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Any Pontiac Fans here???

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mmissile said:
The "foreign" car appeal, only started with me in the last 15 years or so. I'm just so burned-out, after 50 years of mopar-only, and watching the hobby and people change.
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Well, I have more Mopar-only time than you, and that will never end. I do enjoy all the other American machinery having been surrounded by it all since my youth.
 
My uncle is a yuge Poncho guy. He had this 77 T/A way back when and had to sell it.

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1970 400 punched .30 over with 4 bolt mains, ported Ram Air III heads, TRW pistons, Crane Fireball cam, Cloyes roller timing chain, 800 cfm Carter spreadbore carb, Edelbrock SP-4 dual-plane manifold, HEI distributor w MSD box, TH350 trans and 10-bolt 3.73 rear end.
 
A customer of mine, who became my friend, bought a 78 Bandit, brand new , after I worked on his Vette & Mach 1.He drove it into a flash flood. Escaped through the T-roof.
 
PlymCrazy said:
Something I never knew…

Just within the last couple of weeks I discovered Pontiac had their own version of what looked like the Corvette.
I’m not a Corvette fan personally, but I found this a neat little piece of history I never knew until recently.

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“The Pontiac Banshee was a concept car developed in 1964 as a competitor to the Ford Mustang. The XP-833, as it was originally codenamed, was the first of four Banshee concept cars produced by Pontiac between 1964 and 1988. The project was canceled due to concerns that it would hurt Corvette sales, but a few prototypes were leaked. Only one of the two driving prototypes survives today.“ - c/o Google
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2.4K views · 107 reactions | 1964 Pontiac Banshee Prototype John DeLorean design #classiccars #mccacn #Samspace81 #fblifestyle | Samspace81

Don't know how many will be able to see this, but it does look good.
 
Sixpactogo said:
The only GM cars I have ever liked were Pontiac and Oldsmobiles. They were always better built than the dime-a-dozen Chevies. IMO, they should have kept the Olds and Ponchos and dumped the Chevy. I owned a few Pontiacs back in the 60's. I had a 57 Star Chief, a 60 Ventura and a 64 Catalina and loved them all. Thanks to an ex-wife that burned all of my pictures, the only pic I have is of the 60 Ventura.

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Almost bought this recently, but passed. It's a 4-speed car .. the guy just wouldn't negotiate, after being for sale for some time ........ super clean '63, in and out.

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MarPar said:
Oh yea baby. 8 lug wheels?
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My stepdad Bob had a bunch of early 60's Pontiacs (late 50's too)
Like gen 2 Chargers & RRs found me, Older HP Pontiacs found Bob
many had the special wheels, Catalina's, Bonnevile's 61-66's 421 SuperDuty's,
a bunch were manual/stick cars too
he had a couple 61's bubble tops, not an attractive color (like Mauve (pink) & Tan)
his white car was neat as hell, optioned out with everything (wish I had photos)
& they were cool for a huge car
later;
the Grand Prix, had had a couple different 65's,
I always thought they were 'cool as hell', for a big ol' car with a beak
(not an insult) & the stacked headlights (looked sort of like a bigger 65 GTO)
with like an aircraft carrier deck for a trunk & hood, cool as hell for a big ol' car

(much like the Old's, of the period too)

until recently I used to think Pontiac 8 lug alum. wheels
now they have nostalgia, just not wide enough rims, for any real tire
I used to think of them as
'the old guys ralleys', all the sportier youth market cars
'were midsize' muscle-cars, like Bobcat/Lemans/GTO & after 1964, the Tempest
or compacts, like the early 63 & back Tempest's, with the independent rears
 
I built this 79 Trans Am over the last 2 years as a graduation gift for our daughter. Super solid rust free car, just tired used example so I did a budget re-fresh remains bone stock. Not the best drivetrain this year but 4 speed car, great first Hot Rod for a young girl.

She received a top 40 award at a local car show this fall, kinda felt that she might come hang out with the old man if I keep her in my hobbies once she leaves home.

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Budnicks said:
My stepdad Bob had a bunch of early 60's Pontiacs (late 50's too)
Like gen 2 Chargers & RRs found me, Older HP Pontiacs found Bob
many had the special wheels, Catalina's, Bonnevile's 61-66's 421 SuperDuty's,
a bunch were manual/stick cars too
he had a couple 61's bubble tops, not an attractive color (like Mauve (pink) & Tan)
his white car was neat as hell, optioned out with everything (wish I had photos)
& they were cool for a huge car
later;
the Grand Prix, had had a couple different 65's,
I always thought they were 'cool as hell', for a big ol' car with a beak
(not an insult) & the stacked headlights (looked sort of like a bigger 65 GTO)
with like an aircraft carrier deck for a trunk & hood, cool as hell for a big ol' car

(much like the Old's, of the period too)

until recently I used to think Pontiac 8 lug alum. wheels
now they have nostalgia, just not wide enough rims, for any real tire
I used to think of them as
'the old guys ralleys', all the sportier youth market cars
'were midsize' muscle-cars, like Bobcat/Lemans/GTO & after 1964, the Tempest
or compacts, like the early 63 & back Tempest's, with the independent rears
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It seems to me the "C Body" {full size} Ponchos got the 8 lugs wheels?
 
Kern Dog said:
Sometimes the Formula model was a better choice. The Trans Am sometimes looked a bit gaudy.
A magazine article writer that did a road test once said....Driving the Trans Am around is sort of like hanging around with Andrew Dice Clay. It might be a lot of fun but sometimes you find yourself apologizing for it.
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Even as a 24 year old, when I ordered my 75 Trans Am I didn’t want the chicken on the hood. And then when I received the car it was missing a 400 decal on one side of the shaker and my memory is fading a little but I think one front fender lacked the TA decal. I figured it was a sign that I needed to go for a clean look so I just stripped all the decals off and went with straight forward silver paint. I later also removed the vinyl door guards that came on the car and was pissed to find a small door ding hidden under it. Pretty crappy on a brand new car. Later I did a little vinyl stripe flaming chicken on the shaker just for fun. Wish I had more pictures of the car. It actually looked pretty clean.

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Always liked the trans am. Going out on a limb here, I want a '79 with the 70-73 nose on it. Always liked the rear of them, and that other front nose looks great on them.

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I've mentioned this car before but if you want a dirt-cheap, fun, reliable, spacious car, get the first-gen Pontiac Vibe. It's the same car as the Toyota Matrix but because it bears an American name it's cheaper than a Toyota. You can get an auto or 5 speed. I revved mine to redline on every shift. If you're feeling spunky get the GT with a bigger engine and a 6 speed. Big fun/$. All kinds out there for under $2000. and they'll last forever. We've had 4.
 
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