1 of 996 Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 I've been playing with Pontiacs for a hell of a long time. I own and have owned GP's from 1962 to 1996 as well as many other Pontiac models. Currently, and the reason why I'm here, I am doing a minor cosmetic restoration on a very clean, very original 1990 ASC/McLaren Turbo Grand Prix STE. Attached is a photo when I bought it over a year ago. So far, I have collected a ton of NOS parts and had the upper half (less roof) repainted due to the typical delam. I am trying to keep as much of the car original as possible. oldmangrimes, primergray, wstefan20 and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imp558 Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 Wow that's nice! Welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Escobar Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 Welcome! Nice find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 of 996 Posted January 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 Thanks guys! Currently the car is completely disassembled from having the upper portion refinished. Was able to save the rest of the original paint. I have been pretty lucky finding a ton of NOS parts for the restoration including the door handles in the correct color. One thing that was in horrible deteriorated condition were the bumper mouldings. I was unable to save either one and was ready to use some stick-on wheel opening moulding when by dumb luck 2 NOS ones popped up on Ebay. The seller did not return any of my emails regarding color and was rather crazy on the price at $97.00 each but I took the chance because something was better than nothing and to my surprise when they showed up, they were in color. So $200.00 for a couple of moulding is a lot of money but they do not need to be painted and when all is said and done, they really will be the cherry on top. Now I need to track down the moulding around the sunroof glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 of 996 Posted January 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 B.T.W.: My user name is the production number of the car, rich_e777, Imp558 and MemphisMan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imp558 Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 Damn! I thought that was your Borg reference number from unimatrix 0. Looking back I suppose your explanation makes considerably more sense. rich_e777 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Escobar Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 Any more pics of the car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiggity76 Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 Oh my god, your car is one of my bucket list cars! So excited to see you with us and pics of a really rare beauty! Congrats and thank you for sharing your experience with this car. Please put more pics up of your restoration work as you progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 of 996 Posted January 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 Any more pics of the car? Nothing right now. The exterior and some of the interior of the car is completely disassembled from upper body paintwork, headliner, etc. Paint is done and the headliner is almost completely back in. Next is to wet-sand, buff, re-detail the original paint door jambs and re-detail the engine compartment prior to re-assembly with most NOS parts. The car won't be a 100 point show car but I'm expecting it to be pretty damn nice when finished. Imp558 and Nas Escobar 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemphisMan Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 Welcome to the forum. You've got a really beautiful car! Can't wait to see more pics once you get it reassembled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 of 996 Posted January 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Welcome to the forum. You've got a really beautiful car! Can't wait to see more pics once you get it reassembled. Thanks. I am hoping to get back on the project within the next 3 - 4 weeks. My first step will be to re-detail the original paint door jambs that I have cleaned & polished 2 other times. Had to remove the heavy overspray from the guy that painted it the last time due to not masking the jambs and now I have to do it again from the guy that painted the car the right way but still got overspray in the jambs. Last time it took me a month to straighten out the jambs, this time I'm hoping it will only take me about a week. By the time I'm done, this car will have the cleanest jambs in the country. LOL Once the jambs are back to looking nice then I can move on to wet-sanding and buffing prior to re-assembly of the exterior. Then I'll be able to move on to the little stuff like interior, engine compartment and trunk. Oh my god, your car is one of my bucket list cars! So excited to see you with us and pics of a really rare beauty! Congrats and thank you for sharing your experience with this car. Please put more pics up of your restoration work as you progress. I just might be able to fill one of the items on your bucket list when this is done. MemphisMan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 of 996 Posted June 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 Okay, I've been back at it. The new paint has been wet sanded and buffed. Currently cleaning and hand polishing the door jambs, some assembly (that I can remember), cleaning some interior trim and looking for the last of about a 1/2 dozen NOS parts. I am trying to get this done in time for Norwalk but the clock it going faster than all the work is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imp558 Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 Hang out for a day and post some more to get your count up and then post a wanted ad in the classifieds. That way if a member has something or knows where to get it we can help. The criteria isn't there to screw new members like you out of the classifieds, it's to keep people who don't care about the chassis from shitting our community up like craigslist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 of 996 Posted June 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 Any more pics of the car? Well, I would post some more pics but for some reason I don't know how I posted the one I did. How do you post pics without a URL? All my pics have an http or Nikon number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 of 996 Posted June 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 Okay, I think I have it figured out...... oldmangrimes, rich_e777, MemphisMan and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55trucker Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 You're going thru what I went thru 15 yrs ago with my GP........fun, isn't it? Have you come across any sort of supplier for the silver trim that fits into the front & rear bumpers & the side trim? The red is now made of *unobtanium*. That pic of the car I posted in your other thread searching for the mirror filler panel is our GP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 of 996 Posted June 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 Yes, I found the fascia mouldings, with the correct shade of white edging. Paid stupid money for them. I have seen the red out there when I was searching for the chrome. I originally bought one that has black edging and was going to paint it. But found the white and now I have a black one available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiggity76 Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 Hello STE brother! Really fantastic STE and SO HAPPY you are giving her so much love! Thank you for your efforts and the great pics, I'm cheering you on! By the way, I have crossed this one off of my bucket list. I recently found and bought my own STE! It's still in California, bought it from the original owner and plan on bringing her home to Iowa this fall. I will be watching your progress, hoping to learn from you for my own restoration efforts one day. Mine needs some work but I know it will get there. I really love your STE! Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imp558 Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 1 of 996, we have a section for build threads if you'd like to make one. Everybody likes to see them and it gives you a place to keep things in chronological order. http://www.w-body.com/forum/23-members-rides/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemphisMan Posted June 25, 2018 Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 It's so cool to see restorations happening to these w-bodys! What a great looking car. jiggity76 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 of 996 Posted June 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2018 It's so cool to see restorations happening to these w-bodys! What a great looking car. Thanks 1 of 996, we have a section for build threads if you'd like to make one. Everybody likes to see them and it gives you a place to keep things in chronological order. http://www.w-body.com/forum/23-members-rides/ I am trying but unfortunately between trying to get the car done and all the other things I currently have going on I just haven't been able to take any photos. This restoration just keeps dragging on mainly because GM can't make the same part twice. Many of the NOS parts I have either have mounting holes that are off or the part itself is made entirely different from the original even though it carries the correct part number. Things like this make for a long drawn out aggravating process. My target time of having this ready for the Norwalk event is definitely not going to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 of 996 Posted July 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2018 Updated pic jiggity76, Selenoyl and rich_e777 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightOwl Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 Amazing car! I didnt even know McLaren STEs even existed...but 1 of 996? Talk about a rolling museum piece!! Nas Escobar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 of 996 Posted July 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 LOL! What can I say, I like rare oddballs. I have 3 other cars and the production figures of all 4 combined are under 10,000 units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 of 996 Posted July 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Next week is the Pontiac Nats in Norwalk, Ohio. After that I'll be back on this and hopefully will have more time to deal with photos and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.