Scottster Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Just like to introduce myself and my Grand Prix! I actually bought the car under "less than desirable circumstances", as I was in an accident with my beloved Ford SVT Contour. Living in Windsor, ON and going to school in Detroit, MI I needed a car fast just to get to school. I was in sort of a pinch...when studying Industrial Design you barely have time to sleep, let alone go "new car shopping"! My dad helped me out and drove around the county looking for a cheap american car for me to drive. Coming across a tired looking 1990 Grand Prix SE coupe with only 115000 KM, I dished out $1500 and was on my way. The car needed alot of work to get it road worthy. All four struts were shot, new brakes all around, including a seized rear caliper. Had trouble with the emissions test to, but a new Oxygen sensor cleared that up. Powertrain wise the car is rock solid though. As far as I know the 3.1 is a hell of a motor, and with just over 100,000 Km, this one is still young! Looks wise the car needs alot of "surface work" but is in amazingly great shape. It has been meticulously oil sprayed, so the underbody and sheetmetal are like new, as is the interior which has no signs of wear. The exterior is white w/red trim. White wheels (which are so eighties but I love em'!), and a grey interior. Come summer, when school releases it's choke-hold on me, I can't wait to just nuts detailing, detailing, detailing! I won't stop till you can eat of the top of the engine, and see your reflection in the wheel wells! Like I said, it is just by chance that I bought this Grand Prix, but I am amazed at what a great, unique and solid car it is to have. Being an SE, it has all the toys, and this particular car was preserved pretty well. I'm glad I "rescued it", instead of some yahoo picking it up and driving into the ground! Anyway, I'll not be to long winded! This seems like a great community! I used to be part of the Contour Enthusiast Group at Contour.org, which was an awesome resource for those cars. I think I found the same here for the Pontiac! Cheers! Scott P.S. What are the pic. posting guide lines, and how do you do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euro Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 welcome aboard man! To post pics. Take the URL from any pic hosting site *for example* photobucket. And put image tags around the URL. sooo...like this:::: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordBoy Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 welcome aboard ya to post pics you need this around the URL the URL goes in between and then you got a pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donutboy97 Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 welcome to the site, can;t wait to see the pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runt Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Welcome! Nice to see a "n00b" that actually has some grammar skills! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donutboy97 Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Welcome! Nice to see a "n00b" that actually has some grammar skills! let him hang out with us for a month... we can change that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 sounds like a nice lil' find ....too bad about the CSVT though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-Ball Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Welcome, I'm in London and goto Windsor ever month or so to visit the in laws. I'd like to see you car and compare them. I have 92 SE myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White93z34 Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 i love those early grand prix's espically with the color key wheels. welecome to the site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfangd Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 welcome to the forum. post pics asap [attachment deleted by admin] Removed to free up storage space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottster Posted March 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Wow, thanks for the warm welcome everyone! If I can manage to clean it up a bit, I'll get some pics this weekend. The closest thing I have right now is this promo shot that I scanned in out of some car history book I have. This car is identical except is an 88, so the wheels are an inch smaller, and it seems to have an unusually high stance. I guess the springs wern't broken in yet! I actually have a few old ads that I found when rumaging through old Car and Driver magazines in the library at school. And article on a pre-production roadtest of the turbo GP from 1989 too...I can put those up to if you guys want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdcutty Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Wow, thanks for the warm welcome everyone! If I can manage to clean it up a bit, I'll get some pics this weekend. The closest thing I have right now is this promo shot that I scanned in out of some car history book I have. This car is identical except is an 88, so the wheels are an inch smaller, and it seems to have an unusually high stance. I guess the springs wern't broken in yet! I actually have a few old ads that I found when rumaging through old Car and Driver magazines in the library at school. And article on a pre-production roadtest of the turbo GP from 1989 too...I can put those up to if you guys want. Welcome to the club. And ues please do, that might be kinda cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns87 Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Welcome! Yeah, a lot of 88 and 89 Grand Prix had unusually high stances Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euro Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 the Off-Road edition specials!!! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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