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ISBN 978-1-61325-102-7
Item No. SA275
Title Page:
In the course of 40-plus years, many GTOs have been down a drag strip at one point or another, or they have been driven aggressively on the street. You need to keep an eye out for signs of abuse or racing.
Back Cover Photos
Top Left:
The advantages of a professional spray booth cannot be overstressed because a professional paint booth that’s correctly prepared and operated provides the optimal environment for painting. A booth offers temperature and humidity control, keeps contaminants away from the surface to be painted, and controls overspray. (Photo Courtesy Scott Tiemann)
Top Right:
Look down inside the case at the mainshaft gear and the counter-gear. If there has been a gearbox failure and it’s locked up, you can see the damage to the gear sets. Use a 3/16-inch-diameter punch to drive the reverse gear lock pin upward and out of the rear extension (tailshaft). (Photo Courtesy Rocky Rotella)
Middle Left:
Use a rotary cut-off wheel to remove the rusted lower quarter panel. It takes some skill to do this procedure properly. You do not want your car to be the first time you use one of these. Use a MIG welder to butt weld the bottom replacement panel to the top quarter panel. The panel is also welded to the wheel well lip and around to the bumper section.
Middle Right:
At this stage, you have ground the welds flush to the quarter panel. This is the final metal-working stage before you apply thin coats of body filler. You want the surface to be as smooth as possible.
Bottom Left:
We didn’t know what lurked inside this Pontiac V-8 until we disassembled it and thoroughly inspected all of the components. A crucial part of inspection is not only identifying obvious and not-so-obvious damage, but it’s also to determine what component problems, parts failures, and assembly issues that caused the problems in the first place.
Bottom Right:
The completed seat looks as good as new and is ready for installation.
