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Non Pontiac Motors in Pontiacs includes factory 403,305,350 Chevy, Buick V6, Also Pontiac Motors in non-Pontiacs! |
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Very nice work, amazing modifications you've done.
Is this what you do for a living or is it just a hobby for you? Either way, you must have a ton of time to invest.
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Amazing.
Really, this is an extraordinary build! I love what you're doing here. Fantastic find with the M3 seats with the integrated belts, too. Nice modern leather sports seats make the oem seats look pretty pathetic in side-by-side comparisons, eh? And the modern seats are just so much more comfortable and take a ton of the road harshness away, too, which is really significant with low profile rubber if you're going that route. Are you making the airbags functional? What gears are your running in the 10 bolt with your T56? For what it's worth, I was a bit shocked by the look of the 04 GTO dash when it was white ('ish) from your filler work. It had a nice transition to the hood, making it look like it belonged with the car originally, and the dark center contrast really tied together the rest of the interior for me. Just an observation. I'm really looking forward to seeing your final vision here. Kudos for the very cool build and for your skill with getting the interior in there.
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::droooooooool::
WOW.
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'73 Formula 400 Cammed LS1/T56/3.73's 12.92@106.04 2.03 60 ft. <~~ Bone stock LS1 with 4L60E/3.08's Went 12's in pure daily driver trim! A/C, leather power seats, power steering, full stereo, sound deadening, power windows, full suspension, true street tires, power 4 wheel discs, and 25MPG! |
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Final engine install
When I got the car back to the house I started the final install of the engine.
I used a PRC aluminum radiator, with a Lincoln Mark VIII two speed fan, synister products front drive system and wilwood master cylinder. Wilwood master synister front drive system radiator I decided not to use the GTO engine covers and went this route. Really sets off the white. Sam |
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Overachiever!
very nice unbelievable
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LOL Thanks, my wife says I can never leave anything alone. She thought this was just going to be a quick little project. You know, clean everything up, tune the engine, fresh paint and interior, then start driving it. That was three years ago. This project just kinda evolved, and turned into a life of it's own. So many ideas and so lotta money.
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Sam, this is AWESOME!
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Sam, Hats off to you sir. This is amazing, in an amazing amount of time. I just showed this to a non-car girl and she was blown away. Wonderful work, nice craftsmanship, beautiful car.
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Sam, how much is left to be done before you get to take a ride? Im sure I speak for everyone that we want to see finished pics and hear about the good juicy burnout this thing will do...
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Couple of pics from last Saturday
I literally finished the car last Friday night around 8:30 pm. On Saturday took the bird to its first show. It wasn't really that big, about 75 to 80 cars, but we won top 5 award and was runner up in best of show. I lost out to an outstanding 32 deuce coup that was trailered. I'm pleased, and learned a few things that I still need to address. This car will NOT be a trailer queen. I built it to drive and on occasion beat on it, but I'm picky on some things.
Now you guys are up to date with the progress of my build. I still have a few items that need tweaking, I need to finish out the trunk, align the windows again (ugh what a PIA), fix a few leaks here and there, basically shake down stuff, so I'll keep posting as I go along. Thank each and everyone for the encouragement and compliments. You know Pontiac guys can be a tough critics. So if passes muster with you guys I must be on the right track. Sam |
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I don't know if I should congratulate you or call you crazy. WOW is an understatement. What a ton of work~!
I thought my L-85 project was a pain, but you take the cake man~! |
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I know one thing I do not like. lol
Its not in MY garage. Fantastic car. Definately drive and enjoy. The interior is fabulous. IMO its better than the muscle car build for year one. patrick
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Sam Last edited by Samhatco; 04-01-2010 at 09:33 PM. Reason: sp |
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Body mods
During the course of the build I had all kinds of ideas going through my head as to ways I could make the car better and different from the rest. While driving to work one morning I noticed all the cars with spoilers and they all had a third brake light in them. If I recall the trans am and the GTO were the first cars to even have a spoiler or as they called it back then an air foil.
So I looked around on the net and found a site called spoilerlights.com and you can purchase all different kinds of brake lights for them. So I purchased one for a toyota celica as it looked the closest to the size I thought I needed. Cost was about $50.00. While the car was at the body shop I went down and started goofing around with what I could come up with. Here is what I did. Again, if it didn't look like the factory did it I wouldn't try doing it. While they were working on a different part of the car I took the spoiler laid it upside down and placed the light on it to see what it would look like and thought, hey, this just might work. The spoiler is hollow, so I found the center line and marked the light off about 1'' from the rear lip and cut a hole out. If you ever wondered what the inside of a spoiler looks like, then here ya go. I saved the piece I just cut out and made four pieces 1" long and one piece 11" long. I then epoxied the 11" piece on edge inside the spoiler to add strength to the inside. The short pieces were epoxied on each end to give the light a place to screw on to. I then drilled a hole in the pedestal that attaches the spoiler to the trunk to allow the wire to go into the trunk I then created a pocket for the light to sit in This is what I ended up with This is the finished look You know, not one person has commented on the light in the spoiler. Now a couple of pontiac car guys picked up on it right away, and loved it, but everyone else did not. They just didn't know it never came that way, and that was what I was trying to do. It's a little thing but I think it's cool. Sam |
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