Old n00b with a "new" G-body.

[Pontiacdaver]

Hey all, I know it's been a while since I've been here, been dealing with 'life'. Does look like there is light at the end of the tunnel though. The Grand Am is currently our sole source of transportation (my wife can't drive anyway, due the health issues filed under the aforementioned 'life'), so I have just been taking care of it with little progress in terms of restoring it. I did change to a TH350, although even that was a more difficult process that it should have been.

I did get a major score a couple of Saturdays ago, a buddy told me there was a Black 79 Grand Am in a salvage yard near here. I went and checked it out, turned out to be a Black on Black 78 Grand Lemans. I was able to get a complete set of Black interior plastic trim (as like most of our beloved GMs of this era, the red pieces are crumbling. Black seems to be the only color that isn't affected.). I also got the stamped metal speaker grilles and a set of 78-only silver faced gauges including tach. I will be selling the gauge cluster as soon as I can get some photos to post of it, but I do know the tach works (thanks mini ta). I am going back to get the bucket seat backs, lower door panels, and kick panels, I don't need them, but you can't have too many spare parts.

Hopefully soon, I will have new progress to report.

Dave

 

[tdvick]

It seems like it all takes longer than we ever expect. I too know about the life getting in the way deal, though yours sounds like it may be a bit more serious...

That sounds like a great score for a parts car! I've been wanting to convert my maroon interior over to black and have had almost no luck finding the plastic parts. I'd be interested in any of the plastic pieces that you don't need. Is the dash pad any good? Is it a non-landau top car? I know someone looking for 78-79 tail lights. Alright, got a bit excited there...

I hope your progress can get back on track!

Troy

 

[Pontiacdaver]

Hi Troy,

I will keep you in mind on the interior plastics (since Black is the only color that isn't disintegrating, I was planning to paint them to match mine. If you have any nice ones in Red, I might trade). The dash unfortunately was toast, the console looked decent though. It was (is?) a non-landau top car. The left taillight looked to be good, the right is broken unfortunately. Much of the exterior trim is damaged but I will take a closer look at everything as soon as I can get back over there. They don't crush much, if anything, so it will still be around for a long time.

Dave