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Offline Doc

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Re: Reynolds Buick 65 GS
« Reply #60 on: February 06, 2009, 08:54:09 PM »
Well,,,, champain mist is a kind of gold..... ;D ;D

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Re: Reynolds Buick 65 GS
« Reply #61 on: February 06, 2009, 09:23:19 PM »
Well guys.. it's looking like Champange Mist, artic white top and two tone saddle interior.

Add a Sun 10k tach and a set of cheaters for the back.

I'm wondering if the car had headers?  It may have been too early for them... does anyone know when nailhead headers hit the market?

I'm headed to the shop tomorrow to grab some pictures of the candidate..  ;D

Big items still needed - Saddle interior kit - Bucket seat cores - Boxed frame and Posi rear w/ 4.30 gears..

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Re: Reynolds Buick 65 GS
« Reply #62 on: February 06, 2009, 10:59:54 PM »
Chris I might be able to come up with the bucket cores. ;D
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Re: Reynolds Buick 65 GS
« Reply #63 on: February 07, 2009, 09:48:22 AM »
excellent information!!! This is very cool!!
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Re: Reynolds Buick 65 GS
« Reply #64 on: February 07, 2009, 09:52:37 AM »
A 10,000 rpm tach would not be period correct..... yes there were headers, mostly Mickey Thompsons and it seems like I remember Thorley making tri- wyes.....headers were expensive back then.... none were coated, some were flame sprayed with alluminum or nickel..... once ina while some body would chrome a set but they would not hold up if you drove the car ......but far and away flame spraying was the most popular.....besides the poor boy method of ''missippi chrome''..... ;D
All tachs were 8,000 rpms back then..... there were no shift lights nor ''memory'' tachs... just a simple shift point pointer,,, some even painted the shift point on their tachs or put a thin line of tape.... almost all had the usual oil pressure and water temp gages.... ;D ;D

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Re: Reynolds Buick 65 GS
« Reply #65 on: February 07, 2009, 11:35:35 AM »
Doc,

I was going off the ticks in the picture and counted what I thought was 10K but was actually 9k.

Please look at the attached picture and tell me if this is the same tach? 

From what I can tell, this is a picture from the interior of the Kennedy car because when you magnify this other picture, you can just make out the same colors and even see the tach mounted up there.

Please let me know what you think, there is one of these Sun tachs on Ebay right now that I've been watching.   ;D

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Re: Reynolds Buick 65 GS
« Reply #66 on: February 07, 2009, 01:50:54 PM »
Tach is uo to $152.00 so far.

Ouch
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Re: Reynolds Buick 65 GS
« Reply #67 on: February 07, 2009, 02:49:28 PM »
Well quit bidding on it Joe. ::)

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Re: Reynolds Buick 65 GS
« Reply #68 on: February 07, 2009, 08:44:56 PM »
Ok Guys...

Here she is.

I've also included pictures of a GS vert. I have for parts and my extra GS motor that is ready to go.

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Re: Reynolds Buick 65 GS
« Reply #69 on: February 07, 2009, 08:45:50 PM »
More....
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Re: Reynolds Buick 65 GS
« Reply #70 on: February 07, 2009, 08:47:00 PM »
and more....
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Re: Reynolds Buick 65 GS
« Reply #71 on: February 07, 2009, 08:53:30 PM »
and even more...
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Re: Reynolds Buick 65 GS
« Reply #72 on: February 07, 2009, 10:41:28 PM »
Looks like a good solid car. Kudos Chris.

And it will be a very easy restoration.

I'm an east coast guy, used to mega rust!!
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Re: Reynolds Buick 65 GS
« Reply #73 on: February 07, 2009, 10:41:49 PM »
wow that looks real clean, this is gonna be easy!!!
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Re: Reynolds Buick 65 GS
« Reply #74 on: February 09, 2009, 08:19:43 AM »
Well quit bidding on it Joe. ::)

Your killing me dude!!!LOL LOL!!!! ;D
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1965 GS 4 Speed Hard Top (Under Construction)
1965 Skylark 462, 12.21@109.8
1964 Special FireBall V6, 3 on the tree 4 Sale
1987 Grand National
1987 SS Monte T-Tops 4 sale
1995 Slammed Asstro
17 in Boyd Coddington
Daily Driver