History F**K That *other* Pontiac thread, let's see what made 'em GRRRREAT!

RIP Pontiac

 

Our first year at Bonneville with the old Firebird, 2007!

 

One of my Firebirds made it into the movies about 3 months ago. Good times!!!. Mid 12s with a 400 with stock non ported heads on pump gas. Let the legend live on!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dTfMAH9UL8&feature=channel_page

 

As someone said here earlier on this thread, "All good things always come to an end". F*ck this is heartbreaking! First Olds now no more TIN INDIAN!!
I know theyre off topic but my pops owns a 70 Firebird Formula and have always loved the front end treatment on the 70-73 Birds. Here is Ponch's Poncho from chips and Corvette Summer

 

That black Firebird from "Corvette Summer" has to be the best bad guy car of all time, I loved that chase scene at the end. I hated it when he blew it up

 

big bee's

 

My 63 Tempest...

 

I growed up playing in a 40 Pontiac coupe my dad had. It had 11,000 miles on it with the original air in its tires! It was mint. The wild thing about it was that it had a full leather interior and according to pontiac they only made about 12 or so like that. Its in a museum somewhere last I heard.

 

my latest pontiac...







"ran when parked"



i need one of these, check out the wheels.

"brb, i'm hovering down to the grocery store!"

 

The old days

 

Why are there so few starchiefs about? theyre like gold dust...

 

"it looks just like a Tele-Funkin U-47"

WITH LEATHER!

 

Your a lucky man, all I have is that set of Nat. Geo. mags from 66-69.
I scanned all theGM add, 98% of which are Pontiac adds.

Next time I call you old, remind me we were born the same year.
I was there when Kennedy was shot but I don't remember what
I was doing at the time...

 

heres my Dad with his brand new GTO drop top

 

my daily from the mid-nineties...



saved from the crusher!



his and hers...




i loves me some pontiacs...

 

Rockford had a Bronze/copper Formula and in a lot of shots this is the
car they showed. I distinctly remember the T/A-Formula hood. Further more, you could clearly see that James Garner did most of his own driving. He (now 81), Newman and McQueen were the cool ones. If it was on chips, the shows were probably swapping footage and props.

Man was I a Trans Am freak when I was a kid. I have more old sketches of them than any other make or model. I since done seen the light but a H.O., white on blue with low back buckets (parchment&black)1970-71 T/A
is still a flittering dream of mine.....

 

It is sad, always had a soft spot for the Poncho line. I'll post a pic of the '63 GP tonight (none on this 'puter). Meanwhile here is a shot of one of the wheels. Gotta love the old 8 lugs.

Car pic added...

 

don't think I saw the bandit anywhere on here

 

I haven't owned a Poncho in years, but I admit it was a big punch in the gut to hear they're done for. My first car was a 69 Executive we all called Moby Dick. Big, long and white. FIrst car I ever caught air in, first engine I ever tore into, first time I ever got laid in a back seat (one of the few cars that I could actually pull that off in with even a modicum of grace too.) The car was sold off cheap to a guy who wanted to use it in a demo derby (good choice) and the back seat I turned into a bench and have been dragging around the country with me for years. Loved that car. Still have good memories to this day chilling in the garage, sitting on that bench seat and reminiscing how various love stains got there and with whom.

 

Here's a barn shot of my Judge right before I bought it from the 3rd owner. The best part is it was pretty easy to find the history on it since the first owner was my old man!

 

..."don't make a fuss, just get on the bus!"

 

A buddy of mine has/had a '701.5 Formula in this Avocado green. The car was mint and an original, all California car. He let a buddy take car of it and take care of it he did.
I thought Martin had more sense than this but, apparently, it was left to rot in a field the last several years, a wet field. That car was nearly perfect when I moved on 2001.
Worst part, it could have been mine for at or under $3000.00.
Even the color looks good at that price.

 

Here are a few shots of my Poncho's. I've had at least one Pontiac in the driveway since I got my license. The count is up to eight now! The latest is a '09 G8 GT, great car, it's a shame they are getting axed now they were showing signs of turning around. Long live the Chief of Sixes!

 

Here's a small sampling of Pontiac Ads that scroll as my screen saver. How do you tell a tiger from a pussycat? They really must have had a great ad agent in the '60's...