Looking to buy a 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix hood. 

On 8/20/2022 at 3:31 PM, Wrongway said:

Looking to buy a 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix hood. 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/184569264797?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338590836&toolid=10044&customid=4b17ad63531e161dc00cce6745679124

lil rough, but looks straight.  You can shoot low balls on Ebay.

Wrong - Did you call Frank's Pontiac Parts in 29Palms California?

Justa, I'm sorry buddy I justa seen your post about eBay. I looked and it's still on there. I'm going to take a better look at it and maybe reach out to the guy.

Frosty, yes sir I did reach out to Franks. They have a 63' full size hood for $295. I had them email me some more pictures and it looks good enough. I requested shipping info and they said due to the size it'll be truck freight and they don't handle that, but they will send me the info on the trucking company they recommend.

Ah come on wrongway ! What about a good old fashioned road trip ! Woop woop 

how far away from your place is franks ?

I still recon you can fix your one by the way . Wrongway ! 
it doesn’t need much but it will bend !

Edited October 29, 20223 yr by 64 kiwi boni

I would keep tryin to bend your hood, but maybe keep an eye out for a deal on another.

I'm about 2100 miles from Franks Kiwi. Yeah Justa that's my plan. I justa haven't had the time to try bending it again. Justa been too busy wrapping stuff up before the snow flies. 

I just a came across this on eBay. I requested pics but the 0 feed back is a real concern if I have to drive 10hr one way. If it’s legit, that would give me the hood and front bumper that I need. Not to mention other spare parts. What are thoughts? I’ll let you know if he sends me pics. 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/125586519802?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=uzzhay8gta2&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=DYh10Qa8TtS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=EMAIL

Edited October 30, 20223 yr by Wrongway

Ah ! Hope he is straight up mate ! 
lets us know how you get on ! A nice straight front bumper would be a big bonus too aye !!! 

I found my front bumper that you see on the 64 on Craigslist LA. 
it was only $200, usd  and ended up costing near $600 by the time it got to me here in nz. But , it is straight , chrome is average . And when I win lotto , I will get it te chromed 👍hahaha 

Edited October 30, 20223 yr by 64 kiwi boni

Yeah, she's a little bent. Story goes, the guy that had her before me got a bit to close with his car trailer one day and hooked the bumper. So, another front bumper would be a bonus. If this guy is legit.

Ten hours is a bit of a drive. However, well worth it over the 2100 miles to California if the parts pan out. I'd make an arrangement to meet him this weekend and have cash in hand just in case.

Yeah Frosty, that was my thoughts as well. The problem is that the guy hasn't responded to me on eBay.  So since I know nothing about facebook I had a buddy look up the shipping town from eBay and 63GP parts. We found the fellow. He has 4 adds up for GP parts all adds are different prices for the same parts. My buddy sent him a message and a friend request and still no answer. Some kind of commerce page on FB he looked at and said there's no activity. I'm starting to think this may be a scam, but my fingers are crossed that he still reaches out to me.

I understand your caution on this Wrongway. I certainly encourage you to take every reasonable precaution. Good luuck with this and keep us informed on what you end up doing.

Thank you Frosty and I will bud. As of now still no replies on ebay or FB.

Ok since I didn't get a reply, I looked at craigslist in his town and found his add there also. It had a phone number listed and I called him. We spoke for a while, and it looks like I'm heading to NY in the morning. Ill post pics of everything when I get back if everything is legit. 

3 hours ago, Wrongway said:

Ok since I didn't get a reply, I looked at craigslist in his town and found his add there also. It had a phone number listed and I called him. We spoke for a while, and it looks like I'm heading to NY in the morning. Ill post pics of everything when I get back if everything is legit. 

woop woop road trip !!!

dont forget we love pictures wrongway !!!

I gotcha bro. 

I'm home. 1222 miles in 19hours. That includes the 1.5 hours we talked and loaded up. But I do have a truck load of Pontiac parts including a hood and front bumper. But pictures will have to wait till tomorrow boys, I'm beat and headed to bed.

Well done mate ! Nothing like a productive road trip!!

Awesome buddy, glad it worked out for you. 

Can't wait to see your treasure trove of parts.

Thanks guys. As soon as I finish my coffee I'm going to start unloading and taking pics. So, I asked this fella where he got these parts from because I didn't see any other parts or indicators that he was into our hobby. He says that his friend owns a self storage business. That somebody defaulted on their payment and his friend was cleaning out the storage unit when he came across these parts. He planned on taking them to the scrap yard. Don, the fella I got these from ,told him not to scrap them that somebody needed them and the guy told Don to take them if he wanted them. He also told me that he is supposed to be getting a 1978 Bonniville next month, so of course I told him about this forum and what a great group of people we have here. How as long as I've been here I've never seen any kind of negativity or shit talking to anybody and this group wouldn't tolerate it. That the people here were all about helping and supporting each other. He sounded interested and I gave them the website info, so we'll see what comes of it.

Here's a couple quick pics of western New York state and the "text stop". I found those interesting.