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

Couple of my old Ponchos,
red one is 78 Grand Am 1 of 7767 made , Yellow is 76 grand Prix . Original paint on both .
Blue 65 is just one from a Pontiac show I thought was cool

 

This one hacks off the purists , but you need to know his story and it makes sense,
bought new in 65 and raced it right off the showroom floor .

 

What the hell????^^^^ At first I was wondering why the "front" tires were so big......

 

In your photos there is a brown 62 or 62 2dr sedan with a hood scoop on it. I have a 64 Catalina that was in a family for a long time which supposable had 3 dueces and a hood scoop when the car was new. Does that sound correct and would the scoop look like the one on the brown 2 door sedan. Would the body tag indicate if this is a 3 duece car.

 

DOH ! double clicked !

 

LMAO ,
yes the body is turned around on the frame and motor is midway now, Les is sitting next to it , thats the big box next to him. It has a 400SD( punched 389) with dual rochesters .
If I remember the story corect , he was building it for the funny cars series that started and by the time he finished it they had gone to glass bodies . I was told it ran 8.60's back in late 60's early 70's when he last actually raced it . Turned into a street car in early 80's rather than let it sit and go to waste , he bought it new in 65

 

just stole this pic from the s/s thread, anybody else have un-discovered pontiac racecar?

 

had to show some love

 

One more 64 GTO

 

I've got a 1958 370 with tri power I am putting in my 41 ford nostalgia pick up

 

HOLY SHIT! the hot rod gto! where's it at?

 

missed this '61 on ebay last week, i saw it just as the clock timed out. a bargain at $3400....

 

Here's a couple of my 69 GTO in progress pics. Yeah, almost all of the floors and trunk had to be replaced. A basket case saved from being scrapped. I must say, I learned a lot about welding! comes in handy when I decide to build a rod.

 

How about the older Pontiacs.

 

Here's a tri-carbed 421 in a Hot Rod and it has a 4-spd! How sweet is that?

 

...some more poncho pics; a couple of one fine Parisienne and Bonneville convertible.

 

A bit of Pontiac trivia. 1966 is the ONLY year you can tell a 2+2 by just looking at the VIN number.

The 2+2 was a option to the Catalina model only. I forget the VIN series for the '64 model year, but the 1965 and 1967 were part of the 5200 series.
For example, a '65 Catalina or a 2+2 VIN will appear like 252375P100001 for a coupe, a convertible 252675P100001

For 1966, 2+2's would have a different Fisher Body number assigned at the body plant because of the different design of the quarter panel. Most likely theory was that Pontiac decided to put the louvers on the body, Fisher had to assign a different VIN to track the body production, Pontiac had to assign a specific VIN to track the mating of the "custom" body shell to the correct chassis. Those VIN's were for example 254376P100001 for coupes and 254676P100001 for convertibles, the 54 being a 2+2 designation.

Now for a personal story. I owned a '66 that I bought in 1970. Being a poor kid, I drove without insurance (legal back then) at great risk. I went insurance shopping and was asked for the VIN because I "didn't know" the model of my Pontiac. I knew damn well what it was, hell it was a 4 speed with posi.

Well, when I gave him my registration, the "old" guy, probably in his 40's said with all seriousness "Do you know this is a high performance car with a surcharge?" I denied all knowledge of this fact, in fact I said "It's a big old car, like a Bonneville." He then showed me the listing, right next to the GTO of the VIN series.

Well, the jig was up, I could not afford 1200 bucks a year in 1970. And it probably was not worth trying to get a price on insurance for my '54 BelAir either. Didn't think he would believe my excuse for replacing the 235 with a 383 Chrysler believable either.........

 

In my garage in Indiana. I've had it since '85. Still looks the same. Those pics were taken last summer.

 

same guy has 'let's make a deal' shows with pontiac prizes!

 

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Pontiac Slim

 

I love this Car!!!!

 

My 69

 

As much as I want that Judge, if it is a real one with RA I wouldn't be able to afford it haha.
I really like a lot of the classic Pontiacs. I like the 30s ones, and things like a 58 Chieftain would be my ideal custom cruiser. A 64 Catalina 2+2 as well with 8 lugs. GTOs, whatever year and flavor, as well as the first and second gen Firebird and T/As. Third and fourth gens aren't bad either.
I really need to get my project going, a '66 4-speed post coupe GTO.

 

It wouldn't be a real one if it had a Ram Air I in it.
It would either be a D port Ram air 3 or a Round port Ram air 4
There are quite a few Judges out there.

 

Neat looking air cleaner setup, but PLEASE lose the cheesy 'ebay' decal.

 

Got that from Year one -$4.95 It's identical to the one on my dual snorkel air cleaner, but has the added words "Ram Air"

 

Hope that it not stuck there, need to move it down to fit the recess.

 

Don't think I put them out here yet, but here are my 3 Pontiacs..

1972 Lemans w/ nose option. 350/350

and 2 identical 1940 pontiacs.