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finally getting painted - almost done



-- Edited by BJ on Monday 13th of August 2012 05:53:04 AM

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I remember those cars....gona look great when together! Keep us posted

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Put a nicely rebuilt 350 Pontiac in it earlier the year, 1970 FB block/74 GTO 46 heads, bored .030, performance cam, 2,5" true dual exhaust

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here's more, just about finished



-- Edited by BJ on Monday 13th of August 2012 05:38:55 AM



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looking great!

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I had a '77 Cutlass Supreme Brogham in those colours ... your car is looking good!

My Cutlass also had pillowiback, tan corderoy buckets ... oh yeah babysmile!



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VERY nice!!

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These newer cars don't get enough recognition


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Looks good!

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Looking nice!

Nice to see the effort being put into that gen...I had a 80', a fun, nice driving and comfortable car.



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someday these will be the collectibles, the Pontiac 350 runs real strong

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One of the best cars ever owned was an 1980 GP, W37 package with 301 4bbl. That car flew actually on the highway with it's 2.29 gears. I'll have to dig up a photo, was bavarian cream with padded gold landau top, Rally IV wheels, saddle colour interior.



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Basically same colors as this one Ray, will post some more pics later of newly rebuilt 350, final assembly etc. Hung up on landau roof material, also looking for some nice wheel well trim, if anyone in Poncholand knows of a set, please let me know



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73SC wrote:

One of the best cars ever owned was an 1980 GP, W37 package with 301 4bbl. That car flew actually on the highway with it's 2.29 gears. I'll have to dig up a photo, was bavarian cream with padded gold landau top, Rally IV wheels, saddle colour interior.




Boy, you must have had a different version of a 301 than I ever drove. The few that I tried (80 Grand Am 4 barrel, also some B body 301 power)wouldn't even have outrun a 231 V6!

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I know they ran nice, very good on fuel, but just not a performer compared to other cars around that time.

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W37 Carl, It did fly with those high gears. I really liked that car, the Trans Am engine was the key I suppose.  It had dual exit exhaust behind each wheel which was kind of cool. Easily buried the speedo. biggrin As I said a great car imo.



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My 301 was a bugger for power, felt like a 4 cylinder at times, 350 should be alot better, wish i could have found a 400 though, even the 455



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I've always liked those Grand Prix's. I was at the Pontiac dealer from Nov 80 to Nov 85 and got to see and drive some real nice ones. Wish they had put the 400 Pontiac in those before it went away.

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If you've ever seen the ports in the cylinder heads on those 301's it's easy to understand why nobody built them up.

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The 301 was designed with two things in mind, weight reduction for the new downsized A and G bodies and economy.



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finally getting painted - almost done



-- Edited by BJ on Monday 13th of August 2012 05:53:04 AM

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Great work!

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Thanks, certainly not me doing this but a guy named Roger, talented for sure, takes pride in his work

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