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Old 10-31-2018, 11:58 AM
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Aunt Betty and her 65.
Funny, my Aunt Dot was the catalyst behind my infatuation with Pontiac's- the day she drove up to our house in a brand new Yorktown Blue '62 Bonneville convertible. She would follow that up in 69 with a green 428 Bonneville vert. Good taste those ladies..

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Old 10-31-2018, 10:51 PM
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Lugnut - This is my 65 that I inherited from my dad, who owned it since 1970. I'm upgrading to discs so losing the chrome 14" reverse steels. I'm going with black with dog-dish but not sure I'll like the look when done and might need to spend some $$ to get the look back.
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Old 11-01-2018, 06:11 PM
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Old 11-01-2018, 09:45 PM
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^^ Boy, that looks like a fun car. I like the stance, color, everything...but are those truck tires on the back?

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Old 11-02-2018, 05:29 AM
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Looks like some good MUD tires.
Likely a Northern Location with some good old Snow tires,
hell might ever be Studded

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Old 11-02-2018, 09:27 AM
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Back in the 70's I would go out and look at cars for sale, especially GTO's. There would be ads in the newpaper that would say "never saw a winter" or "stored winters". I would get there and the cars would have snow tires on. I even asked one guy, "never saw a winter?", "why does it have snow tires on?". He didn't know what to say.

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Old 11-03-2018, 05:32 PM
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Old 11-03-2018, 06:25 PM
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Yes, I did make a copy, sorry.

NEW, 1965 Convertible.

Custom sport steering wheel
Dash pad
Power Antenna.
Deluxe Wheel Disc.
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Old 11-03-2018, 08:54 PM
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$3092 was a lot of money for those young fellas in 1965.

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Old 11-07-2018, 07:46 AM
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Old 11-07-2018, 09:23 AM
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Interesting front bumper. Also, the front tires are wide whitewalls turned in, then a thinner whitewall cut in on the outside. Funny thing is, I have seen this photo hundreds of times and never noticed that.

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Old 11-07-2018, 09:29 AM
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Interesting front bumper.
I think it's off a '63 Tempest/Lemans.

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That's what I was thinking. I probably never noticed it because your eyes tend to gravitate to the Tempest grille.

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Old 11-08-2018, 07:28 AM
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Anything to lighten them up.
Tempest Grill much lighter then GTO grills.
No lower headlamps either ramming in more air or just a few ounces off the front.
Bumper likely needed to meet Class requirements ?
Open scoop is definitely for MORE AIR

Love the No Nonsense, whatever works look.

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Old 11-08-2018, 08:01 AM
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Open scoop is definitely for MORE AIR
That's how we ran ours, too - no nosepiece in the scoop; no hood inner underneath that spot.

Just wide open.

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That's what I was thinking. I probably never noticed it because your eyes tend to gravitate to the Tempest grille.
This one had a Tempest grille, too -









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