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Very natural looking finishes.

Great looking paint color combination and finish. like the chassis detailing.

We used to call these conversions the "Blue Hair Specials".

We like comedies and adventure movies. We recently dropped the AT&T cable because of all the reruns and no new content. Went with Amazon Prime and a small receiver we got at Walmart. Now we're watching all the old "Coupling" and "Waiting for God" from the BBC along with "Reacher" and a few others for a fraction of the cost of AT&T.

Like the monochromatic paint finishes and the stance.

Like the paint finish and color along with the stripes. The wheel treatment you mentioned is in keeping with the contemporary style.

Great drive line swap that would make sense on a 1:1 Cord. Like the paint color and clean body lines. The interior is a good compliment to the paint finish.

Great looking paint finish and body trim. All of these that I recall from that time period seemed to all be painted this exact shade of beige as well as this trim. Cleanly detailed engine.

Great looking paint and body trim. like the wheels and tires.

Beautiful paint finish and the contrasting interior color looks great with the body color. Like the wheels & tires showing off the disc brakes. Perfect stance.

Like the smooth paint finish and the wheel & tire combination.

Beautiful looking paint finish and of course the color. Like how you did the interior and seats. The wheels do give it a unique look with the exposed disc brakes.

Great looking detailing and the one painted body. This 1:1 car is one I would buy if I had the ware with all to do so.

Looks kind of interesting. I'll bet old Zora would be rolling over in his grave if he saw this though.

Great looking Kustom body style and paint finishes. Like the wheels you used.

Your isometric body design has a real "Jet Age" custom look. The roof and sunroof design has a lot of interesting lines to it. Beautiful paint finish and color. Like the fuzzy looking interior.

Bonus parts.

After following your Bonniville build, I'm looking forward to this as well. Builds of your type don't happen overnight so just do what you do the way you do it.

Great looking color and finish. A question about what you're thinking on the chassis finishes you mention. I noticed the photo of the real car had a good deal of body paint color on the bottom of the floor pan, is that something you're considering?

I had a chance to buy a 1:1 camper just like the box art here from the original owner around 1971 for $2000.00 and it needed to be cleaned up and some engine work done on it, so I passed.

We were driving on that same section of freeway today and furniture hasn't been picked up yet. Today we have a steady 40+ mph winds with some gusts even higher. We passed two guys on the side of the road that seem to have decided to try and tie down a refrigerator that was standing upright in the back of their pickup. You just can't fix stupid.

As I recall Dan's Ford GT race car also had to have a roof blister for his head to clear with his helmet on. Your recollection of the information on the GTO is correct along with the unfortunate information on the Holden company in Australia. Part of the problem with the GTO that Pontiac brought to market, and this is only my opinion being an employee of a Buick-Pontiac-GMC dealership at the time. GM wanted to offer the car on the cheap and not spend anything to speak of on R & D and Holden had the Manero along with Ute in production and all they had to do was make it left hand drive, which they already offered in other world markets along with a different front and rear body trim. At the time GM had lost enough worldwide market share that they weren't investing in new product or promoting what they did have enough to change that. In the US Buick sales were way down to the point that internally GM was considering retiring the Buick line. Problem was that they were doing well with Buicks they were building in China, and the car was considered a statis symbol by many there. Had they killed the Buick in the US it was felt that they would "loose face" in China, so they killed the Pontiac line in the US instead. Your mention of the G8 Pontiacs from Holden was again an attempt by GM to bring product to market. A couple of problems with the pricing on the Holden vehicles, and they were all well worth the money, was the retail cost after the exchange rate between the US and Austria at the time, The cost of transportation from there to the US and the smog and safety certifications requirements made them more expensive than other competing vehicles from other manufacturers in the US. Remember after GM folded the Pontiac division, they offered the Holden sedan first as a law enforcement only Chevrolet labeled version that was later offered as an Impala SS for a short time.

Beautiful looking GTO and the color does sort of make it blend in with traffic. You mention that he had the rear spoiler removed for the same reason. I bought a new GTO in '05 also and the reason behind removing the rear spoiler is twofold. First it restricted rear visibility in the rear-view mirror and the factory spoiler made the rear of the car heavy looking. I was told by a few at the time that at first glance they thought I had a Pontiac Grand Am. I'm 6'2'' and I used to bump my head getting in and out, I can't even imagine what Dan had to go thru doing the same.

Following your build, I like how you chopped the top and blended the taillights and other body features together. The detailing on the engine, one not usually seen in this type of build, is an eye catcher. Smooth paint finish and the two-tone paint treatment compliments the body lines. Like the contrast between your build and the box art.

Nice to see this one back on the work bench.