the 2013 thread on my 95 Parisienne wagon

still need to get the computer reprogramed

Looks like Nick was driving!

What did your console come out of?

Looks good Pat,coming along nicely.

Pat, still wondering about the tint specifics...

buickestate wrote:

Jay, where do you those?

Jusy need to search alittle harder, He is now listed as ZZR Studio

http://zzrstudio.com/Impala_SS.html#GT_pics

buickestate wrote:

well I used LED's to replace the burnt under hood bulb..... 

Brilliant. I gotta get me one of those.

here is the new wheel mod....

Looks good. I agree those are way better than the derby hats

doesn't look pontiacy anymore,.

Yeah. Chebby wheels.

They look nice, though.

Looks great Pat!

Nice wheels & tires.

But I think Mr. Pontiac Theme just beamed to the surface wearing a red shirt...

- J

The wheels look great -- I'm just not sure they fit with the digital dash. They're more 60's or 70's, aren't they?

Sorry but the Pontiac theme is still there, the Canadian Pontiac theme is now stronger.....

What some of you might call the "Corvette rally" are GM's corporate rally wheels that were used on Canadian Pontiacs.

Yep, Canadian Pontiacs did not use the 6-slot "Rallye 1" rim that we saw in the US.

super subtle,..  easily missed,.

look better with the axles drilled for 4.75's and the F front hubs,. then run the pontiac turbines,.

or jays' snowflakes,.

Looks nice Pat...I love those tires..beefy!   Are you gonna paint the other fender too? She shines!!

Nick, those wheels in your post above are sweet....

  Chris

Looks really good, but I'd find some different trim rings so the wheel slots are not half-covered.

I've used these on all my Caprice's!

Honeycombs....aint talking cereal

81X11 wrote:

Looks really good, but I'd find some different trim rings so the wheel slots are not half-covered.  

I've used these on all my Caprice's!

Mike,the trim rings are fine,thats the camera angle.Too high and too close,no biggie.

With those wheels it loses the "vibe"for me....But its your baby,to each its own...

on to the next mod

Do they really issue Star Trek plates in Ontario?!?!

buickestate wrote:

on to the next mod

Why am I not surprised that you are a trekky,bet you even have a uniform with the red and blue shirts!

I'm surprised the license plate isn't NCC-1701.


... Or was it already taken?

Pat, I'm sorry I got side Trek'd (hehe) with your plate. I DO think your LED third brakelight looks nice! Very nice!

Chris

Historically correct "Canadian" Pontiac or not, it looks a lot less Pontiac with the Chevy rally wheels on it. Still looks good, just not like a Pontiac.

Flasheroo wrote:

Why am I not surprised that you are a trekky,bet you even have a uniform with the red and blue shirts!

Pat is a mechanic/engineer. .... those were yellow uniforms.......

I'm going to ignore all of the treker/chevy vs pontiac rim comments

for the third brake light I started with some high intensity red LEDs



then cut myself two strips long enough to fill the third brake light lense, that gives me a total of 24 red LEDs



then I solder them up,



then I test em



I then add a resistor , mount them in the lense, then I just connect the positive and negative wires to the factory light bulb socket, nothing to it

This past Saturday was wagonfest NY

but now the work on the parisienne continues.

at wagon fest Chris (SWT SS) had an old rusty pair of cross drilled rotors that he wanted to give away they did not look pretty and nobody seemed interested, so I looked them over then decided to give em a new home. Other than the rust they look like they seen very little use, no deep grooves or bad pitting.

I first cleaned them up, a good sandblasting, then I prettied them up with some powder coating then I cleaned up the rotor's braking surface, now they are ready to go on my wagon

thanks Chris

Nice Work! Looks TONS better!

Looks great Pat,I have a set of the zinc washed drilled and slotted rotors going on my OCC this fall along with my braided brake lines.

Very nice!

Texas mike was the only one of two who picked up on the wrong trim rings, I was the other and it bugged me, got a new set on there



and I added another touch

You still need to paint those mirrors....

Rust free is such a great way to go, isn't it?

that's a tough call, do I go black, or do I go body colour?

buickestate wrote:

that's a tough call, do I go black, or do I go body colour?

Are you joking?

From the division that pretty much defined itself with high end models featuring the mono-chromatic look?

Spend some time really looking at an Impala SS and ask yourself if it wasn't a rejected Pontiac B-Body concept first.

- J

Body color for the mirrors, and the trim rings and center caps look FANTASTIC! I love the disc brake caps with the arrowheads. Nice look!

I would love to see a mocked up version with honeycombs,or another flashier Pontiac wheel.

Paint the mirrors to match the rotors,. grille too.

phantom 309 wrote:

Paint the mirrors to match the rotors,. grille too.

can't get the powder coat to stick to the plastic, and then there is the issue that it would melt in the oven if I COULD get the powder to stick

#4 yacht mop, single stage urethane,. no heat required,.

When I think of the early GTO's, this is the wheel for them:


Available here:
http://www.blueovalranch.com/content/1965_1966_pontiac_rallye_i_wheels/

Unfortunately, bolt pattern is 5x4.75

marshall those are the US spect wheels our beaumonts, and laurentians got what I've put on my wagon

out with the old and in with the new





who would have thought that the wagon would run so much better now!

WHOO!!  

If that's an MSD coil, make sure you paint the metal frame well if you have not already done so. Mine started rusting pretty quickly after I installed it.

sherlock9c1 wrote:

If that's an MSD coil, make sure you paint the metal frame well if you have not already done so.  Mine started rusting pretty quickly after I installed it.

It is , Chris told me to use one, and I will paint it. thanks