Nothing can ruin the presentation of your restoration more than a scratched, stained, faded and dirty set of wheels. This is the challenge that I was recently faced with for my 68 GTO. I wanted to show the car more but was a bit embarrassed by the appearance of the original wheels. My wheels were…
The bumper for my 68 GTO is finally out to get re-plated. This is a before pic. The bumper in this pic looks pretty good but up close, it doesn’t as nice as it should in contrast to the new body paint. I chose Verne’s Chrome Plating in Gardena, CA. Vern’s has done chrome…
After about 8 weeks, my 1968 Springmist Green Pontiac GTO is back home! The paint and body work is complete and looking good. The vinyl and molding are all set. What’s left to do is the interior and a bunch of little things (like put the door handles back on – details. So my wife…
This is very exciting. Today I stopped by the shop to visit the car and drop off the molding trim for the vinyl top. I got to take a look at the car. It’s beautiful! Painting is complete. Next steps are to buff it out and reinstall the bumper and valance. Later today the car…
I stoped by the body shop the other day to take a look at the progress. Seems that it’s a bit challenging to properly align the front bumper. The goat has the endura bumper option, which is a flexible polyurethane outer coating over the steel framing. This one is original, so it is most likely…
So work is progressing along nicely. The hood, fenders and bumper alignment has been completed and some of the body work has been done. more pics on the flip side…
This is the original color of the car. Color name: Springmist Green Metallic (color code P) Paint codes… Lucite: 4897L Dulux: 4897D You can see the color on this site here http://ultimategto.com/68colors.htm and here http://www.oldride.com/library/1968_pontiac_gto.html. I also found a site that listed the Rinshed-Mason and Ditzler codes, http://www.myss396.com/ChevelleInfo/PaintCodes/1968_PaintCodes.html, where the code formulas for the color…
It’s really official now. I’ve finally done it. This afternoon I dropped off the goat at the shop where the body and paint is going to be done, Auto Body Unlimited in Simi Valley, CA. She’s gonna come back with a new look: straight body, fresh paint. Then the fun work is left for me…
Well, this is it. After 15 years, I’m finally committing to restoring the goat. I believe I have my finances lined up. This is pretty exciting for me. I’ve wanted to do this for years. Starting today, I’m looking for the right paint and body place to do the work I don’t trust myself doing…
I don’t “blog”. I “micro” blog using Twitter now. However, some things are worth talking about in more than 250 character increments. My 68 goat is one of them. Hopefully this is one of many future blog posts on the car. If not, it means that I’m doing anything to the car. And that would…
