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64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
03-13-2024, 01:15 PM
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My '64 GTO in a Basket...
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1_Wild_Cat
Hi Everyone -- A little update for those still...
Hi Everyone -- A little update for those still following along.
The hits just keep coming...The passenger door was banged up pretty good. Enough that fixing it was easier/faster by removing the...
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64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
11-16-2023, 05:48 PM
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My '64 GTO in a Basket...
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1_Wild_Cat
Hi Everyone -- Cam says: "And with that, all...
Hi Everyone --
Cam says: "And with that, all the major body work is done!"
Now we handle some of the "minor" stuff...Then SPI epoxy...Then my shop for everything else...
Yahoo - Progress!
...
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64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
11-14-2023, 08:08 PM
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My '64 GTO in a Basket...
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1_Wild_Cat
Thanks guys. Hard to believe there a still people...
Thanks guys. Hard to believe there a still people in the world that can start with a flat piece of steel and end up there. I'm glad I got sent to see Cam...
He makes the initial cut with a...
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64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
11-14-2023, 11:40 AM
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My '64 GTO in a Basket...
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1_Wild_Cat
Moving on to metal finishing...A picture is worth...
Moving on to metal finishing...A picture is worth a thousand words - so I'll save myself some typing and you some reading...
...
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64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
11-13-2023, 11:15 AM
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My '64 GTO in a Basket...
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1_Wild_Cat
Hi Greg -- I think the doubled Clecos just allow...
Hi Greg -- I think the doubled Clecos just allow for securely clamping the panel where is needs to be. You can see that there is a little clip between the two Clecos (Cleci?).
I can certain ask...
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64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
11-12-2023, 12:23 AM
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My '64 GTO in a Basket...
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1_Wild_Cat
Thanks for checking in Cardo...I'm definitely...
Thanks for checking in Cardo...I'm definitely happy with how that "patch" worked out.
One upside to all the metal finishing is once I'm in the bodywork phase - it should get really straight...
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64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
11-10-2023, 06:55 PM
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My '64 GTO in a Basket...
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1_Wild_Cat
Hi Everyone -- I thought I would post a little...
Hi Everyone -- I thought I would post a little update for anyone still following along on this saga...
We resume the driver's quarter repair already in progress. The lip where the quarter meets...
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64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
09-15-2023, 12:02 PM
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1964 Pontiac Lemans - Saddle Bronze Sherwin Williams Paint Code
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1_Wild_Cat
I’d have to find it - but I have some info for...
I’d have to find it - but I have some info for DBC (deltron ). Maybe your Sherwin-Williams people could cross-reference it. In DBC it is called “Bronze Mist Poly” …I think that was the Olds or Buick...
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70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
08-16-2023, 01:31 PM
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'71 Firebird 535 IA2 Pro-Touring Build Thread
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1_Wild_Cat
Fun thread -- lots of history with that car....
Fun thread -- lots of history with that car. Following along now.
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THE LOBBY
08-09-2023, 11:36 AM
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Fire suppression planes
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1_Wild_Cat
Hopefully it works. I remember being under those...
Hopefully it works. I remember being under those planes as they dropped the water/retardant when I was a young man. Wildfire on that scale is quite a thing...
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Pontiac - Street
07-28-2023, 03:13 PM
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Update: Molnar Engineering 3" Main 4" Stroke Crankshaft and 6.625" 2.20" Rods
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1_Wild_Cat
I can tell you with packaging it weighs 88 lbs....
I can tell you with packaging it weighs 88 lbs. I'll try to get a weight on the bare crank when I take it to the machine shop.
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64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
04-15-2023, 11:03 AM
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My '64 GTO in a Basket...
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1_Wild_Cat
Hi everyone -- In a fit of optimism I have...
Hi everyone -- In a fit of optimism I have started gathering the tools I will need to do the bodywork and still hopefully get the car into color by fall.
I came across a small start-up company...
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64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
04-09-2023, 06:58 PM
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My '64 GTO in a Basket...
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1_Wild_Cat
There are a couple of pretty good videos on...
