A once forgotten lost love
- Thread starter L.D.S.
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It had 90k miles on it, but what it didn't lack in damage on the outside, it made up for with rust in the floor board.
The trim was immaculate with only a few spots of chrome that were flaking away.
It's a '75 Pontiac LeMans SC, btw. I was in a rush yesterday and forgot I posted this.
See, when I first got the car, I really wanted to do that. the custom Air Ride system desire never faded, but the low-low style I got away from and had dreams of big rims and purple paint.
I wanted to take the vinyl top off (seen in pics as gray primer) and get all the door handles/locks shaved and remove the door spears(side trim).
The purple base coat I chose was Cosmos Purple Metallic.
VVVVV
I wanted 22" rims, but never set my heart on any one style, but I knew the fender wells were enormous and I could lower the car and fit those big rims in there for a nice tuck.
I wanted to recess both the front and rear bumpers to get rid of the Cadillac/luxury style they presented sticking out so far away from the body.
Pontiac's most popular A-body, the Can Am, had a shaker hood that I wanted to get a hold of to add to the exterior styling.
VVVV
And i always wanted to stroke my old 455 from my first LeMans(this one was my second - 350ci) with 6X cast heads, but the motor seized due to driver immaturity/failure to equip engine with proper fluids, and recently my brother in law stole my heads and sold them for $50 at a scrap yard.
And as far as interior goes, I wanted to do either a dual color black/purple tuck n roll leather interior, or black/tan. It originally had this dope white vinyl interior, and I even thought about getting it done that way again. I mean it was crazy the reaction the black car with white interior got out of people!
Gotta have the big sound system, and I was gonna fill the trunk with Memphis or JL Audio.
I gave my car to the same brother in law that stole the heads a few years ago and he's run it into the ground. It looks like some straight redneck shit and has been all but completely destroyed on the inside.
But to his surprise, those big ass Ram Air IV heads he stole from me didn't fit that 350 in the car, hence why he sold them for SCRAP...
Those heads are worth upwards $1000 rebuilt...
Story of my life, guys.
The trim was immaculate with only a few spots of chrome that were flaking away.
It's a '75 Pontiac LeMans SC, btw. I was in a rush yesterday and forgot I posted this.
See, when I first got the car, I really wanted to do that. the custom Air Ride system desire never faded, but the low-low style I got away from and had dreams of big rims and purple paint.
I wanted to take the vinyl top off (seen in pics as gray primer) and get all the door handles/locks shaved and remove the door spears(side trim).
The purple base coat I chose was Cosmos Purple Metallic.
VVVVV
I wanted 22" rims, but never set my heart on any one style, but I knew the fender wells were enormous and I could lower the car and fit those big rims in there for a nice tuck.
I wanted to recess both the front and rear bumpers to get rid of the Cadillac/luxury style they presented sticking out so far away from the body.
Pontiac's most popular A-body, the Can Am, had a shaker hood that I wanted to get a hold of to add to the exterior styling.
VVVV
And i always wanted to stroke my old 455 from my first LeMans(this one was my second - 350ci) with 6X cast heads, but the motor seized due to driver immaturity/failure to equip engine with proper fluids, and recently my brother in law stole my heads and sold them for $50 at a scrap yard.
And as far as interior goes, I wanted to do either a dual color black/purple tuck n roll leather interior, or black/tan. It originally had this dope white vinyl interior, and I even thought about getting it done that way again. I mean it was crazy the reaction the black car with white interior got out of people!
Gotta have the big sound system, and I was gonna fill the trunk with Memphis or JL Audio.
I gave my car to the same brother in law that stole the heads a few years ago and he's run it into the ground. It looks like some straight redneck shit and has been all but completely destroyed on the inside.
But to his surprise, those big ass Ram Air IV heads he stole from me didn't fit that 350 in the car, hence why he sold them for SCRAP...
Those heads are worth upwards $1000 rebuilt...
Story of my life, guys.
That was the pump house for the water well. It caught fire one afternoon and burnt itself and the house to the ground. I was standing by the house when I took those pics, to kind of give you a lay of the land.
My father was big on country design and woodworking, so that's why it looks the way it does in the pic. He was influenced heavily by Dogpatch USA and Silver Dollar City's (theme parks in the Ozarks) rustic, country decor.
My father was big on country design and woodworking, so that's why it looks the way it does in the pic. He was influenced heavily by Dogpatch USA and Silver Dollar City's (theme parks in the Ozarks) rustic, country decor.