[Held for Ransom]

1971 wheel colors were
19 (A) Black
16 (V) Dark Steel
29 (E) Dark Blue
49 (M) Dark Green
59 (Z) Dark Gold and
67 (S) Bronze

Some think that the W, in your box 79, stood for the wheel color.

[gloryrestoparts]

cool find adam. I didn't know it was a factory two tone car.

Originally Posted by adam woodmancy

I owned Chris's 70.5 gt-37 for a couple years. I loved that car and the rarity of it, but I got really sick of people thinking I was trying to make it into a judge when they saw the stripe.

strangely, I don't get those same "compliments". although, I've been slowly putting it back to its tempest roots I guess.

[gloryrestoparts]

Originally Posted by adam woodmancy

<snip> i was contemplating removing all the original 350/2/8.2 setup and tucking it away in storage and putting my 71 455 and 71 th-400 in its place.

you know what you need to do. wink wink

[adam woodmancy]

Originally Posted by gloryrestoparts

cool find adam. I didn't know it was a factory two tone car.



strangely, I don't get those same "compliments". although, I've been slowly putting it back to its tempest roots I guess.

You have done a great job Chris. I couldn't be happier with the awesome home it found

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by YNOBIL

Thanks for posting it Adam. I can't believe how pristine it is. Usually gas tank sheets are pretty rough.

Adam - how many miles on the car? Just trying to get a feel for the condition of the build sheet vs usage/environment the car saw.

For comparison sake here's the sheet from my GTO (found above the tank). 4800 miles 1/4 at a time (never seen snow and only in the rain once or twice).

K

[Diego]

What is the color combo of this car?

[adam woodmancy]

Keith, I bought it last summer and it had just over 94,000. I've put about 2,000 on it. According to the title, it hadn't been registered since 1996 until i did it last year. I believe it sat under a tarp for a long period of time as the top of the hood and trunk lid have pitted, but the rest of the paint is decent.

The car is castillian bronze with a light tan painted top, not sure of the exact color, but I would like to know for restoration purposes.

[johnta1]

The car is castillian bronze with a light tan painted top, not sure of the exact color,

The build sheet shows Castilian Bronze with Sandalwood top.

[Judge273]

Any pix of car???

For comparison sakes here is an old car of mine currently owned by BJ.



Notice the wheels are steelies and caps too... Cameo White with White Vinyl and Black steelies as HFR posted the color combos avasilable.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by adam woodmancy

Keith, I bought it last summer and it had just over 94,000. I've put about 2,000 on it. According to the title, it hadn't been registered since 1996 until i did it last year. I believe it sat under a tarp for a long period of time as the top of the hood and trunk lid have pitted, but the rest of the paint is decent.

Thank you; I'm thinking that area above the fuel tank must be pretty sheltered for an unprotected piece of paper to survive any period of time up there.

K

[adam woodmancy]

[adam woodmancy]

The guy I bought it from was getting ready to paint it orbit orange. Glad I got to it in time. . It has some rust on the bottom of the 1/4s and fenders, but the floors and frame are great. The motor appears to be 99% original. Runs and drives great, it's been a nice surprise. I had to replace the original radiator because it began leaking after a week or do of driving it, but other than that, all these pics are just as I bought it. Note the Dragstrip pic, not much of a performer with the 350-2 and speed, 2.78 gear... Haha

[adam woodmancy]

My 72 luxury lemans with a 350-2, th-350, and 2.78 gear ran 9.98 in the 1/8th, usually low 10s. The T-37 has run a best of 11.38, usually 11.50s. What a difference some transmission gear can make at 3900#. Haha

[adam woodmancy]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Thank you; I'm thinking that area above the fuel tank must be pretty sheltered for an unprotected piece of paper to survive any period of time up there.

K

I'd say so too, I was shocked at how clean the core of the top side of the tank was. It has undercoating on the bottom side, and surface rust on the top perimeter , but the center area was surprisingly nice. I don't know how old the undercoating is, but it's been on there a long while

[YNOBIL]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Thank you; I'm thinking that area above the fuel tank must be pretty sheltered for an unprotected piece of paper to survive any period of time up there.

K

Not always Keith. I guess it depends on where the sheet is placed. Only a small portion of my Pontiac built 67 GTO convert survived. At the time I found the Build Sheet the car was15 years old and had around 75,000 miles. It's pretty shabby but I cherish any factory documentation I find.

[adam woodmancy]

I was the 2nd owner of my 72 , and I got it in 1999, and I still haven't found the sheet for that one. Had the carpet and seats out, tank dropped. About the only place I haven't been is inside the front door panels.

['ol Pinion head]

Adam, Is your '72 a Pontiac build? If so, only place I've found their small version buildsheet is between the carpet & the sound deadner to the right of the shifter porch area.

Another place to ck on the '71 Fremont car is a taped to the back of the original cardboard package tray, if it has never been removed. That seemed to be a consistent spot on the '71 Fremont cars.

the Lakewood cars often had them behind the lh doorpanel, I've yet to to find one behind the lh doorpanel of a '71 Fremont built car.

[YNOBIL]

Originally Posted by adam woodmancy

I was the 2nd owner of my 72 , and I got it in 1999, and I still haven't found the sheet for that one. Had the carpet and seats out, tank dropped. About the only place I haven't been is inside the front door panels.

My 72 GTO didn't have one above the gas tank either. It also didn't have the insulator pad between the floorpan and the tank. I'm the original owner on this car. I did get a build sheet off the distributor right after it arrived at the dealer. I also found one above the driver's sun visor.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by YNOBIL

Not always Keith. I guess it depends on where the sheet is placed. Only a small portion of my Pontiac built 67 GTO convert survived. At the time I found the Build Sheet the car was15 years old and had around 75,000 miles. It's pretty shabby but I cherish any factory documentation I find.

Ouch. That's rough.

I should mention the build sheet I posted is the only one I've ever found in any of my collector cars. Never found one in my Chevelle (I'm the original owner) and never found one in my pickup truck - even though I followed the build down the assembly line and drove it off the end of the line myself. Wish I had thought to grab a build manifest while I was there.

K

[2002Z4CSS]

So where is the common place to find a build sheet on an Atlanta built car?