There are a couple of pretty good videos on taking these apart and fixing them up. The finish makes it look like only the reverse piece is different.
I'll contact Mr. Serio. He would known and...
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64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
02-13-2023, 11:54 AM
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My '64 GTO in a Basket...
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1_Wild_Cat
Thanks GTOspieg. We are trying to do it right. ...
Thanks GTOspieg. We are trying to do it right.
Glad to do it. I really enjoy build threads - so why not have my own. Helps keep me inspired.
I saw the post on your car. Special order paint...
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67-79 Big Pontiac TECH
01-30-2023, 02:44 PM
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1968 Catalina 2-door sedan 428 HO 4-speed
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1_Wild_Cat
Such a beautiful job. Green (for envy) is the...
Such a beautiful job. Green (for envy) is the perfect color...
Any chance of some magazine coverage? It would be great to see it in Muscle Machines...
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64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
12-28-2022, 11:28 AM
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My '64 GTO in a Basket...
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51,435
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1_Wild_Cat
Hi Everyone – I hope some of you are still...
Hi Everyone – I hope some of you are still following along with this seemingly never-ending restoration. Progress is achingly slow – but progress is being made. I’m choosing to look on the bright...
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64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
12-21-2022, 11:01 AM
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64 PHS info
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1_Wild_Cat
I didn't realize that 65 was different either. ...
I didn't realize that 65 was different either. Just happened to be a code I knew from my car...Lots of nuances with these cars.
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64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
12-20-2022, 10:00 PM
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64 PHS info
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1_Wild_Cat
Here are the PHS docs on my 64. They show the 612...
Here are the PHS docs on my 64. They show the 612 as ride and handling package which included the quick ratio steering. 621 is H.D. springs and shocks - my car was optioned with these as well.
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66-67 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
10-17-2022, 10:06 AM
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1966 GTO: Restoring my first car
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105,777
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1_Wild_Cat
Such a great milestone. Getting close to moving...
Such a great milestone. Getting close to moving under its own power. Quite the feeling to be getting so close.
Forum:
68-69 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
09-30-2022, 11:21 AM
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Just about done
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2,631
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1_Wild_Cat
Gorgeous- great job. Congrats
Gorgeous- great job. Congrats
Forum:
64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
09-06-2022, 05:21 PM
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229
My '64 GTO in a Basket...
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51,435
Posted By
1_Wild_Cat
I had read an article in one of the car magazines...
I had read an article in one of the car magazines years ago about doing something like this. I can't remember if they refurbished a 65 GTO tail panel or one of the die-cast Mopar tail panels.
...
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THE LOBBY
09-04-2022, 05:57 PM
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The Transition from Build to Fix
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1,062
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1_Wild_Cat
Yeah sure -- rub it in...rub it in...Hopefully...
Yeah sure -- rub it in...rub it in...Hopefully I'll be there in a couple of years.
More seriously - congrats. I know from past experience it is a big deal and a great feeling.
Forum:
67-79 Big Pontiac TECH
09-02-2022, 04:13 PM
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467
1968 Catalina 2-door sedan 428 HO 4-speed
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129,910
Posted By
1_Wild_Cat
Congrats -- That is insanely beautiful. Thanks...
Congrats -- That is insanely beautiful. Thanks for taking the time to share the process with the forum - a nice look at the process and what goes into this level of detail.
Forum:
64-65 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
09-02-2022, 03:29 PM
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229
My '64 GTO in a Basket...
Views:
51,435
Posted By
1_Wild_Cat
Hi Everyone -- Time for an update. I was holding...
Hi Everyone -- Time for an update. I was holding off on it since I was hoping to post photos of her back in my shop. Unfortunately, the word of the day is Delay.
However - I do think (hope) that...
Forum:
Pontiac - Street
08-12-2022, 04:48 PM
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85
Update: Molnar Engineering 3" Main 4" Stroke Crankshaft and 6.625" 2.20" Rods
Views:
8,627
Posted By
1_Wild_Cat
WA-HOO....Thank you for helping this along.
WA-HOO....Thank you for helping this along.
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