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CLICK-> The best time to date (as of 1999) is 12.79 @ 106.793. The car is turning 13.0 during the day and 12.9 at night. The present combo is: Engine - Pontiac 400 bored .030 over cast iron heads stock hyd. cam with .463/.465 lift 232/242 duration Transmission - TH400 w/ manual valve body Hughes 3000 stall conv. Rearend - 12 bolt w/ 4.10 gears Slicks - 29.9 x 9.0 x 15 CLICK-> CLICK-> Do you remember some of the events of the year 2000? In May of 2000, the "I love you" computer virus appeared. As of 2004, this was the most costly virus to business, causing upwards of 10 billion dollars in damage. CLICK-> CLICK-> CLICK->
Midnight Green 1969 GTO being sandblasted. Jeff commented, "I took out the interior (except one seat) and most running trim and drove it 60 miles to my uncle, Jim Franko, who did the body work and paint. He took all the body panels off. Every screw came out with no problem - zero rust!. He ground off the paint and I came back and sandblasted the detail areas. I had never sand blasted before. I had sand everywhere on me, even with all the layers of clothes. I figured then why he asked me to blast it. We sealed off the interior to keep the sand out. All the white stuff on the ground and hood is sand."CLICK->
Midnight Green 1969 GTO undergoing a restoration. Jeff commented, "Each piece was prepared separately. All dents pulled, welded all the holes closed, and many layers of building primers and tons of sanding. Jim estimated that he spent 100 hours on each body panel."CLICK->
Midnight Green 1969 GTO undergoing a restoration. Jeff commented, "The car was partly put together with some running lights for a back-roads drive to the Dealership paint booth where Jim worked."CLICK-> CLICK->
Midnight Green 1969 GTO fresh back from paint. Jeff commented, "We put on the rear bumper and I drove it back to my parent's house, 60 miles away. I kept to back roads, but was trying to stay ahead of a rain storm. I had no side glass, headlights, or wipers."CLICK->
Midnight Green 1969 GTO re-assembly. Jeff commented, "The GTO was finally, ready for assembly of the details. It was two years since I took it apart, but we eventually figured out how I labeled and boxed all the parts. We got it 80% together when I had to take it back home - 300 miles! We got 4 miles down the road when we encountered a huge rain fall. I couldn't see anything - not even the lines on the road. Then there was a little break in the rain, and I spotted a red 66 GTO coming at me in my lane (or I was in his). I do not know how we missed each other. Then about half way home, a Semi ran me off onto the shoulder on the interstate!"CLICK-> CLICK->
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Midnight Green 1969 GTO hardtop, dash view. Jeff has the basic warning lights and fuel gauge in the right pod, standard 120mph speedo in the center, and the Rally Clock in the left pod. Jeff comments, "The Rally Clock no longer works - it's only right twice a day."PICTURE SET CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE ... |
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