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Forum: Industry Stuff 03-29-2024, 10:35 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 943
Posted By bill ryder
Send your original hinges and springs to Rowland...

Send your original hinges and springs to Rowland Hall, in California, for restoration. They will come back like new. Very inexpensive. You won't be sorry. I wasn't!!!
Several years ago, GTOAA had a...
Forum: 64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH 03-26-2024, 02:14 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 1,872
Posted By bill ryder
I guess I need to put an ending the this thread....

I guess I need to put an ending the this thread. I turned down the 65. I really was wanting a 3:90 car, which it was not. The fan is what got me going. Without the PHS, my buddy who had the tiger...
Forum: THE LOBBY 03-24-2024, 01:19 PM
Replies: 446
Views: 30,343
Posted By bill ryder
I know where you are coming from, Bart. You...

I know where you are coming from, Bart. You tinker with them all the time. So do I. Looking for parts. Meeting new friends. That's what it is all about. Tinkering is as much fun as...
Forum: Tri-Power Tech 03-22-2024, 09:43 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 631
Posted By bill ryder
Those are great pictures, Chris!!! ...

Those are great pictures, Chris!!!

"Bill"!
Forum: 64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH 03-15-2024, 06:21 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 1,872
Posted By bill ryder
Car was NEVER titled. Dealership owner kept and...

Car was NEVER titled. Dealership owner kept and drove his self. User dealer tags as I understand it. Waiting to see the certificate of origin. This part is new to me!!
Also was supposedly kept in a...
Forum: 64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH 03-15-2024, 06:15 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 1,872
Posted By bill ryder
Finally got a few more MUCH needed pictures...

Finally got a few more MUCH needed pictures today..

"Bill"!
Forum: 66-67 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH 03-11-2024, 05:46 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 4,315
Posted By bill ryder
Hello Chris. My 64 had 28900 when I bought it....

Hello Chris. My 64 had 28900 when I bought it. Someone DID NOT LIKE nocturne blue and had painted it a nice white. SH** happens!!! I could not believe it either!!! :gag:

"Bill"!
Forum: 64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH 03-01-2024, 12:20 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 1,872
Posted By bill ryder
home for a while. "Bill"!

home for a while.

"Bill"!
Forum: 64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH 02-29-2024, 07:54 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 1,872
Posted By bill ryder
Hello BVZ. You are very astute! Yes, that is not...

Hello BVZ. You are very astute! Yes, that is not the window sticker for the 3x teal car. My buddy from Cali. had that car about 10 years ago, for a while. It mirrored the teal car, EXCEPT for the...
Forum: 64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH 02-28-2024, 06:11 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 1,872
Posted By bill ryder
Sooo, here we go. "Bill"!

Sooo, here we go.

"Bill"!
Forum: 64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH 01-30-2024, 12:19 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,108
Posted By bill ryder
Two steel wheel vendors in that time period;...

Two steel wheel vendors in that time period; Kelsey Hayse and Norton Technology. Some believe the NT wheel was west coast and KH wheel was more east. NT has the distinctive upside down A by the valve...
Forum: 66-67 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH 01-29-2024, 03:04 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 6,465
Posted By bill ryder
Sure hope you kept all the old parts: belt,...

Sure hope you kept all the old parts: belt, alternator, water pump, etc.!!!!!!!! almost anything that was replaced with new!!!

"Bill"!
Forum: Interior TECH 01-25-2024, 03:21 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,048
Posted By bill ryder
That picture was of a factory carpet, correct? I...

That picture was of a factory carpet, correct? I do not disagree with what has been stated. I just do it differently. I cut for the seat when carpet is IN THE CAR. I do not leave the no carpet gap...
Forum: THE LOBBY 01-24-2024, 02:10 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 524
Posted By bill ryder
On a restored car that doesn't get very dirty, I...

On a restored car that doesn't get very dirty, I would never use water to clean. Water just promotes RUST. My car was restored 35 years ago and has only seen water when it was wet sanded. Still...
Forum: 64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH 01-02-2024, 04:36 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 542
Posted By bill ryder
If you look at the grain closely, the 64 looks...

If you look at the grain closely, the 64 looks like little veins running everywhere, matching the 64 interior. The 65 looks like sand, again matching the 65 interior. Your pics were not close enough...
Forum: THE LOBBY 01-01-2024, 07:26 PM
Replies: 446
Views: 30,343
Posted By bill ryder
Pulled the cardboard out from underneath to look...

Pulled the cardboard out from underneath to look for drips after 6 months. Found none. Slid cardboard back underneath!!!! Hope that counts!!

"Bill"!
Forum: 66-67 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH 12-31-2023, 10:41 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,128
Posted By bill ryder
DEFINITELY X2 on pull engine!!!!!!!!!!! ...

DEFINITELY X2 on pull engine!!!!!!!!!!!

"Bill"!
Forum: Electrical Tech 12-21-2023, 10:29 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 953
Posted By bill ryder
Maybe an amplifier for a tape deck?? ...

Maybe an amplifier for a tape deck??

"Bill"!
Forum: National Events 12-21-2023, 04:11 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,059
Posted By bill ryder
The nocturne blue w/ white top, I still have and...

The nocturne blue w/ white top, I still have and show it all the time GTOAA and POCI. That was back in the day when they were scored on 300 points and were scored at each other, not gold, silver,...
Forum: Pontiac - Street 07-31-2023, 09:07 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 757
Posted By bill ryder
65 with ram air - almost hydro locked after rain storm

Have never heard anyone speak of my experience, but I would guess, I'm not the first.
While at Springfield last month at GTOAA, the huge storm blew thru and hurt a lot of beautiful cars. After the...
Forum: 61-77 GTO, Tempest & LeMans Parts WANTED 01-25-2023, 08:26 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 573
Posted By bill ryder
Mike will dig around and find it. He is GREAT to...

Mike will dig around and find it. He is GREAT to deal with!!!!!!

"Bill"!
Forum: THE LOBBY 06-24-2022, 04:48 PM
Replies: 142
Views: 20,334
Posted By bill ryder
I have retired twice. 20 years underground coal...

I have retired twice. 20 years underground coal mine maintenance. 16 years Toyota Motors robotics and machine automation. Retirement is to slow, to boring for me. Started my own company 8 years ago....
Forum: National Events 03-23-2022, 07:38 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 8,540
Posted By bill ryder
WONDERFUL 2017 was a great show. Good venue. Lots...

WONDERFUL 2017 was a great show. Good venue. Lots of cars. Glad it is going back to Springfield.....

"Bill"!

I just do not understand why GTOAA and POCI struggle so much. Like a couple of kids...
Forum: THE LOBBY 02-24-2022, 06:50 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 5,933
Posted By bill ryder
Second Pontiac, first GTO in 65. Yep, I'm a...

Second Pontiac, first GTO in 65. Yep, I'm a little older than most you. I do understand. Just have to keep one in the garage. Walk by it many times every day. Rub on it every day. Lots of emotion...
Forum: THE LOBBY 08-24-2021, 08:01 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 7,422
Posted By bill ryder
God bless you, buddy. I will miss our weekly...

God bless you, buddy. I will miss our weekly shooting the s***. One of a kind.

"Bill"!
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