[Tripower455]

Originally Posted by Ducks Goat

1968 GTOs done up as Judges always bothered me. I've seen a few over the years and one guy actually thought his was real, said it was an very early built car.

Years ago, there was a guy running around Naples with a '72 GTO Convertible. He thought it was real. It was actually a pretty nice car.

[fyrebird68]

Originally Posted by Tripower455

Years ago, there was a guy running around Naples with a '72 GTO Convertible. He thought it was real. It was actually a pretty nice car.

Was it triple black? I had a buddy moved to Fla from here that had a GTO conv clone. His license plate said "SSLICK"

[428RA4]

I think it comes down to personal taste. Lets face it. Some peoples taste should be left in a pig pen and some are so uptight, that their panty is showing through their jeans.

For the most part, if you are going aftermarket do the damn car justice and do it with style and purpose. If you are going original, do it as best you can with correct parts. Mixing the two is a retards game of guess which shell holds the goose egg.

[Tripower455]

Originally Posted by fyrebird68

Was it triple black? I had a buddy moved to Fla from here that had a GTO conv clone. His license plate said "SSLICK"

No, it was red with white interior and top.

It was a cool car, even if it did cause the car show experts a few coronaries!

[pontiacpetey]

I don't really have any car peeves. But those creepy crybaby dolls at all the shows freak me out.
I could say my one peeve would be every Lemans owner seems to be making their car into a GTO.

[Cobrabill]

Originally Posted by pontiacpetey

I don't really have any car peeves. But those creepy crybaby dolls at all the shows freak me out.
I could say my one peeve would be every Lemans owner seems to be making their car into a GTO.

Those are called"Time-out kids".And everytime i see one,i want to set it on fire.

[MikeNoun]

These are all great, thank you guys.

And again, anyone can personalize their car how they want (heck, I did too), but it's the high priced Pontiacs that are sold for big dollars at auctions, and the ad state they're all "correct" when there's an obvious snafu, like Rally II's on a 65 GTO.

We've probably all heard people on cruise nights ask, "Is that right? Did they make them like that?" So this is just a list of the more obvious things that we see REPEATEDLY at shows and cruise nights. Hell, I've done that too with makes I'm not familiar with, like 71-up Mopars, wondering if the engine I'm looking at is factory or transplanted.

And I'll throw another one it: black hood scoop inserts on 67-69 Birds, or 68-72 non-Judge GTO's. Nothing wrong with that (I personally like them), just not something the factory did.

[Lightfoot]

How about 8-lugs on a '65 GTO?
I saw that years ago, and didn't know any better. Thought it looked pretty cool, though.

[Cobrabill]

Originally Posted by Lightfoot

How about 8-lugs on a '65 GTO?
I saw that years ago, and didn't know any better. Thought it looked pretty cool, though.

THat'sa something that shoulda happened.And i remeber something about that it almost did.I like it.

[codyyy]

Originally Posted by Lightfoot

How about 8-lugs on a '65 GTO?
I saw that years ago, and didn't know any better. Thought it looked pretty cool, though.

I think my teacher talked about when he had a GTO he added 8-lugs to it. I wonder what a '68 would look like with them on though...

[lintmann]

What about "dealer installed" options on restored cars? Any for or against those?

[goatless]

'69s with the correct exhaust tips... but pointing the wrong way.

[Nickv]

My pet peeve is people who bitch about other people cars. :-)

[MikeNoun]

66GTO Jim, well put, that's exactly why I keep reminding people in this thread this is not about things people do to CUSTOMIZE their cars, this is about the things that we see time and again on HIGH DOLLAR RESTORATIONS that are incorrect. As someone said in an earlier post, if you tell a lie enough times, some people begin to think it's the truth.

So that's all I'm looking for, those instances where megabucks are spent restoring a car to FACTORY CORRECT, yet these resto shops keep making the same mistakes over and over again. Then these cars appear at Mecum, Barrett-Jackson, a museum (like Volo) with descriptions stating it's a meticulous nut-and-bolt resto, everything is correct, but it's a 1968 GTO with a Judge wing.

Just trying to keep the air clear, preserve some history, and educate those that may not be aware that when you see a team photo of the Denver Broncos, and one guy is wearing a Green Bay Packer uniform, that's not correct. If you staged the photo and know it's wrong, not a problem. Modifications and personalization to your own car are NOT an issue here.

[Stu Norman]

Originally Posted by pontiacpetey

I don't really have any car peeves. But those creepy crybaby dolls at all the shows freak me out....

Try using one for target practice. It is great fun, although people may wonder about you.

[bdk1976]

My biggest pet peeve has to be when steel wheels are incorrectly painted body color with poverty caps on mid 60's Pontiacs.

Example: Iris Mist car with Iris Mist painted wheels (or the worst - white wheels on a white car).

There were only a few wheel colors available each year and only cars that were painted these colors received body colored wheels.

[limejudge69]

I also don't care for:
Buick style 400-4, 455-4 air cleaner decals, especially the Ram Air ones on early GTO's
Painted rear bumpers
Hurst T-handles on Dual gate shifters
Engines and engine compartments painted black, including master cylinders, lids, etc
Missing rocker chrome
Cloned Judges with stripes/emblems in the wrong place. Look at a picture people
Die cast emblems in the wrong place, too high, too low
Hood tachs in the wrong spot, too close to the center, etc
Ghetto style 22" rims on a classic car
Exhaust exiting in front of the rear wheels
Consoles that have been hacked for gauges, a tach,
A-pillars that have gauges, tachs, shift lights, on them
Hood pins and bondo'ed or riveted on hood scoops
Digital gauges/tachs hacked into a dash to fill a missing gauge pod
RACING STRIPES ON PONTIACS!!! Unless it's a Judge or 69 TA, it doesn't belong there!
Mega shifters on top of an original auto console
'Fear This' stickers

[67 LeMans 326]

Originally Posted by limejudge69

I also don't care for:
Buick style 400-4, 455-4 air cleaner decals, especially the Ram Air ones on early GTO's
Painted rear bumpers
Hurst T-handles on Dual gate shifters
Engines and engine compartments painted black, including master cylinders, lids, etc
Missing rocker chrome
Cloned Judges with stripes/emblems in the wrong place. Look at a picture people
Die cast emblems in the wrong place, too high, too low
Hood tachs in the wrong spot, too close to the center, etc
Ghetto style 22" rims on a classic car
Exhaust exiting in front of the rear wheels
Consoles that have been hacked for gauges, a tach,
A-pillars that have gauges, tachs, shift lights, on them
Hood pins and bondo'ed or riveted on hood scoops
Digital gauges/tachs hacked into a dash to fill a missing gauge pod
RACING STRIPES ON PONTIACS!!! Unless it's a Judge or 69 TA, it doesn't belong there!
Mega shifters on top of an original auto console
'Fear This' stickers

Dude, your list rocks! And I am with 100% on every single one of them!!!

[codyyy]

I don't know about the dealer installed stuff unless you have the paperwork to back it up. Otherwise "you are your own dealer" and can add whatever you want it would seem.

[fiedlerh]

Engines in stock restored Pontiacs painted the wrong color for the year.

Show cars displayed with too many stuffed animals or dolls.