[PAUL K]

I blacked out the grilles on the new to us 74. Not sure if I'll go back to original but wanted to test the look.

Any thoughts?

[73_Lemans_350]

Took my LeMans out for a cruise! Beautiful night. Now we await a winter storm.

[Scarebird]

The main shop is on hold currently, finding a contractor that returns emails is tough here. A mechanic friend here has a close friend who does this sort of masonry thing. I am having him enclose a walkway and convert it into a garage - the Lemans snuck in and notes it's approval:



Some friends had me over for dinner, they noted a car swap meet thing going on in our hometown. So the old girl rumbled down for a visit. To say this car turns heads would be a British-level understatement. So entering the complex (local expo center) was interesting. They put the Lemans right up front. There was a lot of other interesting kit about; a 74 (?) Mk. II Escort - very clean lines, Minis, buncha 2CV's and a lot of BMW's.



Inside was mainly motorcycle stuff; not much in the way of intakes, cylinder heads etc. A lot of toys and for some reason multitudes of headlights. There was of course a functional bar that even at 10:30am was doing a land office business. Portugal...



My friend Andre turned up and gave a nice tour. By the time I finished the inside the number of cars outside had tripled. The Pontiac was soaking up attention.
Strangely, no other car had their hoods up? A couple spots down was an early 70's Opel.

I wonder if GM used the same colors over here?

[Scarebird]

Update on paint:

The time period shows a Blue running in availability the same time as Lucy Blue, even though the codes are different. My guess is they are the same:

Exterior Colors - Factory Code, Name, Plaque Number

1969 Colors
15 - GT Metallic Green / Forest Green - 336
BB - Sand Beige - 448
CC - Sun Yellow - 450
DD - Regal Gold Met. - 447
HH - Strato Blue Met. - 235
JJ - Rallye Red - 520
PP - Spring Green Met. - 338
RR - Brilliant White - 451
UU - Metallic Silver - 135

1970 Colors
16 - GT Chartreuse - 406*
BB - Sand Beige - 448
CC - Chrome Yellow - 446
DD - Aztec Gold Met. - 404
GG - Copper Bronze Metallic - 507
HH - Strato Blue Met. - 235
JJ - Flame Red - 508
PP - Spring Green Met. - 308
RR - Brilliant White - 451
SS - Sunburst Yellow - 407
UU - Metallic Silver - 135
WW - Rallye Orange - 513
ZZ - GT Chartreuse - 406*

* Some sources have this as ZZ, others as 16.

1971 Colors
CC - Alpine White - 416
DD - Strato Blue Met. - 235
GG - Aztec Gold Met. - 404
HH - Jade Green Met. - 304
PP - Astro Silver Met. - 135
QQ - Rallye Gold - 411
RR - Flame Red - 508
TT - Antique Bronze Met. - 412
XX - Fire Glow Orange - 529
YY - Chrome Yellow - 446

1972 Colors
CC or RR - Alpine White - 416
DD or HH - Strato Blue Met. - 235
HH or PP - Jade Mist Met. - 303
QQ or SS - Rallye Gold - 411
RR or JJ - Flame Red - 508
TT or GG - Antique Bronze Met. - 412
XX or WW - Fire Glow Orange - 529
YY or CC - Chrome Yellow - 446
UU - Astro or Grecian Silver Met. - 135

1973 Colors
CC or RR - Alpine White - 416
DD or HH - Strato Blue Met. - 235
HH or PP - Jade Mist Met. - 303
QQ or SS - Rallye Gold - 411
RR or JJ - Flame Red - 508
TT or GG - Antique Bronze Met. - 412
XX or WW - Fire Glow Orange - 529
YY or CC - Chrome Yellow - 446
SS - Grecian Silver Met. - 135

[67drake]

Last night I finished wrapping up an 8.5 A body rear end to ship out. 129 lbs. with probably 10lbs of tape and cardboard!