FWD Pontiac Grand Prix donor

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HarmalloyX
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Building: Grand Prix FWD donor
Location: aiken SC

Re: FWD Pontiac Grand Prix donor

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its coming along quickly. i keep telling everyone its almost done. working on the front end. i have a cool design in my head tho its nothing like the tradtional lotus 7 nose. - there is however a bad grease leak from the transaxle that ill have to look into :(
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HarmalloyX
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Re: FWD Pontiac Grand Prix donor

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well, had intended to do a more traditional front end but i was already so far out in front of the wheels already and my creative process just takes me where it takes me. lights are all funcitonal. if i were to stick a mirror on it it would be street legal.

i got the fuel filler figured out. -- the the CV joint boot seal is def leaking and needs to be replaced. bummer in the summer.
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HarmalloyX
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well i got a lot done really quickly at the end. its not done done yet but i have declared a "soft" done. theres just a few clean-up/touch-up items to make it look nicer.
i do feel bad for not doing this under the nontraditional build logs, it ended up being pretty far off. that big FWD in the front gave it a different shape. but its still really fun to drive. after driving it a few times i do wish it was a stick.
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i put a windshield on. its acrylic plastic. i dont want it getting sandblasted to opaque so i put cling wrap on it. what do yall do?

i did decide to put some wheel arches on it.
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HarmalloyX
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well that did take a lot of work but it was worth it. they look pretty good.
im going to do the back too. those ill do in ABS plastic. if i dont like it ill get some more galvanized
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HarmalloyX
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i got the ABS rear wheel arches on. It was good enough that i am tempted to replace some of the other panels with ABS. maybe on my next project. anyways, i am now done except for a perfunctory windshield wiper. its not the ugliest car ever made but it may be the ugliest locost. theres a lot i would do differently next time. (wait to find a manual transmission, put 6 more inches into the seat area, do more rivets,)
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anduril3018
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Re: FWD Pontiac Grand Prix donor

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Congratulations!
I think it's the fastest start to finish project I've seen!
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