Building a nose for 1974 Pontiac LeMans

[WildHorse]

Been helping a long time friend/racing buddy build a new nose for his '74 LeMans when the original 1973 Grand AM urethane nose just started breaking off in chunks. He bought a fiberglass repro for 1000 USD. Didn't even come close to fitting correctly (too wide, contours didn't match, blah, blah) . This is by far the most ambitious thing we've ever done. I cut it into 3 pieces just like the original. Placed the center section first, then slowly measured, shaved, rinse & repeat with the 2 other sections. Got it to the point where it now sits just like factory. Next up will be figuring out a way to mount the grills, headlight bezels, and attaching in to the front valance. Got about 50 hours into it and it still looks like this ha-ha.

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[Inthehighdesert]

I can’t even begin to figure out how many hours Ive spent doing fiberglass fab, molds, repairs. It’s definitely one of those things very few truly understand how much time and talent it takes to do. And more time can make up where the less talented, or less experienced are concerned. All that though, it’s very satisfying when you’re done. Kudo’s for tackling that. I’m sure it’ll come up good. Love the blower setup as well.

Been helping a long time friend/racing buddy build a new nose for his '74 LeMans when the original 1973 Grand AM urethane nose just started breaking off in chunks. He bought a fiberglass repro for 1000 USD. Didn't even come close to fitting correctly (too wide, contours didn't match, blah, blah) . This is by far the most ambitious thing we've ever done. I cut it into 3 pieces just like the original. Placed the center section first, then slowly measured, shaved, rinse & repeat with the 2 other sections. Got it to the point where it now sits just like factory. Next up will be figuring out a way to mount the grills, headlight bezels, and attaching in to the front valance. Got about 50 hours into it and it still looks like this ha-ha.

 

[WildHorse]

Love the blower setup as well.

Yeah it's a single carbed GMC 6-71 and He adapted a '74 Shaker hood scoop to it. Functional too.

We'll probably have it in paint in the next couple weeks. Believe it or not the colour is a Ford brown metallic .

 

[Inthehighdesert]

Nice. Ford brown metallic… Interesting. I know that color painted several cars from that era back when I had a shop. HOK had a rootbeer candy color that was amazing. Reminded me of the brown you’re referring to.

Yeah it's a single carbed GMC 6-71 and He adapted a '74 Shaker hood scoop to it. Functional too.

We'll probably have it in paint in the next couple weeks. Believe it or not the colour is a Ford brown metallic .

 

[WildHorse]

Nice. Ford brown metallic… Interesting. I know that color painted several cars from that era back when I had a shop. HOK had a rootbeer candy color that was amazing. Reminded me of the brown you’re referring to.

Was never a fan of brown.. but it actually looks really good on this Pontiac !

 

[Inthehighdesert]

Me either. Sometimes its funny when you see a color you think you hate and you go, ..ht that’s actually bad. Lol.

Was never a fan of brown.. but it actually looks really good on this Pontiac !

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