Another trip to Ohio
 

On April 7th, Scott Mancini flew me out for a week to do some work on his amazing 13K mile Expresso Brown '69 Grand Prix SJ 4-speed. The main goal was to make the car reliable and get everything working properly so he could start driving it more. The first concern given the low mileage was the original nylon timing gear and replacing it with an NOS GM steel timing gear set. The original water pump was rebuilt and radiator re-cored (Scott removed those items and had them ready to go prior to my arrival). All of the original hoses, tower clamps and belts were in great shape and were reused. An NOS Delco Remy point set was installed along with new dated plug wires. We also rebuilt the carb and tuned the engine to factory specs. The temp gauge had never worked since he bought the car, I found a loose nut at the main feed temp gauge post for the printed circuit board, easy fix and works perfectly now. Lastly, we charged the a/c and got it working as well. We did a few other small repairs as well. Everything went well and it was a treat to work on such a low mileage car. This car really runs and drives like a new car, very smooth and powerful.

Original Nylon Timing Gear
 

This was in remarkable shape, literally looked as if it was installed yesterday. Not even a crack in it. A testament to how the original owner treated the car.

Quite the Pair!
 

Some photos of the cars.

Wow cool story. What is the back story on it? Always love hearing how they were/are maintained so beautifully.

----Of course, I love it! Got my Espresso Brown SJ out of storage last Sunday and put a few miles on it. Has a few more miles than Scott's (31,000) and a Turbo 400, but very similar. These GP's are really great drivers!...Bill S

I'll let Scott chime in here if he wants to, but this article pretty much sums it up. One error in the article showing a photo of the original owners with Scott, this is actually our friend Andy who originally bought the car from them.
https://www.motortrend.com/features/...grand-prix-sj/

Also there are several short videos of when Andy and his friends picked up the car and loaded it onto a flatbed to get it to where the enclosed trailer was parked.
https://www.youtube.com/@andrewgould2852/videos

Nice! So true, these cars are so nice to drive, I'm sure you enjoyed it.

What a great ride - thanks for sharing.

Scott certainly has a passion & eye for rare Grand Prix's. I know he had one possibly 2 Vintage Certified!! A great caretaker and good guy...

Hey Grant,

What’s it take to have you come to my place and offer your expertise on my Pontiacs.

I can have Uber bring you here.

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