My 78’ Pontiac GP/SJ 454 build

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78BB-Pontiac

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Nice
clean GP you have there. Someone took the landau top off my SJ, luckily they had the bigger opening non landau inner quarter window panels in the trunk when I got my car. Looking on line there isn’t much out there for these cars if it wasn’t on another GBody.
I have two sets of the smaller landau inner quarter window panels if you know anyone that needs a set?
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Jay.D

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Thanks, the car looks a lot better in the tiny photo than it is; someone put a gallon or two of Bondo in the car and it's starting to fall out.

I actually have two complete interiors so I don't need them, and I don't know anyone else with a GP.
Nope, no bondo in that car. Someone put a real shitty garage paint job on it. Been over that entire car with a magnet and nothing. If you look at some of the pics I’ve posted of trunk. You’ll see how clean that car is.😉
 
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78BB-Pontiac

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Thanks, the car looks a lot better in the tiny photo than it is; someone put a gallon or two of Bondo in the car and it's starting to fall out.

I actually have two complete interiors so I don't need them, and I don't know anyone else with a GP.
Please show me where the bondo is on my car?🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
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383_GrandPrix

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Nope, no bondo in that car. Someone put a real shitty garage paint job on it. Been over that entire car with a magnet and nothing. If you look at some of the pics I’ve posted of trunk. You’ll see how clean that car is.😉
I was talking about mine haha. That's a real nice car you got there, looks really straight!
 
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SSpev

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Nice looking GP!!! you are spot on with a head change. That is an 76-85 ish truck block. The numbers starting with 1....... are later castings. NO cars got 454 after 76:unsure:i suspect with the iron heads and probability of flat tops you are about 8 CR. Those head likely are about 122 cc. I believe they are 83 heads. original to engine? cam from an 83-4 truck then.
New heads 9.5 CR RPM intake Oh yea! transmission and rear end next(y)
 
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-83MONTESS-

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The good thing about having a real low compression engine to start out is that a simple head swap will change everything. I never really understood the effects on more compression until I helped a buddy swap out heads on his 383(Mopar) to lower CC aluminum heads. Was a night and day difference, even the sound.
 
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78BB-Pontiac

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The good thing about having a real low compression engine to start out is that a simple head swap will change everything. I never really understood the effects on more compression until I helped a buddy swap out heads on his 383(Mopar) to lower CC aluminum heads. Was a night and day difference, even the sound.
Love the dimebag pic! To bad about Big Vin.. Those guys were awesome and lived life to the fullest.
 
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-83MONTESS-

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Love the dimebag pic! To bad about Big Vin.. Those guys were awesome and lived life to the fullest.
Damn right they did! They lived the ultimate dream!
 
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