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08-23-2022, 01:04 PM
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Her inaugural ride...
After almost a year of hemorrhaging $, anguish, pain and suffering she is finally running.
The rear main seal is still leaking, the pinion seal is still leaking, the muffler is dragging, and now she is over-heating but dammit she is on-the-road! Went to her first cruise nite and met a fellow pontiac nut with a really rare SD formy...then i crawled home, overheating, and muff dragging all the way...lol 
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08-23-2022, 01:09 PM
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nice formy...guy has like 9 pontipigs...amazing who comes out of the woodwork at cruise nites
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08-23-2022, 01:13 PM
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That's gotta feel good! I know I always find more enthusiasm to start fixing the remaining stuff once it's actually driving.
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08-23-2022, 01:15 PM
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gosh it's nice to be back but what hell to get to this point...lol
I should prolly rite up on origin story on her someday - or a screenplay haha |
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08-23-2022, 01:37 PM
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It does seem to take forever sometimes…. Been working on my 72 TA clone forever. Bought it in 2013 as a running driving car to paint and enjoy- I bet I have driven it less than 1/2 mile. Hopefully that changes soon
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08-23-2022, 02:36 PM
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Whoa that's a long time...good luck with that
We suffer for our time machines...lol |
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08-23-2022, 02:42 PM
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I kept getting distracted with other cars. Several cars actually!
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08-23-2022, 05:21 PM
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I bet that felt good!!!
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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... 
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08-23-2022, 06:18 PM
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Nice I bet that was kewl showing your car off
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08-23-2022, 06:55 PM
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Nice looking car.
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70 TA, 467 cid IAII, Edelbrock D-port heads, 9.94:1, Butler HR 236/242 @ .050, 520/540 lift, 112 LSA, Ray Klemm calibrated Q-jet, TKX (2.87 1st/.81 OD), 3.31 rear https://youtube.com/shorts/gG15nb4FWeo?feature=share |
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08-24-2022, 12:27 AM
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Thanks
Ya the best part is bonding with my daughter... She is turning into a real gear head lol I used to drive my old rusty t/a to the shows but parked it way in the back out of embarrassment. Too bad it took all summer to find another motor and work out the bugs. Always learning. |
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08-24-2022, 10:40 AM
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RAIV engine is at the machine shop getting a refresh to retake its rightful place.
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08-24-2022, 10:51 AM
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That's awesome...we need to do what we can to hand down over the pontiac torch to a new generation.
Haha, ya not the idea first car. Mine is eyeballing a 90's grand am but I would rather her drive a half ton - the person in the accident always walks away from the truck vs the car. She gets her license soon so lots of grey hairs coming my way...lol |
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08-24-2022, 06:34 PM
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With the original style rear main seals no longer available, you mean to tell me there are some that Don’t leak?
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 "Yes, it's a real GTO. I know the scoops, spoiler, exhaust tips, and rear wheels are wrong. Umm, sure it's the 'big block' 400, you are quite the expert. I am driving in the rain, at night, running errands, with the kids who are eating and having ice cream in the back, after going to the drag strip, burning rubber, and blowing donuts. Do you really think it's numbers matching all original?"
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08-25-2022, 12:38 PM
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We put in a BOP space age design seal - still leaks, but not as much...
Seems like the least of my problems and running out of summer anyways...lol |
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