Jody97862

My wife used to have one as well. FYI, the jealous thing goes both ways

Absolutely, when I get the pieces put back in I will post a pic. To do all six pieces it was 750.00 with freight. The completed parts were worth every penny. Considering how hard these grill parts are to find. The company was The Insane Paint shop. Their number is on the buffing rags the parts are setting on. The process is called Cosmic Chrome and you can get Chrome in about any color you desire. Pretty neat process. The company has a post on YouTube.

Finally!! The grill pieces are completed and looking awesome. The dead ends with this project finally came to a end.

Ha and 😆 🤣

He didn't say for sure, said once he got the parts he would let me know. He is suppose to get them this coming Monday. I hope it's not too long.... kind of frothing at the bit to see what they will look like in a "new" condition

I recieved the replacement grill parts, so, that's one huge piece of progress. But and there is always a but, the one piece that I so desperately needed had 2 broken fins. Just on one end though. I contacted the guys at Insane Paint and he says he can repair it, so relief. The second piece of progress was the parts went out yesterday to Insane Paint to be repaired and new chrome applied. When I get them back I will post pictures and an opinion on the job done. Here are before pics

Well I tried, apparently the west coast is not nearly as diverse in these matters as the east coast is. Worth a shot though. Thx

Thanks, appreciate the heads up. The more options the better

The name of the company is Insane Paint and the guy I'm dealing with is Dan Gokey. If I do end up with these guys I will let you know how the project turns out. I mislead you though. The company from Detroit has not responded yet. The above mentioned guy is in Suamico Wi.

Oh yeah, I had to buy the whole set. In the set 2 have a couple broken fins. I will have to do some serious thinking on how to repair/fabricate these broken fins. Luckily I have some machine shop experience. I intend to send in 6 pieces to have a complete set reworked. I found this car in Vegas. I got a tip from a guy who knew a guy.... you know how those situations are. I have started looking into vacuum chromeing,(simple term) which is the process used for plastic. I have found 4 company's that do it so far. Have gotten quotes from 2. A company in Detroit gave 2 quotes. 500 and 700. The higher quote the do a undercoat that apparently gives a truer chrome reflection and it has a ceramic coating that helps with heat???. The qoute from California was just flat out of line. 2500 and they would only chrome the flat surfaces with chrome and the balance in paint. I get the feeling they don't know what their doing. Still waiting on a couple more quotes so we will see where it goes. Irregardless it's a great learning experience for this old fat man!!

Well, I found the grill pieces. Not real happy with the price but it's something to work with. They will have to be re-chromed. They are plastic so that's a different process and also a limited amount of people who can do it. I'm grateful for the help and comments. Hopefully when the grill pieces get here they are at least what I see in the pictures.

That is a thought, a guy would have to replace the whole nose assembly though... correct? The current grill pieces are individual and the nose piece corresponds with that... ie houses/frames in each piece individually.

All good questions...to be continued. We really have a lot in common. like you, my very first Pontiac was a sport coupe Lemans and is was also a 1973. Picture included. Also included is a picture of what my current Lemand looked like a year ago Really is a small world

Well that is interesting, mine is a 2 door hardtop. So 19,310 were made. Wonder how many are left. I have tried to get past history on mine as it is interesting to find out. Have had very little luck. A friend of mine found it at an auction in pieces in Albuquerque N.M., it had been stolen/recovered and partially disassembled. He partially reconstructed and I'm trying to complete. There is a socal car club sticker in the window so at one time it was there