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Old 06-01-2018, 01:08 PM
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Drives really sweet, so smooth! While not nearly as pretty as the hardtops the pillar sedans have a tighter feel.

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1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 Hardtops & Judge Hardtop)
1969 Catalina (3 Cvt’s & a 2dr hardtop)
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1969 Executive 4dr Sedan
1969 Bonnie Cvt
1969 Bonnie 3 Seat Wagon (2 of them)
1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr Hardtop & Cvt)
1969 Grand Prix SJ (2 of them)
1969 2+2 2dr Hardtop (Canadian model)
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Old 06-01-2018, 01:22 PM
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I agree with the more solid feel with the post roofs. I have two '70 A-body 4-door sedans and do prefer them to my hardtops when driving.

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Old 06-01-2018, 01:37 PM
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It will be interesting to compare it to my Bonnie, 4 door hardtop, basically the same car but without the pillar and window framing. It's next on my "get around to get it roadworthy" list ;-)

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1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr Hardtop and a Cvt)
1969 LeMans Safari 2 seat Wagon
1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 Hardtops & Judge Hardtop)
1969 Catalina (3 Cvt’s & a 2dr hardtop)
1969 Ventura 2 Seat Wagon
1969 Executive 4dr Sedan
1969 Bonnie Cvt
1969 Bonnie 3 Seat Wagon (2 of them)
1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr Hardtop & Cvt)
1969 Grand Prix SJ (2 of them)
1969 2+2 2dr Hardtop (Canadian model)
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Old 06-01-2018, 04:49 PM
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Nice job with that car, north. I really like the change of pace of the concentric circle wheel discs on these late 60s early 70s full size cars.

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Old 06-09-2020, 02:35 PM
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This Wuhan virus has had a silver lining, more time for the cars! In the last month I got both the gold Bonnie wagon and the Expresso 4 dr brougham on the road after mechanically going through them. This week I finished off things on the Executive, rebuilt the original carb to address a weak accelerator pump. Also dealt with two pesky problems... a gas tank that would leak from the top, turned out to be that it had the wrong O-ring for the sending unit. A $10 NOS o-ring fixed things just right. While I had the tank out I spent a few hours with a jug of lacquer thinner and some gasoline to remove voodoo green from an old respray of the valence. Two hours in the hot sun breathing those fumes is my excuse for any typos you may find here, amazing how nice the tank looks now, that paint kept the factory zinc coating like new!

Next was a drivers door that wouldn't unlock sometimes. If you locked the door and tried to open it with either the door handles (inside or out) it wouldn't open (which it shouldn't) but then if you tried you couldn't unlock it either by pulling the knob or using the key. It wouldn't do it all the time but the first time it happened I couldn't get the door open, visions of cutting a hole in the minty original inner door panels gave me a nightmare! I managed to get it open by getting a tube through the window run weatherstrip and saturate the door latch with brake cleaner. I then pulled the panel and greased it up. It fixed it 90% but it still happened every now and then. So opened it up again and found the problem, there was a tiny little spring that had broken that normally pushes the latch plate back down after you release either door handle. Luckily I had an old latch in my junk bin that had the same spring. Back in business! While in there I installed a nice set of power door locks I've had floating around for years.

