Any Pontiac Fans here???

[MarPar]

 

[WileE]

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.

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.

 

[MarPar]

My uncle is a yuge Poncho guy. He had this 77 T/A way back when and had to sell it.

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.

 

[WileE]

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.

 

[gdrill]

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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Don't know how many will be able to see this, but it does look good.

 

[Richard Cranium]

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.

Good looking car, with the exception of the lump in the center of the hood.

 

[Sixpactogo]

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.

 

[Photon440]

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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[Sixpactogo]

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Much clearer picture than the old Brownie cameras were good for. Thank you!

PS..I sent you a pm but your message box is full.

 

[Photon440]

Much clearer picture than the old Brownie cameras were good for. Thank you!

PS..I sent you a pm but your message box is full.

You're welcome. I cleared out some messages.

 

[44070dart]

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.

 

[MarPar]

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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Oh yea baby. 8 lug wheels?

 

[Budnicks]

Oh yea baby. 8 lug wheels?

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

 

[Hikin Mike]

Obviously I am. Truth by told, I'm a Pontiac guy that also owns a Mopar.