BRZN Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 I first saw this car at a little get together back in the end of May. It belongs to one of my fellow SVGTO club members. The car was originally painted Meridian Terquoise and sometime before he purchased it in the early/mid 90's it had been painted another 68 GTO color: Starlight Black. He thinks during the mid 80's. The paint itself looks real nice with very few scratches, swirls, or marring of the finish and pretty much 0 Orange Peel. However, there are several problems that are going to warrant a repaint fairly soon so we though it'd be a nice car to teach him some techniques on. This is a 1 of 402 produced car that year with a step down intake manifold holding a 2bbl carb making it an Economy V8. Economy? It's got a 400 cubic inch engine! Convertible with AC and factory Cruise Control. The vehicle still has it's original drivetrain and only 47,600 original miles. About 14,500 miles have been put on it since the current owner purchased it some 15 years ago. There were several spots Bird poo hit and didn't get wiped off quickly enough. Some kind of large mark on the right rear quarter panel that we started on, and this was before I grabbed the camera, sorry. Enjoy the pictures: This paint was hard and had no Clear coat. Wet sanding was required or we'd still be out there trying to polish it out! SSR and Green Pad done as is SSR with the Orange Pad at this point: White pad in action with FMP: Not bad: On to some nasties on the trunk lid: I may have created a Monster: He kept mumbling I gotta get one of these! Look at the depth in that 25 year old paint! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill-V8V Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 That is beautiful :drool: And now it looks even better :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortplainman Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 looks great, but hate to see its not the original color. for reference you can see what i mean: but good recovery no doubt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reichler Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRZN Posted July 13, 2011 Author Share Posted July 13, 2011 It's his car and is due for a re-paint soon: he owns a few so will do as he wishes. It could go back to original, but I've got to tell you the Starlight Black is absolutely awesome to look at! My vote is to keep it Black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE Mook Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 YEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee HAW! Nice work! Love old muscle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Well done my man, well done! Bet he was happy with the end result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diggerdan11 Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Wow great job:2thumbs: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musclejunkie Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Two brand new 68's were the cause of years of musclecar craziness and an obsession with horsepower - both cars were my older cousins boyfriends cars and she still remembers the day her boyfriends took me for a "spin around the block". The first car - a '68 Plymouth GTX 440 six-pack and a car similar to this one in the pic - a '68 GTO. The GTX was that army green color with white interior and red-stripe tires. I don't remember the color of the GTO. All I remember is NOT being able to unglue my back from the seatback. I think I was like 14 or 15 at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GXPaycheck Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 :drool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Real nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krewsman Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Okay Dave, I'll just bring the Subie by some afternoon and we can go to town on it--not quite as impressive as the Goat, but it IS black at least! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianT Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Nice looking Pontiac!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBMGOAT Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Black is beautiful! I do like the original color too, but it sure looks badass in black... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortplainman Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 It's his car and is due for a re-paint soon: he owns a few so will do as he wishes. It could go back to original, but I've got to tell you the Starlight Black is absolutely awesome to look at! My vote is to keep it Black. yeah i hear ya, but ive been brought up to preserve originality lol. but no doubt that black looks good for example, my dads 77 z28(rough pic): sorry for threadjack lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHaub Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I love it. My older brother had a '68 GTO. I've loved goats ever since. Especially the '68 and '69's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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