wow those cheetas are a piece of history. i actually have a friend who has one here on the island i have never seen it together but i have seen it.Cool wagons also i like the blue one with the flames
I ran a Cheeta for two lights on Woodward 3 years ago. Pulled ahead and beat him when I hit 3rd gear. A couple of lights later one of Detroit's finest pulled up beside me and suggested that I not squeel my tires and that I "sure cleaned that orange car"!
Especially love the 55 (or 56?) Ford racecar and the big Chrysler pushing the rail.
I guess I should scrounge up an old photo and scan it of my 69 Vistacruiser (now THAT was a WAGON - stretched wheelbase, windows in the roof, woodgrain on the sides, comfy fast & stylish, ahhh ...) pulling my race car, eh?
(The Vistacruiser was later replaced with a 454 crew cab dually, but the Olds [Pontiac's big brother, no?] did the job when it needed to)
Dave
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I ran a Cheeta for two lights on Woodward 3 years ago. Pulled ahead and beat him when I hit 3rd gear. A couple of lights later one of Detroit's finest pulled up beside me and suggested that I not squeel my tires and that I "sure cleaned that orange car"!
since wère talking wagons,,,here is a pics of the wagon I did for my wife, 83 olds cutlass cruiser, hopped up 305....yeah baby ! dailey driver. Ill dig up a pic of it with the fresh paint and Super ETs .
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No prob.Dave Id love to see your old Vista,Im a fan of woodgrain wagons
I had scanned this one earlier, no race car on trailer attached but it does show both of my Vistacruisers, the 69 and the 72, if one is good two is better, eh?
Dave
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Some cool wagons.That limo is crazy.Dave ,those Vistas are awesome,got any pics of the 69 you could dig up?I love scalope on the sides of those ,how the wood grain meets up with it.
Nice wagons ! I pulled two 455's out of 1974 Pontiac GrandSafari wagon and 1971 GrandSafari wagon, they had the electric back windows. These cars were HUUUGE ! Wagons are making a come back now...
Dave ,those Vistas are awesome,got any pics of the 69 you could dig up?I love scalope on the sides of those ,how the wood grain meets up with it.
Chris I dug through old photo albums, found a few, I'll scan tomorrow for you, eh?
Dave
Here ya go!
First 2 are from May 1979 at Brainerd, before I picked up and installed a roof rack. You can see how the lower half of the wagon was "woodgrain" with a nice chrome trim strip that came up over the wheel openings. Note that the racecar is in class B Production, I ran a 355, big blocks were in A Production back then.
Last 2 are after I had the racecar painted, still BP (later they merged the A Sedan Camaros with the Corvettes into one class, GT-1). Sorry, not too much of the Vistacruiser shows, but in the first picture you can see (I lightened up that part of the picture, eh?) my top box just inside the tailgate for ready access to tools, and the jack on the tailgate to keep it out from underfoot. I don't know who those people are, must be with the car next to me in the paddock.
In the last picture you can see the baby moons I had on it and you can see that the back is full of spare parts and tools. The taller guy in the middle is me, hard to believe I was once skinny and had all that dark hair
That's about it for my 1969 Vistacruiser photos.
Dave
-- Edited by davelacourse on Thursday 11th of March 2010 03:09:32 PM
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1956 Pontiac Pathfinder 2dr sedan, 496 - dyno'd 545 hp, stick shift, 4.11 posi - Hot Rod
a 65 my friend did last year, I restored the vintage wheels for him. sporting a fuel injected 350/700R4 posi combo. It was a dry low mile car. previous owner kept the 327 for his camaro.
sorry it's a chevy!!!! but it is SWEEEET !!
-- Edited by rabbit64cs on Friday 12th of March 2010 09:01:37 PM
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I'm a collector...not a builder!!Located in sunny central Saskatchewan at the lakehead!
1956 Pontiac Pathfinder 2dr sedan, 496 - dyno'd 545 hp, stick shift, 4.11 posi - Hot Rod
