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Took up shop in my basement doing what body panels will fit down there lol....first time with body work and whatnot but stay tuned More to come!!



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I love the look of this yearsmile



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Nice, always better to work in the house........warmer than the garage.smile



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Good stuff Kyle ... hope to see it this spring. Don't let the cat mess with your work!wink



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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.

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It's ok they didn't use their "house", so I repurposed it as a stand/table lol

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Good looking!   Those front valences are usually pretty battered so I hope that the worst is over. Funny about cats though, you buy em a house/scratching post and pretty soon the only think left in your house that isn't shredded is the scratching post.

Carry on!If you need parts or what not I've got three 67 GP's I'd love to sell ya.



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ken from northern Alberta

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This panel had some kinks , and had to rebuild one corner where the license plate would go, but nothing a little hammer and dolly-ing didn't take care of, the fill you see on it is literally paper thin... The way it should be as far as I'm concerned :).. And you absolutely correct about the cats . Thanks 66 grande guy, have any good door panels?, I have 2 67's now the one I'm doing and a complete one for parts, let me know. Thanks again . Cheers

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Cowl panel ready for a light skin of fill them blocking and primer , ooohhh how I dislike the sanding those vents... Sore fingers !!! Lol



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Like I said if you just want door panels I have one set of black and two sets of white 67 GP. I haven't trudged through the snow to check condition but I'm pretty sure they are all presentable. I would prefer to sell ya a set of white ones.  That way whoever eventually buys my 67's to make a project car would still have a choice.



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Panel #2 down , still learning things as I go, but figuring it out pretty quick, lots to learn yet, time to get some more panels & pieces to the house so I can continue on! :D



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Cowl panel ready for a light skin of fill them blocking and primer , ooohhh how I dislike the sanding those vents... Sore fingers !!! Lol

If you ever take a look at a 67 US Pontiac (Bonneville, Catalina, 2+2, Grand Prix) you'll notice this piece is missing.  They had hideaway wipers and the hood extended all the way to the windshield to hide the wipers.



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Never knew that, anyone on here ever convert?

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You're right, I just googled it, and they just have the vents in the middle, instead of the 3 piece vents like mine, look at that learned something new today hahah. Thanks pal



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1980bigblockponcho wrote:

You're right, I just googled it, and they just have the vents in the middle, instead of the 3 piece vents like mine, look at that learned something new today hahah. Thanks pal

The US Pontiac's also had opposing wipers (like a '57 Chevy).  The 69 US hoods are strange as they have the cutouts to allow the wipers to park.  The US Pontiac's switched to parallel wipers in 70.

Re anyone modifying their cars, we had a member from Europe (the Netherlands if I recall) that had switched is 66 Parisienne to the opposing wipers.   About 5 or 6 years ago he posted a video of the car out for a drive, and I noticed the wiper change.



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image.jpegSo, a little more progress on the car, got the centre and the RF turn signal at the house, started restoring and cleaning up the lense and bezel, lense is done waiting of 1 coat on the bezel to rack up so I can spray coat #2 here's the lense



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i remember as a kid my dad always made me sand those vents...not a fun job. looking good!!!



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I'm gunna guess Cus you at the time had the smallest fingers lol.. And thanks pal

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Looking good!

I bet your cat will be even happier than you will be to see this project get finished!  wink

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Thanks for the updates, it's fun to watch the progress! 



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Haha we had the cat house for about 6 months and I think one of them ( I have 2) was in it maybe twice?, lol and no worries, I figured you guys have seen many brought back to life and revived , why not 1 more? Haha

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1980bigblockponcho wrote:

Haha we had the cat house for about 6 months and I think one of them ( I have 2) was in it maybe twice?, lol and no worries, I figured you guys have seen many brought back to life and revived , why not 1 more? Haha

... and the cats are wearing respirators. wink



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Lol they're not allowed in that room, they like the plastic and I have too many car parts covered up in there for them to knock over or get into and ruin lol

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image.jpegWell the RF turn signal assembly is done, turned out awesome! See for yourself !! :)



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Nice work.

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Thank pal too bad most of will be hidden , but the satisfaction of knowing it's done and looks good , well that's hard to turn down :D

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Good job with the turn signals! I love fiddling with the little stuff like that!

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