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12-18-2021, 07:16 PM
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New member from NW Alabama
Hello all,
I've been out of the Pontiac game for a long time but I finally brought my high school car home after 23 years. I bought my '74 Trans Am in 1995 when I traded a 1970 LeMans Sport for it. Should have kept the LeMans, it was a factory 4 speed and had a '69 428 in it but the shaker got me. I drove it for a few months then late one night the engine locked up on me. It took two summers to get the cash scrapped up to rebuild it and when I did I got 500 miles out of it when coolant got into the oil. This was right before graduation and I went into the Marine Corps soon after. The car sat and my brother robbed parts off of it for years then it was sent to the tree row. At some point I sent money home to get the engine rebuilt and that was about 20 years ago, its never been fired up. Now that we are settled I went home and picked it up. The engine, car, and transmission were in 3 different spots so we borrowed the neighbors loader, lifted the engine, bolted up the tranny and dropped it in the car, in 23 minutes. The motor mounts are gone from the car and the '69 block needs adapters but that will come. Plans now are to tear down the engine and get it magnifluxed, I have a suspicion there is a crack in the #4 cylinder. If the engine is good I'll fire it up and see what happens. I will need the front bumper and a ton of small parts that were robbed off to get it on the road. Might just go Vice Grip Garage and make a burn out car. Sorry for the long post, but having this thing in my shop has been a long time coming. Last edited by eodcoduto; 12-18-2021 at 07:20 PM. Reason: Picture rotation and size. |
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12-18-2021, 07:51 PM
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Good Luck with your Trans Am.
I'm located in Talladega AL. thepontiacman@yahoo.com Sent from my Moto Z3 Play using Tapatalk
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12-18-2021, 08:48 PM
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Good luck…glad you are rolling on your project. Keep us posted on your build.
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12-18-2021, 09:17 PM
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Do you have a bunch of parts posted on Craigslist? If so I talked to you the other day about your 455's and some other parts.
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12-19-2021, 12:06 AM
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Welcome to PY good luck with your Pontiac.
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12-19-2021, 12:18 AM
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Welcome aboard!
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12-19-2021, 08:33 AM
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Welcome.
Pleasant Grove Alabama here…..
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 frittering and wasting the hours in an off hand way.... 1969 GTO, 455ci, 230/236 Pontiac Dude's "Butcher Special" Comp hyd roller cam with Crower HIPPO solid roller lifters, Q-jet, Edelbrock P4B-QJ, Doug's headers, ported 6X-8 (97cc) heads, TKO600, 3.73 geared Eaton Tru-Trac 8.5", hydroboost, rear disc brakes......and my greatest mechanical feat....a new heater core. 
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12-19-2021, 09:18 AM
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Welcome! 68 GTO, Guntersville
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12.24/111.6MPH/1.76 60'/28"/3.54:1/SP-TH400/469 R96A/236-244-112LC/1050&TorkerI//3850Lbs//15MPG/89oct Sold 2003: 12.00/112MPH/1.61 60'/26"x3.31:1/10"/469 #48/245-255-110LSA/Q-Jet-Torker/3650Lbs//18MPG 94oct Sold 1994: 11.00/123MPH/1.50 60'/29.5"x4.10:1/10"/469 #48/245-255-110LSA/Dual600s-Wenzler/3250Lbs//94oct |
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12-19-2021, 09:53 AM
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Yes, I am the one you called from CL ad. I have a few parts.
Will see if I can help you with your TA parts needs. thepontiacman@yahoo.com
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12-19-2021, 11:16 AM
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Welcome from a Yankee transplant here in the other LA, lower Alabama. Near Ozark.
There's a guy near me who has about 30 second gen parts cars, but he's not on these boards. I'll try to find his contact info. He usually advertises on CL. |
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12-19-2021, 05:15 PM
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Cool car, good luck! You have your work cut out for you
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12-19-2021, 07:11 PM
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Yes I do.
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12-19-2021, 09:47 PM
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I have forgotten what the High Country / WT5 option consisted of.
Couldn't have been much since it was no-cost. Believe it was for high altitude areas. Also quite unusual it is even listed on the invoice , since it was no charge. Very neat factoid to get more details on from other members. Welcome to PY Forum Best wishes on getting the TA back into one solid piece |
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12-19-2021, 11:03 PM
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The high altitude sticker is still on the driver’s door, but my biggest search is the cordova top. Its not on the option sheet but it was on my car when I got it. I’d like to know if its original.
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12-20-2021, 01:10 AM
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Trim tag data on the cowl will tell if it was built with vinyl top.
Noticed it looked like it had one at one time, but not on the invoice. It was an available option on a 74 TA , and we have seen some rare cases where a certain content isn't listed on invoice - by mistake. It WILL be on the trim tag if it was installed on the assembly line. |
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12-20-2021, 01:15 AM
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On a 74 F-Body car
Factory top , the studs that hold the clips in place for the moldings to attach - will be spot welded in place. Aftermarket top - the clips will be held by rivets or screws. |
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12-20-2021, 08:13 AM
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The top was taken off by a local kid years ago while I was deployed, I’ll wire brush his body filler and see if there are holes or signs of studs. Here is the cowl tag.
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12-20-2021, 12:22 PM
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29 - 29 PNT is the lower and upper paint / trim codes
So it was painted dark blue complete. Vinyl top car would read 29 - A or 29 - B for examples Factory vinyl top cars will always need some additional body work at the roof-to-quarter panel seams to get them smoothed out enough for decent looking repaint. I had a dark blue 74 firebird in the mid 80's with white vinyl top and interior. Removed the top and prepped it for a solid repaint. 2nd gear went out and I parked it before I got around to painting it, then eventually sold it. |
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