1980 Pontiac LeMans Station Wagon - G-T-faux (stuck with it, and can't shake it... like a bad case of herpes)

[motorheadmike]

Sat down with a coffee and Google to do some thinking about those pesky fenderliners...

Felt a lot like this:

What about heat to reshape the plastic? Bingo. It is done all the time in the slammed luxury car world. An hour later I had gained some much needed space. I won't know how much until the next time I take it for a boot.

 

[motorheadmike]

This thing is safetied, registered and insured.

Now what am I going to do with my time?

 

[axisg]

I thought you were re-re-building the MCSS next but your kijiji ad states different ;/

How id the MTO dance go ? Did you quote JC ?

..... " 'cause to type it up it took the whole staff, and when they were done the title weighed sixty pounds " LOL


How did it all shake out once on the road ? Surely there will be some tweaking

 

[motorheadmike]

I thought you were re-re-building the MCSS next but your kijiji ad states different ;/

How id the MTO dance go ? Did you quote JC ?

..... " 'cause to type it up it took the whole staff, and when they were done the title weighed sixty pounds " LOL


How did it all shake out once on the road ? Surely there will be some tweaking

LOL - I have never heard that song before - nice!

The only point to note is a tiny bit of play in the PS front wheel bearing - but still well within spec; it is an easy fix. Flying colours otherwise - for all intents and purposes it is a brand new car. From here out it is just a matter of tuning it, tweaking it (alignment), and getting the AC working.

Don't worry - there is a plan for the MCSS. We just have to clear some space around here first and that means selling off the spare parts.

 

[clean8485]

Glad to hear that the MTO dance went well. Hope the rest of the tuning and tweaking goes well too. Keep us up to date.

 

[pagrunt]

This thing is safetied, registered and insured.

Now what am I going to do with my time?

Make the kids a Power Wheels version

 

[motorheadmike]

You really didn't think I was done, did you?

 

[TURNA]

Shaker hood? If you turned that plate the other way a set of 70 GTO hood vents would be cool!

 

[motorheadmike]

Shaker hood? If you turned that plate the other way a set of 70 GTO hood vents would be cool!

Kinda, sorta... but, you are close. 😉

 

[TURNA]

73-up Grand Am's Should look sweet!!