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New Hubcaps, Collecting parts…

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I picked me up this set of hubcaps back in July, I’m not sure exactly what year they are, but I like them. I got them at the friends of coal auto fair swap meet for $25. They were so dirty you could barely make out the Pontiac scripting on them.
I also took the fender [...]

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Out with the old, in with the new!

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Well after dealing with a stubborn fuel issue (Which turned out to be my fuel tank) I decided to pull out the old Flatty out and drop in my rebuilt 268 Straight Eight and 54 Hydra-matic transmission. The new engine is basically stock, but it is bored .060 over to a 278. Over all the [...]

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Making My Own Door Panels

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Here’s an update on my interior… June 2009 – It took me about 4 years to get around to doing this, but I finally bought the materials to put together some…

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Flame Job

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Well, I got bored and drew out some flames on my car a few weeks prior to painting them. I drove it around for a while with the sketch on it until I finally got the nerve to mask it off and spray them…

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Lighted Hood Ornament

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What my car looks like as of 7.26.07

Lighted hood ornament I purchased on ebay for $152!
What’s been done since the last update:
- New intake and exhaust manifold gaskets installed
- New fuel pump and rebuilt the carburator
- Had the starter professionally rebuilt, and installed new battery wires
- New points and plugs (put 10,000 miles on the [...]

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Added Hubcaps, Painted Dash and Window Trim

Posted by Dave

This picture was taken on March 2nd 2006. It’s the first one i’v taken in awhile and the last one as of the moment.
I had the car stored in a garage for the past 3 months to keep it out of the bad weather. Got it out and took it out for awhile.
The day before [...]

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Enjoying some shows

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This picture was taken at a show in Gauley Bridge, West virginia.

This picture was taken the same day as the previous. I had been having problems with the hubcaps coming off
and on the way home from the show one come off and I had to go over a hill and dig through the weeds to [...]

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Painted Blitz Black

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It took me 2 days to get the car ready to be painted. I had to fix the rust issue on the front around the drivers side park light… welded some new metal in there. I took all the chrome back off as well before we painted it. It’s “John Deere” Blitz Black – Flat Satin, not primer

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Rust be gone, and parts car found

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An update on the parts list and where they come from:
- I found the headlight bezels in Tennessee (These are hard to find)
- The red “Pontiac” plastic insert (not seen in these pictures) was purchased out of Virginia along
with the two door chrome strips, and the fabric strap that bolts to the back of the [...]

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Visor, Spotlight, More Progress…

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98% of the car was taken to metal and in primer at this point! The Fulton SunShield visor was purchased off a guy out of Canada… I had to have one.

This was taken the same time as the previous image.

There’s some rust thru on the pan below the trunk, but that should be an easy [...]

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