensions and cutouts to the OEM versions. The rest of the door parts have already been sorted by their door application, wrapped to protect them, and bagged and tagged as to side while waiting in the trunk for their time to come. I don't plan to finish either door until the interior work is complete, and at this point it is mostly the final welding on the passengers rocker assembly, which is on hold until I can do the quarter panel, which is waiting on the panel, which is waiting on some cash infusion to get it coming; Y'all know the drill.


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Some of you might know about this or remember it from a while back in my Juggernaut build thread, but today my purchase arrived and became reality.

A Gen-u-wine, honest-to-gawd OEM, NOS, 45 year old NEW GM 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass passenger side quarter panel.

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An extra special, very heartfelt thank you to Jim (64nailhead) for going WAY above and beyond, and well out of his way to obtain this for me. He drove out of state with his own fuel, picked it up from the seller, returned, packaged and crated it, and handed all of the shipping logistics to get it across the border for me when I couldn’t because of work restraints.

Thank you Jim, sincerely. You helped me realize this pipe dream of obtaining an uber rare piece of GM sheetmetal when the seller wouldn’t ship to Canada. It’s members like you that make this forum beyond incredible.

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It’s not perfect, it has a slight crease at the very rear, but then again it IS 45 years old. And it’s something I can easily fix.

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To say I’m pleased is beyond an understatement.
 
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Slowpoke said:
Let's see so far today aux transmission cooler to run in series with radiator for the 200r4. An uber expensive TV cable arm to mod my 70 qjet to run the trans came in. Now i need some ideas from you guys on where to install sensor for trans temp gauge.
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As others have stated, 1000% in the pan. I run one in the test port on my 1/2 ton and it does not respond the same way as the one I put in the pan of my dually. The dually changed much faster and I see higher temps there. Granted it's pulling heavier but still, it'll drop faster too. I just welded a bung into the stock pan. Both 4L80 rigs, but a dead end test port does not paint an accurate picture compared to what's flowing through the pan that's for sure.
 
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Rktpwrd said:
Some of you might know about this or remember it from a while back in my Juggernaut build thread, but today my purchase arrived and became reality.

A Gen-u-wine, honest-to-gawd OEM, NOS, 45 year old NEW GM 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass passenger side quarter panel.

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An extra special, very heartfelt thank you to Jim (64nailhead) for going WAY above and beyond, and well out of his way to obtain this for me. He drove out of state with his own fuel, picked it up from the seller, returned, packaged and crated it, and handed all of the shipping logistics to get it across the border for me when I couldn’t because of work restraints.

Thank you Jim, sincerely. You helped me realize this pipe dream of obtaining an uber rare piece of GM sheetmetal when the seller wouldn’t ship to Canada. It’s members like you that make this forum beyond incredible.

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It’s not perfect, it has a slight crease at the very rear, but then again it IS 45 years old. And it’s something I can easily fix.

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To say I’m pleased is beyond an understatement.
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This whole situation can be summed up with one word-unobtainainumn..the part and the circumstances behind it. You're the man Jim.
 
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melloelky said:
This whole situation can be summed up with one word-unobtainainumn..the part and the circumstances behind it. You're the man Jim.
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I’m glad it worked out. I had some minor stress about getting to D in good condition.

Do what we can to pay it forward - it was a pleasure to help out another guy that has the same interests as me. Others here have helped me - it made my day to read Donovan’s post.
 
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I sorta...kinda...found something of a cubic zirconium equivalent of unobtainium. Always on the lookout for something NOS that I can use, I might have found something close to if not exact (we'll see) on "the bay". Originally the seller was asking a couple hundred for it, but I got it for much less.

This is a Camshaft Machine Company (CMC) "Child Calibration Stick", aka camshaft. It's for 83-85 VIN 9 307 Olds engine, either 442 or H/O. Supposed to be the equivalent to GM's 22519934 flat tappet cam. Unfortunately, it's the only thing I have to go on as there's no spec sheet with the cam other than the GM p/n it replaces. "Almost" VIN 9 spec aftermarket flat tappet cams aren't totally unusual, but the sources are drying up. And I don't have any, currently. I almost scored an NOS one back in the 2000's off ebay but got sniped at the last minute. Haven't seen one since. And I've never seen another CMC cam for VIN 9. This is the first one I've seen with any sort of documentation that it directly replaced the GM cam 22519934. We'll see.

In case anyone doesn't know, CMC, Waver Bartel Cams (WBC), and Engine Power Components (EPC) were considered the "big three" cam companies back in the day. If your car had a camshaft from the factory, it was 95% chance it came from one of these guys. CMC came along in 1942, and has been planted in Michigan ever since. There was some mergers and outright company name sales in the 90s to Federal Mogul and Crane, but other than that, they still seem to be kicking. And CMC at least, hold several camshaft profile design patents, and at least recently, was grinding some of Crane's cams and others. From what I gather, they're into making blanks and semi-finished cams atm.

The merger and ownership trails get convoluted in the past 25 years or so, but think of it more like battery manufacturers- there's only a handful that do it, and usually it's a sticker on the package difference.

The only other cams that seem to mostly fit the bill that I'm aware of is Sealed Power CS-651, Melling MC1287 (specs below), and Elgin E-1653-S. I am not aware of any others.


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Out of the 1987 CMC parts catalog.
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69hurstolds said:
I sorta...kinda...found something of a cubic zirconium equivalent of unobtainium. Always on the lookout for something NOS that I can use, I might have found something close to if not exact (we'll see) on "the bay". Originally the seller was asking a couple hundred for it, but I got it for much less.

This is a Camshaft Machine Company (CMC) "Child Calibration Stick", aka camshaft. It's for 83-85 VIN 9 307 Olds engine, either 442 or H/O. Supposed to be the equivalent to GM's 22519934 flat tappet cam. Unfortunately, it's the only thing I have to go on as there's no spec sheet with the cam other than the GM p/n it replaces. "Almost" VIN 9 spec aftermarket flat tappet cams aren't totally unusual, but the sources are drying up. And I don't have any, currently. I almost scored an NOS one back in the 2000's off ebay but got sniped at the last minute. Haven't seen one since. And I've never seen another CMC cam for VIN 9. This is the first one I've seen with any sort of documentation that it directly replaced the GM cam 22519934. We'll see.

In case anyone doesn't know, CMC, Waver Bartel Cams (WBC), and Engine Power Components (EPC) were considered the "big three" cam companies back in the day. If your car had a camshaft from the factory, it was 95% chance it came from one of these guys. CMC came along in 1942, and has been planted in Michigan ever since. There was some mergers and outright company name sales in the 90s to Federal Mogul and Crane, but other than that, they still seem to be kicking. And CMC at least, hold several camshaft profile design patents, and at least recently, was grinding some of Crane's cams and others. From what I gather, they're into making blanks and semi-finished cams atm.

The merger and ownership trails get convoluted in the past 25 years or so, but think of it more like battery manufacturers- there's only a handful that do it, and usually it's a sticker on the package difference.

The only other cams that seem to mostly fit the bill that I'm aware of is Sealed Power CS-651, Melling MC1287 (specs below), and Elgin E-1653-S. I am not aware of any others.


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Out of the 1987 CMC parts catalog.
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Very cool! Are you planning on using it, or storing/ displaying it?
 
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