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Original '66


Acting on a tip 65Camino and I went to see a car described to me as a "rough original" This is what we found.


Nice enough looking wheel and dash.
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Is it just me or do those floor mats look unused?
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Has anybody ever sat here?
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Nice looking bezel gauges and radio.
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Very nice door emblem, Pontiac heritage showing.

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How about this perfect parchment headliner, love the red trim.
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Laurentian stylized stars
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Bias ply tires and no script wheel covers

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Nice name plate
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It's got a V8
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Sweet original valve cover decal
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Untouched 283 with powerglide - it purred
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For Fred, finally got one!
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Same local dealer as my '73
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Near perfect grille and name plate
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Bright bumper
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Full frontal
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Full view
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Hasn't gone very far
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This car is for sale locally in Toronto listed at $10,000. Owner seemed to like us and when he found out we had tremendous knowledge about these cars he started asking us our advice. I think $7,900 would take it. Hard to say what its worth but personally I have never seen an original 42 year old car like this.

I have location and phone number so PM me if interested.



-- Edited by 73SC on Monday 14th of September 2009 01:57:35 PM

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Interior looks good, what is outer like?

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80GPLJ wrote:

Interior looks good, what is outer like?



Looks pretty nice too.

 



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Amazing car! Can't believe it's under our noses!!!

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73SC wrote:

Acting on a tip 65Camino and I went to see a car described to me as a "rough original" This is what we found.



IF THAT IS ROUGH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A NICE ORIGINAL!!!biggrin

 



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Ray, did you get a look underneath? It looks like a re-paint, is that right?

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For sure it has a repaint, probably garage rash. It was done some time ago I'd say. 65Camino looked underneath, it was good.

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68 427 wrote:

73SC wrote:

Acting on a tip 65Camino and I went to see a car described to me as a "rough original" This is what we found.



IF THAT IS ROUGH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A NICE ORIGINAL!!!biggrin

 



LOL, It is always amazing how opinion of condition varies between different people. In my opinion, a good wax and buff and this thing would be taking home some hardware.  I can't imagine touching that engine compartment. Interior is impeccable. Anyway there she sits, been out with a For Sale since spring I heard. Can't imagine we never spotted it before. confuse

 



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Nice car. Someone wave a magic wand and make two of those doors go......POOF, please. wink

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If this were Australia we wouldn't care about 4 doors. They all had 4 doors there it seems. Nice car. It would be a great tow car for a 409 Pontiac 2 door post drag car!


-- Edited by 69Laurentian on Monday 14th of September 2009 05:49:48 PM

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I suggested to the owner that he spend the $57 to have George document the car, thinking that it is a good extra to offer with the sale. I'm going  to call him with the details for Vintage.

The owner knows as a four door his market is limited, but guys just to see a car in this condition was awesome, just over 20,000 miles, imagine that in 42 years, 500 miles per year!

The othe rthing is teh information it provides for restorations. I should go back and take photos of everything I can think of.

-- Edited by 73SC on Monday 14th of September 2009 06:01:15 PM

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Very nice to see. Thanks for sharing

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Probably a good wet sand and compound buff would give the paint a smooth finish. 65 to 68 Pontiac's seem to show every little wave in reflection along the sides, especially the quarter panels. A very hard car to restore to "original tin" status. They were pretty rusty by the mid 70's for the most part and the body jobs a lot of them received made them look worse. How did the rear quarters look in person Ray?

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Ray
With regard to the dealer nameplate. Isn't your 73 the same as my 65 - which are the older cast metal script style? Suggests a repaint sometime after 73 - does it not?
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Good find Ray!

And more proof that they really do exsist and are now starting to find their way out of the woodwork.

IMOP the cowl/firewall seam can be a good measure of the cars overall condition, if you see rust here, it will absolutely be in other places. This picture tells the story of the rest of the car!

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That car looks really sharp. Love the originality and how clean the interior is. Can't beat a red interior.

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Ray
With regard to the dealer nameplate. Isn't your 73 the same as my 65 - which are the older cast metal script style? Suggests a repaint sometime after 73 - does it not?
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That's what I was thinking too.

 



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67HEAVEN wrote:

Nice car. Someone wave a magic wand and make two of those doors go......POOF, please. wink




 funny how everyone runs after the rusty repairable two door and leaves the cherry four doors behind-what is the difference anyway-aren't they both classics ? kinda similar to the numbers matching senerio



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 How did the rear quarters look in person Ray?



The rear quarters were very good, the right front fender had singns of a repair over the wheel opening though. Not a bondo job though as I tapped it hard and it sounded solid.

 



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67HEAVEN wrote:

Nice car. Someone wave a magic wand and make two of those doors go......POOF, please. wink




 funny how everyone runs after the rusty repairable two door and leaves the cherry four doors behind-what is the difference anyway-aren't they both classics ? kinda similar to the numbers matching senerio



I've never seen a 42 year old unrestored car that looks like this, I mean look at the shots of the interior. Cherry is the right word Ken, right down to the colour!

 



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I just can't get enough of looking at those pictures. I think I've viewed this thread about 5 times now! What a pretty car.

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So guys, what about value, he told me he'd take $7,900. What's the collective wisdom on that?

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73SC wrote:

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Nice car. Someone wave a magic wand and make two of those doors go......POOF, please. wink




 funny how everyone runs after the rusty repairable two door and leaves the cherry four doors behind-what is the difference anyway-aren't they both classics ? kinda similar to the numbers matching senerio



I've never seen a 42 year old unrestored car that looks like this, I mean look at the shots of the interior. Cherry is the right word Ken, right down to the colour!

 




 I love it !

 

heres another-original paint



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Ken, start another thread about that 63, looks awesome too!

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73SC wrote:

Ken, start another thread about that 63, looks awesome too!




 I think I did last summer (2008) I invited the owner's to the site too, it was an appraisal so I can only disclose what I told them I was going to post.

it was her father's car, 283 glide-has 40,000 miles but always been in a dry or heated garage-summer and winter-all original paint-to die for inside too-

the four-door thing has always baffled me-its a Classic ! lets see should I but a rusty two door or a cherry four ???

I recall being in Carlisle one year-theres a 69SS396 4-speed chevelle-nice car-had half quarters/newer interior/modified big block $14,900 (big crowd around it)-right next to it was a 69 Malibu 2-door hardtop 350 3-speed manual,bucket seats and console, California Car still wearing its Black plates (supporting documentation) $7500 not a soul looking at it.

check out this undercoat decal on the 63 Pontiac !



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