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Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

What is this? Delta 88 or a Wildcat? That motor didn't come from the factory in that car did it?
It's a Jetstar 88. It had a smaller V8 and I built the 455 to put in it.
I wish I had researched a bit before buying it. The Jetstar was redesigned in 66 and the price was very close to the next model up. So it didn't sell very well and Olds discontinued it. One year cars are a bitch. It took me a year and a half to figure out how to get power disk brakes. Now it's got all poly bushings and coil over suspension.
Took it on the Hot Rod Power Tour last year and had a blast. It's kinda funny to have the 442/Olds crowd asking about it. Most have never seen or heard about a Jetstar.
There's times I wish I hadn't either but I'm pretty proud of pushing through to get it this far. Once I get the Monte Carlo on the road it's going to get garaged and I will get the body work done and painted.
 
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My first attempt at doing a trunk. It came out pretty good.
 
I had a 72 bug many many moons ago. If I run across a deal on one it'll be in the driveway. I've got some money set aside for the right deal on a late fifties chevy panel truck.
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70 is my cutoff year. Too many changes that I don’t care for in the later years. Ideally, I wanted a split window, but walked into a deal on this 66. It has a better motor with a 73 ish AE code dual port block I rebuilt a couple years ago. Maybe soon, I’ll stuff a 2,000cc or bigger motor in it. A two rotor swap would be fun as well.
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