G-PRIX Arrowhead Components, Inc. 1969 Grand Prix project car.   Arrowhead Components, Inc. in conjunction with FD Customs, is building a 1969 Grand Prix SJ with affordable handling and performance in mind. Starting with a very rough, but complete, 1969 Model J purchased off eBay from Randy Munis in Lansing, IL, ACI and FD Customs will begin a tasteful reconstruction that will include: *Global West tubular front suspension *4 wheel disc brakes *Boxed control arms/poly bushings/larger sway bars *Tremec 5 speed manual transmission *18x8 and 18x10, custom rims designed with a Rally II flavor *Suede autocross-style seats with 5-pt harnesses *"Hidden" 6-pt cage. *Procharged 455 (In an effort to stay true to Duesenberg's SJ moniker, the 455 will have to be supercharged!) *All the accoutrements a luxury car should have such as power windows, power locks, A/C, tilt wheel, etc. Stay tuned as photos of the project car and its progress are monitored on these very pages!   It's easy to restore or modify a pristine car. Anybody can put something remarkable together when they start with something remarkable. I've always had a soft spot for the cars that are going to be left behind. Instead of buying the $6,000 Safari wagon to restore, I buy the $800 wagon that has a foot in the grave. I'll have $8,000 into it and hundreds of hours of my labor time, but I just brought another one back from the dead. That is the most satisfying part of the hobby in my eyes. I just added another old Pontiac to the pool of old hot rods running around! This Grand Prix is ROUGH! Every panel has rust and dents in the worst possible areas. The roof is likely toast. The upside...basically every power option I'd want, a healthy drive train, and a Safe-T-Track rear end. In accordance with my restoration philosophy, this is most worthy of a series of affordable upgrades and modifications that will not hurt the value in any way. It's a parts car at best to anybody else that sees it--except me and Frank Moore of FD Customs. Follow along in the months ahead to see this come together and get re-born. We'll be doing this on a budget as well. Every nickel will be thrown into a spreadsheet to see if we can do this for under $10,000. That's right...$10,000. Some of you will cry foul that I've added parts from other cars for free, or have had access to excellent equipment to work with that the average shop may not have. That's true to some extent HOWEVER that is the nature of what we all do. We call on our friends to help out where they can and do as much as we can ourselves. I've taught myself on over a dozen cars over the past 20 years and I'm still a total amateur, but I'm not afraid to jump in a give something new a try. If I can do it, ANYONE can!