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Old 04-19-2014, 02:11 PM   #14
ChrisBlair
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Originally Posted by Algeron View Post
This pic was in the article. I hope this is one of the finished products.


Personally, I hope it is NOT one of those Ponchos. Because if it is, aftermarket wheels have no place in a correct "restoration" for a museum, even a prototype's restoration. Those are not the correct wheels for that car, what else did they do incorrectly? If that's one of the prototypes, the car has been turned into a custom, not restored. Prototypes from that era are very hard to restore correctly but it absolutely has been done. Here's a "one of none" car: the 1970 Buick GSX prototype, which was 100% DOT legal when made and was restored to original condition as it appeared in the 1970 show car circuit, at great effort:

http://www.buickperformanceclub.com/GSXPrototype.htm
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