[prix-tender]

My 62

[Engine-Ear]

prix-tender:

welcome to the PY board!!

Cool / clever user name!!

Is that Daryl Yoder's old car?

[Blackwood Goat]

Originally Posted by 64woodwheel

1964 Grand Prix

Very Nice.

[pontiacjeff]

This is the wagon Pontiac SHOULD HAVE BUILT in '66... sorry for the crappy pics, they are from 2004... Sony Mavica 1.3meg (HA!HA!)

[pontiacjeff]

This is a rambling of everything I can think of. I'm sure I forgot some stuff, I have been building this car since 1989...

power windows, power vents, power door locks (converted to electric), tilt, wood, gauges, 4-speed, buckets with headrests and passenger recliner, 3-point seat belts in front and outside rear (welded captured nuts in door pillar and rear inner wheel house), third seat with three seat belts, NOS vent shades, NOS child door locks in rear, NOS door edge guards, Bonneville trim inside with carpeted load floor when seats are down, new headliner, custom door panels, hazard flashers, woodgrain, power antenna, rear load leveling system with Airlift airbags and load switch/compressor from mid-80s Olds, 16" space-saver spare (same diameter), 15x7 rally IIs, front disc brakes, all new front bushings, balljoints, Gabriel Gas Ryders, steering linkage from end to end, fast ratio gearbox, power steering cooler, 68-70 reinforced upper a-arms, custom fully welded upper and lower 69-70 style rear control arms with urethane bushings, custom rear triangulating braces, 3.55 posi with main cap studs, tig-welded ring gear spacer on a 2.92/3.08-series "big gear/big shaft" limited slip carrier, rebuilt rearend with all new bearings, seals, NOS 3.55 gearset, custom spring pre-load booster springs (approx 600# pre-load), NEW from scratch 3" non-tapered driveshaft, fully-boxed transmission crossmember solid-mounted to the frame (not O.E. rubber mounted), not a spot or spec of rust ever in the floors, original 1966 Texas road soot, never stripped off. Car soldnew in Austin, farmers car, drove it to get the mail in town. Had 11K miles on it in 1977. Second family put 120K on it before I bought it in 1988. It was originally Reff Turquoise Irridescent, but when I boughht it, it was three shades of brown (if you know what I mean...

What else?

Dome lamp/reading lamp from the mid-70s... NOS parts I have never installed: rear bumper, "P-O-N-T-I-A-C" spear for tailgate. Other parts to go on it: "B-O-N-N-E-V-I-L-L-E" tailgate spear, maybe... all vinyl roof chrome trim (always wanted a big-a** black pebble-grain vinyl roof!). Bonneville stainless ribbed rocker molding all the way down both sides, all the pieces, was gonna maybe paint the same red in b/t the ribs instead of polished or black!

NEW PPG windshield. NOS tail light lenses (installed). Oh, '66 GP front end with parking lamps (duh...) with NEW repro lenses when you could buy them... '68 Executive wagon second row and third row seat. Third row added by painstakinly drilling out all the spot welds for all the brackets and hinge mounts, then welding them all in place, including factory rear seatbelt bolt-plates welded in under the rear floor.

Jeez, I know there's more... I'll think of it.

Oh, ya, had a big-a** turbo on it at one time!

[pontiacjeff]

more gearhead stuff...

[pontiacjeff]

more inside rear shots. The interior is all new, rear and third seat are orignal 68 professionally dyed black. A/C dash pad is (nearly) perfect, also professionally re-dyed. New custom door panels and rear side panels. O.E. rear footwell vinyl mat (68), rear light with interior dome lamp switch. Four door lamp pin switches, power rear window and inside rear window switch (rear). Rear air deflector off a '70 Chevy Kingswood. Rsisted ever putting a roof rack on it, though I had one for years.

[MOJO Catalina]

Wow man, that's some wagon. You should show it to the guys in the demolition derby thread and make them ashamed of all the ones they've ruined over the years.

[71GP76TA]

Originally Posted by MOJO Catalina

Wow man, that's some wagon. You should show it to the guys in the demolition derby thread and make them ashamed of all the ones they've ruined over the years.

Demo derby thread??? Where??

[Hitman]

I'm in awe of that wagon. Where about in Atlanta are you? I've never seen that car around.

[pontiacjeff]

Originally Posted by Hitman

I'm in awe of that wagon. Where about in Atlanta are you? I've never seen that car around.

Woodstock, since 1993. The car (green) ran around Sandy Springs before that going back to 1986 and lived in Marietta from 1977-1986! I bought it in 1988. been to BOP many times, only showed it twice, tho, around 1999 and again in 2006 with the turbo in it.

Whereabout are you? Maybe you cold come see it at my shop in Woodstock off Hwy 92. I'd love to see whatever '65 that is in your signature (and that girl in your avatar!)

[Engine-Ear]

Originally Posted by pontiacjeff

This is a rambling of everything I can think of. I'm sure I forgot some stuff, I have been building this car since 1989...

Awesome! See you in Bowling Green with it at the POCI convention this July??

[hellerods]

I didn't think I needed a wagon, thanks a lot, I think. Man that sure put's a fellas mind to thinking.

[71GP76TA]

Back in the mid 80's(86?)... There was a turquoise on turquoise '66 Bonne wagon with "not for sale" on the windshield sitting in the back of a crusty old car lot in Hayward CA. I noticed the car had 421 emblems and 8 lugs.... upon closer inspection... the car had Tri-Power and a 4 speed with buckets console. The car appeared all original.. wasted paint ripped up interior etc. etc.... cool car... I was in awe.

[pontiacfarmer]

hmmmm...you have all that fancy stuff I want on my 66a bonnie wagon
even vinyl roof trim ..........

regards stig

[pontiacjeff]

Originally Posted by pontiacfarmer

hmmmm...you have all that fancy stuff I want on my 66a bonnie wagon
even vinyl roof trim ..........

regards stig

if I can find a big enough piece of three-piece pebble-grain vinyl, I would add the top right away! I love the look. Im sure you've seen the Pontiac Bonneville wagon magazine ad. The Dark Turquoise Metallic Bonneville wagon with the black vinyl top and roof rack. The one by the seaside with the surfers. THAT ad is why I want a black top. Plus, I think it would look really good with the red paint.

[Teej]

Scuba, not surfers....

[carcrazy]

Wow, great car-not something you see everyday!!

[pontiacjeff]

Originally Posted by Teej

Scuba, not surfers....

LOL!!!! Good eye catching that one! I have all the old ads, including the yellow Catalina wagon, also black top. And the station wagon dealer special folder for the big car and tempest wagons. I should scan them and post them on PY.

[1967Tempest]

Here is the wagon. Mainly gonna leave it alone. I am swapping in a 72 350 and a TH350. I have posted that before. I plan on using it as a tow vehicle. Low and slow.... I like the car and the lines. I am thinking of putting BLACK rims on the car. As I am not a fan of the blue rims on the car.. What do you think?









Here are the rims that I am thinking about.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CRR-3425750/


Here is the thread on another forum for the swap. Slow going, as I ran out of time last year, and there is now 2 feet of snow on top of the car. BUT!!!! It is going to be warm this week, so the snow should melt enough for me to get some more parts out of it to make the swap faster!!..

http://www.stationwagonforums.com/fo...ad.php?t=11416

Dave