[md1twal3]

Originally Posted by baron_

yupper
i'll be posting tonight, all about 'er

congrats! I look forward to the details!

[Kerry H]

I worked for a year and a half as a photographer for the Auto Trader magazine here in Phoenix and you would not believe have many cars I could show you just sitting rotting away. I know one guy who has a gorgeous 68 Lemans Ragtop just sitting under a carport witht the top down for a years. Body is super nice, the interior is covered in dirt but would clean up nice. Says he is going to fix it someday (yeah, right). I also know a storage yard with some first gen Camaro's, Chevelle's just sitting for years. I know of a 74 GTO that is supposed to be for sale, however I have never been able to contact the owner and I have left my number but never got any replies. It is a shame.....many people would love to get ahold of these cars and bring them back to life but people just seem to want to let tem rot and not let anyone get ahold of them.

[RAJ7395]

Just a good ole Boy!! Never meanin no harm... Yep! Both cars went into the ditch front end first and bent the subframes. Not a big deal as I'm getting pretty darn good at restoring first gen subframes. As for the bodies, me, the spot and mig welders and a few hand built jigs should have them looking better in short order. Unfortunately, I don't have the cash to buy the panels yet.

Anyone notice how many of the F-bodies in the bone yards were "backed" into trees.

[formula400]

thanks gto john, i was able to take it around the block for the first time all year, man was that great!

[cjaghblb]

Here is my "cactus" find, found about 11 years ago and bought for 300 bucks in southern AZ where I grew up. I only bought it as a car to turn but never did.......

[Bill Morgan]

I bought this car about four years ago after offering to buy it annually for six years. The owner said he finally sold it to me because he was tired of listening to this grandsons argue about which one would inherit it.

The original drivetrain was long gone, replaced by a '71 GTO 400 and TH400 (both of which I still have), but the rally gauges, AM radio and factory reverberator remained intact.

I sold it to a good friend in the Texas Metroplex. He obtained a PHS report on it and found it to be not only a true '65 GTO two-door post, but also a tripower, four-speed, posi axle car.

[baron_]

just bought the convertible from allrize's earlier post

loaded with options, all still on and working
speed minder + low fuel, power windows, power steering, power antenna, power bucket seat, tilt wheel, wood wheel (in trunk), power top, hazard switch, 3:23 posi, rally I wheels, console and vacume gauges with buckets, and some other smaller stuff like mirror package, floormats, etc....

runs great! (70's smog motor - but dependable)

the guy has had it for 20 years - restored 17 years ago
(the pictures are good to it - its a 20 footer)
new top this year - been sitting in his barn most of the time, beside his house for the last few years
he bought it from his best friend who had it for 10 years
who bought it from the grandma two streets over, who's still alive (trying to get her phone #)

[cjaghblb]

I have been slowly working on it for the last 11 years with some long layoffs over that time. I didn't touch it for a year once as I pulled the motor to put in a new rear main and it leaked (or so I thought, turns out that it was my transmission pan seal and I run Amsoil so they look the same) so I was just plain disgusted with it. I am turning it into a street rod with everything having been taken apart, restored, or replaced. Here is what it looked like aboout 2 years ago. Doesn't look much different today as I decided to chuck the th400/3200 stall and the 10 bolt 65 GTO 3:23 posi in favor of a 2004r and a furd 9" (anyone need a completely rebuilt 10 bolt posi for their 65 GTO? I would prefer to give it to a GTO project instead of the 442 across the street) so that is what I have been working on. I certianly couldn't have gotten this done in 4 months, heck I think it took me 4 months just to convince myself to stop changing my mind and just build it.

[gtome]

I am looking for a posi for my 65. Where are you located?

[cjaghblb]

I am in Chandler AZ, not to up to speed on shipping one of those. Its complete from springs to control arms with all new brakes, bushings, and a completely refreshed posi unit. I pulled it from a rusty 65 I got a number of years back (the 65 was complete and numbers matching but it was rusty so I stripped it. Bet someone would want it now rusty or not). Still has that tag hanging from the pumpkin as well. I did drill 2 holes in the webs for no-hop bars but that can be filled and painted if stock is what you want.

[studda]

I found this '72 Lemans Luxury in a cow pasture. It sat there since 1982 until I bought it a year or two ago for $200. It ran after a little toying around with, but it hammered hard.

[2nd67GTO]

Does wrecking yard count as a barn? 'Sides that, just wanted to show off.

[loadedgoat65]

What are you asking for the Posi ?

[Smoking Tires]

nice cars guys! really nice red/chrome deal on that camaro, love it alot

thinkin about it for my lemans actually

[Ron Landis]

These are some pictures of before and after of my Dad's 69 Judge. We did a frame off in 2003. Three generations of Pontiac lovers completed most of the work. May be some inspiration for those who are starting new projects! The original engine was gone, but there was a WS taken out of a Judge in the early '70s, about a dozen weeks early on the dates, but had original manifolds and @ .001" wear in the bores. Car sports original pistons and a new 744 cam, correct for the car. Now, if Kevin gets his "garage find" RA IV / 4.33 four speed car done here soon, we can do our own "track test." Both cars are from the same location. His car will have fresh, unmolested heads, a WW block, cast one day after this car was sold, along with a factory RA IV cam, so it should provide about as honest a comparison as can be expected. I love these pix. Anyone go carsinbarns.com ? Thanx for sharing. Ron

[Smoking Tires]

nice judge! how rare is the hideaway lights on the 69s

[All Rize]

One of my employees tipped me off to this car....it's a 1970 Goat w/ 4 speed. The guy who owned it wasn't the nicest fella but was willing to talk to me. The car really needs to be restored and as you can see has a small block Chevy motor. None the less, he said he would consider selling but wouldn't say a price. Finally, after several references to Barrett Jackson auctions he said somewhere over 15k....Any takers????

[baron_]

'barn' finds
the guy knows what he's got - a big GTO fan

but neat pics, regardless

There's 3 or 4 other barns like this full of GTO's
the 'nice' cars are under car covers
Saw my first real Ram air GTO (1967) here


....i didn't even bother to go into the 'judge barn'

[All Rize]

Wow, For Sale or not those are some cool pictures...I've never found that many in one spot before. Is he located in OH? Like you, I would just get a kick out of seeing the place.

BTW, I saw a 69 GTO Judge Convertable that I say once about 1.5 years ago. I figured it to be a clone but found out the other day it is actually genuine (one of 108). When I saw it, I took a couple pics of it (it was at some small business behind a fence). Anyway, one of my customers knows the guy and got me his number. No doubt he knows what he has but it will be cool to see it up close none the less .

[baron_]

yup - neat place
there's also "the judge barn" (i think 4 judges), 20 cars sitting outside, another barn full of 64-65 cars, a barn full of engine blocks/heads, the 'tripower room' where there's a dozen complete tripowers laying on the ground - etc

it's ridiculous - most pontiac stuff i've seen in one place