Between building a cottage and an unexpected water heater failure that has prompted a basement renovation I have managed to do some work on the my bush goat.

As can be seen the base of the windshield is pretty badly rotted.

Some metal fabrication and welding and it's solid again.

A little paint.

And finally a new windshield.

Not the block I have. Only 3 holes and I am really, really really bad at drilling and tapping holes.

A $500.00 dollar documentation proven 1969 Pontiac GTO.   

how can you really go wrong.   Hope the updates keep coming be interesting to see this car progress. 

thats cool keep it up,

by the way i found a 68 Goat just arround the corner where i live , sitting there in a winter garage ( what we call a tempo ) needs work , but could be a deal , i ts one of my old friend s brother who had bought it in 1985 ans has restored it back then , but needs a lot of t l c 25 years latter

but a 68 goat in orig shape with the dual gate shifter and orig 400 could be a good investment .........i guess , the putty on the car is thick , but now you can get almost every body panel for those cars ........that makes it an easier fix than it was 10 or 20 years ago

might go inquire , , make my self a x mas gift and freak out the wife .

Well, I'm back at working on the bush goat and in the process of buidling a short block. Some time back I had the hair brained idea to have the mains turned down on a 455 crank to fit the 400 block. Discovered after the fact that the thrust bearing width is different from the small journal to large journal crank. Did some snooping around on the internet and found the solution was to weld and machine the trust area. I did not really take to that idea. Did some more sluething and found a Pontiac racer that runs a machine shop in florida and has a ""shim kit"" to match a wider trust bearing into the block and cap. The instructions are to red locktite the spacers into place. Did that before Christmas. When I went to drop the crank into place to start a preliminary assembly to check clearances I discovered the machine shop did not turn down the seal area from a 455 diameter to the smaller 400. Got that resolved and the crank fits like it should.

 

 

Excellent purchase...you are still working on this right???

 

 

 

Keep us posted.

Nice

 

"Excellent purchase...you are still working on this right???"

Yes, I'm bringing it back into town soon to continue the resurrection.


"Like the gold! Are you going with a gold exterior also?"

Since I would like to get the bushgoat on the road this year, body work and paint will not be happening. However when the time does come for paint I will be painting the car gold.

I can only recommend to use as much of the factory tin as possible.         

that   what   i hear more and   more often  , and  some  guys   say  , the  time you  invest  in fixing  orig old  body  parts.................might   as well buy  new  ones

but  if they  are going to fit  like  crap  , i will   fix  my  old  fenders  on   my  Beaumont  wich  have  a little  rust.............but  they  will fit  much  better !

 

 

Awesome Score! nice start.

if you dont mind me asking, how much was the GM documentation?

dcneric wrote:

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Thanks.

The documentation was over a $100 something like $114 or so.

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 Ahh, more then i thought, but worth it for sure.