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1969 Fbird (Base, 350 & Sprint Cvt’s - 400HO & TA Hardtops)
1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr Hardtop and a Cvt)
1969 LeMans Safari 2 seat Wagon
1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 Hardtops & Judge Hardtop)
1969 Catalina (3 Cvt’s & a 2dr hardtop)
1969 Ventura 2 Seat Wagon
1969 Executive 4dr Sedan
1969 Bonnie Cvt
1969 Bonnie 3 Seat Wagon (2 of them)
1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr Hardtop & Cvt)
1969 Grand Prix SJ (2 of them)
1969 2+2 2dr Hardtop (Canadian model)
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Old 06-09-2020, 02:50 PM
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Btw, the gas tank netted a buildsheet, this car holds a record for me. I now have five copies of the buildsheet! One tucked on each inner fender inside the outer fender, one under the carpet in the rear right passenger foot-well, another in the rear seat back and lastly the gas tank. KC build.
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1969 Fbird (Base, 350 & Sprint Cvt’s - 400HO & TA Hardtops)
1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr Hardtop and a Cvt)
1969 LeMans Safari 2 seat Wagon
1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 Hardtops & Judge Hardtop)
1969 Catalina (3 Cvt’s & a 2dr hardtop)
1969 Ventura 2 Seat Wagon
1969 Executive 4dr Sedan
1969 Bonnie Cvt
1969 Bonnie 3 Seat Wagon (2 of them)
1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr Hardtop & Cvt)
1969 Grand Prix SJ (2 of them)
1969 2+2 2dr Hardtop (Canadian model)
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Old 06-10-2020, 07:34 AM
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north....simply an awesome awesome collection of survivor '69's you have. It would be amazing to see a group shot of them all.

Dennis

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Old 06-11-2020, 03:45 PM
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Not the best pic but I had a scissor lift last year to fix some ventilation issues so I snapped a few pics. Second pic is at my home garage, that's about as much Pontiac as you can pack into a little two car garage, I have to suck in my gut to get around the cars! I think that side of my house is sinking!
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1969 Fbird (Base, 350 & Sprint Cvt’s - 400HO & TA Hardtops)
1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr Hardtop and a Cvt)
1969 LeMans Safari 2 seat Wagon
1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 Hardtops & Judge Hardtop)
1969 Catalina (3 Cvt’s & a 2dr hardtop)
1969 Ventura 2 Seat Wagon
1969 Executive 4dr Sedan
1969 Bonnie Cvt
1969 Bonnie 3 Seat Wagon (2 of them)
1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr Hardtop & Cvt)
1969 Grand Prix SJ (2 of them)
1969 2+2 2dr Hardtop (Canadian model)
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Old 06-11-2020, 03:52 PM
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North...the one pic could be 1969 in a Pontiac dealership's service department!
Very cool...and thanks!

Dennis

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Old 09-16-2020, 09:05 AM
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68 -69 chevelle guys find buildsheets crumpled in between fender/wheelhouse on KC cars too.

The real nice first copy was probably the dealer copy.
Most times they have a number in a corner of the sheet for the respective handlers.
Off top of my head i can't remember which numbers were for who.

That brown/white convertible with R2's is a stunner.
A local friend bought a GTO Vert 4spd #'s -with that color combo in late 80's.
We tried to get him to stay with those colors - but he Judge cloned it, and painted it Goldenrod Yellow

North, i suppose you have the full 69 car line now ?

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Old 09-16-2020, 09:29 AM
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The Bonnie convertible is a brougham, has the gold leather interior.

As for what’s missing in the collection I break things into model nameplates and body styles...

Nameplates: I have everything except a Tempest and a Custom S.

Body styles: the only body styles I’m missing are in the A bodies... no wagon, no 2 or 4 door post sedan.

Lastly I don’t have a woody wagon.

The most efficient way to complete the collection would be to get a 2dr post Tempest and a 4dr post Custom S or vice versa along with a LeMans wagon (LeMans and Executive wagons were woody, Custom S, Catalina, Ventura, Bonneville were not)

These lower end nameplates especially in the utilitarian body styles are the hardest to find in survivor condition.

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1969 Fbird (Base, 350 & Sprint Cvt’s - 400HO & TA Hardtops)
1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr Hardtop and a Cvt)
1969 LeMans Safari 2 seat Wagon
1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 Hardtops & Judge Hardtop)
1969 Catalina (3 Cvt’s & a 2dr hardtop)
1969 Ventura 2 Seat Wagon
1969 Executive 4dr Sedan
1969 Bonnie Cvt
1969 Bonnie 3 Seat Wagon (2 of them)
1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr Hardtop & Cvt)
1969 Grand Prix SJ (2 of them)
1969 2+2 2dr Hardtop (Canadian model)
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