Restoring an Endangered '67 Pontiac LeMans - MuscleCar S2, E11 

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Finally a car restoration that is right up my alley! Poncho fan from WAYYY back!Drove 67 GT for almost 50 years

I had a 65' GTO in high school. I've always loved the 60s GTOs. For as long as I can remember, I've wanted a 67' GTO. Wish I still had my 65'...

I remember watching these episodes at home with my dad. Love you dad.

Ain’t seen Lou in years. Use to watch him all the time

67 LeMans sitting in my garage. My dad’s first car. GTO hood, 14 in rallies on the front, 15 in rallies on the back. SS chevelle springs in the back, th350 with a shift kit, and an almost stock (cammed, different heads from the 80’s) 326 2Barrel (huge jets). With some old cherry bombs. And she rips.

That is a yes for me also. my mom gave me a 65 Lemans. with the 326. and the four speed a seriously nice little car. !!

One of the most informative videos I've watched on the channel.. REAL numbers on cost analysis and budget concerns.. Well done!!!! Definitely going to follow this build!!

Love the SeaBee and the Navy flags in the shop. I went to GM Training Center in Tigard, Oregon in 1970 and we had a 326 Pontiac in the shop to work on. The instructor told us about the issue with the 326. It was actually a 336 for the first two years as Pontiac was not allowed to badge it as such so that the Corvette would have the biggest motor for marketing purposes. It would be nice if this was one of the early engines as it would be considerably larger than you are thinking about for cubic inches and horsepower. By the way I loved the Pontiacs's and would have loved to have one then or even now.

For me, 1967 was the best year for Pontiac styling. I really appreciate you keeping this LeMans as close to original as possible.

I used to have a 67 Tempest. I loved the 326.

The guy from the EPA looks like Walter The jeff Dunham dummy

We've been plugging away on our '67 LeMans - having a TON of fun with it.

Yes! We need more Lou.

Love the show.you can tell lou was a sailor.he loves to hear himself talk

86 the 326, 455+ cubes for such a beautiful body style.

The 326 is a very under rated engine.

Most beautiful cars in the world in my eyes. Lemans, gto, tempest. Must be a 65 for me.

Great car choice and the presenter seem sincere but that way he banters you can keep that please.

Adjusting for inflation the $23,000 mentioned at the end of the LeMans restoration segment (in 2007) would be $28,694 in 2020. Hope Powernation will show the rest of the build.

Lou was the best

Absolutely love this.

Lou Santago in his prime. I wonder if Power Nation will post he rest of this build.

I had a ‘68 LaMans Sport that was really a GTO without the Goat badging. Being a teenage driver in ‘68, insurance was high for muscle cars. A friend at the dealership told me I could order a GTO and have it rebadged as a LaMans Sport. It saved me about $125.00 , a month in insurance, and was one hell of a sleeper.

My high school buddy had the exact same car . We cut the tail light panel out and cloned the GTO tail lights. That was one of the coolest cars in school..

Awesome aspect ratio.

You can say the same for most chevelles. You just can’t find Malibu’s anymore.

14:40 That's a whole lot of Valvoline paraffin! It didn't matter if you changed the oil every 5K or 500 miles. That paraffin will build up! My Grandpa used it all the time. After pulling the oil pan off of my Grandma's 1983 Lincoln Town Car and realizing the pan would only hold two quarts of oil because of the paraffin build up, he pulled the motor to rebuild it. There was so much build up in the motor, it added almost 50 pounds to the weight of the engine! Needless to say, my Grandfather stopped using Valvoline and started using Pennzoil. The United States Military used Valvoline for a very long time. The oil wasn't cheap, even in bulk. It was even more costly because of the engine damage it caused. It took a very long time, but the military got smart and started using better oils. Amazing how much longer engines lasted with the better oils.

nicols old shop is 2 miles from me.. i remember when they were auctioning off all his old speed parts back in the day.

Thank you for the brake down on the price list .

just bought a 65' Tempest Custom with a 326 first resto!! wooooooohoooo

Reminds me of a 1957 265 Chevrolet V8 that my dad and I rebuilt in 1968. The carbonized Texaco Havlon oil was in the shape of the valve covers.

Pontiac baby!!!

