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my 73 GT panelwagon

Postby 72 SS PNL » Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:32 am

pile of parts i got with the vega

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these actually came from canada , he had them in the box he got them with

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the rear end 7.5 posi , sway bar and trac bars were removed for shipping and i havent put them back on

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dash will be replaced with a 75 monza/sky hawk type , gotta replace the horn button , and cant use my cozz button tell the eco tec goes in(4cyl twin cam thing)

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rear bumper will be replaced with a 71-2 bumper , with filled in holes and bolt buttons smoothed out

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front bumper will also get the 71-2 front bumper filled and smoothed and bumper spears , and chrome surround grill added , and front air dam with holes

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motor as it is now 231 odd fire , 4spd saginaw , factory ram air(LOL) , soon to be home of a 262 hp supercharged eco tec (later this year or early next year) along with a solstice 5spd

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Re: my 73 GT panelwagon

Postby 72 SS PNL » Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:33 am

reserved for pics of parts , hopefully this weekend
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Re: my 73 GT panelwagon

Postby 72 SS PNL » Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:33 am

reserved for motor pics
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Re: my 73 GT panelwagon

Postby patrick1151 » Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:39 pm

Frig, I looked at that car on CL for a long time and wanted to buy it. Looks like you did really well with it. Those Headlight Bezels in the second picture, someone can correct me but I think they are for a 73 Astre. If you dont want to keep/use them, they should bring in some big $.
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Re: my 73 GT panelwagon

Postby 72 SS PNL » Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:16 pm

i plan on using the head light bezels , when i pulled 1 outta the box , it was painted black or something on the inside of the bezel(area you cant see)
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Re: my 73 GT panelwagon

Postby v8astregt » Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:57 am

Man that looks like a clean car.


I like all the panel stuff also, including the floor. I wish my wagon were a delivery, but I can't complain for $100. Wanna trade glass for the panels? :lol:


What are you going to do with the GT dash when you're done? I would like to have a spare so I can cut mine up for gauges.
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Re: my 73 GT panelwagon

Postby 72 SS PNL » Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:43 pm

i go the monza so i could keep 1 good stock dash , and 1 to modify for the DIN mount cd player , the monza was cracked in a couple places and easy fix , so i dont feel bad about hacking it up , the stock GT dash as far as i can see nothing is broken , so its a good keeper

i hopefully have a base dash coming , that you could use if you can get a GT front bezel , since its a good 1 to cut up , i just wanted the radio block off plate that was in it , LMAO

for the money its very clean , its far from a 6-7k car , has some scratches and some light rust i gotta fix , plus small dents in the side panels and tops of the fenders

ive got factory tinted glass with it , so dont need more , lol


though im hopping the non GT dash pad im getting is as clean as the pics , if so you are first in line for the grab handle dash
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Re: my 73 GT panelwagon

Postby v8astregt » Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:13 pm

Cool, I like the GT grab handle dash.


And thanks for the offer on the base dash, but they are actually VERY different. I have a spare dash I got out of a parts car and the bezels will not interchange. The GT bezel is actually like 1" taller.
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Re: my 73 GT panelwagon

Postby 72 SS PNL » Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:52 pm

hmm , didnt think they were that different , well guess thats where some custom touches would come in handy

did you see the dash with the aluminum bezels in the forsale section ? ida got it if i wouldnt have gotten the monza
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Re: my 73 GT panelwagon

Postby Roccosvega » Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:10 am

Do you know how long its been since the car was gone through,looks like not to long ago. My 72 is the same color although it was
gone through in the early eightys and last driven in 1987.I have parts that were bought from GM in 84,extra parts in the car.
The guy who originaly owned my car passed away,he also had a 69 vett. They sat in his mothers garage until the guy I got
the vega from wanted the vett.She gave him the vega with the puchase of the vett but he didnt want the vega so I bought
it from him.From Alabama nice condition...Robert.
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Re: my 73 GT panelwagon

Postby 72 SS PNL » Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:09 pm

i never asked how long it had been finished , i do know the motor has 40k on it since it was rebuilt , the color will stay for now , when i ready to do the body and paint , it will be a metallic blue

got these in today , v8astregt if your interested in the GT dash pad and grab handle toss me a offer , you are the first and only one in line

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i got the dash for the block off only , rest is for sale if anyone is interested

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Re: my 73 GT panelwagon

Postby 72 SS PNL » Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:10 am

scored these at the junk yard today , for a whopping 50.00 , though they wont go on tell i can upgrade the rear end to 28 spline

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Re: my 73 GT panelwagon

Postby 80 MONZTA » Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:16 pm

72 SS PNL wrote:scored these at the junk yard today , for a whopping 50.00

You did good!
Cheapest I could find local, (that actually had them) was over 200.00, but they were sitting down in the mud for who knows how long. I hate when yards take wheels off and just drop cars down on the dirt. :rolleyes:
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Re: my 73 GT panelwagon

Postby monzaaddict » Thu Oct 08, 2009 4:11 pm

wanna sell the sedan delivery storage box? if so how much? and does it include the support strip that mounts to edge of floor in hatch area?
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Re: my 73 GT panelwagon

Postby 72 SS PNL » Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:45 pm

200+ is what they want on whorebay for um , just crazy for used parts , lol

im planing on keeping the storage compartment , my first car/vega was a real panel wagon that i made into a GT , and this is the opposite GT wagon that is a panel
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