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Old 06-27-2013, 10:38 PM
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Default 1971 Formula 455HO 4spd
Oh my....

Not mine....

Wish it was....

What can I sell....

Dogs, wife, guns....?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Natio...item1c342fcbc0

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Old 06-28-2013, 06:20 AM
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I think that car was on the cover of HPP a few issues back??

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Old 06-28-2013, 07:29 AM
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Beautiful car. Wasn't the ram air set up (air cleaner and scoop cut outs) a mandatory option on the 455HO or was that a 1972-only deal?

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Old 06-28-2013, 07:34 AM
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Beautiful car. Wasn't the ram air set up (air cleaner and scoop cut outs) a mandatory option on the 455HO or was that a 1972-only deal?
Mandatory with the 455HO on W66 F & all A body in 72, optional on A & W66 F body in 71.

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Old 06-28-2013, 07:35 AM
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Bob, start with the wife, then move on to the guns - let the dog go last.

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I bet that threw a few people off who order the 455 HO Formula with that hood and GTOs too!

Nice car and true to the PHS! Sweet restoration job!!

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Gorgeous car! That would be a record for a Formula HO if it sells for anywhere near that lofty BIN

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Old 06-28-2013, 08:09 AM
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The car is stunning. However, is it too much to require them to paint the dummy hood scoop screens black. Really $90 grand LOL.

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I wonder if Tom has anything to shed on why it wasn't blacked out.

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Old 06-28-2013, 10:37 AM
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I built the car to the customers requirements. It took me along time to convince the owner to put the top back on

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The car is stunning. However, is it too much to require them to paint the dummy hood scoop screens black. Really $90 grand LOL.

Have one restored and see what it costs...

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Have one restored and see what it costs...
Like I said the car is stunning. Congratulations to you on your work. I do not doubt that a professional restoration of the quality displayed can run up to the BIN asking price. My comment on the BIN price, still remains as I think it is rare that we recover the cost of restoration on our Pontiac's, even a 1 of 166 manual transmission 71 Formula 455's.

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No offense, why the ass end up so high? new main leaf with wrong arc? and then put in used smaller leafs? looks like leafs so thick lower rubber wasnt used, or most of it wasnt...
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Have one restored and see what it costs...
LOL. I had over $100K into the 72 T/A restoration, even with all the work I did myself.

I'm still trying to find a good (local) painter for my black 72 Formula.
Tom, are you willing to relocate? :-)

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No offense, why the ass end up so high? new main leaf with wrong arc? and then put in used smaller leafs? looks like leafs so thick lower rubber wasnt used, or most of it wasnt...
thoughts?
They are the originals

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LOL. I had over $100K into the 72 T/A restoration, even with all the work I did myself.

I'm still trying to find a good (local) painter for my black 72 Formula.
Tom, are you willing to relocate? :-)
I seen your old 72 after Rick bought it.

I wanna buy your formula !!

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That red car is damn nice, but you could not have talked me into putting the vinyl roof back on. JMO

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I like it so much I just bid on it.........Lots of good things on this car. A lot of cars look great in pictures (like mine) but this one looks just as good in person.

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I seen your old 72 after Rick bought it.

I wanna buy your formula !!
Find me a nice 73 SD Formula and we'll talk. :-)

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Old 06-28-2013, 04:24 PM
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The car is stunning. However, is it too much to require them to paint the dummy hood scoop screens black. Really $90 grand LOL.
I hope the car sells for that kind of Money. In my biased opinion there's no way a HO Formula should be worth more than an SD Formula. There were more HO's built in 1 year than the total production of the 2 years of the SD's.

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