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Steven Jacques' 1973 Pontiac GTO
and
1973 Pontiac Grand Am
This is Stephen Jacques' beautiful 1973 GTO. As Stephen says "Peter here is the 73 I said I would send PICS of as soon as it was done. It came off the road in Nov. 98 and I started stripping the roof and all the paint. I work at a Chevy dealership and got to use the shop at night for 3 months. After many hours of sanding, stripping and welding the body came out real nice.
I chose a 1999 Chevy Lumina Navy Blue metallic AKA Indigo blue on the Chevy pickup truck. I found her in the bargain hunters guide and the owner wanted $2400 and after talking a while and realizing we knew each other we settled on $1400.
I changed the carpet color from tan to black as well as the package tray on the rear shelf. I also changed the roof color from baby blue (aggghhhh) to black as well as the louvers. ( they were painted the old body color.) First thing I did was buy four new tires and a custom stainless steel 2 1/2 in. Exhaust with Flowmasters. It sounds real nice. By the way did I mention that the interior was mint except for the carpet and package tray!
Oh, and the car only has 65000 original miles on it! The numbers on the block match the vin # which is 2F37T3G103115 .
The roof material I used was a black cloth sold to GM for use in the Corvette and Camaro convertible. ( I know the guy who owns the company that makes it he also supplies ALL the sports teams as well as the Olympics with the tape they use in sports.) The car came out real nice and gets unbelievable almost accident causing, head turns everywhere me and my girl go.
The car is an original (except for my minor changes) every summer day driver! I love this car and I am currently looking for a 73-77 Lemans , Grand Am or GTO for my sweetheart. We would settle for a Laguna, 442, Gran Sport, Etc. These cars are getting extremely hard to find!
Laurie Macquade and Steven Jacques'
1973 Pontiac Grand Am
"We found the car in the bargain hunters guide and went to look at it and knew we wanted her right away. She had been sitting for 10 years 2nd owner was getting rid of her he had lost interest!
He had a ton of extra parts to go with it 2 pwr doors with glass, 3 louvered qtr glasses, 2 jacks a front nose piece as well as 2 new complete GM qtrs that a friend had found at the Hershey Pennsylvania show. It has Ralleye 2 Wheels, A/C, CD player, Pwr seat, pwr windows, 2bbl 185 hp 400 engine, dual exaust, tinted windows, aux lighting package, sport steering wheel, Black Interior, bucket seats, console Also thrown in were a 200 watt amp an alternator and starter 4 Ralleye 2 rims with all the trim, a rear bumper in fair shape, 2 decklids with keys and also a set of Grand Am taillights the whole package cost $2000 firm and who were we to argue. Needless to say we gave him the cash and towed it home. After a few weeks of replacing int. and ext bulbs pulling a dent replacing a water pump and front brakes it now has 1000 miles since we got her a few weeks ago ( endless cruising) what an awesome ride these cars have. Another fine addition to the family!
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