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Old 01-16-2012, 02:17 AM
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Default 63 421sd Swiss Cheese - Union Park Pontiac
Just sharing some photos of my 63 catalina 421sd "swiss cheese"












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Old 01-16-2012, 11:38 AM
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Hey Tim,welcome to the site.You should show before pics when it was a altered wheel base car!Great job on the restoration!Tom

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Greeat pix! She is a thing of beauty! Welcome to the site.

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Old 01-16-2012, 03:36 PM
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i have been up close to this car and it is one of the best i have ever seen the attention to detail is unbelievable it a great car and if you need any Restoration work Tim is great to work with brody

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Old 01-16-2012, 05:00 PM
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Tim, Frank here I must say this is one of the BEST resto jobs Ive seen yet. From what this car was to what it has become is just remarkable. And the history behind this car is second to none. Super Job for this "" SUPERDUTY "".

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Have you raced it since restoring it? After all, that's what a Swiss Cheese SD Catalina is for!

Rob...

Looks awesome BTW.

Were all Swiss Cheese cars hardtops? Seems like a post car would be less flexible with the frame being compromised like it is.

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Here's a pic of the car back in the day, after getting the altered wheelbase treatment. and how Bill Blair found it
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thanks for the support, friends. havent raced her at all, shes a trailer queen, for now shes up in pontiac, illinois at a museum until we find a home for her.

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My mom bought her '79 LeMans Safari from there. It always tickles me to know they were sponsoring racers when cars were cool.

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[I] wonder where these ended up??????????????????????????[/I'm just sayin'I]
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Wow, Five Star Job, ThorpesCorvettes!

Thanks for sharing pics.

Do you have any related stories / anecdotes worth sharing as the car came back into its current state?

misterp266, I also thought there were a couple of 2311 swiss cheese frame cars.

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Amazing Swiss Cheese Cat! All the 14 Swiss Cheese Catalinas was Hardtops

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Ever count the holes??

How much welding went into the frame to make it right?

The altered looks pretty scary

What a beautiful restoration, deserves to be in Tim's Place.

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127 Holes i think?

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Beautiful trailer queen.

Got the perfect home for it right here in Tulsa. It's a quarter mile strip of blacktop and concrete. Plus you won't have to worry about it collecting dust. lol

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Beautiful trailer queen.

Got the perfect home for it right here in Tulsa. It's a quarter mile strip of blacktop and concrete. Plus you won't have to worry about it collecting dust. lol

I'm with you......

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Love the great pics! Thanks for the feedback!

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couple more pics of it i have
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LOVE the car! great job, looks fantastic.......

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