[tempest1964]

Bill, I've followed many of your threads and your posts. Congratulations! That is one beautiful car. And a great back-story, owning it that long and dating your wife in the car. What history. Awesome!

[Cardo]

Beautiful job Bill. Inspiration to keep plugging away. Rolling art!

[Chief of the 60's]

Originally Posted by Pecosbill

Great catch! We moved here from North Carolina almost 23 years ago. You may know that years ago when State DMV's issued titles the first owner received the "A" title which meant the title number had a letter A after it. The second owner received the "B" title and so on. You could tell how many previous owners there were by the letter on the title. When I bought the car in 1975 the DMV messed up and gave me the "A" title. I thought it was unique plus the old titles were more like works of art. I decided to keep the car registered in North Carolina since it was soon to be off the road and in restoration mode and it really wouldn't matter. Now that it's finished and on the road I probably need to break down and register it in Texas. That also means having to have a front and rear license plate as opposed to rear only as in NC, which leaves the front open for whatever you want to put on it.

I know.....that's all weird. But, maybe that's how car guys think!

Interesting. Cool story. Thanks

[Dick Boneske]

Very well done! Regarding the wood wheel--most of the horn parts are the same as the standard wheel. There is nothing special or hard to find to install the wood wheel--I did it on both our '64's. In my opinion, the '64 wood wheel is the nicest one of all other years of GTO's!. You can certainly get all the help you need on this board when you decide to install it.

The car is absolutely beautiful! Enjoy!!

[Tom Vaught]

Very Well Done and you had a history with the Lemans before the restoration.

Love the color and it will be a lot cooler in Texas vs a dark color.

Tom V.

[NYGTO]

That car is so beautiful I could look at it all day and it reminds me of how I got the GTO passion all those decades ago. Excellent! Enjoy your car.

[b-man]

Congrats on a fine restoration, that car is simply stunning.

Not many have the drive and perseverance to see a project of this magnitude through to the end, my hat’s off to you!

[melemans]

Pecos, that's a fine looking car! I've been following your build ever since I became a member on this forum and have enjoyed the entire process. I'm glad that you built it like you wanted to. Regular Tempest, Lemans, GTO, GTO clone, who should care what you do with your own money and car but you. I say good for you! I love my 64 Lemans and plan to keep it that way except for the hood. I happen to like the way the GTO hood looks. I respect others opinions, but they should also respect mine and yours. Job well done on you car!

[BOB VIDAN]

Pecos, you have PM.

[Tempest]

That looks fantastic, time to enjoy.

Congratulations.

[james66GTO]

Congrats, Congrats, Congrats - Well Done !

[smasse64]

I have a weitrd color 64 lemans ragtop, a 64 chevy color Bahama green, from the factory as 'spec' paint....and I know having a different colored car makes it stand out all the better...i mean, WAAAYY cool combo.....Enjoy it and actually DRIVE it...hope to see you and IT in Gettysburg this July!!!