[Cobrabill]

Originally Posted by pontiacpetey

I don't really have any car peeves. But those creepy crybaby dolls at all the shows freak me out.
I could say my one peeve would be every Lemans owner seems to be making their car into a GTO.

Those are called"Time-out kids".And everytime i see one,i want to set it on fire.

[MikeNoun]

These are all great, thank you guys.

And again, anyone can personalize their car how they want (heck, I did too), but it's the high priced Pontiacs that are sold for big dollars at auctions, and the ad state they're all "correct" when there's an obvious snafu, like Rally II's on a 65 GTO.

We've probably all heard people on cruise nights ask, "Is that right? Did they make them like that?" So this is just a list of the more obvious things that we see REPEATEDLY at shows and cruise nights. Hell, I've done that too with makes I'm not familiar with, like 71-up Mopars, wondering if the engine I'm looking at is factory or transplanted.

And I'll throw another one it: black hood scoop inserts on 67-69 Birds, or 68-72 non-Judge GTO's. Nothing wrong with that (I personally like them), just not something the factory did.

[Lightfoot]

How about 8-lugs on a '65 GTO?
I saw that years ago, and didn't know any better. Thought it looked pretty cool, though.

[Cobrabill]

Originally Posted by Lightfoot

How about 8-lugs on a '65 GTO?
I saw that years ago, and didn't know any better. Thought it looked pretty cool, though.

THat'sa something that shoulda happened.And i remeber something about that it almost did.I like it.

[codyyy]

Originally Posted by Lightfoot

How about 8-lugs on a '65 GTO?
I saw that years ago, and didn't know any better. Thought it looked pretty cool, though.

I think my teacher talked about when he had a GTO he added 8-lugs to it. I wonder what a '68 would look like with them on though...

[lintmann]

What about "dealer installed" options on restored cars? Any for or against those?

[goatless]

'69s with the correct exhaust tips... but pointing the wrong way.

[Terry M. Hunt]

Trans Am splitters on '64-'65 GTO's. Consoles with a tach and a vacuum guage mounted on them. Stainless trim around pedals on cars without power brakes. Spare tires mounted in trunk upside down. Spatter painted trunks on '64 GTO's. Humps on '64,'65, and '66 valve covers reversed. Negative battery cables bolted to the front of the cylinder head. Magazine features that include a nice interior shot, but nobody took the time to center the steering wheel. Based on the number of errors I see in some of the major suppliers catalogs, it is not surprising that many people wind up with incorrect stuff on their cars by taking it on faith that the catalog must be right.

[Nickv]

My pet peeve is people who bitch about other people cars. :-)

[MikeNoun]

66GTO Jim, well put, that's exactly why I keep reminding people in this thread this is not about things people do to CUSTOMIZE their cars, this is about the things that we see time and again on HIGH DOLLAR RESTORATIONS that are incorrect. As someone said in an earlier post, if you tell a lie enough times, some people begin to think it's the truth.

So that's all I'm looking for, those instances where megabucks are spent restoring a car to FACTORY CORRECT, yet these resto shops keep making the same mistakes over and over again. Then these cars appear at Mecum, Barrett-Jackson, a museum (like Volo) with descriptions stating it's a meticulous nut-and-bolt resto, everything is correct, but it's a 1968 GTO with a Judge wing.

Just trying to keep the air clear, preserve some history, and educate those that may not be aware that when you see a team photo of the Denver Broncos, and one guy is wearing a Green Bay Packer uniform, that's not correct. If you staged the photo and know it's wrong, not a problem. Modifications and personalization to your own car are NOT an issue here.