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    Steering Column

    Remember the Riviera was a B-body for 1977-78.
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    Help locating vin

    Is the car a 2-door or 4-door? Is it an Electra Custom or Electra Limited? Remember the complete VIN has 13 characters.
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    50 Roadmaster wheel covers

    Muley, this 1952 Dealer Service Bulletin looks like the one in question.
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    Help locating vin

    Does the car have the original engine? The last 8 characters of the VIN are stamped on the right front of the block to act as the engine serial number. See attached page from the shop manual. The transmission has these characters stamped into the left side of the case as a serial number too...
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    1965 buick lasabre steering wheel colors

    The Buick Master Parts Book shows it could be Medium Fawn or Medium Saddle depending on the Trim Code. Can you get the 3-digit Trim Code from the Fisher Body data plate?
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    Avocado vinyl top Electra Limited 1968

    Gustav, here is a dealer service bulletin on the avocado paint used on metal trim of the 1968 Riviera vinyl top. It shows the paint numbers of the regular US suppliers of automotive paint at that time: DuPont, Rinshed-Mason, and Ditzler. If you can locate a conversion chart from these brands...
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    1966 Skylark trunk lid moulding trim

    Jeff, it is a 3-piece molding. Three different part numbers are used according to the Parts Catalogue.
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    Sportwagon Restoration Page

    Here’s an exploded parts view of the typical wagon body that shows how it was built.
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    Sportwagon Restoration Page

    I later found 3W is Floor Carpet. The parts book shows the Crash Pad to also be the Instrument Panel Cover Extension Assembly. It is Item 3 in the attached exploded parts view. The previous message on these items has been updated.
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    Sportwagon Restoration Page

    Attached are the ‘64 A-body frame drawings from a dealer service bulletin. The ‘65s are the same. The Sportwagon frame length and overall car length increase by 5 inches like the wheelbase does. A little more than half the increase is added between the cowl and the bracket for the rear...
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    Sportwagon Restoration Page

    The H plant code and 6-digit serial number shown on the VIN page of the Chassis Service Manual are for the assembly plant where the car was built. The Fisher body Plants used their own plant codes and serial numbers. It would be good to recheck the F3 plant code to see if it is FB. Fisher Body...
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    Sportwagon Restoration Page

    Here is a page from the GM Canadian Parts Catalogue No. 704A Covering the 1964-70 Buick Special. It confirms the ‘65 Sportwagons were imported from the US. As per standard Buick practice at the time, the body styles with lower production were imported from the US out of the Flint plant.
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    Sportwagon Restoration Page

    Dave, Here are the Fisher body plant option codes (most of them): W = tinted glass (windshield only) G = power tailgate window 2X = ST-300 automatic transmission 2P = backup lights 3C = padded dash 3W = floor carpet 3E = lower crash pad (instrument panel cover extension assembly) 4N = unknown
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    50 Buick Roadmaster heater blower

    There were two motor types used on the 1950 defroster according to the Buick parts catalog. The early motor is GM part no 5047637. The late one is 5047656. I was not able to determine the difference, but likely it is something minor. Both these numbers were superseded by the 5047733. This...
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    Unknown wire

    Charlie, there is a black wire on the rear of the compressor that connects to the superheat switch inside the compressor. The other end goes to terminal S on the thermal limiter. This is not a ground wire. It shows up in the shop manual in chapter 13 in a few places. Attached are some pages...
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    What is this piece?

    The casting number 9605815 identifies it as a Retainer, Front Seat Shoulder Strap, left hand side. There are several of these up for sale on eBay etc. for ‘72 GM A-body cars. It has a twin 9605814 for the right side. Was not able to find where it was mounted. Looks like it attached with 3 sheet...
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    263 hydraulic to solid lifter conversion.

    Here is a Dealer Service Bulletin from 1948 when the hydraulic lifters were first introduced. It lists all the parts that changed in going to hydraulic lifters. Good explanation of the system operation too. Oil for the mechanical lifter flowed out of the rocker arm and down the outside of the...
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    Decoding 1962 Buick Wildcat Firewall

    Does your car have a body built in Kansas City by chance? Around that time, that plant used its own ACC codes that do not match those of other Fisher Body Plants. So far as is known, no one has found the data to decode these. Here is a similar thread on a 1963 LeSabre convertible with 2-13...
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    66 Wildcat Power Steering Pulley

    Yes, caution is well-advised on the differential carrier gasket. There is a lot of bad application data out there. The Buick Master Parts Book shows 1966-70 big cars use a 1367834 gasket. 1961-65 big cars use a 1196018 gasket. The proper part numbers along with application data and pictures are...
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    66 Wildcat Power Steering Pulley

    Greg, the 1374704 is a PS pulley for a ‘66 nailhead with A/C and an AIR pump. It would be the original pulley if the car was originally sold in California. The only other usage of that part number was for the AIR pump driven pulley on some ‘66 Gran Sports. Attached are the text pages from the...
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