78 Grand Prix project

[G-Body_Vet]

and I thought the AR torque thrust wheels I got for my GP were nice, you got some some gorgeous wheels and not nearly so common as the wheels I got. Really nice choice you made 🙂

Thanks a lot! The funny thing is they look just like Pontiac rallye II's but aren't marketed as such. I got them on sale for about $300 less than the version Year One sells.

 

[67rstbkt]

Nice to see some forward progress! I'm in the same boat as you - lots of stuff going on lately occupying my time. My US Mags are still sitting in their boxes.

 

[DRIVEN]

Those are gonna look really good.

 

[G-Body_Vet]

Nice to see some forward progress! I'm in the same boat as you - lots of stuff going on lately occupying my time. My US Mags are still sitting in their boxes.

When this project began I had too much time and not enough money. Now it's the other way around and I travel a lot for work. I imagine my wheels will be in the boxes for awhile too. They were on sale so I used that as an excuse to buy them.

 

[G-Body_Vet]

I've had my 6X-4 heads sitting in the garage for awhile and randomly decided to throw them on CL yesterday just to get them out of the way. I ended up selling them within hours! Looks like I'll be putting that towards the new aluminum heads. I still haven't decided on KRE's or Edelbrock d-ports.

 

[G-Body_Vet]

Finally got around to putting my rear suspension together and setting the car on the frame. There's a few things I wanted to do before this point but I have to relocate the car and I had to get it capable of rolling ASAP. I'm going to do the brakes and finish the fuel lines when I get the car to my house. I hate to complain about free storage, but I just can't work on the car in the junk pit where it's been stored anymore.


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[pontiacgp]

It's no fun putting it back on the frame before you really wanted to just to move it but it does look great and probably gets you a little anxious to start driving it..... 🙂

 

[G-Body_Vet]

Yeah it's definitely been a hurdle that's kept me from working on it. Putting it back on the frame renewed my motivation to move forward again and get it drivable by winter.

 

[deanlemans81]

Motivation can be difficult sometimes with a project that`s been taking longer than expected. You just got to do a little at a time and keep moving forward. Hopefully your new location will make working on the car a little easier. Keep up the good work Steve

 

[G-Body_Vet]

I made some more progress this weekend with the front suspension and brakes. I had to undo what I previously did since I switched to tubular upper a-arms, 1" taller lower ball joints, Bilstein sport shocks and Moog 5660 springs. I did all of the brakes on the cheap, nothing special. Rock Auto had a closeout sale on these vented rotors which were $13 a piece and Brembo pads for $16. Brakes are 2000 Blazer dual piston calipers, spindles and sealed bearings. It wasn't 100% completely finished in the pic (left the lower balljoint nut in the trunk of my car at work!) but you get the idea. I also bought another running 455 :lol: