1974 Pontiac Formula

The new disk brakes and front springs went in today.  Check out the pictures below!

Dan is removing the rusted studs from the exhaust today in fabricating the new dual exhaust.  This exhaust will be custom fabricated with 3″ pipe and flowmaster 40 series mufflers.

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Dave worked today on routing the new 3″ exhaust system with the flowmaster exhaust.

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Alex has put the front seats in the Formula.

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Ralph has started the body disassembly for this Formulas body restoration.

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Ralph continues to disassemble the Formula.

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Body work continues on the Formula.

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Ralph continues on with the body repairs for the 1974 Pontiac Formula.

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Ralph is working on smoothing out some body repairs in the drivers door jamb from a rust repair.

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Ralph is working on the roof of the 1974 Formula today.

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Ralph is working on repairing the damage to the drivers door today.

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Ralph is repairing the hood of the Pontiac today.

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Ralph has finished all the work on the new quarter panel installation.

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Ralph is repairing the passenger front fender.

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Ralph is working on lining the inner fender liners for this muscle car restoration.

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Ralph is hard at work on this muscle car restoration.  The last process that he just went through was repairing the rear end rust damage and applying a rust inhibiting paint.

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The formula is done with body work and this restoration is ready to move into the paint booth for primer.

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The Pontiac is out of primer and ready to be sanded and prepped for paint.

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The Formula is done getting painted and Dan is working on wet sanding and buffing.

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The Formula is done getting sanded and buffed and is now for reassembly.

Ralph has moved onto reassembling the front end of the Formula.

Ralph is continuing on reassembly for the rear of the Formula today.

Ralph is getting the front end and the doors reassembled.

Since we could not find a front bumper filler piece for this 1974 Pontiac Formula, we have decided to make a custom fiberglass piece.

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Here you can see the custom fiberglass front bumper filler that we made for the Pontiac Formula.

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The ’74 Formula is clean up after we finished install the custom front fiberglass bumper piece.

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The ’74 Formula is getting cleaned up to go home!

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New rocker panel and drip rail moldings installed.

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Alex is working on getting carpet and the seats finished for the interior restoration of this 1974 Formula.

Muscle Car RestorationMuscle Car RestorationMuscle Car RestorationRalph is finishing up today the patch repairs and sealing on the floor of the 1974 Formula, where we found holes once the carpet was removed.

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Ralph has stripped the roof and is repairing the spoiler and front bumper for the Formula.

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We have cut the old passenger quarter off.  The old quarter was so bad that it had to be replaced.

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Ralph is getting the new passenger quarter welded in today.

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