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My dads 69 GOAT......
Hey guys, I'm kinda new to the PY forums, but not new to cars. I figured I'd post up a little blog of what I'm doing....let me explain.
Here in the past year I built up an 85 S10 drag truck...700ish HP, glide, backhalf, etc. Ran low 10's, high 9's. Got fed up with the costs and all the BS of going to my local track dud to how far away it is. (over an hour and a half one way) Sold the truck and thought that I'd do something special for my old man. Back in 69 my dad bought a very near new 69 GTO from a local dealer. He got a little help from his dad (my grandfather) by co-sighing for him. He got the car, paid it off, had fun with it, had the motor out doing mods and other BS we all do. Transmission was out at least once every 2 months, etc, etc. Well, in 78 (the year before I was born) he was at work late and driving back home in the pouring rain....it was dark, late, around 2am, raining like hell going about 40, then out of nowhere a Chevy van was stopped in the middle of the road with no lights on....nothing he could do to stop. So the car was totaled and it was sold for scrap. Ever since I have been old enough to know about cars, he always told me about the "Goat" he used to have. From what he (and my mom) told me, it was a 69 GTO, 400/400, Midnight Green with a white vinyl top, parchment interior and non-hideaways. Here in the past 10 years or so, he told me he wanted to get another GTO someday, but the prices were so high that he'd prolly never own a decent one ever again. So after seeing , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS3SvdWcAks it gave me the idea and motivation to do something extra special for my old man. So I came up with the idea of finding a car that would be worth restoring or fixing up....restore it to the specs from what he and my mom told me about it and give this car to him for his birthday as a complete gift from me...title and all. So with the little bit of change I got out of my little drag truck, I'm on a quest to make this "want" my old man has into a reality. Now, this won't be a show car build or a points winning build, but it will be something similar to resto mod.....except for the mod part. Not a frame off or anything as I can't hardly afford what I'm doing now. I want to build the car as close to back to factory as I can, but then again, I don't want to go so far out on it that he has nothing to work on himself....I know he likes fixing and tinkering. That's just one thing I want him to be able to do on his own. I just want this car to be able to go to a local cruise-in and to turn some heads.....not a show car, but somewhere between one and a nice driver. So, I recently picked up a 2 owner 69 "GOAT" for a pretty decent price. Not factory matching numbers, but it is in fairly decent shape for the most part. I bought this car from a craigslist deal and bought it over the phone and had it shipped to me from 1000 miles away....basically sight unseen aside from a few pics and details from the owner. The car has a 15 year old resto on it and it's starting to show it's age. I know it will need plenty of work, and I'm prepared for the most part. So once I tear into it, I'll find out what it really needs vs what I think it needs...... |
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Decent starting point - welcome to the board.
Touching story about your Dad & your goals, I look forward to following it. Chris
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thats a cool story,i may have a uncut dash for the radio hack job someone did...i'll look and send it if i do.Fine looking car BTW.i like white goats!pm your address.
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BTW - you passed the first test of posting pictures - you get a gold star!
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Some guys they just give up living And start dying little by little, piece by piece, Some guys come home from work and wash up, And go racin' in the street. Bruce Springsteen - Racing In The Street - 1978 |
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A great story and a beautiful car to start! I bet the look on his face will be priceless! Btw welcome to the forum!
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Looks to have a LeMans deck lid.
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Nice!!! I wish mine was in that good of shape to start. Cool thing to do for your Dad.
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Joe,
You've done a phenomenal job on this car! I can't wait to see the finished product. I would like to add a clarification (not a correction) to your stainless process. After hammering out the dent, you say to file flat. Here is my clarification: Hammer the dent out to where you only need to file a very, very minor amount. Otherwise, after filing and sanding, it is too easy to end up with a soft spot or even a pin hole. There may be a tendency for someone trying this for the first time to work out the remaining depression with a file instead of totally removing the dent with the hammer and dolly/anvil. I try to get all of my dents out to the point where I don't even use a file anymore or, if I do, it's absolute minimal filing. This prevents taking too much metal off with a file a possibly ruining a piece. It's a whole lot easier spending more time working a dent out than it is to find a new piece. Keep up the fantastic work! Terry |
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Evan, you mean Tempest right?! Hey, I could use that trunk emblem lol.
Kokomo, great story and good luck with your project!!
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That's a great story alright. I know if I were in his shoes, I'd be thrilled with that car AND my son....and I'd want the car just like it is, right now! Looks like a driver to me.
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Thanks for the welcome!!! Tempest! That is in fact a tempest lid....and a prefectly rust free and repair free lid at that. All I gotta do is weld up the holes and then it suddenly becomes a GTO lid. Hey, that green goat you have in your sig....what color is that? Looks to be vedoro. Quote:
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Also, this car has been tuned for 6000 feet of air....not 500 where it's at now. It runs pig rich so the carb needs some tuning. Lots of things going to happen to this old goat in a short amount of time (if I can figure out how to fund it) Wish me luck guys! I may very well need it. ~Joe |
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Looking forward to seeing this progress. I've always wanted to do the same sort of project for my dad.
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Good post. It's nice to see a newbie able to post quality pics and info right off the bat.
I think that is a great car and with the family history involved, looks like a keeper. Welcome to PY!! |
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welcome aboard. i might have missed it, but what was the color combo of your dads car? options it came with? are you going to paint this one to match his? how does this one compare option wise with his?
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Here's what he posted earlier-
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HIS CAR: 69 hardtop Goat ~400/400 ~Code 57 Midnight Green metallic/white vinyl top ~Non-hideaways ~Parchment interior ~AM/FM radio ~Non-A/C car ~Non-RA car MY CAR (His car soon) 69 hardtop Goat ~400/400 ~Code 50 Cameo Ivory/black vinyl top ~Hideaways ~Black interior ~Not sure what radio it had (PHS says "Radio P/B") ~Non-A/C car ~Non-RA car So basically it looks like hideaways and the color are the only two differences between the cars. This car will undergo a transformation to be as close to his old car as I can budget wise. The interior will be the last thing I do since a parchment interior conversion will be pretty expensive. I am still on the fence about ditching the hideaways and going non-hideaways....not only for originality (to his old car), but for simplicity and aid in the repair time. ANYONE WANT TO TRADE SETUPS??? I know some of you are screaming at your computer telling me not to change the original color of this car.....keep screaming, it's not gonna change my mind. Also as a something to add to the mix of things, me and my father work together....at an auto parts store of all places. My family has owned and operated a parts house since the 60's....my uncle owns the store (currently 5 stores connected to 40 others) and my old man manages 2 of them. If you want to look them up, search "A-Line Auto Parts". It's going to be hell keeping this from him....he still has absolutely no clue. One good thing about having a parts store is the fact that my uncle (owner) has a bunch of body and paint supplies in one of his stores. He is also on board with me on this project and he committed to donating the materials I will need to make body and paint happen on this car. So that right there alone is prolly a 2K (or better) head start. We carry Valspar if anyone wanted to know.....I have it on my 69 Camaro I built HERE. Also, here is that PHS paper to the goat..... |
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Nice looking GTO.
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Russ Harvey
Had to smile as I looked at your PHS. My first car was a '68 GTO hardtop originally purchased from Russ Harvey in Iowa Falls. Your car will be great family heirloom! Have fun with it!
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Very Cool what you are doing. Welcome to the forum if you have any questions or need advice everyone in here will be more then willing to help out in anyway. Good Luck and have fun.
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P/B is a standard AM
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