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Old 09-01-2016, 01:01 PM
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Just before going on holiday I stupidly went onto the Hemmings site and a few hours later I'm wiring hard earned cash...

I picked up a 69 4 door sedan Executive, 79,000 original miles, one owner car about 80% original paint. Option wise I guess it has typical option load with 400-290, auto, power drums, power steering, AC, PW and six way seat, AM, tinted windshield, cornering lamps, remote mirror, foam seat cushion and whitewalls. On the original dealer order sheet he had the dealer install a underhood lamp and front and rear mats.

Car is super nice inside and bone original (the aftermarket 8 track just sits on the floor and powered just the added rear speakers, the original AM runs just the front speaker). If anyone wants that 8 track contraption let me know as I'm junking it.

Body is very clean with a touch of surface rust on the chassis here and there. Floors, trunk floors are great, inside trunk is like new with perfect original paint on floor. Will need a bit of patch work at the bottom rear of the front fenders and the bottom rear corner of the passenger side wheel opening.

Not sure why I bought it, Not a very appealing bodystyle but it does add an Executive to my squad.
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1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 Hardtops & Judge Hardtop)
1969 Catalina (3 Cvt’s & a 2dr hardtop)
1969 Ventura 2 Seat Wagon
1969 Executive 4dr Sedan
1969 Bonnie Cvt
1969 Bonnie 3 Seat Wagon (2 of them)
1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr Hardtop & Cvt)
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Old 09-01-2016, 01:07 PM
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Car is fully documented, a neat item is that on the original sales contract (not pictured), he traded in a 66 GTO hardtop for this car, who would think you'd keep a GTO 3 years and a dumb 4 door sedan 47 years, go figure?
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1969 Fbird (Base, 350 & Sprint Cvt’s - 400HO & TA Hardtops)
1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr Hardtop and a Cvt)
1969 LeMans Safari 2 seat Wagon
1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 Hardtops & Judge Hardtop)
1969 Catalina (3 Cvt’s & a 2dr hardtop)
1969 Ventura 2 Seat Wagon
1969 Executive 4dr Sedan
1969 Bonnie Cvt
1969 Bonnie 3 Seat Wagon (2 of them)
1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr Hardtop & Cvt)
1969 Grand Prix SJ (2 of them)
1969 2+2 2dr Hardtop (Canadian model)
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Old 09-01-2016, 01:19 PM
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Car had a minor fender bender at the front of the driver side fender (first two pics are before shots). The name plate holes were welded shut, the front side marker bezel and lamp housing were missing and covered over with reflective red truck trailer tape, also the trunk blowout molding was MIA.

I figured the bumper was bent out too. I found on eBay NOS fender molding, NOS side marker bezel and NOS side marker lamp assembly (but with incorrect red-rear lens). To my surprise the bumper was perfect, it was the fender that was flattened but when I used the NOS fender edge molding as a template I was able to bend the fender back to its original contour just by hand (last pic).

If anyone knows the whereabouts of a nice used or NOS 69 Executive emblem please drop me a note, I believe they are unique to 69.
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1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr Hardtop and a Cvt)
1969 LeMans Safari 2 seat Wagon
1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 Hardtops & Judge Hardtop)
1969 Catalina (3 Cvt’s & a 2dr hardtop)
1969 Ventura 2 Seat Wagon
1969 Executive 4dr Sedan
1969 Bonnie Cvt
1969 Bonnie 3 Seat Wagon (2 of them)
1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr Hardtop & Cvt)
1969 Grand Prix SJ (2 of them)
1969 2+2 2dr Hardtop (Canadian model)
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Old 09-01-2016, 08:37 PM
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Neat find John, like those cornering lamps. A nice addition to your Pontiac family and good luck with it.

Your build sheet looks day one fresh too.

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Old 09-01-2016, 10:24 PM
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they have different part # 69-70
at least here is the part numbers if there sold

here is what I found on a quick look
1969 Pontiac Executive NOS front fender emblem P# 9796574
http://calponres.ecrater.com/p/10750...s-front-fender


or nos 1970 pair
http://www.classicnosparts.com/?page...product_id=528

1970 1970 Pontiac Executive NOS front fender emblem GM P# 479182.
or one nos
http://calponres.ecrater.com/p/10752...s-front-fender

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Nice find North! I love the 4-door darksiders now and you never see them much anymore (except here on PY). Very nice and good looking too.

