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06-26-2012, 09:39 PM
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70 Grand Prix
I drug this '70 Grand Prix out of the dirt yesterday. It has been sitting since 1978 near as I can tell. It is a model J with power windows, am/fm, cruise, bench seat, and disc brakes. It has an XH 400 with 13 heads. I plan on putting in new points, plugs, oil change, and run some fresh gas through it and see if it will fire up. The car is actually pretty solid with the exception of the roof, it looks really poor. Someone along the line put a '67 GTO 4 speed quadrajet on this thing. Pretty neat old car.
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06-26-2012, 09:55 PM
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wow..looks like a great find...
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#3
06-26-2012, 09:58 PM
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pretty high optioned J
"Un messed with" is a great way to get a car. Putting it back on the road??? |
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06-26-2012, 10:08 PM
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I wouldn't mind driving it. I'm just trying to figure out why someone would park it after only 8 years. Something has to be wrong.
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#5
06-26-2012, 10:19 PM
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gas crunch
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06-27-2012, 10:52 AM
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Mine was parked in 77. Who knows why it was parked. Make her run, clean up the top and paint it and drive her.
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#7
06-28-2012, 10:03 PM
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Looks like a fun car to play with! Nice find.
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#8
06-29-2012, 03:15 AM
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If you don't decide to drive it & part it out if you find something bad( not a jinks) I would like the heads. O the complete engine. What gears in the rear. I se it has A/C so probley 3.08 or 3.23 which again is what I am lookinf for. Thanks Rex.
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#9
06-29-2012, 06:04 AM
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Sounds like a good find
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#10
07-03-2012, 11:54 AM
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1978 was a lull in the gas crunch times. Prices were affordable, until the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.
But, back then 8 years was 'old' for a car, maybe wanted to 'preserve' it? |
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07-04-2012, 06:49 PM
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ive got a 69 that looks like a twin to it out in my pasture.
what part of oklahoma did you find it |
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#12
07-04-2012, 07:31 PM
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I filed off the points, and poured some gas down it and it fired right up.
I found it south of Duncan, which is an hour south of OKC. I have been trying to buy this thing for about 8 years. Persistence finally paid off. Never hurts to have a few cars stashed in the pasture. |
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#13
07-05-2012, 10:03 AM
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found a 69 bird similar to your story in a cotton field a few years ago. I had to rebuild the carb, put a starter on it, points and swap the coil wires. The coil was new and the wires were put on backward. It fired right up.
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#14
07-08-2012, 06:28 PM
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My GP had sat in a field in Enid for 28 years , did the same thing cleaned the points fresh gas ,and it fired rite up .
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07-08-2012, 09:20 PM
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Nice looking old Grand Prix, is yours a 455 or 428 car?
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07-08-2012, 09:30 PM
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Its A 70 so its 455,, And thank you .
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#17
07-13-2012, 07:57 PM
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That is a cool '70 GP having a bench seat and all those power options. I wonder why the radiator hose is off the car? Who's '74 Grandville is that in the background?
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07-14-2012, 04:55 PM
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I'm really not sure why the upper hose was off. I just stuck a new one on there and filled it up with some water. I wasn't expecting it to sound that great, but it actually surprised me and sounds pretty decent for sitting so many years.
The Grandville is another that I bought a couple years ago. It has a ton of options and is a 455 car. I am the second owner of it. |
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#19
07-14-2012, 05:30 PM
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American Graffiti Milner?
Hey Milner... shouldn't you be driving a '32 Ford coupe? Nice ride, have lots of parts here if you have a need.
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#20
07-15-2012, 01:05 AM
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I guess I should be. This is the closest thing I have to a '32. It is actually a 31 model on deuce rails. I thought about painting it yellow and sticking in a 327 chevy with 4 deuces, but I cant make myself put a small block chevy in it.
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