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07-13-2014, 04:36 PM
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Carousel red paint code
Hey just for clarification is the GM paint code for carousel red WA3959? Needing to know for the car getting painted on Tuesday
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07-14-2014, 02:46 PM
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07-14-2014, 10:20 PM
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07-15-2014, 10:22 AM
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Post some pics of the progress!
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Ken '68 GTO - 464 - Ram Air II heads - 236/242 roller - 9.5” TSP converter - Moser 3.55 Truetrac (build thread | walk around) '74 Ventura 350 '69 AMC Javelin SST |
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#5
07-15-2014, 10:50 AM
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You've come a long way with that car Darth. Congrats!
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07-15-2014, 02:05 PM
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Only thing that sucks is it is a custom S and not a GTO so I feel bad putting money into it. From what I see on here and a few other sites is anything that isn't a GTO is pretty much worthless. 
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07-15-2014, 03:04 PM
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My advice would be to stop looking at the car as a monetary investment and you'll enjoy your Custom S as much as I'll enjoy my GTO.
If it makes you feel any better, just know that every time I look through the Judge Forums, I get the same message. I used to have a '74 455 Trans Am and it was the same with that one because it wasn't a Super Duty.
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#8
07-15-2014, 05:10 PM
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There is definitely a "muscle car hierarchy".. which has nothing to do with enjoyment. I have a plain jane 70 malibu with a restoration beginning to show its age. It has a pretty stout 383 in it which has run 8 seconds flat in the 1/8 mile, so the enjoyment level is high, regardless of the muscle car hierarchy and the way it looks at the moment.
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07-15-2014, 11:10 PM
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https://imageshack.com/i/p39110ddj https://imageshack.com/i/p4878b0bj https://imageshack.com/i/ex37012aj https://imageshack.com/i/iq68c7b8j https://imageshack.com/i/f021fb2aj Last edited by Darth Menace; 07-15-2014 at 11:20 PM. |
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#10
07-17-2014, 08:44 PM
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i went to drop the stuff off to him, and he was just getting ready to paint it.
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07-17-2014, 10:10 PM
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And you left?!!!...lol.. Exciting time, huh?
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07-17-2014, 10:11 PM
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yep I did want to stay and watch it transform into a thing of beauty, but I had other things to attend to
He told me he guesses there were about 7 different layers of paint on it |
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07-18-2014, 06:02 PM
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Glad to see you are still at it. Watched the manifold thread but you were getting plenty of good advice so I didn't jump in.
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Fix up your Custom-S how you want it, and drive it like you stole it!!
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#14
07-18-2014, 06:33 PM
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Thanks, ya I know full well cars aren't to be considered an investment, but I know for a fact I got a steal of a deal on my Viper, and it didn't happen the same with this one. But I do keep my eye on comparable GTO convertibles and they have to be worth $10k more at minimum, so I will suffer.
That being said the weatherstripping was back-ordered will will not be arriving in time so I will have to try to do this myself. Also, it is odd, but I bought two heater cores for a 69 Custom S, one for with a/c and one for without. Neither of them fit so I am still without a heater core. I don't know if it was because it was a 6 cyl back in the day, but he kept that part apart for me to solve and fix it when I get back. So not sure if i will get this stuff done by Aug 8 for the final big car show in my city. Anyway here are some more pictures. All painted and ready to be polished   Quote:
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07-18-2014, 06:47 PM
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Wow!
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07-18-2014, 09:00 PM
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07-18-2014, 11:00 PM
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Looks great!
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07-19-2014, 07:29 AM
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07-19-2014, 07:58 AM
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Besides that, I just checked and there were only 2,379 Custom-S convertibles produced compared to 7,328 GTO verts and 5,676 Lemans verts in 1969. And how many do you think are still on the road and in nice condition? When asked I enjoy pointing out that our cars are actually much rarer than GTOs
Your car is going to be very sharp, now waiting for pics with the badges and chrome re-installed.
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#20
07-19-2014, 11:22 AM
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Either way it looks and runs 100 times faster then when I got it |
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