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Photos in the “Tinman's 1974 Grand Am "before/after"” Album
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- Description: I've always believed that when it comes to restoring old cars, there isn't much time and money won't fix. Even for a wreck of an old, first generation Grand Am where parts are near impossible to find.
Given this car was lightly optioned (originally a dual barrel carb, single exhaust 400 with no power accessories), I decided to restore it as I would have preferred to have seen it from the factory.
Brace yourself, the "before" photos are ugly as sin. But I think most of you would agree, the results were worth it.
The car deteriorated rapidly between 1992 and 1995 and appeared much worse than it looked. After blasting the car with baking soda, we discovered the sheet metal was in remarkedly good shape with only minor rust in the lower quarter panels right behind each door.
Most of the after photographs were taken prior to painting the wheels (afterwards, I left the trim rings off) as well as removing the chrome trim around the trunk and adding more pinstriping to completely encircle the car.
The last two photographs are as the car appears today. - By: Tinman5
- Number of photos: 19
- Updated: Sun May 13, 2007 4:47 pm
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- 1974 Grand Am - just after restoration and one of my favorite shots...
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- 1974 Grand Am - the day it was dropped off at the body shop
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- 1974 Grand Am - the day it was picked up at the body shop
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- The flexible nose...what's left of it. Literally held together...
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- Nose piece - close up (the material was thinner than the '69-'69...
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- Nose piece - different angle
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- Driver's door with road rash
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- Passenger door showing detrioration fo original lacquer paint
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- Only real rust on the car just behind driver's door
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- More road rash, courtesy of a driver that ran a stop sign in 1991
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- Check out the golf ball dent in the middle of the trunk...last time...
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- Yep, it's the same car.
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- We painted both sides!
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- Nice profile shot
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- I always thought the hood tach should have been on all Pontiacs
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- Close-up of custom pinstriping
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- Taking a cue from the 1977 Can Am, we pinstriped the car around the...
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- The car as it appears today with yet another nose (this time...
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- Rear view with the finished pinstriping
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Cars > Tinman5’s Garage > Albums > Tinman's 1974 Grand Am "before/after"
