I did it again !! Another 65 GS

[option B9]

  Hi everyone, Somewhere in one of the posts I said that I was happy with the Buicks that I have and did not want to get into another project ! Well I will admit that I was wrong. I purchased another 65 GS.. To make a long story very short the GS is a Long Island car with only two previous owners. The first owner from 1965 to 70 and the second from 1970 to 2020. My friend Joe purchased the GS but never registered it and decided that it was not the car for him, so he then offered it to me. It took me about 3 seconds to say yes ! since it is a hardtop, now I will have all 3 body styles.. It is not a perfect GS but it's all there and at 103 thousand miles it runs really strong. It has some electrical & interior issues along with some normal body rot, but I have dealt with worse. it's code Z paint with a black vinyl roof & black interior. It does have a remote mirror an am radio and a broken antenna. 3rd week in July Flint build code. This week I will remove the back seat and see if the build sheet is there.
   The downside is that I can only keep 3 Buicks, so my 1965 Special that I have owned for 41 years found a good home with a BCA member in southern NJ.
     
          Tony 

[35chevcoupe]

Tony , there is a solution to not enough room .   
I wasnt looking for another project either but DANG IT  they just keep popping up out of nowhere .

[cwmcobra]

Congrats Tony!  Owning all three body styles is cool!  Keep us posted on plans for the car.

 

Chuck

[gssizzler]

I like it! Silver Bullet! Your in a special group of one of each model owners!!!

[GS66]

Congratulations!

[kcombs]

Very nice. Congratulations!

[Jim]

Always nice to get your hands dirty when you don't have to. Have fun.Jim

[elagache]

Dear Tony, John, Chuck, Jon, Jim, Kurt, Jim, and mid-60s Buick caregivers with an eye to completeness,

  Hi everyone, Somewhere in one of the posts I said that I was happy with the Buicks that I have and did not want to get into another project ! Well I will admit that I was wrong. I purchased another 65 GS..
. . . . .
It took me about 3 seconds to say yes ! since it is a hardtop, now I will have all 3 body styles..

. . . . Of course you had to have it!  Until now your collection wasn't complete!   

The 64 dollar (and extremely dangerous) question is:  so what are going to start collecting next? .  . .

Cheers, Edouard 

[red65gs]

Nice one! Hope you find the build sheet.

[option B9]

    Thanks everyone ! The plan for this GS is to correct all the little things that are wrong, make it mechanically sound and safe for my family to ride in it. Then at a later date (after the GS Post Coupe is completed) deal with the rust and paint issues.
    Earlier this evening I went over to the GS and wrote down a list of all the items in the engine compartment that need to be replaced so I can order the parts and keep them until needed. The First safety item is the removal of the copper tubing that is being used as a fuel line. The second is the brake line routed on the right side of the steering  shaft less than 1/8 from the exhaust manifold (the second owner added the power brake booster) Third is that the heater hoses are run on the right side of the motor dangerously close to the exhaust manifold. The list goes on & on.
   The only interior problem I would like to address ASAP is the drivers seat. Someone put some kind of cover over the original. Both are ripped because the springs seem to be broken. ( see interior photo) I have replaced seat springs before so that would not be the problem. Does anyone have a used seat cover that I could buy ? any color is OK. I do plan to replace the interior eventually, I'm just trying to keep the cost down until I'm ready.

          Tony 

[option B9]

    The "to do list" is much shorter since I have been replacing every hose, Battery cable, Horn relay block, Filters. And the list goes on. Last week I had the front on jack stands and took a look at the brake hoses, they had a tag with the manufacture date of 1975. After seeing that I pulled everything apart and ordered new hoses, wheel cylinders, shoes & hardware kits. I spent the entire day today and installed all new parts, while bleeding the brakes I noticed that the inside of the tires hit the upper control arm when the wheel is at its max turn radius. So now it needs to go to my friends shop to bring in the outer tie rods and give it a wheel alignment before any driving so I don't chew up the front tires. Tomorrow I will jack up the rear and see the condition of the rear lines, brakes and trunk body mounts.

    Last week the previous owner dropped off a set of Buick service manuals and the original aqua glove compartment Buick "Car Papers" folder containing Owners Manuals and Owner Protection Plan booklet with Protect-Plate. also the Computer punch card for the GS. This GS was purchased at Schroeder Buick Inc.in Bellrose LI NY. It was a small family run dealership that fit 3 Buicks in the showroom. My Fathers good friend was part of the sales team and I knew the owners. It closed down in the early 1990s
   I pulled out the back seat to see if the build sheet was there, but it was not. Does anyone know if the computer punch card replaced the build sheet ? This is a Flint built GS 3rd week in July.

             Tony

[elagache]

Dear Tony and mid-60s Buick caregivers who occasionally stroll down memory lane.

    The "to do list" is much shorter since I have been replacing every hose, Battery cable, Horn relay block, Filters. And the list goes on.
. . . .

Well now, I don't use the phase "Buick caregivers" for nothing! 

    Last week the previous owner dropped off a set of Buick service manuals and the original aqua glove compartment Buick "Car Papers" folder containing Owners Manuals and Owner Protection Plan booklet with Protect-Plate. also the Computer punch card for the GS.
. . . .
   I pulled out the back seat to see if the build sheet was there, but it was not. Does anyone know if the computer punch card replaced the build sheet ?

Punched cards?  Golly what memories!  I learned to program FORTRAN on a CDC 6400 computer in 1980 using punched cards.  We were one of the last "victims" of using computers in that way at U.C. Berkeley.  I still have some of the punch cards from that class somewhere in the house.

I don't know what sort of information would be on the build sheet, but the card clearly has much of the information that would be on the cowl plate.  Could it be that indeed the build sheet was replaced by a punched card and that card would be used to program the assembly line for the production of that car?  It would have been a reasonably natural (if avant guard) innovation in 1965.

Thanks for sharing Tony!  Very interesting indeed!

Cheers, Edouard 

[option B9]

   Hi Edouard, I posted the question about the punch card because my other Flint produced GS (post coupe) did not have the build sheet under the rear seat because the frame of the seat was rotted so bad that I had to replace the seat frame and I did not expect any paperwork to survive the rot & mildew.  The convertible GS did have the build sheet (not a punch card) under the seat, and that came out of the Baltimore plant.
   So it's still an open Question, Did the punch card replace the build sheet ? Lets see if any of our members know the answer to this.

  I had a little time to work on the hardtop GS this afternoon, one thing that I never tried was the AM radio. The antenna mast is broken off so I clipped a jumper wire on to the nub that was left and clipped the other end on to a spare after market antenna, turned the key to the left and the radio came on loud & clear then I turned on the FM converter tuned it in and that works too! I removed the key & disconnected the battery. Time to quit while I'm ahead. The antenna repair is for another day..... 
           Tony
 

[Robert V]

Tony,
I love the color combo!
3 GS Skylarks, life is good.

[WkillGS]

Tony, Duane over on V8 may have some info for you. He is able to decode 68-72 punch cards.
https://www.v8buick.com/index.php?threads/decoding-service-for-80-column-punch-cards-68-72.378946/

Yours is the first instance I've heard of concerning a punchcard in a 65, even my 66's haven't come with any, although I have no Flint built cars.