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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 08:20 PM
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Default My Grand Prix
Took it out today to get it ready for the show season ahead here are a few pics























I hope you have like what I have done over the years!!
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 08:24 PM
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looks great Mel, i love it.
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Gee, another sweet car Mel. Nice job.

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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 08:36 PM
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Looks great Mel,paint looks brand new too...Is she re painted?I've always wanted a 98 GTP Coupe...Has any one heard of a GP GTX,late 90's?
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 08:40 PM
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I have seen a couple GTX GP here. And my Grand Prix has the original paint.
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 08:41 PM
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looks good mel, defiantly like the engine!
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Looks good Mel, reminds me of my white 92 I had.

Any way I can convince you to do an L67 swap?
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Maybe in a year are two and LS4 swap.
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looks good...how many miles does the GP have on it?
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damn, clean!
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Get what done for show season? Its spotless Mel! If you dont drive your MC, you sure as hell don't drive that thing
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That's still my favorite style of w-body.
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Nice. Looks like hundreds of hours' work you put into her.
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Wow. Impressive.
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Looks good, I never really liked the body style of the older GP's though. I was more of a Oldsmobile guy. Had a 1996 Cutlass Supreme SL man I miss that car
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Check mine out this was the first car I bought, 1978 Grand Prix. It was a pos. Sorry about the pic quality but it was pre digital cameras and I had to scan them.





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I have 118 thousand miles on the GP and love this car had my oldest son learn to drive in this car and my 8 year old was brought home when he was born in the car and a car seat in the back with cheerios all over it was a DD until 2004 and I started working on it for the shows but I always took very good car of her. Here is a pic when I first started showing her.

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I gotta be honest I kinda like these rims better, maybe I'm just partial because mine had those.
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I'm thinking putting them back on and selling the American Racing rims because they have Pontiac stamped on them
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