Any Pontiac Fans here???

[RemCharger]

Another Bachman-Turner Overdrive member who liked Firebirds was Blair Thornton, who had one of the rare (only eight made) 1969 Trans-Am convertibles.
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I had to look this up, I could have sworn the guy that painted my car painted one of these. I guess the brothers collection has 4 of them.

 

[Dave6T4]

When I was in High School in Tillsonburg, Ontario, I bought a 1959 Pontiac Catalina 2- door post sedan from a friend. This was a U.S.- built WideTrack car, and was a rarity, here, where Canadian Pontiacs were a modified Catalina body on a narrow track Chev chassis. I had worked all summer in tobacco harvest, and paid $500.00 for my Catalina in 1965. It was equipped with the 345/389, with TriPower and 3-on-the-tree. I could not keep clutches in it, and converted it to a 4-speed Hydramatic. It was a big car, but had big power. I likely should have kept this car, but it was just a Pontiac, not a Packard or Duesenberg.

 

[68BabyBlue]

I'll never forget watching a new 1970 Trans Am running an autocross at Penn State back in the day. Beautiful car, and the handling was pretty amazing. Then a local redneck kid in a 340 Duster beat the time. That guy could really drive.

 

[Dennis H]

A friend had a 68 Firebird 400/4 Speed. Manual brakes and steering. Copper color w/Black Vinyl top.


JesusChrysler. Don’t know why we are alive. I’d love to own that car today. A beautiful beast.

 

[SlingLow]

When my 69 Chevelle SS 4-speed was totalled by a friend backing into me the last week of high school (it was an $800 car), I immediately bought a 68 LeMans 4-speed for $800 so I could make it to the graduation parties. I would love to have a 68 or 69 LeMans or GTO to relive those days.

Here's a 69 GTO convertible 4-speed on BaT today, current bid is $26,500. I would buy it for that but with just over 3 hours left I think it has a ways to go. Also, it's in New Jersey which is not local to me. Local to me is this side of Dallas, TX.

1969 Pontiac GTO Convertible 4-Speed

Edit: It bumped up to $27,500 while I was posting this.

 

[Cojohnso1]

My Sr high school car was a 1966 GTO. I bought for $200. It had a decent side dent in pass rear quarter panel. At a time those were tougher to repair. Especially by a poorer city kid. The clutch was crappy so replaced the diaphragm with a Borg & Beck 3 finger style (I believe a Mcleod) I then replace the choked up Carter carb and stock intake manifold with a used Eddy RPM and a rebuilt Holley 650 spread bore. And that car awoke. It was a holy terror to the rich kids late 70s early 80s Trams Ams and Cameros. I don't remember losing too many races.

I've posted before. I believe Plymouth and Pontiac carried their parent companies thru what I considered the greatest performance wars in US automotive history. The 1960s.

And what was the thanks they got?