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Fitzy

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Fitzy last won the day on February 22

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  • Location
    North Queensland, Australia
  • Interests
    Cars, beer, pondering life's bigger questions until the beer kicks in. Then it's food.

Forever Pontiac

  • Name
    Peter
  • Gender
    Male
  • Year
    1965
  • Car
    Grand Prix
  • Trim
    Stand
  • Engine
    389 4BBL
  • Style
    Coupe
  • Color
    Red

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  1. Wow - nice job. I was too terrified to attempt the GP headlining and so it went to an upholsterer. They went to a lot of trouble in the old days. In modern cars, they just glue a pad to the inside of the roof.
  2. Excellent! My fave is the last one. Why don't more people do this in the first place?
  3. Holy shit. Glad you're still with us. That poor Mustang owner - please tell us he has insurance. Is it repairable do you think? Looks pretty bad. I thought the drivers around here were hopeless.. Whoops- just saw the rest of the story. Friggin' tourists... okay, we've all been tourists but does that mean we leave our brains at home whilst we drive like we're possessed in a different country on unfamiliar roads??? I managed to drive a Corolla AND a Prius (easy guys..) around your wonderful country and never once came close to rolling either car. The cockheads are amongst us and their numbers are increasing. Want proof - have a (brief) look at TikTok.
  4. What a great idea. When I think of the misery I endured with mine and then got the Grant...which I'm not satisfied with. Damn thing is too thick to be period correct. Kiwi - order 2 of those wheels for us. Yeah yeah - I'll pay you. Geez..
  5. Budget. Hilarious! Tell you what. You can be ahead of the pack. Stop shaving and showering now, put your oldest clothes on and sit on the footpath with a tin cup and a sign around your neck that says "Fixing up old Pontiac. Please give generously."
  6. Wrongway, is that how the factory pipes exit or did you utilise the reverse light apertures? As you know, I was determined to show the world my twin pipes, unlike the hidden factory setup. It meant notching the rear bumper but I love it.
  7. I'm mildly excited. I wanna hear how great gobfuls of money get poured into the endless black hole. Mind you, it's a great looking car and will be a restomod gem. NZ visit coming up...when it's finished!
  8. Welcome to the world of living off baked beans & tap water whilst the car gets showered with gold. We warned you!
  9. Looks great just like that. Patina is in atm and as far as I'm concerned, it's always in. It's very satisfying scrubbing old paint clean and seeing the result.
  10. I KNOW! Try $2000. I made that enquiry when I was thinking about my crappy wheel. Unless they're using real pearls, I ain't paying it. Bloody nice though.
  11. Ah...THAT'S why you wanted my address. I've been patrolling the Ponderosa with a shotgun for weeks. International shipping costs are extreme atm. Tell you what - Kiwi & I can come over and collect.
  12. Had an awesome day yesterday AND Greenpeace did NOT attempt to roll me back into the ocean. My last day off today so after much fluffing about I had some time spare so got stuck into the wood veneer trim. Kept scraping the old stuff off and reattached the new bits. They are all die cut and fit perfectly, although I had to trim the absolute tiniest few microns off a coupla pieces. I used 3M spray trim adhesive or Liquid Nails depending on the intricacy of the piece to be attached. And THIS time I'm gonna apply a light misting of clear AFTER the adhesive has set! I have included a pic of the supplied instructions. DO NOT lacquer prior to fitment. You have been warned. Everything was done slowly and all pieces clamped whilst setting - I don't want any screw ups this time. Will have to look at wiring issues next R&R. Has anyone replaced their indicators/stop lamps with LEDs? This is something I've always wanted to do and for less than $100 I can get 4 globes (nice bright red LEDs for the back) and a LED specific flasher can. I'm thinking of starting with that and a coupla headlight relays. Seems to me that the rest of the wiring just needs a good tidy up but am yet to do some resistance checks. Oh, and need to do something positive about the wires that transition through the firewall plug.
  13. Oh they are FUNNY. We need this to take our minds off the crumbling dinosaurs in the garage demanding attention.
  14. If only Terry had split the difference and had a 65 Grand Prix. Then I'd have someone to talk to.
  15. I found my car's original build sheet wedged inside the back seat backrest, up against one of the springs. Frosty kindly decoded it for me.
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