Engine or Interior?

Okay here is where I am at.  I am trying to figure out if I want to go Engine or Interior?

Engine…..

Purchase the following Valve Covers, 4-Barrel Carburetor, Manifold, and Air Cleaner.  It will clean up the engine bay and provide some nice horsepower.

Interior….

All I need to do really is get new door panels and evaluate knobs, handles, arm rests and console.  I already have the carpet and the deadner.  So its just a matter of sitting down and figuring out which way to go….

Suggestions are welcome!

Carpet….

Last night I made my next purchase!  I got some Essex Carpet, which is going to have a higher cut pile which you’ll see in more luxury cars than what you typically would find in a “original 71″ interior.  Also got some high quality sound deadener/ padding to keep the heat out during the winter and keep the cool in during the summer.  Along with my purchase I have brand-new Sill plates to match the original plates that have the “body by Fisher”  logo on them.  So in the next 5 days or so I should have those goodies in my garage! 

Also as a little subnote,

Today or tomorrow I’ll be sanding down the old dead paint and start preping the car for an awesome paint job!

going custom…..

Okay I know you may be tired of Wheels and Tires but that’s the focus on my project right now.

The wheels and tires came in!

I showed up to my tire shop and Terry said “You wanna see them?”  Of course I do!  Well when he opened the boxes I saw some nice chrome wheels!  BUT…………..they were not the right ones, well… they were but they weren’t.

I’ll explain.  Every picture I have seen of the Torq Thrust Type-M wheels were a deep dish style….Look here….But when i saw them in person here’s what they looked like…NOT a deep dish…And Below here is what it looked like on the car.  Not quite the look at all!

So I talked to Terry and he said more or less now you have to go Custom to get the deep look with a good offset to secure the deep look your wanting to achieve.  Well I sent the wheels back but kept the tires.  (Tires were awesome looking and HUGE! )

So what do I do?  Where do I go?  I dont want to spend thousands of dollars on Wheels!  I found a place who can make some Custom wheels for me and they are relatively inexpensive.  I talked with Bo at Fast toys for Boys here in Edmond and he hooked me up with a custom shop in Utah.  So monday I will be ordering some C-5’s from Coys Custom Wheels!  Here’s what they look like.

I am excited about whats to come and I know without a doubt that these will be the ones!

Whats this all about?

Okay everyone…..I have tossed various ideas back and forth and I want to go ahead and do it.  I am now starting a blog strictly dedicated to the restoration of a 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Convertible.  My parents purchased the car quite some time ago from my cousin Travis.  Dad and I worked together on it from time to time and did what we could to restore it.  It never was a focal point to restore but was always a dream of mine to own it and take it to the vision i have had in my head.

This car has some history for Sheena and I.  We had our first date in that car.  We actually drove off in it on our wedding day!  Actually our 5 year anniversary is coming up soon and we’ll OWN it by then!

The Point of this blog is to help allow you to follow the process of my vision for the cutlass to come to fruition.  I’ll be asking quiestions and opinions but most of the time just letting you in the process of restoration.

Hope for those reading this blog I hope to help you with resources as you restore your cutlass and for those following for sheer curiosity I hope you enjoy the progress of my vision.