After years (many years) of searching, discussion, debates, and disagreements, my wife, daughter, and myself almost decided on a medium to dark blue metallic, UNTIL our POCI Chapter’s visit to 3 Dog Garage last spring.

      It was there that we fell in love with the color of the Lloyd Bakan 1932 Ford coupe, a period hot rod that had appeared on the cover of Rod & Custom in 1957.  
      Not wanting a custom mixed paint color for reasons of possible future repairs, I found a close factory color,  BMW Sunset Orange Metallic.

      Sorry for the long story, I’m much better now 😵‍💫

Edited February 21, 20251 yr by 31pontiac
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That’s a colour that really pops 

That is a head turning color for sure. I can’t wait to see it come to life!

Most excellent choice, beautiful color!!!!

Sooo Momma's away, Dads gonna play!  Opened the garage and put the charger on the Sunbird battery.  Have the GTO batt on deck.  Gonna fire the snowblower N remove the last 2in of snow we got. Momma hasbeen doing the drive by hand, whatta girl.  Beautiful day!!! Had to come back in for a coffee to warm my hands N grab my boots!  Looking for a high of 30 today,,,windchill 11.

Edited February 22, 20251 yr by JUSTA6

3 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:

Most excellent choice, beautiful color!!!!

Sooo Momma's away, Dads gonna play!  Opened the garage and put the charger on the Sunbird battery.  Have the GTO batt on deck.  Gonna fire the snowblower N remove the last 2in of snow we got. Momma hasbeen doing the drive by hand, whatta girl.  Beautiful day!!! Had to come back in for a coffee to warm my hands N grab my boots!  Looking for a high of 30 today,,,windchill 11.

JustA! You know we love pictures around here !!! Show the snow man 😜

4 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

JustA! You know we love pictures around here !!! Show the snow man 😜

Frosty hasn't been by in awhile, but everytime he farts....we get this.   Bit off a lil more than I could chew.  Hip got sore real quick and the back chimed in with sympathy pain.  Ended up gettin the main stuff done and the Sun helped melt the pavement.  Sunbird is taking longer than expected to charge, but it is a trickle charger.  Both of our dailys are riding on new tires finally.

8 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:

Frosty hasn't been by in awhile, but everytime he farts....we get this.   Bit off a lil more than I could chew.  Hip got sore real quick and the back chimed in with sympathy pain.  Ended up gettin the main stuff done and the Sun helped melt the pavement.  Sunbird is taking longer than expected to charge, but it is a trickle charger.  Both of our dailys are riding on new tires finally.

That’s very white !!! And cool 😎 

thanks for sharing justA!!! 
does your pump work on the front lawn ? 
 

the boss says ! Why don’t we go and live in the snow !!!!😵‍💫😵‍💫

You what you need to do justA !

you know how they have those robot lawn mowers …… invent a snow moving one ! 
it could zoom up and down your driveway all night shoving the white stuff off to the side !!! 

What do you mean I haven’t been by? I haven’t left since Christmas! We keep getting bonus snow courtesy of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, depending on which way the wind blows!

5 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

That’s very white !!! And cool 😎 

thanks for sharing justA!!! 
does your pump work on the front lawn ? 
 

the boss says ! Why don’t we go and live in the snow !!!!😵‍💫😵‍💫

You what you need to do justA !

you know how they have those robot lawn mowers …… invent a snow moving one ! 
it could zoom up and down your driveway all night shoving the white stuff off to the side !!! 

That's a great idea for clearing the driveway!  Have always loved winter, snowmobiling, like Frosty...skiing, ice fishing, skating, pond hockey, downhill sledding, ect.  The pump is a cover for my well pipe.  As a plumber you might be interested to know I'm 132 ft down and use a 5hp pump.  I have a bird bath in front of it for decoration and my birds thank me.  

Edited February 23, 20251 yr by JUSTA6

4 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:

That's a great idea for clearing the driveway!  Have always loved winter, snowmobiling, like Frosty...skiing, ice fishing, skating, pond hockey, downhill sledding, ect.  The pump is a cover for my well pipe.  As a plumber you might be interested to know I'm 132 ft down and use a 5hp pump.  I have a bird bath in front of it for decoration and my birds thank me.  

cleaver idea to hide the well head there JustA , and is it good water ? 

5 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:

 I have a bird bath in front of it for decoration and my birds thank me.  

How do you get the Sunbird in there to wash it? Asking for a friend. 

5 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

cleaver idea to hide the well head there JustA , and is it good water ? 

Good clear water, high in minerals can be a pain, but no rust like many. 

5 hours ago, Frosty said:

How do you get the Sunbird in there to wash it? Asking for a friend. 

