1962 Pontiac SD 421 E/SA circa 2024

[R. Thorne]

Built this to approximate Norm Warling’s car.  Added tach, roll bar, shifter, turbo 200 trans, 68 Firebird headers, aftermarket AFB carbs, hood scoop, reinforced rear control arms, side windows, no primer just Tamiya TS black paint, aftermarket wheels sprayed with Revell chrome paint, cast scratch built front tires and Hasegawa chrome trim.  Further details are in the WIP thread.  Comments, questions, criticisms are always welcomed and encouraged.

[PappyD340]

Very nice Pontiac!

[Maurice Henderson]

Sir, that is one nice looking Pontiac...I really love the rims and wheels..The stance is on point..Job well done my friend.

[R. Thorne]

4 hours ago, PappyD340 said:

Very nice Pontiac!

 

3 hours ago, Maurice Henderson said:

Sir, that is one nice looking Pontiac...I really love the rims and wheels..The stance is on point..Job well done my friend.

Thanks, guys.  Merry Christmas!

[Old Buckaroo]

No that's a sweet looking Poncho , did you scratch build the Tach. ?

[rrb124@sbcglobal.net]

Checking out those carbs. Killer build.

[Big_John]

Local guys used to run one. 

It's been restored with new owner in Ohio

[R. Thorne]

Nice Poncho and a stick shift, too.

[R. Thorne]

23 hours ago, Old Buckaroo said:

No that's a sweet looking Poncho , did you scratch build the Tach. ?

 

22 hours ago, rrb124@sbcglobal.net said:

Checking out those carbs. Killer build.

Thanks, guys.  Tach came from MCV Products

[ChrisR]

Nice!

[R. Thorne]

On 12/27/2024 at 3:31 AM, ChrisR said:

Nice!

Thanks, Chris.  Forgot to post some pics of Norm’s car.

[slusher]

Fantastic looking Pontiac!

[R. Thorne]

Your uplifting comments are always appreciated, Carl.  Hope you have a great day.

11 hours ago, slusher said:

Fantastic looking Pontiac!

 

[Falcon Ranchero]

That's pretty slick; I just recently built a stock sleeper version. Your drag car is super awesome.

[Bainford]

Now that is one wicked Pontiac. I love it, The black paint makes it look sinister. Well done, Ron.

Nice rear tires on this build. Are they aftermarket?

[R. Thorne]

5 hours ago, Falcon Ranchero said:

That's pretty slick; I just recently built a stock sleeper version. Your drag car is super awesome.

 

1 hour ago, Bainford said:

Now that is one wicked Pontiac. I love it, The black paint makes it look sinister. Well done, Ron.

Nice rear tires on this build. Are they aftermarket?

Thanks, Nathan and Trevor.  The slicks started with the amt 9” Goodyears.  The front tires are essentially scratch built, molds made and cast.   The wheels are much modified aftermarket ones.  A lot of time was spent on the tires and wheels.  The WIP I posted spells it out pretty good.  As shown in the WIP, the paint job turned out really good.  Unfortunately, I put some scratches in it by polishing it.  I must have got some grit in it, and, on a black paint job, that was all it took.  Lesson learned.

[dragcarz]

Very cool build Ron!

[R. Thorne]

3 hours ago, dragcarz said:

Very cool build Ron!

Thanks, Roger.  I keep plugging away at ‘em.