Car fans welcome to my site. Mostly dedicated to my 1968 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 convertible. This build took about 3 and 1/2 years to complete. Mostly because there was so many “gremlins” that kept creeping up throughout the disassembly and build. The restoration took place at a time when the aftermarket parts for classic cars just started to take off. The cheap overseas knockoff parts were very poor in quality and domestically manufactured parts were rare for a 1968 Oldsmobile 4-4-2, plus it was a convertible. Along with this was the fact that I wanted to do things to this car that really weren’t options in 1968 or even decades later. The ultimate vision was to make a car that looked stock from the outside but was totally refined and fitted with the most advanced electronics available in higher-end German luxury cars.

Given that nearly four years had passed once I got the car completed, some of the things I did were already old and some of the parts I used, there were newer, better and domestically made. There are little refinements here and there that I also wanted to perfect as much as possible. Finally, once I started to put millage on the car, I started thinking of additional things I could do the improve driving performance.

Upgrades, replacements, and redo’s started taking a lot of my time. The oil pan had a small leak, but in order to replace the gasket, I had to pull the engine up from the chassis cross bar. The power brakes would not hold enough vacuum so stopping got scary really fast and I opted to go to a non-powered Wilwood system that works much better. The car rolled more than I wanted it to when taking corners, so in came the Hotchkis kit for the front and rear. Now that Apple CarPlay is available, the old radio had to go. The trunk was configured for maximum efficiency for the two 15” subwoofers, well that left me with no trunk space. The entire trunk was rearranged so that I was able to recover much needed trunk space. The list goes on and on and the changes and upgrades will probably be a never ending cycle. But, this is what I love and as long as I can continue to do this, I will.

So, please sit back, relax and enjoy the site.

All comments are welcome and any particular question you have, I would be honored to answer them for you.