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The bar looks thicker on the 70 versions, maybe the holes are located differently too, 69 has three studs

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they have different part # 69-70
at least here is the part numbers if there sold

here is what I found on a quick look
1969 Pontiac Executive NOS front fender emblem P# 9796574
http://calponres.ecrater.com/p/10750...s-front-fender


or nos 1970 pair
http://www.classicnosparts.com/?page...product_id=528

1970 1970 Pontiac Executive NOS front fender emblem GM P# 479182.
or one nos
http://calponres.ecrater.com/p/10752...s-front-fender

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1969 Fbird (Base, 350 & Sprint Cvt’s - 400HO & TA Hardtops)
1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr Hardtop and a Cvt)
1969 LeMans Safari 2 seat Wagon
1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 Hardtops & Judge Hardtop)
1969 Catalina (3 Cvt’s & a 2dr hardtop)
1969 Ventura 2 Seat Wagon
1969 Executive 4dr Sedan
1969 Bonnie Cvt
1969 Bonnie 3 Seat Wagon (2 of them)
1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr Hardtop & Cvt)
1969 Grand Prix SJ (2 of them)
1969 2+2 2dr Hardtop (Canadian model)
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Old 09-02-2016, 12:50 PM
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Thanks for the heads up, forgot about CPR, called them up and got an NOS fender emblem and also a NOS rocker molding!! (one molding was an incorrect from a Catalina, not sure why, no damage to the rocker itself which still has original paint), maybe it got scraped up

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they have different part # 69-70
at least here is the part numbers if there sold

here is what I found on a quick look
1969 Pontiac Executive NOS front fender emblem P# 9796574
http://calponres.ecrater.com/p/10750...s-front-fender


or nos 1970 pair
http://www.classicnosparts.com/?page...product_id=528

1970 1970 Pontiac Executive NOS front fender emblem GM P# 479182.
or one nos
http://calponres.ecrater.com/p/10752...s-front-fender

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1969 Fbird (Base, 350 & Sprint Cvt’s - 400HO & TA Hardtops)
1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr Hardtop and a Cvt)
1969 LeMans Safari 2 seat Wagon
1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 Hardtops & Judge Hardtop)
1969 Catalina (3 Cvt’s & a 2dr hardtop)
1969 Ventura 2 Seat Wagon
1969 Executive 4dr Sedan
1969 Bonnie Cvt
1969 Bonnie 3 Seat Wagon (2 of them)
1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr Hardtop & Cvt)
1969 Grand Prix SJ (2 of them)
1969 2+2 2dr Hardtop (Canadian model)
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a few more pics
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1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr Hardtop and a Cvt)
1969 LeMans Safari 2 seat Wagon
1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 Hardtops & Judge Hardtop)
1969 Catalina (3 Cvt’s & a 2dr hardtop)
1969 Ventura 2 Seat Wagon
1969 Executive 4dr Sedan
1969 Bonnie Cvt
1969 Bonnie 3 Seat Wagon (2 of them)
1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr Hardtop & Cvt)
1969 Grand Prix SJ (2 of them)
1969 2+2 2dr Hardtop (Canadian model)
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Car has the correct 69 style under hood utility light with red paint on the flat lens and no reed switch but its installed wrong (it's on the dealer sales contract but not the PHS or buildsheet so I guess the dealer mounted it there, should be on the back of the rad support on the opposite side of the battery.

Paper ID tag is still on the brake booster. being a late production car it has the darker grilles and the rad support close out pieces are the 3 dimensional molded style rather than the flat pieces (like on a GTO) seen on my earlier big cars.

It also has guide pins with rubber insulators that hold the upper leading edge of the valence to the fenders, which I've never seen on any other big 69, definitely original.

Only bummer is the heater core is sweating a bit, I'll change it when I pull the fenders to patch them this winter.
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1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr Hardtop and a Cvt)
1969 LeMans Safari 2 seat Wagon
1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 Hardtops & Judge Hardtop)
1969 Catalina (3 Cvt’s & a 2dr hardtop)
1969 Ventura 2 Seat Wagon
1969 Executive 4dr Sedan
1969 Bonnie Cvt
1969 Bonnie 3 Seat Wagon (2 of them)
1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr Hardtop & Cvt)
1969 Grand Prix SJ (2 of them)
1969 2+2 2dr Hardtop (Canadian model)
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comparison pic the letters look different look at the letter e
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The bar looks thicker on the 70 versions, maybe the holes are located differently too, 69 has three studs
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Thanks to everyone for the help in the parts search, I was able to find all the bits I needed thanks to the responses here:

..NOS rocker molding and NOS Executive fender emblem from CPR
..NOS fender to bumper molding and NOS marker light molding from eBay
..used front side marker lamp lens from someone here on the forum

