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[tom406]

Thanks for the McQ trivia.

Please don't read the "geek" terminology as a slam. I use it as a sarcastic term of endearment. I've been a total car geek since I was a toddler. My userID, tom406, is based on the most dear to me of the number of FORDS I've owned-but I like everything, including Pontiacs and a whole bunch of pre-musclecar-era stuff like 30's Packards and 50's finned cars, to say nothing of my station wagon fetish. I don't bemoan the new faces on here, its just apparent by the userID's and the caliber of rare cars these guys own or owned, that they take their Pontiacs seriously.

I'm sure Charley Lillard would be happy to sell the '73 SD to someone with good intentions , a neat trade, and/or enough money. I'm just needling him a little for presenting it here and not in the CARS FOR SALE section. Maybe he will restore the darn thing, it is <font color="red">RED </font>after all, so it won't disrupt the color vibe in the BARN. But wasn't he the guy needling the Pontiac guys just a few days ago?

[Charley Lillard]

Thats because the Pontiac Guys Suck.....Just kidding. Actually the last Pontiac I restored was a 70 SJ 455 4 spd. Grand Prix. Cool car but slow. No I'm not trying to sell the SD. My big decision is ...1-do the car myself to a lessor degree than I know someone like Micky can do....2-Beg Micky to do it cheap since by the time it is finished it won't be worth what I have in it...3-Just build the engine myself and have it painted and drive it. The third option is the easiest except in reality I probably won't drive it much and I also think this car is so untouched in many areas that it is important for someone like Micky to do so all those details can be referred to for other restorations. This car looks great but my hair is getting Grayer and I lately don't seem to have the enthuasium to tear into a car. I think of all those Guys that have beeen collecting projects to build when they retire. By the time they retire they either don't have the Physical abilities to do them or the desire. Or they have moved on in life to other interests.

[SamLBInj]

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Thats because the Pontiac Guys Suck.....Just kidding. Actually the last Pontiac I restored was a 70 SJ 455 4 spd. Grand Prix. Cool car but slow. No I'm not trying to sell the SD. My big decision is ...1-do the car myself to a lessor degree than I know someone like Micky can do....2-Beg Micky to do it cheap since by the time it is finished it won't be worth what I have in it...3-Just build the engine myself and have it painted and drive it. The third option is the easiest except in reality I probably won't drive it much and I also think this car is so untouched in many areas that it is important for someone like Micky to do so all those details can be referred to for other restorations. This car looks great but my hair is getting Grayer and I lately don't seem to have the enthuasium to tear into a car. I think of all those Guys that have beeen collecting projects to build when they retire. By the time they retire they either don't have the Physical abilities to do them or the desire. Or they have moved on in life to other interests.

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It seems by reading into your post that you are turning all gray and crusty and are about to get an estimate from your local undertaker. Sooo,can you see your way clear to sending some of those red and yellow cars?
Geeze, one minute I see a video of you melting tires in your driveway and the next your barely able to rock your rocking chair...what gives?
Sam

[Charley Lillard]

Doing a Resto on a car is alot different than just driving the Cr*p out of one. I spend enough time just keeping them running. I already spend a bunch of time just working on what I have. Yes I could probably do just about everything except paint but I don't think I have the patience to do the research to make sure I get every detail right. I have a real appreciation for those Resto Guys that do put that extra effort in to get the little stuff right. So I could do the engine and have it painted but it would be a # 2 type car. This car at some point will get a correct resto so in essence the work I do would have to be repeated again anyway....I have had this discussion with myself before. Last one I did was a 63 Vette about a Year ago. Before that was a 65 Shelby GT 350 that I chose to send off for a Resto that has been going on for 2 Years....I dunno...I guess I just think this car is so neat that it deserves better than I would give it if I did it myself. Ask me again tomorrow and I might give you a different answer.

[SamLBInj]

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Doing a Resto on a car is alot different than just driving the Cr*p out of one. I spend enough time just keeping them running. I already spend a bunch of time just working on what I have. Yes I could probably do just about everything except paint but I don't think I have the patience to do the research to make sure I get every detail right. I have a real appreciation for those Resto Guys that do put that extra effort in to get the little stuff right. So I could do the engine and have it painted but it would be a # 2 type car. This car at some point will get a correct resto so in essence the work I do would have to be repeated again anyway....I have had this discussion with myself before. Last one I did was a 63 Vette about a Year ago. Before that was a 65 Shelby GT 350 that I chose to send off for a Resto that has been going on for 2 Years....I dunno...I guess I just think this car is so neat that it deserves better than I would give it if I did it myself. Ask me again tomorrow and I might give you a different answer.

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I was just trying to fire you up a little and it seemed to work Feels good dont it!
Those restos take time dont they, I had a 40 ford sitting in a shop years ago waiting for paint and a few parts, took almost 5 years to get it finished right..When is the shelby suppose to be finished?
Sam

[GOAT72]

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<font color="red"> I guess I just think this car is so neat that it deserves better than I would give it if I did it myself. Ask me again tomorrow and I might give you a different answer. </font>

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Charley,
I was a senior in HS when that car came out and the Buccaneer red was the ultimate. I had soured on the GTO because of the severe body change in '73 (it turned into a battleship), so the Trans Am was the car I HAD to have.

As soon as I had a fairly-decent full time job, I bought a brand new '75 T/A, and I would KILL to have an SD455 red Trans Am!!
You are lucky, man!


~GOAT72

[Charley Lillard]

I think the Shelby will be finished by Summer. It is at the point where it is just a big puzzle that needs to be put back together. Almost all the parts are there and refinished, the car is painted, engine rebuilt etc...

[StealthBird]

Pontiac geeks?

[micky69396]

If I was you I would do it right and sign up to get on the waiting list and send it to that guy in Ohio who knows Pontiacs (as well as Chevys)