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1964 Tempest Coupe LS3/4L70E/3.42 1964 Le Mans Convertible 421 HO/TH350/2.56 2002 WS6 Convertible LS1/4L60E/3.23 |
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Monte Carlo did that aerocoupe too.
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I’m showing my age. I still think of an 86 as a new car. Why would anyone want to restore an almost new car?
I recall seeing a few of the aero Monte Carlo’s around back then but I never saw a GP aero in person until recent years at shows.
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My Break Away Squad 1969 Fbird (base OHC, 350, 400HO & Sprint Cvt’s - 400HO & TA ht’s) 1969 Custom S 2dr ht 1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr ht & Cvt) 1969 LeMans Safari wagon 1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 ht & Judge ht) 1969 Cat (3 Cvt’s & 2dr ht) 1969 Ventura wagon 2 seat 1969 Exec 4dr post 1969 Bonnie Cvt & 2 wagons 1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr ht & Cvt) 1969 Grand Prix 2 SJ’s 1969 2+2 2dr ht (Canadian) |
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Yes. It’s only 38 years old for crying out loud.
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Asking for the moon here but anyhoo, trying to track down correct harmonic balancer and alternator upgrade pulley that is stamped steel and correct offset is pretty tough.
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I feel the same thing. Anything 86 87 is forever a new car to me
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Someone should know the answer to that since Pontiacs did make alluminum parts for cars previously running steel.as did other makes. Can’t be that hard or they wouldn’t have done it .
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Too bad the original engineering drawings are not freely available. I know some are out there and many on here even generated some of them, but how cool would that archive be? And I agree on the complexity challenges. Even reproducing "simple" parts would require all the lost skilled artisans when they need injection molding, sheet metal, or progressive die tooling. And matching colors would be a nightmare, as I expect a lot of the pigments and dyes used 50 years ago are long gone. The last product I worked on before retiring needed some highly-stressed, functionally-critical coil springs. We were working with a highly competent manufacturer and it took us about 4 passes before they could tool a simple spring to deliver what we needed. Everything sounds easy until you do it. Mike |
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I’d like to see the 69 bird 400 baffle repopped
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Happiness is just a turbocharger away! 960 HP @ 11 psi, 9.70 at 146. Iron heads, iron stock 2 bolt block , stock crank, 9 years haven't even changed a spark plug! selling turbos and turbo related parts since 2005! |
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2 Port 72-74 carb Vacuum Fitting with the correct tapered threads.
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From what I have read about the aluminum pieces for the early Pontiacs, it was a difficult process with an extremely high scrap rate. The parts were stamped usually on a Saturday, first shift, by the craftsmen with the most experience operating the presses. The aluminum required different techniques and pressures to avoid tearing and to still get the crisp feature lines they needed. The dies used were for the steel parts and did not have the features in them to produce aluminum parts in great quantity. If I remember correctly, the scrap rate was something like 1 usable fender or hood for every 15 pieces stamped. So it's not a slam dunk simple deal.
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I'm surprised they could get any aluminum parts off steel tooling.
If they got 1 out of 15, they probably had to manually finish them with some creative bodywork. Just the springback of aluminum will be 3 times steel because of the modulus. Here's a great article comparing properties and how they affect forming: https://www.metalformingmagazine.com...l-and-aluminum Mike |
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I would like to see the gusher tubes become available for the 287 V8.
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1969 1972 Grand Prix
I have been looking for a front-turn Signal lens Either NOS or reproductions and not found not even one! Wondering if there has been any discussion on getting them reproduced. There is a discussion on here about them and wondering if this could be at least a discussion of what are the possibilities of it happening . Jim
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Shiny, I'm finally at the point where I could start to spend some more time on that project. Unfortunately I no longer have a license for the software I was using to do it. I'll spare you the complex details, I can still 3d print them, but to fully use them I have to "reverse engineer" all of them again to use them with my new software.
I did recently finish a project replicating the radio delete plate for 67 GTOs, and strangely enough, the cross-bar end caps for 96 Grand Cherokee roof racks (requested by a friend).
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I needed '69's (w/o) the amber side marker area. Have a few used clear '69 lenses, prob going to have to use them ![]()
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I have been looking for plastic bolt covers for the armrest on a bench seat. 68-72 A-body (B-body too?)
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