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Originally Posted by Josh69
I built my own car completely, except for the paintjob, so I have no-one to criticize except myself for how well or how poorly certain aspects turned out. It sounds like that may be your best bet.
The problem/beauty with Pontiacs is, as you are finding out, there is no way to 'clone' a car when the PHS can verify anything. So the cars that really are collectible, have a matching price tag. You may find a decent restoration for a lesser car, but many times people don't put in the necessary effort to do one correctly. The top notch resto's are going to be R/A cars, 400's, HO's, convertibles, etc, and they don't give them away. Pontiac enthusiasts are a pretty particular bunch. I personally think you need to reconsider what your objectives are and see if you can ease your way over that hump.
Also, bear in mind that the color of a restored car you want to 'afford', considering what you want to do to it will affect your overall happiness. You can find a lot better deal on a Verdoro Green car than you will on an Orbit Orange or Carousel Red, Starlight Black, Palladium Silver, etc. If you start with a clone or a solid car that needs paint, you'll have much more freedom to build your dream car. That's just me though...I had a blue/green with white vinyl top '350' car to start with. Now it's black with parchment interior....stunning and unique, and I'll never see another one like it. It wasn't desirable to start with, but the traditionalists still ignore me at shows....I guess they don't like being upstaged by a punk in a hot rod given their half assed restorations are typically pretty, well, typical.
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Very well said Josh.
I saw a
MINT condition black '71 GTO at the Summer Nats in Worcester, MA. That car was nasty!! How many of those do you see?? Not many.
I LOVE THIS RIGHT HERE: "It wasn't desirable to start with, but the traditionalists still ignore me at shows....I guess they don't like being upstaged by a punk in a hot rod given their half assed restorations are typically pretty, well, typical."
How very true my man. How very true.
