1965 Pontiac Lemans Base 5.3l on 2040-cars
Lisle, Illinois, United States
This 1965 Pontiac Lemans has an interesting story, for I think am the third owner. The first owner owned from 1965 to the mid 70's. He sold a neighbor who drove it very little. That neighbor after 3 years of summer driving parked it in their garage, he passed away that year. The car sat in the garage till 1986 when his son decided he would restore it. He proceeded to get an entire new front clip (used from a blue GTO) and got the front bumper rechromed, got some new tires put a few miles on it while he was restoring. He stated to work on the floorboards unfortunately before he could get to the heart of the restoration he passed away. Again the car sat in the same garage space from 1986 till I found the car in 2010. The car unfortunately had sat in the garage with the top down all those years and had become a repository for books, magazine, and other junk. That junk held moisture and it took my wife and me almost 2 weeks of nights and weekends just to get it all out. The floorboards were now VERY rotted. The frame is solid and I could easily source new floorboard, heck they make a one piece entire floor pan. Everything was there, we couldn't fire up the engine but at least she cranked. We towed it home and started on our restoration. I started acquiring pieces that we wanted better taillight, new chrome radiator shroud, new headlight bezels, and all new GTO badges. (the only thing it needs to make a look alike GTO is the correct hood) I started on the engine . . . chrome alternator, polished edelbrock intake manifold, new edelbrock 4 barrel carb, new matching chrome ribbed valve covers and air cleaner, purple custom wired (it was our intention to paint the car 1965 Iris Mist with a parchment interior). Things were slow but moving along. Then in April of this year while the car was at my friends who was going to do the welding, our garage and house flooded, the garage was up to the rafters. The engine that I had just finished and the transmission were underwater for several days until the water subsided. The engine will now need to be completely redone I assume all the work I put into it is not recoverable. This was devastating for us. The car itself was NEVER in the flood, just the engine, transmission and some misc parts. We spend a few months finding a new home and the car is now just a constant reminder of all that we have lost. It needs ALOT of TLC. Please do not be fooled this car needs A LOT of work. The floorboards are all rotted. If you are not a welder or know one, this is NOT the car for you. As I had stated the engine and transmission were trashed by the flood and would need a complete rebuild. As you can see the car came with original manuals and everything you see in pictures is current EXCEPT the engine picture that is how it looked right before got flooded. THIS IS A PROJECT. I have all the pieces to complete less the gas tank and the boot cover. BUT THIS IS A MAJOR PROJECT. Call me for more details. Thanks, Bob (630) 903-9877
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