Thread: Junk I drive

I had put rear pads on that car years ago so they were normal. Man I would hate living in the rust zone. Or without garage. You uns have it rough up there.

Wait... yeah you don't take that off to do pads. Crap I don't know what I was doing then nor do I now. For whatever reason, I'd had those bolts out before. I think.

The GTP is holding up better than I am, she's just a li'l dirty because it rained yesterday-

Just came back to the forum from a long spell away. Love your pics and especially your '69! Always been my favorite GP since it was new. Good choice with stripping most of the chrome, really freshens the look. Wish you could lay a new coat of paint on my GTP!

Welcome back then, Hal. Not much activity on my rides of late, Pontiacs sure are great cars! Hey so yeah on the chrome loss, thanks. Whenever I'd see them on the road in the 80s I always said I wanted to paint bumpers on one. So when I got the chance, I did but didn't stop there. Never had a negative response to that treatment so its been a win. The 69 is definitely due for a body refresh but I'm kinda scared to change the look in an effort to do better.

you can do better it may take a few trys with paint swatches but you can get the color you wanted.

Not to tell a body guy his job...but can we line up that corner light a smidge better please?

Or take pics from farther away.

Bill by my calculations, that lamp will be smashed by Christmas.

Eric... swatches lol. Don't those tell time? Ha ha yeah I was shooting for something bluer.

If a car and a road can love one another, heres a happy couple.

Originally Posted by BillBoost37

Not to tell a body guy his job...but can we line up that corner light a smidge better please?

Or take pics from farther away.

Different angle perhaps? Nah, I ain't foolin nobody with that lol

Replaced front hubs on the GT today, with the willing help contributed on one side by a couple friends. And their lift! It was a snap and we used "Precision" # 513187s with 3 yr warranty which I bought with my at-work discount locally. So that makes 3 now, only the left rear remains and for now its OK. Car drives quietly again. Cool how it fits like an old pair of jeans bcuz I put the last 61K on it.

Washed it and the GTP just now, everybody happy.

Except maybe the GPJ, blower motor didn't work last night. Brr a little. Can't remember if I unplugged it or what, something was lol. Been awhile since I poked my head under the dash but that is a directly caveman-wired but fused toggle switch circuit. Because it has nothing to do with burnouts.

Aha. Forgot I had unplugged the blower motor wire to temporarily wire in a dash cam on the 69 GP. No repairs required! While I was under there I cleaned the kickdown switch, it has been sticking again, not quite closed.

The three Prixs are working good...

well i found you a nice 65 prix.............

and its a grandma car too!! so you know its hasn't been beaten on



http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/5294532538.html

id drive the wheels off that 65. that clean looking. but why did grand ma want flowmasters? lol and if its only got 33,000 why a rebuilt engine? grand ma dont change oil?

me i would look under it to see how many "real" miles it has driven. i bet its rolled over. speaking of that my dad bought a red 72 chevelle back in 01 i believe and in 2012 we rebuilt the engine it had just under 100k on the clock but who knows how many miles it really had. without that extra number you cant tell. but over all it looks in really good shape.

I don't know about grandma but that car is a fine lady.

My first impression of it from the pics says original miles is possible, just never will be documentable unless theres service records. Engine "rebuilt" because the rings stuck, and if not that then lifters meaning bent guide plates and pushrods and sounding awful. Who knows, it might still be std bore size. Flowmasters because the 25 year old muffler man suggested them with big eyes and excited voice. It sat indoors so only the exhaust steel rotted. Well also the tires, which also rotted and flat-spotted when it sat. With junk in the trunk (or stacked on the car) which killed the springs. An open trunk pic is conspicuously absent. Granny probably stopped driving it when it blew a wheel cylinder and scared her, so the open system got contaminated and that drum stuck. The master ran dry then and rusted inside or rotted out seals. Makes complete sense to me!

I'd drive that like Scott would and use it up! Alas, the 65 year is a styling miss (just by a hair) in the IDJ book and either 64 or 6 looks better. Who can argue with a cream puff like that though? I think its desireable as can be. Price not too shabby. Mine is the first year they were made on an intermediate chassis, they were B-body until then. The 389 is admittedly a crude design, I'd want a mild 455 at least to make that thing interesting to punch.

My 69 GP had 24K showing when I got it. Best story I can put together on its origin is that it first appeared with a burnt trans in the late 80s where I got it from. So add a 1 to that mileage and thats about where a TH400 might crap out. When I stripped the bodywork away, it made most sense to me that it had been stolen, joyridden until trans went out, abandoned, recovered, sold to mechanic for a song. Bent on every corner. 3 or 4 mechanics later (nobody ever fixed it up, it just got sold when owners would change jobs) the car had sat for like 18 years in the same spot I got it from. And now ya know.

The odometer is around 27K again now, but since I've had it the speedo gears have been wrong due to the 3.31 geared rearend vs the stock 2.73 or 3.08 so I ain't doin the math. It don't matter.

as long as you love her thats all that matters. she is yours and you aint ever going to give up on her

Originally Posted by idrivejunk

Wait... yeah you don't take that off to do pads. Crap I don't know what I was doing then nor do I now. For whatever reason, I'd had those bolts out before. I think.

The GTP is holding up better than I am, she's just a li'l dirty because it rained yesterday-

I'll give you $50 for rails lol?

Originally Posted by StayFree

I'll give you $50 for rails lol?

Heck I've only had them on for a month or two and plan to install the other 40th package stuffs in the future. So no, thanks! FWIW theres fifty in paint work alone on those and its just Duplicolor on top.

Originally Posted by ericspecullaas

as long as you love her thats all that matters. she is yours and you aint ever going to give up on her

Might have to LS-swap her, is that any different? Grape is like my old blue jeans, in a ZZ Top context. I'm real fond of the GTP too, in a luxo-boat context if you can call it that. One thing every GP has been intended to do since day 1 is pamper the driver. Gotta check dash cam, the boosty one took good care of me today...