Good evening, and hallo (hello) from Norway.
Been an avid reader on this forum for a while, but haven't posted a thing. Im not much of a sharer to be honest, but I thought I would introduce myself before I started asking questions at least 🙂
So, my humble car is a 1979 Cutlass Cruiser, original diesel. I bought her in 2001 not knowing anything about cars, only reason beeing I always found american wagons to be quite sexy with those broad hips and all.
Well, not knowing anything about cars sure has it's price. Especially in Norway where a fair amount of american cars is usually tinkered with to the brink of death before passed along to unsupecting monkeys like myself. The engine failed within 6 months (an old Olds 350 V8 gasoline), smuggled a new one from Sweden (just drove over the border with it hoping for the best) and got that installed. Next the transmission failed, and I got that rebuildt. Then 5 years of studying happened and the car was more or less put into stasis in my fathers garage.
Autumn 2010, my studies are done and the car is still in the garage. Luckily I bumped into a true blooded american mechanic that helped me get her running again, and sparked my first real interest in getting her fixed on my own accord. Since I've been using the internet and help from forums like this (great, great help) to teach myself the art of car fixing, and have come a long way in about 1,5 years. Got a lot of parts and help from Classicoldsmobile.com. Great community.
The engine I "smuggled" from Sweden that is currently installed is an Olds 350 VIN-R from the late 70s. Lazy piece of cast iron, but still a nice, cool V8 ride. This winter I yanked the engine out with a little help from a friend (a bit scared to do that bit alone). Painted it in a beautiful Oldsmobile Blue (couldn't stand the gm corporate blue color), even if wasn't the correct color for the engine. Apart from that one "tiny" detail I'm trying to keep and restore her to her original look. I want it to be an automobile time capsule, and to be honest I can't stand all these pimped out rides that - quoting Henry Fonda from "My name is Nobody - "shine like the door of a wh*re house".
That's my G-body story. She is ok looking for her age, very little rust, and Im slowly getting to the point where it's getting fixed as well. Sorry for the long post, but now consider me officially introduced 🙂 Sorry about grammar/spelling and all, some days are better than others.
Here she is:
Been an avid reader on this forum for a while, but haven't posted a thing. Im not much of a sharer to be honest, but I thought I would introduce myself before I started asking questions at least 🙂
So, my humble car is a 1979 Cutlass Cruiser, original diesel. I bought her in 2001 not knowing anything about cars, only reason beeing I always found american wagons to be quite sexy with those broad hips and all.
Well, not knowing anything about cars sure has it's price. Especially in Norway where a fair amount of american cars is usually tinkered with to the brink of death before passed along to unsupecting monkeys like myself. The engine failed within 6 months (an old Olds 350 V8 gasoline), smuggled a new one from Sweden (just drove over the border with it hoping for the best) and got that installed. Next the transmission failed, and I got that rebuildt. Then 5 years of studying happened and the car was more or less put into stasis in my fathers garage.
Autumn 2010, my studies are done and the car is still in the garage. Luckily I bumped into a true blooded american mechanic that helped me get her running again, and sparked my first real interest in getting her fixed on my own accord. Since I've been using the internet and help from forums like this (great, great help) to teach myself the art of car fixing, and have come a long way in about 1,5 years. Got a lot of parts and help from Classicoldsmobile.com. Great community.
The engine I "smuggled" from Sweden that is currently installed is an Olds 350 VIN-R from the late 70s. Lazy piece of cast iron, but still a nice, cool V8 ride. This winter I yanked the engine out with a little help from a friend (a bit scared to do that bit alone). Painted it in a beautiful Oldsmobile Blue (couldn't stand the gm corporate blue color), even if wasn't the correct color for the engine. Apart from that one "tiny" detail I'm trying to keep and restore her to her original look. I want it to be an automobile time capsule, and to be honest I can't stand all these pimped out rides that - quoting Henry Fonda from "My name is Nobody - "shine like the door of a wh*re house".
That's my G-body story. She is ok looking for her age, very little rust, and Im slowly getting to the point where it's getting fixed as well. Sorry for the long post, but now consider me officially introduced 🙂 Sorry about grammar/spelling and all, some days are better than others.
Here she is:
Your '79 cutty longroof is a nice looking ride! I like your idea of a factory looking build too.
