I even had the OHC Six. I had a lot of problems keeping oil pressure in the cam. Lost a lot of lifters and rocker arms. My Dad and I rigged a hose from the oil pump to the top of the cam shaft cover. Never lost a part again!
Posted on 10/29/2010 2:55:35 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
I even had the OHC Six. I had a lot of problems keeping oil pressure in the cam. Lost a lot of lifters and rocker arms. My Dad and I rigged a hose from the oil pump to the top of the cam shaft cover. Never lost a part again!
After that for many a year I became a devoted "P" man.
Had a 1956 and 57.
Then I joined the USAF in 1962
This is a pic of (an exact duplicate, down to the Rally wheels and wood steering wheel) my first new car ever and the one which holds the most memories.
I ordered the GOAT while in Nam and picked it up on July 7th 1967 in Pontiac MI.
The people at the Factory were super nice and they rushed finishing the production as I was a week early.
If you can imagine the thrill when they called me and told me that my "Iron" would be ready at such and such a time and sent someone to pick me up at the motel I was staying.
NOT ONLY did I witness it rolling up to the end of the assembly line, but they gave me the keys and I drove it....out the door.
Undoubtedly one the biggest--and not soon to be forgotten--thrils of my life
Here it is: 400 Cu in, HO, 360 HP, 4 Speed and...a "Mover" in its day!
You could practically play football on the hood, and you could climb into the the engine compartment and sit comfortably while you did whatever needed doing under there.
What a car -- what a country. RIP
I have owned a 1976, 1979 and 2001 Trans-Am.
I had a 1970 Grand Prix back in the early 90`s. It was a 455 car and was just about dead stock as you can get ( with the exception an 066 cam I installed from a GTO a friend parted out). I loved to race stock Mustang GT`s. Me and my “whitewall tires” would usually walk by them at the century mark at the track. That car was a sled but it was a torgue monster !!
My favorite car was a 1970 Olds Cutlass W/31. I owned that car for many years. Next would be my 1970 Gran Sport 455 convertible.
Permit me to add my 2 cents and opine!
While many other companies where bringing back replicas of the Muscle Car, the ONE which actually spawned the craze (The Goat) was relegated to the ash heap of history by some MORON MOONBAT (who's identidy escapes me and I'd rather not remember who this A-Hole was) decision, to produce the replica (dare I say a PIECE OF SHEET, "SLED") in Australia and it's looks were an abomination.
While all of the other reproductions (from the Vette to the Pony Car--Mustang) incorporated features of its predecessors, the GTO Holden (GAG ME WITH A SPOON as the old saying used to go) looked like ever other piece of crapola when produced.
IF Pontiac had manufactured a vehicle which in any way resembled the Goat of 1964-67, I (and thousands of other who railed against that decision, yet that young "Brain-Dead Idiot" who had the final say so, scoffed at us) are convinced they would have sold TENS of THOUSANDS to us "Aficionados" and though it might not have saved the Pontiac Division, it certainly would have added to its bottom line!
I must scan some old photos and get them on fotki so I can post some of the legendary 65 GTO that I raced in 65, 66, 67 and traded it in for a 68 Chevy Step Side which I still have. Muscle cars were killed by the EPA among other fed agencies...
Blame Dex-cool as well....
Within a few years of the Fiero's cancellation, the two-seat market boomed with the Miata, the MR2 and the Honda Del Sol. Had Pontiac kept innovating and improving the Fiero as they had done over the five years of its production, they would have been very well positioned to grab a huge share of that business.
My first thought was, What the hell? it's a damn Grand Prix.
Sheese guys...
It just hit me last night that of our three cars, all are from extinct marques.
Pontiac Vibe
Pontiac Montana
Mercury Sable
Nothing exciting although the Vibe is fun to drive. 5 Speed.
There are still fast cars out there for those who want them. My 2005 Grand Prix GXP goes 0-60 faster than my 69 Olds 442 ever would, and the GXP isn't limited to just going fast in a straight line.
There are faster cars out there to buy, but for the Minnesota winter roads and personal preference developed through owning a lot of different cars over the years, I wanted a fast, front wheel drive sedan that wouldn't cost too much.
Well, they did bring back the GTO briefly...but they had to go to Australia to get it. The GTO was basically a left-hand-drive Holden Monaro. It was a decent V8 muscle car but it was very ordinary-looking and didn’t really do much to live up to the “GTO” legend.
The irony is, Australia is the only other country in the world that took a true liking to the classic American V8-powered muscle car...and now they’re the only country still making them, because we don’t.
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The Aztec was the first ‘car’ designed entirely by women.
After those results, it’s probably the last.
At the time, the WSJ did an expose’ on the fiasco called Aztec.
I have one of the last real Poniac muscle cars—A 1994 Ponitac Formula with that big ol rumbling 5.7 liter LT1 V-8.
Has almost 115,000 miles on her and still gets over 22 MPG on the road at 75 mph average.
Ping for later.
If it was racing against another car WITHOUT the proper equipment. The GTO was a sensation but it was over-rated in the GO department.
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