OMG     One wheel at a time......zing, that was good.  As you can see, closed for the season.

4 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:

Good clear water, high in minerals can be a pain, but no rust like many. 

OMG     One wheel at a time......zing, that was good.  As you can see, closed for the season.

hi iron content water  is the pita, it will kill non  dezincified brass all day long , stain white toilet pans and is justA nasty !

i so should listen better in science at school instead of perving at Kirsty !! but she had a fantastic smile .....

ok dagmirs too !!

Edited February 24, 20251 yr by 64 kiwi boni

Even the car show chair gets customized...lol.

I like that!!!!   Where did you find it?

Thanks....The chair came from BJ's Wholesale Club. The Pontiac Logo cloth patch, I brought on eBay. I used Gorilla Ultimate adhesive spray and clamped to attach till dry.

On 2/25/2025 at 5:46 AM, Rick Pumphrey said:

Even the car show chair gets customized...lol.

What's this thing "snow" you guys keep talking about?
I checked my old school notes, & I see that for this to exist you need to have a lot of cold weather, is that right?
If that's a yes, count me right out🥶🤣

 

 

Yes mate - this is a consequence of living near the 45th parallel (half way between the equator and the North Pole).

Justa, Indyman Joe and I are happy to send you some snow. We have plenty.

https://www.visitkeweenaw.com/listing/the-keweenaw-snow-gauge/717/

There ya go.... MIND blown.

My daughter N son in law justa came back from a snowmobile trip last week.   4ft snow on ground.  No where near records, but glad I don't have to shovel it!

8 hours ago, Bonne61 said:

What's this thing "snow" you guys keep talking about?
I checked my old school notes, & I see that for this to exist you need to have a lot of cold weather, is that right?
If that's a yes, count me right out🥶🤣

 

 

are you going to be effected by the cyclone head nsw way Paul ? 

18 hours ago, Frosty said:

Yes mate - this is a consequence of living near the 45th parallel (half way between the equator and the North Pole).

Justa, Indyman Joe and I are happy to send you some snow. We have plenty.

Nah I'm good. Thank you though 😆

17 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:

https://www.visitkeweenaw.com/listing/the-keweenaw-snow-gauge/717/

There ya go.... MIND blown.

My daughter N son in law justa came back from a snowmobile trip last week.   4ft snow on ground.  No where near records, but glad I don't have to shovel it!

That's gotta be a joke?
Surely nobody would choose to live anywhere near there?

13 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

are you going to be effected by the cyclone head nsw way Paul ? 

Hey @64 kiwi boni, not really sure atm - it depends upon who you choose to listen to 🤷‍♂️

Around here we typically get a lot of rain, beach washouts, some localised flooding etc at this time of year. We've had the tails of Cyclones eery other year or so, but that just usually means we get some great surf 😎

However, all reports have had it tracking south, & all the wind & rain from it have been on the south side of it due to the wind direction. Latest report though is landfall may be tomorrow, further north than originally expected. So we may yet see some activity. 

Right now though, it's pretty calm, we've had just a little rain, & I'm still hoping to go to a couple of Cars and Coffee at the weekend.

Ah good Paul 

it’s way south of fitzy 

and he’s over cyclones up his way !

where are you ? 

7 minutes ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

Ah good Paul 

it’s way south of fitzy 

and he’s over cyclones up his way !

where are you ? 

We're in Paradise my friend, which geographically about 1500kms South of the great @Fitzy

I'll define my "Paradise" claim for those whom may be wondering...

1. As far North (on the East Coast) as you can go where you can still get good surf regularly

2. Speaking of surf...you can actually swim in the ocean here year around (water temps typically 22-28 degrees) without fear of a) microscopic jelly fish that can stop your heart upon contact, b) boat size crocodiles that have the capacity to swallow you whole, but still much rather tear you to bits first (uneccesary, really), c) tiger sharks as big as Japanese mini-subs, that can travel at the speed of light, d) regular weekly rainfall figures that outdo most Rainforests annual stats, e) annual cyclone seasons, f) constant, ridiculously high humidity that has mushrooms growing on any organic matter that stops moving for longer than 30 seconds (yes, that includes your underarms and ballsack) 

😁

 

7 hours ago, Bonne61 said:

Nah I'm good. Thank you though 😆

That's gotta be a joke?
Surely nobody would choose to live anywhere near there?

No joke....PURE Michigan! 

This is how we do it when the cars are put away for the winter.

 

 

Tearin it RUPP

We trade stoplight to stoplight drag racing for island to island on frozen lakes.

Edited March 6, 20251 yr by JUSTA6