[Patrick]

I know there are some weird facts about the production of the Grand Sport.

One, I recall, is that at first they painted the car blue, then added the white stripe.... then they switched to painting the car white, then adding the blue over it (and left the stripe alone).

Can anyone confirm this? I'd be curious to hear about that and any other GS facts!

 

[ragvette]

Only 500 GS have been built. GM switches them around when the owner’s aren’t looking so it looks like a 1000 have been built.

Have you looked in your garage lately?

 

[Michael GS#357]

:surprised Oh Rodney.......your nose is growing longer every second you speak like that

 

[ragvette]

:surprised Oh Rodney.......your nose is growing longer every second you speak like that

:laughing:

But it's true.

 

[Michael GS#357]

right artyon:

 

[Punk Boy]

you'd have to find one of the first cars....i know the g/s i've seen the car started white...if you run your finger tip of the paint y ou can feel that the blue is on top of the white

 

[Michael GS#357]

or is that the pinstripes ? I still think they were blue first. The pinstripes are not painted on but a kit.

 

[GS Ragtop]

...at first they painted the car blue, then added the white stripe.... then they switched to painting the car white, then adding the blue over it (and left the stripe alone).

Can anyone confirm this? I'd be curious to hear about that and any other GS facts!

That's just rumors, Patrick. Take a look at the interview with John Heinricy in the Hashmark Newsletter #5 (article starts on Page 3). The article is chock-full of GS tidbits, from the guy responsible for the program!

To view the newsletter, head over to www.grandsportregistry.com and select Newsletters from the left menu. At the bottom of the page that comes up, select Here to view Past Newsletters. Scroll down a bit to find Newsletter 5, Page 3.

Back to the paint. The cars were painted blue and cleared, then the white stripes were painted and the car cleared again. To avoid alignment problems, two-color tape was used at the edge of the white stripes.

:cheers:

Brad

 

[Michael GS#357]

:thumbsup: My Man ! :thumbsup:

 

[Patrick]

Re: Re: GS trivia!

That's just rumors, Patrick. Take a look at the interview with John Heinricy in the Hashmark Newsletter #5 (article starts on Page 3). The article is chock-full of GS tidbits, from the guy responsible for the program!

To view the newsletter, head over to www.grandsportregistry.com and select Newsletters from the left menu. At the bottom of the page that comes up, select Here to view Past Newsletters. Scroll down a bit to find Newsletter 5, Page 3.

Back to the paint. The cars were painted blue and cleared, then the white stripes were painted and the car cleared again. To avoid alignment problems, two-color tape was used at the edge of the white stripes.

:cheers:

Brad

Cool info! I'll check out that newsletter.