HonestDave wrote:

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Went to look at a 59 bubble top last weekend. Not enough left to restore, unfortunately. Time, bad driving and the elements have conspired to ruin it way beyond anything but "parts car" status.

Supposed to go see a 60 Pontiac wagon next week one day.   Supposed to be virtually complete and solid, but one of the big rear side windows is missing. Bet it's not easy to find. Fellow says it was a curved piece of glass. May or may not have papers.

Can't be many 1960 wagons left.

Being a six banger, I bet it's also manual transmission, steering and brakes. Kind of keen on seeing it, though.

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         You are so blessed to be able to go and "look"   Here in the East  those cars were crushed 35 years ago   

Canadian Poncho wrote:

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Is it a 2 door wagon? I would suspect the side glass was shared among the other GM wagons?

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 He didn't say, and I never thought to ask. He suggested I could order the glass on e-Bay, but I didn't bother to tell him the new e-Bay policy is "everything shipped has to be insured". I'm sure shipping glass that big with insurance is either impossible or wildly expensive.

HonestDave wrote:

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Fellow says it was a curved piece of glass. 

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 It is...........

HonestDave wrote:

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I just traded a bunch of 62 Parisienne side chrome, quarter section, seat chrome, trunk lid chrome, steering column and some generic hubcaps for a set of 64 Parisienne (or Impala) bucket seats in fair condition, and a Pontiac book from the States.

The book shows 58 Pontiac as having a two door wagon, but 59 and 60 as four door wagons only.


Has anyone actually seen a two door 60 Pontiac wagon?

I know I've seen Chevs, but not Ponchos.


P.S. I'm also supposed to be looking at a 58 Pontiac four door sedan next week. I usually only buy four doors as parts cars, but you never know :) I won't rip apart a solid car if I don't have to. If the price is cheap......if it has reg.....hmm.

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They all tell me 57 was their last year of a 2 door Pontiac wagon.

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According to the parts catalog, 1960 is the last year here in Canada on Strato Chief model only....

409Safari wrote:

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They all tell me 57 was their last year of a 2 door Pontiac wagon.

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According to the parts catalog, 1960 is the last year here in Canada on Strato Chief model only....

 

 

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MC wrote:

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HonestDave wrote:

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427carl wrote:

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         You are so blessed to be able to go and "look"   Here in the East  those cars were crushed 35 years ago   

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 I was going to say "crushed by snow, probably", but I'm above that sort of thing.  We're just slightly below sea level, so our day will come. 

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 Here's what Carl is talking about.  I took these pics of an abandoned 1960 Pontiac wagon in NS 18 years ago.  The site has since been developed and now contains a VW dealership.

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 How does a car end up in that condition? That's beyond brutal. Even tougher than the fifty-nine I looked at.

HonestDave wrote:

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MC wrote:

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HonestDave wrote:

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427carl wrote:

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         You are so blessed to be able to go and "look"   Here in the East  those cars were crushed 35 years ago   

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 I was going to say "crushed by snow, probably", but I'm above that sort of thing.  We're just slightly below sea level, so our day will come. 

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 Here's what Carl is talking about.  I took these pics of an abandoned 1960 Pontiac wagon in NS 18 years ago.  The site has since been developed and now contains a VW dealership.

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 How does a car end up in that condition? That's beyond brutal. Even tougher than the fifty-nine I looked at.

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Typical Nova Scotia.  Lots of road salt, lots of humidity and rain, car sitting outside on the dirt.  Lots of cars from that period had body and frame rot at 6 and 7 years old around here.

That's why most of them were crushed 30 - 40 years ago.  I remember in my high school days from early '80s that there were virutally no cars from the '50s left on the road, and very few from the sixties.  Went to Calgary in 1983 and couldn't believe my eyes at the old iron on the roads out there.  Wanted to buy a bunch and bring 'em back but alas, no money...

HonestDave wrote:

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Where are all the eastern members finding their old Ponchos?

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 Got mine in Maine.