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#61
04-10-2005, 09:32 PM
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Another I took:
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 My cars (or should I say "TANKS")  -72' Chevrolet Caprice Kingswood Estate 3-seat wagon (402) 73' Pontiac Grand Ville Custom 4dr hdtp (455) 90' Buick Century Custom 4dr sedan (3.3L) 95' Lincoln Town Car Signature Series (4.6L) |
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#62
04-10-2005, 09:35 PM
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That is very interesting. Good to hear you still have both of them too. Do you have any recent photos of your Grand Prix? I really like that shade of green. Those double-stripe white walls are neat too.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by djohan: bought this '71 new. Supposedly one of the last 4-speed cars to roll off the line in 1971. Still have the same car and same wife. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
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My cars (or should I say "TANKS") -72' Chevrolet Caprice Kingswood Estate 3-seat wagon (402) 73' Pontiac Grand Ville Custom 4dr hdtp (455) 90' Buick Century Custom 4dr sedan (3.3L) 95' Lincoln Town Car Signature Series (4.6L) |
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#63
04-16-2005, 08:20 PM
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Nice looking car Hearseman. Odd, but nice. What's that beast weigh? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Not sure what it weighs, around 5000 to 6000lbs. But I did get 14 to 16 mpg when I drove it from Ohio to SC today without any problems. Here is a picture you may like, it is of a friends 67 Pontiac Combination coach set up as a Navy Ambulance.
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68 Pontiac Bonneville Combination Coach, 1 of 79, Base price in 1968- $9504 That would buy you 2 GTO hardtops and 1 GTO Conv. I'm just a Pontiac man stuck in a Cadillac hobby. Yes, I have a car fetish, among others. |
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#64
04-19-2005, 09:01 PM
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Here are a couple of better photos I took of my car a few days ago. I have since replaced the standard Grand Ville wheelcovers with the optional deluxe finned wheelcovers, since I posted the last photo.
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My cars (or should I say "TANKS") -72' Chevrolet Caprice Kingswood Estate 3-seat wagon (402) 73' Pontiac Grand Ville Custom 4dr hdtp (455) 90' Buick Century Custom 4dr sedan (3.3L) 95' Lincoln Town Car Signature Series (4.6L) |
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#65
04-19-2005, 09:04 PM
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Instrument panel. (Sorry, I had to resize photo in order to get it to work).
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My cars (or should I say "TANKS") -72' Chevrolet Caprice Kingswood Estate 3-seat wagon (402) 73' Pontiac Grand Ville Custom 4dr hdtp (455) 90' Buick Century Custom 4dr sedan (3.3L) 95' Lincoln Town Car Signature Series (4.6L) |
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#66
04-20-2005, 12:52 PM
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HERE'S MY 69 CAT W/ MY 68 NOVA
         
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#67
04-24-2005, 09:03 PM
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Hearse man, saw the post about the hub cap question for your 68 combination coach. The ones in your pic with the PMD caps are 14 or 15 inch? I have a set in 14 inch minus one PMD emblem.
One day I will have the courage to post a pick of my 68 wagon. On trips to the wrecking yard, my kid (8 yrs old) asked me if I was going to buy one of the cars there since they looked better than the one I drove!
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#68
04-26-2005, 06:59 PM
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The hubcaps on my coach are 15in. Go ahead and post your pics. They can't all be pretty, some have to be workhorses. Mine is just a workhorse that had to stay pretty to stay working.
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68 Pontiac Bonneville Combination Coach, 1 of 79, Base price in 1968- $9504 That would buy you 2 GTO hardtops and 1 GTO Conv. I'm just a Pontiac man stuck in a Cadillac hobby. Yes, I have a car fetish, among others. |
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#69
04-27-2005, 09:16 AM
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Hi all,
Here's a shot of my '73 Bonneville. Tony...I finally have a bunch-o-photos to share.. |
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#70
04-27-2005, 10:46 AM
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Here's another view. The car behind it is a '73 Grand Prix SJ. Wrong forum for it though.
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#71
04-27-2005, 10:50 AM
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Here's the inside. Sorry about the big pictures: I'm not sure how to resize them the right way.
Strange combo of options. I replaced the AM radio with an AM/FM monoraul out of a '74 Catalina (correct for '73 though). The car had the standard base hubcaps with the RWL tires you see there; it looked terrible. Those Rally IIs came from a '72 GrandVille that was in the recycler's yard. I found out the hard way that '73 - '76 Rally IIs are unique -- the '72's were designed to accept the angled trim-ring; the rounded ones did not fit -- I was so mad! Turns out some mid 80's Camaro/ S-10 rings appear almost identical & they do fit. |
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#72
04-27-2005, 10:51 AM
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oops. here's the pic
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#73
04-28-2005, 09:51 AM
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Here's my very rough '73 Bonneville 4-door pillared sedan. I bought this at an impound auction in Birmingham about 4-5 years ago for $200...mainly for the engine & transmission for a '73 GrandAm (4-door). The owner crashed it in a bad area of Birmingham & just left it for the city to pick up.
Anyway, I towed it home & it ran but the engine made a horrible knocking sound. I would crank it & move it around the field-o-cars every once in a while when it got in the way... Strange how it ran so good while making all that racket. One day I crawled underneath it & removed the dented flywheel cover & the noise went away. The car sat another year or two in the weeds & I left it in AL when I moved up to NC last year. I caught a ride back to AL & decided to chance it & see if it would make the haul up here. Keep in mind this sucker hadn't been cranked in nearly a year. I made a weekend out of changing all the fluids/hoses/etc...; repacked the wheel bearings...& removing all of the parts stored in it... Well, the car made it 600 miles to NC without a bit of trouble! It looked like hell, but geez, after taking care of me like that...I figured I'd save it... Here's what it looked like the day after I drove it up here. The slot wheels don't help out the looks, but the tires held up! |
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#74
04-28-2005, 09:53 AM
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Nice interior huh?
Car was not loved. |
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#75
04-28-2005, 09:56 AM
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Front-end damage.
Only got the bumper brackets & RF fender. Frame is perfect. Even front bumper undamaged! |
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#76
04-28-2005, 10:22 AM
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Photos of my 67 Catalina
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#77
04-28-2005, 10:27 AM
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more photos
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#78
04-28-2005, 03:55 PM
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Nice '67. Are those the original hubcaps? Got any shots of the interior?
I also like the '69 posted above & the Nova. You seldom see '68 Novas... Cool that some Pontiac owners appreciate the other makes. |
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#79
04-28-2005, 04:04 PM
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Here's what the Bombaville looks like as-of now. I scrubbed the funk off, put some new tires on it along with the custom-finned hubcaps. The rims came off my yellow (uhh, "mesa tan" - yuck!) car.
I got the clock working & tore the vinyl top off, exposing some pretty serious roof rust. I've been scraping the paint off the hood with a razor blade in the evenings when I have a bad day at work. The car was originally "burnished umber" the same color as Shaffer's car. It came without a vinyl top, but someone added one unfortunately. |
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#80
04-28-2005, 04:16 PM
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Trying to resize this.
Back view of car after cleaning before I put the hubcaps on. |
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