That GN at 10:02. 😍

i grew up near that area of CT in a trailer park. had that exact same car but mine had a 455 that i rebuilt and ran out of money so i had to get rid of it. never got to drive it and it was the one and only two door car i ever owned

Ok, a lot of this stuff covered on the Le Mans is true, but, the first thing you want to do is run a line list with the manufacturer. Reason for this is simple. If you are doing a Restoration project you will need to make sure your Le Mans is actually a Le Mans and not a converted GTO. If it's a GTO then you luck out big time. If it's a Le Mans you may need to get actual Le Mans parts which will be more costly because of the rarity to find. Second thing, which they arent talking about, is after you buy it. You really need to go over it for a couple days and do a long hard parts list and not just big parts but the little ones too. Sometimes the little parts will decide if your car actually hits the road or not. Yeah, try to find a 1967 speedometer and see how that works for ya. If you have to resort to too many universal parts then maybe a restomod will have to be your choice instead of a restoration project. There is a lot to be said about the video but all in all it's pretty well put together.

Please please post up the rest of this series.

Very interesting project, but Dude, stop yelling at me!

I had a friend in high school that had a Tempest with the 326. This was the early 80’s. The car was showroom condition. Even the same color.

1966 front grille

Nice. Keeping it a le mans and mostly original you dont see that hardly anymore

I don't know who this gut is, but I like him.

Cool car

Another good place is Ames Pontiac Performance restoration catalog.

Omg this took me back lol good times

I have a blue 67 Pontiac lemans 4 speed with a 400 engine

1967...back in the day when a mechanic actually had room to work on things under the hood.

Золотые руки у парней ,такие Автомобили в 21 веке должны быть на электродвигателях ,не какого бензина и масла , Только шум колёс и ветра ,и хорошая музыка ,

I really hope Lou didn't break up with Jared.

5 min of actual lemans stuff and mostly ads and filler?

Always get busy with your calculator, before you get busy with your checkbook, OR your tools! Every time I see a guy with a nice 30,000 car, that he's (not)selling for 36,000, and has it advertised as "over 50,000 invested", I feel a little sad inside. I know that like any hobby, there is value in the time invested in the car to just be enjoyed, but there's SO Many cars out there that have blown the budget by double or triple.

My friend tried to paint his cousins 67 lemans but his prep was poor and the paint came off when they were buffing it out. So they lost interest in the car and it sat in the garage for years getting moldy. It made me cry to see that car die there but the cousin would not sell it because it was his first new car. IF I only knew then what I know now.

miss lou

Should have kept it EPA configured. It would have added to its uniqueness a rarity.

This epa guy looks like Walter from Jeff Dunham

So you might as well buy a new car at the end

These aren't 2020 prices he's estimating.

I wish I could get the hood from it for my 66 GTO that is missing the hood

wdf ? does he have scream so much for?

My father bought a brand new 67 GTO with the HO engine. Cost 5200 bucks. Not sure where you get your figures from.

Yawn, this is boring af. Just a dude yelling about the cost of parts

Or Tempest parts.

That's a 66 nose and grills.

The accent they make them to speak it's tiring, makes me quit listening and watching the video

Fun project, but when you start with a car that needs this much work you will quickly wind up with 30 grand and 300 hours into a car that is worth 16 grand! Been there..living it today..lol!

Man, that 326 was a real D O G in the day.

Who is this guy hosting this show?

it was 1973 oil crisis that kill muscle cars, not that superbird. Gearbox, if original is not powerglide, that is chevy gearbox. Pontiac call it TempesTorque. It is allmost same but not same.

I'd like to buy that GTO hood front you. Please get that with me.

That 67 has 66 front grils.

Where's this dude at just seen him now but hes smart asf

10:45 10:50 10:27

The header and grill are 1966

This isnt a restoration its a restomod infomercial

Son didn't your parents ever tell you never yell indoors

Damn! Y’all make out indy money on these old episodes. No syndication? Manufacturing, commercials and now RU-vid with commercials?

Trunk is like a calendar?

That's a '66 nose, not a '67.

40 years old? 1967 LeMans

4:3 please

Not a white guy?

Came to watch a lemans be restored and instead they decided to talk about a epa car wtf power nation

Not that bad the car is 60% rust

It's a 66

Certainly a Quaker State victim.

Why do people think Lou is yelling? Just the way he talks. He’s not soft spoken like a girl.

why ya yelling so much

That guys voice is awful.

нету лучи Чем американа машины

Why is this guy yelling at me.

Second.

That whole Dodge segment was about as boring as they get...SMH...

This guy is so loud. I'd rather see this as a stockish rebuild but when you can play with company money why not?