 |
|
| THE LOBBY A gathering place. Introductions, sports, showin' off your ride, birthday-anniversary-milestone, achievements, family oriented humor. |
| Reply |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
02-22-2023, 09:41 PM
|
|||
|
|||
Hello Pontiac people
Hello, I just joined your forum so just stumbling around a bit. I have a 69 GTO that I am restoring so might need help or advise. Not new to the car hobby or even Pontiacs in general. I found this car here in South Dakota. It is rust free body wise. I had been hit in the right front many years ago. I had a bent frame but right fender and hood were the only things hurt. So I replaced the frame and started building the car. Original drive train gone so starting over. It is a 242 car and appears to have been a 400 RAM AIR III 4 speed. Some ram air parts were in the trunk. I have a 400 4bbl and 4 speed now in the car. But trying to find missing parts. Anyway I will just start with this just to say hello. I am 67 years old and have restored many cars. I have in my collection a 68 Charger , A 70 Plymouth Superbird , A 70 Mustang coup , and a 70 Chevelle. Looking forward to being a Pontiac owner .
Thanks Don 
|
| The Following 7 Users Say Thank You to goat69SD For This Useful Post: | ||
|
#2
02-22-2023, 09:46 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Welcome and good luck with your car.
|
|
#3
02-22-2023, 10:04 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Welcome, Don!
Post some pics of your car. 
__________________
John Wallace - johnta1 Pontiac Power RULES !!! www.wallaceracing.com Winner of Top Class at Pontiac Nationals, 2004 Cordova Winner of Quick 16 At Ames 2004 Pontiac Tripower Nats KRE's MR-1 - 1st 5 second Pontiac block ever! "Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts." "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid." – Socrates |
| The Following User Says Thank You to johnta1 For This Useful Post: | ||
|
#4
02-22-2023, 10:42 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Gitterdone Don!!!
Thanks for joining and sharing!!!
__________________
1977 Black Trans Am 180 HP Auto, essentially base model T/A. I'm the original owner, purchased May 7, 1977. Shut it off Shut it off Buddy, I just shut your Prius down... 
|
|
#5
02-22-2023, 10:51 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Welcome to the PY forums Don.
I’m sure you’ll find plenty of helpful advice and information here as well as connecting with many of the parts you need in the classified forums. Bart
__________________
1964 Tempest Coupe LS3/4L70E/3.42 1964 Le Mans Convertible 421 HO/TH350/2.56 2002 WS6 Convertible LS1/4L60E/3.23 |
|
#6
02-22-2023, 10:53 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Welcome and good luck with the restoration. Lots of good information on this site. You have the big 3 covered in your collection and that's cool. You will find strong brand loyalty to the Pontiac V-8 engine and lots of info as well.
|
|
#7
02-22-2023, 11:05 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
My dad was a Pontiac man and I owned a couple over the years. My favorite was a 63 GP I put a 421 tri-power in it years ago out of a 64 Bonneville. Ran like a scalded dog.
|
|
#8
02-22-2023, 11:51 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Welcome from Manitoba.
Good luck with the project...lots of resources here Superbird hey...cool! |
|
#9
02-23-2023, 06:57 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Welcome. Please post pics of your collection.
|
|
#10
02-23-2023, 09:20 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Welcome! Sounds like a fun project.
__________________
Mike 
|
|
#11
02-23-2023, 09:27 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Welcome, I have a soft spot for 69 GTO's as one was my 1st car.
__________________
Jeff R 60 Jaguar Mark 2, 3.8L Automatic 67 Sprint Firebird 230 OHC-6 4-Speed A/C 78 Catlina Safari, Pontiac 400 powered 77 Astre Formula, 215 Buick V-8 T-5 73 Lemans Safari, 400 4bbl 4-speed 71 Catalina Enforcer, 455 4bbl 06 Mallet Solstice #024 LS2, Now with a Tremec 6060 6-speed! 2012 F-150 Echo Boost (My local Ford Dealer SUX!!!) 2020 Dodge Charger Scat pack (recovered) |
|
#12
02-23-2023, 10:01 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Welcome. I figure Hide-Away headlamps on the Dodge, Plymouth huh, and maybe the 69 GTO?
Curious if ya think the GTO has the nicest interior of that collection? |
|
#13
02-23-2023, 10:10 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Welcome Don, from over here on the other side of the state, near Sioux Falls!
|
|
#14
02-23-2023, 11:24 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
welcome Don this is the place!
__________________
Jim Moshier 1971 Grand Prix 462ci SD Performance 6x heads 1962 Catalina 389 1968 Firebird 400-455 I haven't decided "If we ever forget that we're one nation under GOD, then we will be a nation gone under." - Ronald Reagan |
|
#15
02-23-2023, 11:51 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Welcome.
|
|
#16
02-23-2023, 01:05 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Welcome Don. You know it doesn't really exist if we don't see pics!
__________________
Greg Reid Palmetto, Georgia |
|
#17
02-23-2023, 01:18 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Actually I think of all my cars the 68 charger has the nicest interior. They were very comfortable and plush. Yes the charger and superbird both have hide away head lights. My GTO does not. The GTO did not have many options. Mine had an AM radio , no power steering or brakes and no A/C. It was a 4 speed car with ram air ( I am not sure if that was original as some parts were in the trunk and the hood was missing. It was liberty blue and had never been re-painted. The paint was so thin you can see the primed in most of the car. I am painting it carousel red and using the judge stripes. I thought those were such a good looking color. And with it not being a numbers car it really don't matter to me. My car did have a GTO emblem in the center of the dash that most don't seem to have. I was told this was on early 69's. I will try and post a few pictures.
Thanks |
| The Following User Says Thank You to goat69SD For This Useful Post: | ||
|
#18
02-23-2023, 01:27 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
 it had a little dent here and there but nothing big.
|
| The Following User Says Thank You to goat69SD For This Useful Post: | ||
|
#19
02-23-2023, 01:42 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Quote:
|
|
#20
02-23-2023, 02:11 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Liberty Blue is an awfully pretty color too. Love it with a parchment interior.
Does it have the Ram Air pull cable under the dash? Nice collection by the way..
__________________
Greg Reid Palmetto, Georgia |
| Reply |
|
|
The PY Online Forums is the largest online gathering of Pontiac enthusiasts anywhere in the world. Founded in 1991, it was also the first online forum for people to gather and talk about their Pontiacs. Since then, it has become the mecca of Pontiac technical data and knowledge that no other place can surpass.
Linear Mode
