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jasonfreer


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So I have owned this car since December of 1999. It was born with a chevy 350, and column shifted automatic.    It has gone through some changes since that day..   The first thing I did was purchase wheels and tires, and then replaced the sun baked blue cloth interior with white vinyl and dyed the remaining interior pieces..

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Not too long after that I pulled the automatic trans out of it and added a clutch pedal with a Super T-10 four speed.

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I drove it this way for a few years and then decided that it was time to repaint due to the badly fading original blue paint.

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 I walked into the paint store expecting to buy blue, but changed my mind at the counter..

 

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Drove it again for a couple more years and decide that I needed more power than the 350 could provide, So I found and built a Pontiac 455.

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Again a few years later I decided that it was time to pull the whole car apart for a frame off restoration...

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Which pretty much takes us up to today..  

 

Here is today's progress picture...   Spent a few hours with bristle brushes, rags, and degreaser cleaning up the bottom of the floors in order to get to spraying some new paint..

 

Looks remarkably well for a 40 year old car.  

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Here is a shot of the new color!

 

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Looked great before resto started, can't imagine how good its going to look when done!! Nice work nod.gif



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You're lucky to have such a rust free car!

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Jason, that is a sweet looking ride you got and now it is going to look even better. Very impressive 455 Poncho motor. I got an idea, you should challenge Ray with his version of your car with his 454 Chev big block. It would be interesting to see how these two big blocks compare. Hey Ray are you up to the challenge? Please keep us updated on both your 74 and 57 Poncho's. Continued good luck with both. Cheers. George.



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Sure I am...

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Ray White, Toronto ON

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real Sweet !  

I like the american poncho treatment... great combo.. did the same in a 65Lemans.. no 2 x 4's though ..

 



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I'd also be real interested in a heads up with Ray and you.. two real beauties with brawn to boast !!!



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Very nice.



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NICE RIDE!

REGARDING THE CHALLENGE, MAKE SURE THERE IS A VIDEO CAMERA!biggrin WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT!



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Very nice car biggrin  and a lot of work done...    A Canadian built car, with a  American Pontiac engine, seems like step backward, in the promotion of Canadian Automotive history

 

BUT     Canadian 454, will out run, the stick shift 455, all day and all night, and speed top or bottom,  

          Maybe next time, we see a major event, in the blue green blue car's life      it will getting some "real Canadian"....Muscle



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Nice restoration , Impressive , I like that steering wheel and also have a spare one of these ...



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I like the direction you've taken with the car. It is seldom that you see a 74 Lemans getting the restoration treatment.

Below is a Black Lake (Milford MI) Proving Ground photo taken in 1973 of a 74 Lemans coupe with the GT package.

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Thanks Guys!

   I'm afraid this particular engine will not be installed back into the Lemans...   Its getting reworked for the for a 6-71 blower and will be installed in my 57 Pontiac.  I'm not sure what I am going to replace it with yet?? Probably just get a SBC because they are cheap and plentiful, plus this car is going to be more of a cruiser than a street terror at this point..

 

I am going to throw the GT stripes on the car as well.  I was wanting to do that long ago, but never did get around to it...  I also have a very nice set of Honeycomb wheels, but I am not too sure if I'm going to use them as of yet..  

 

It will look similar to this 73, but my roof is white.

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Got the bottom side in color tonight. Spraying clear tomorrow and the body will be back on the frame this weekend.

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Looks Awesome !



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Ray White, Toronto ON

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Jason, excellent work there.



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jasonfreer


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Thanks for the encouragement guys!

 

Was able to get some more paint shot over the weekend, followed by a few coats of clear.  Looking not too bad..

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Still chugging along...

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Very nice car! I've always liked the clean lines of these models.

On another note, the last post seems to have a whole mass of blank space. Is everyone seeing the same, or is it a download issue at my end? Hoping someone can chime in. If it's an issue, I'll repair it (but I don't want to risk deleting photo's that others can see, that I cannot.)

Thx

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03cts sport wrote:

Very nice car! I've always liked the clean lines of these models.

On another note, the last post seems to have a whole mass of blank space. Is everyone seeing the same, or is it a download issue at my end? Hoping someone can chime in. If it's an issue, I'll repair it (but I don't want to risk deleting photo's that others can see, that I cannot.)

Thx

 Yup, same for me....extra wide lotsa blank spaces



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Thanks for the feedback Greaser. Edit done.
Again... Very nice car!

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looking more like a car every day...

49 days until my deadline.

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Looking great Jason, a job well done.... I would can the stripe package, but that's your choice.... Blue with a white top rocks (something like my ride !).... Can't wait to see your updates on the project......

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I have fallen behind schedule but still chugging along....

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Wow, great job, thanks for posting updates!
Can hardly wait to see the finished car!

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