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Old 02-23-2020, 10:31 AM
Pepper Judge Pepper Judge is offline
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Beautiful GP!

There is another link in Rocky's article and there are a few pictures of the wood wheel.

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/hppp...-rapid-rarity/

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Originally Posted by Rocky Rotella View Post
The article I wrote on the car for High Performance Pontiac can be see at https://www.pontiacv8.com/articles/2...o-rapid-rarity

It certainly is a beautiful car!
Thanks for your ongoing efforts to document these cars Rocky!

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Originally Posted by guideplate View Post
I'd be really interested to see the 'wood' steering wheel on your car as I'm on endless quest to get the right shade of stain and look on my restored ones.

I've had three different wheels restored by 3 different people and they just don't seem to look exactly the originals in some way of another. (Either too dark, too light, too much sheen, not 'grainy' enough etc..)
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