I Know, I Know, It's a Pontiac....

junior said:
How about one of these tire smokers.

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I actually liked them back in the day!
 
Good looking example of what used to be a common car.
I imagine you focused on getting a rust free body, which is super important.
The other parts common to be beat are the dash pad, the rear side plastics and sail panels, which look good in your car. Even the seats look decent!
Having owned, restored several of the gen 2 T/A and Formula - I'm happy to see the traditional Pontiac engine :)
78 was a transitional year to include the Old's 403 in a T/A which is getting more common to find in the nicer cars.
I know you'll be swapping that out for an LS9 or something, so I almost wish you got a 403 car ;)
I'm looking forward to what you do to it Marty, it will be a nicer car after you get through it.
Oh, and this was the best vehicle from 1978
 
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chief455 said:
Good looking example of what used to be a common car.
I imagine you focused on getting a rust free body, which is super important.
The other parts common to be beat are the dash pad, the rear side plastics and sail panels, which look good in your car. Even the seats look decent!
Having owned, restored several of the gen 2 T/A and Formula - I'm happy to see the traditional Pontiac engine :)
78 was a transitional year to include the Old's 403 in a T/A which is getting more common to find in the nicer cars.
I know you'll be swapping that out for an LS9 or something, so I almost wish you got a 403 car ;)
I'm looking forward to what you do to it Marty, it will be a nicer car after you get through it.
Oh, and this was the best vehicle from 1978
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I had access to one of the J series trucks at a farm I worked on as a youngin'. Try as I might to get that thing stuck it always trudged through whatever I drove it into. Spartan interior, but a 4wheeling monster. :)
 
Mr. Man said:
I had access to one of the J series trucks at a farm I worked on as a youngin'. Try as I might to get that thing stuck it always trudged through whatever I drove it into. Spartan interior, but a 4wheeling monster. :)
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Amen to that. In CT 1978 had a major ice storm, my brothers J10 with sport package and my bosses Golden Eagle made it places police could not get. And a few Fords stuck in mud, well, the J10 just lugged them out.
QuadraTrac was amazing for the era. And, the nicer trucks had a T/A style interior! brushed dash, 3 gauge pod, 3 spoke wheel, buckets seats and arm rest. See images. They were car/trucks, and drove the road / cornered awesome. 360 or 401, TH400, Dana rears....
Back to Marty's T/A thread...
 
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Well, when the car was delivered last week.

I was a bit disappointed with the condition of the paint although the overall contain of the car was very good. It became clear to me that the pictures presented in the sale ad for the car were three years old. When I was negotiating to purchase the car, one of the pictures showed a registration sticker that was from 2012. I specifically asked the seller about this and he told me that the pictures were current and that the car was just being driven on expired tags. This was a lie and when I got the car it had a current tag on it - demonstrating that the seller lied.

At this point, having had one of my drivers make a 1,300 mile roundtrip to go get the car, there was not much I could do except try to improve the paint. So, on Saturday the guy that handles the cutting and buffing on our cars came to my home shop and worked his magic on the car. I also put the 17" Snowflakes on the car.

I think the results were very good but now I need to lower the car so my net step will be to order lowering blocks for the rear and tubular A arms for the front.

Here are some pictures as the car stands now:








 
The new find is "hot" the garage looks full? Now that a good thing.

We need to start calling you "Jay" :laugh:

One day I will deliver a new coach in your area and will stop in and say hi!
 
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