Second build for my 74 Lemans..
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Second build for my 74 Lemans..
I'll try and keep this short..
This pic was taken about 6 months after I purchased it around 13 years ago.. Car was born in Canada with a chev 350, and auto on column. Spent its life in the desert area of Alberta, Canada until I purchased it. Paid $1000 for it and drove it home. Very solid car, with one repaint, but the blue cloth interior was destroyed by the sun. I Immediately replaced all worn suspension, wheels, tires, and interior. Freshened the motor with cam, intake, carb, swapped points for hei ignition. After a year or so I converted it to a manual trans using a 74 Grand-Am as a donor. Drove the car this way for a couple more years as a daily driver.
could not stand the badly faded paint any longer, so I took it upon myself to repaint.
Again.. this was my daily driver at the time, and I drove it to work during the week. Sure was noisy with no weather stripping!
And then it emerged from the Garage within a week of starting the bodywork...
I dyed all of the interior pieces to match the seats.
Drove it a couple more years until finding a 70 Bonneville with a 455 to replace the chev 350. Made some upgrades of course!
No longer the daily driver.
Fast forward until the present!
Complete car is coming apart for a real makeover!
Plans include a repaint back to a blue color, auto trans, and a twin turbo setup. I'm really hoping all will be done by next summer. I miss driving the old girl already!
This pic was taken about 6 months after I purchased it around 13 years ago.. Car was born in Canada with a chev 350, and auto on column. Spent its life in the desert area of Alberta, Canada until I purchased it. Paid $1000 for it and drove it home. Very solid car, with one repaint, but the blue cloth interior was destroyed by the sun. I Immediately replaced all worn suspension, wheels, tires, and interior. Freshened the motor with cam, intake, carb, swapped points for hei ignition. After a year or so I converted it to a manual trans using a 74 Grand-Am as a donor. Drove the car this way for a couple more years as a daily driver.
could not stand the badly faded paint any longer, so I took it upon myself to repaint.
Again.. this was my daily driver at the time, and I drove it to work during the week. Sure was noisy with no weather stripping!
And then it emerged from the Garage within a week of starting the bodywork...
I dyed all of the interior pieces to match the seats.
Drove it a couple more years until finding a 70 Bonneville with a 455 to replace the chev 350. Made some upgrades of course!
No longer the daily driver.
Fast forward until the present!
Complete car is coming apart for a real makeover!
Plans include a repaint back to a blue color, auto trans, and a twin turbo setup. I'm really hoping all will be done by next summer. I miss driving the old girl already!
twoponchos- G3GM Newbie
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Nice story! and secondly, dont ever "make it short", we all like stories and pictures around here. Very cool car.
JiMi_DRiX- G3GM Enthusiast
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Awesome car, cool story too. They may be heavy, but there is something really beautiful about a freshly painted Pontiac mill.....
Pontichev327- G3GM Enthusiast
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Welcome, I always liked the '74 LeMans ever since the one kid in my high school had one.
dynchel- Donating Member
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Awesome. Can't wait to her read and see more pics!
driveit- Donating Member
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Very nice, Keep up the good work. Persionally I liked the one color better than the two tone. JB
JB2wheeler- G3GM Fanatic
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welcome aboard
very nice ride.
very nice ride.
1973 454 MONTE- Donating Member
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Yes! A Poncho! I saw a kid around my area with a blue one but the quarters were so rotten I could stick my head in the trunk! Awesome car, glad to a see a Pontiac on the list of Projects. Keep us posted!
DiscoMalibu- G3GM Member
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Nice Lemans man!
Too bad they're hard to find parts for.
Too bad they're hard to find parts for.
skeezix91- G3GM Newbie
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Sharp looking car!! The white interior really looks classy as well with the best part of a factory color 455 in between the wells. Hard to beat the excellent low end torque & mid range power of a 455.
Cool story & very nice work!
Cool story & very nice work!
LSANTI76- G3GM Member
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