
Dave Russell
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Location
Port Alberni BC Canada
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Forever Pontiac
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Name
same as above
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Gender
Male
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Year
1965
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Car
LeMans
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Trim
nice
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Engine
389
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Style
Convertible
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Color
white
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Here are a couple of shots of the first mods I have made to my newly acquired 65 LeMans. The original steering wheel had suffered the effects of many years in the California sun so it had to go. I found a Grant repro wheel that looks good and has a rim that is a bit thicker than the original "skinny Minnie". It was an easy install and guess what- the horn works, amazing. The next item to get replaced was the shifter. The stock one is quite short and the detent button was awkward to the point where shifting manually was tricky. I replaced it with a Lokar shifter that came with their new "Muscle
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This Car is definitely a LeMans with a 389 so I guess the 389 was added at sometime later. The engine was made a couple of months before the car and the car has many options so I thought maybe Pontiac was like Chev and if you knew the dealer you could get just about any combination. ( I worked at a Chev dealer back then) I don't have much information about the car, it was sold at the Mecum Anaheim auction Nov 16th 2012 and in Dec it went to Al & Eds Autosound in Hollywood for a very high end install which included Focal speakers, Alpine amps, Kenwood subs and a Rockford Fosgate processor
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I recently bought a 65 LeMans convt that has a 389 and lots of options. Could you order a LeMans with a 389?
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Dave Russell commented on twentyseven's gallery image in Progression Albums