My Tenth Anniv.

[roadking77]

No intrusion at all Larry, that is interesting? I have several spoiler ends on the shelf, I will have to dig them out and take a look. I am pretty sure the one on the silver is original to the car. Yes there should be an additional stud at the bottom making 3 total attachment points. The bottom stud on mine was originally glued/epoxied to the rubber and broke off. I tried fixing it but it broke again during my initial installation. At that point I just left it off. The bottom of the spoiler sits tight against the car so I wont worry about it.

[FormTA]

I did the exact same thing. Nothing seems to stick to those. I tried roughing it up really well and even melted one in and tried to cover it a bit. Still came out.

[5th T/A]

I am guessing by 1980 Pontiac decided the lower stud wasn’t necessary. My car doesn’t have the lower stud or a hole in the fender.

[b_hill_86]

I have three sets of the 79-81 ends and all have two studs like Larry’s picture. As do my 77 ends

[roadking77]

20250424_145453 by Kerry Grubb, on Flickr
Another nice set of seat tracks. I think this is no. 4 now! Im pretty sure you can buy these now as a repro. When I did my '77 they were not repro'd and finding a pair that didnt have the feet rusted out was indeed a challenge. Now I have a few them and no need I guess thats the way the ball bounces.

20250423_090412 by Kerry Grubb, on Flickr
This is the dye I used on the carpet and the seat upholstery. Its a perfect match for the seat colour. I bought it from a company I found online called 'Detail King'. I was initially looking for cleaning supplies and found they had this stuff too. So far they have been great to order from. I have placed 3 or 4 orders now and being across the state of PA I get the product overnight, so theres that!! They have tons of cleaning supplies, next time I need to stock up I will check them out just because.

I have used SEM on everything else and probably would have on the seat covers, BUT I had some of this leftover from the carpet and it matched perfect.

[roadking77]

Im still here and still working on the resto. Not to sound to redundant but for those that may not know, April 30, 2025 our home burnt and was a total loss. I have spent every day since then working one way or another to get back into our new home and a regular way of life. We moved into the new house (built upon the ashes of the original) early June. Still a lot of little stuff to do but all but ready to get back to the shop and finish the restoration of this car. I havent touched a thing for over a year as it has been pushed into a corner of the shop to allow storage room of salvage items. I dont have a lot left to do, however after sitting for a year there is probably a lot that will need to be re done at this point. I hope to get things rolling again by late summer.
Stay tuned.....................

[N PRGRES]

You've been kicking ass!

[FormTA]

Can't wait! Then you'll have to start another build! Excited to see what that'll be! 

[roadking77]

Luke I do have something on the back burner. I was hoping I would be knee deep in welding patch panels by this time. At this rate it would be nice to start over the winter. Once I get the 79 finished I will re-assess the 'next one' to see just how bad it is and make a decision if my threshold of pain will tolerate it. It will not be a Pontiac

[Wallington]

I can throw in a set of seat cables if needed, saw broken during seat swap.

Do you recall if the carpet holes were used by the seats to poke the track legs through like a sleeve? Most/all the carpets had them, few recall how they were before removal, none refit new carpet the same way.

[roadking77]

I cannot answer the carpet question. It has been so long since I have looked at it. I seem to recall some holes cut in the carpet but no slits if that makes any sense. Hoping to get back to thinks very soon.