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What did you do to your G-Body today?

Keep it clean! :)
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Re: What did you do to your G-Body today?

Postby 84dragcutlass on Sun Jul 08, 2012 7:01 am

Those fender marker lights are pretty cool, id like to know how you made those emblems glow like that
79 El camino SS
88 Iroc-Z
87 Cutlass Supreme 455 olds
79 El camino(non ss)
86 Cutlass Supreme
79 Malibu Wagon

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Postby 442_7.5ltr on Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:16 pm

Made a little progress on the interior, wired up the center console & switches and started setting the digi dash. Almost ready to drive! :banana:
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Re: What did you do to your G-Body today?

Postby ATLMonte88 on Mon Jul 09, 2012 1:24 pm

Kwik_Cutty88 wrote:
mr evil wrote:Ha ha, genius! Pure genius, and prolly stronger than half the shit out on the market. Thanks for sharing that, gives me some ideas of my own :idea:


It is actually pretty strong. Best part is it only costs a dollar or two!


amazing how the most simple ideas turn out to be the best ones. Think i'll be taking a binder clip and rubber band home from the office lol. thanks!

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Re: What did you do to your G-Body today?

Postby mr evil on Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:40 pm

ATLMonte88 wrote:
Kwik_Cutty88 wrote:
mr evil wrote:Ha ha, genius! Pure genius, and prolly stronger than half the shit out on the market. Thanks for sharing that, gives me some ideas of my own :idea:


It is actually pretty strong. Best part is it only costs a dollar or two!


amazing how the most simple ideas turn out to be the best ones. Think i'll be taking a binder clip and rubber band home from the office lol. thanks!



Annnnd that would be theft. Where exactly do you work then? :D :D :D
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Re: What did you do to your G-Body today?

Postby Burnhard on Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:38 pm

Blake442 wrote:Finally finished getting the stock wheels redone and on the car...

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Very Very nice car looks mint

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Re: What did you do to your G-Body today?

Postby Chris Van on Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:21 pm

Finally got around to installing some much needed hood pins on each side of my fiberglass hood.

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Re: What did you do to your G-Body today?

Postby TeezySupreme on Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:25 pm

Put in my Halo lights and did some minor port work to the 8 heads.
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Postby 78PontiacGP on Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:26 pm

Thinking about what to get from Jegs lol
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Re: What did you do to your G-Body today?

Postby xcookpac on Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:46 am

I began cleaning out an old project car (74 Olds Delta 88) which holds a bunch of G body parts in the trunk (including a posi rear). However, I lost the trunk key for the 74 Olds. Causing me to start taking the door apart to get to the door lock cylinder but I realized I had a new lock picking tool that I bought on ebay about a month ago. Used the lock picking tool and picked that lock in 3 minutes (mind you, I have not picked a lock in about 20 years). Needless to say, I was happy to have this headache fixed. Now we can get started working on the rear disc break install, cleanup and possible rebuild.

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Re: What did you do to your G-Body today?

Postby Blake442 on Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:33 pm

Found that the 442's non-functioning taillights are due to a bad headlight switch... And I'm out of spares! :x

Who's got an extra they want to hook me up with?? :lol:
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'83 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cruiser--Chevy 350-TH350-non a/c
Past G's--'81 Regal, '84 El Camino, '79 Cutlass Supreme, '87 Cutlass Salon,
'81 Monte Carlo, '81 El Camino, '79 Malibu Wagon, '81 Century Estate Wagon

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Re: What did you do to your G-Body today?

Postby pontiacgp on Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:04 pm

are you sure it's the headlight switch and not the aluminium brown wire from the fuse box to the tail lights?
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Postby Blake442 on Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:28 pm

Yeah... I swapped in the switch from the wagon and it worked fine.
'85 Oldsmobile 442--Olds 455-TH400-8.5"-3.73s-T-tops-non a/c
'83 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cruiser--Chevy 350-TH350-non a/c
Past G's--'81 Regal, '84 El Camino, '79 Cutlass Supreme, '87 Cutlass Salon,
'81 Monte Carlo, '81 El Camino, '79 Malibu Wagon, '81 Century Estate Wagon

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Re: What did you do to your G-Body today?

Postby PGLM on Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:37 pm

Found a "new" dashboard to my Pontiac, no cracks, no screw holes. It`s not an easy job here, because here is maybe 5 G-body Pontiacs in whole country, and only one is in junkyard... :D
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Re: What did you do to your G-Body today?

Postby Blake B on Thu Jul 12, 2012 3:27 pm

Should just buy it or strip it of EVERYTHING with them being rare
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Re: What did you do to your G-Body today?

Postby PGLM on Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:22 pm

Blake B wrote:Should just buy it or strip it of EVERYTHING with them being rare


there was so little anything to rescue, even the frame was badly damaged... otherwise I would buy it.

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