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1969 Fbird (Base, 350 & Sprint Cvt’s - 400HO & TA Hardtops)
1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr Hardtop and a Cvt)
1969 LeMans Safari 2 seat Wagon
1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 Hardtops & Judge Hardtop)
1969 Catalina (3 Cvt’s & a 2dr hardtop)
1969 Ventura 2 Seat Wagon
1969 Executive 4dr Sedan
1969 Bonnie Cvt
1969 Bonnie 3 Seat Wagon (2 of them)
1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr Hardtop & Cvt)
1969 Grand Prix SJ (2 of them)
1969 2+2 2dr Hardtop (Canadian model)
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Made a bit of progress on the Executive this winter as well. Put a Waldron single system on the car, my friends want to kill me for not going duals but I like the variety and the car was built with single.. It had a recent dual set up with just cheap turbo type mufflers and no resonators. Sounds beautiful now and Waldron gets full marks because it bolted in perfectly and I'm really anal about exhaust fitment!

Trailering it to the bodyshop today, needs some patches at the bottom corners of the fenders under the rocker moldings and on one back corner of a rear wheel opening. We will blend in paint to minimize the loss of factory paint. when the fenders are off I'll do the heater core which is leaking all so slightly.
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1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr Hardtop and a Cvt)
1969 LeMans Safari 2 seat Wagon
1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 Hardtops & Judge Hardtop)
1969 Catalina (3 Cvt’s & a 2dr hardtop)
1969 Ventura 2 Seat Wagon
1969 Executive 4dr Sedan
1969 Bonnie Cvt
1969 Bonnie 3 Seat Wagon (2 of them)
1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr Hardtop & Cvt)
1969 Grand Prix SJ (2 of them)
1969 2+2 2dr Hardtop (Canadian model)
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Well this is a first, I found a second copy of the buildsheet for this car. The first copy is the thicker paper version and it was with all the other original documents so I don't know where it was in the car.

Today I pulled the right fender to patch the bottom corner and to access the heatercore. Low and behold a thin paper copy of the buildsheet was jammed into the fender against the back of the wheel tub (behind the hood hinges you could say).

First time I ever had two copies of the same buildsheet! Glad I had the first one because this copy is falling apart from dryness.

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1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr Hardtop and a Cvt)
1969 LeMans Safari 2 seat Wagon
1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 Hardtops & Judge Hardtop)
1969 Catalina (3 Cvt’s & a 2dr hardtop)
1969 Ventura 2 Seat Wagon
1969 Executive 4dr Sedan
1969 Bonnie Cvt
1969 Bonnie 3 Seat Wagon (2 of them)
1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr Hardtop & Cvt)
1969 Grand Prix SJ (2 of them)
1969 2+2 2dr Hardtop (Canadian model)
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I had 2 in my 70 Bonneville. One in the rear seat base springs, the other under the dash.

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Just goes to show it was all about where the lazy guy on the line could hide it without getting caught...

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I don’t recall if I ever posted pics but here is my executive since the body shop visit. Metal patch was needed at bottom corner of both fenders and rear corner of one wheel opening in back. Also upsized the tires. Car is really sweat to drive despite having spiral shocks that are probably factory installed.
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1969 Fbird (Base, 350 & Sprint Cvt’s - 400HO & TA Hardtops)
1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr Hardtop and a Cvt)
1969 LeMans Safari 2 seat Wagon
1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 Hardtops & Judge Hardtop)
1969 Catalina (3 Cvt’s & a 2dr hardtop)
1969 Ventura 2 Seat Wagon
1969 Executive 4dr Sedan
1969 Bonnie Cvt
1969 Bonnie 3 Seat Wagon (2 of them)
1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr Hardtop & Cvt)
1969 Grand Prix SJ (2 of them)
1969 2+2 2dr Hardtop (Canadian model)
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Cool story and cool 4 door darksider
Thanks for sharing the story and pics
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Whats nice is we managed to save almost all the factory paint. everything above the side molding plus the front valance and all of the doors still have original paint.

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1969 Fbird (Base, 350 & Sprint Cvt’s - 400HO & TA Hardtops)
1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr Hardtop and a Cvt)
1969 LeMans Safari 2 seat Wagon
1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 Hardtops & Judge Hardtop)
1969 Catalina (3 Cvt’s & a 2dr hardtop)
1969 Ventura 2 Seat Wagon
1969 Executive 4dr Sedan
1969 Bonnie Cvt
1969 Bonnie 3 Seat Wagon (2 of them)
1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr Hardtop & Cvt)
1969 Grand Prix SJ (2 of them)
1969 2+2 2dr Hardtop (Canadian model)
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I really like these B-body 4 doors. Once they were everywhere...now a rare sight to see. Nice save North!

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