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Six reasons to revere the 1966 Pontiac Grand Prix
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https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2020/03/18/six-reasons-to-revere-the-1966-pontiac-grand-prix/?refer=news&utm_source=edaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020-03-18

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No doubt one of the thee most beautiful Pontiac's, that ever graced the planet. Has Carl not seen this, i would have thought Carl would be all over this one. smile



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Oh yeah, read through it a few times already!

I sent an email to friend and said we actually got one up on the US Pontiac guys in 1966. We could order 49 more horsepower than they could with our L72 425 horse 427!

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4SPEED427 wrote:

Oh yeah, read through it a few times already!

I sent an email to friend and said we actually got one up on the US Pontiac guys in 1966. We could order 49 more horsepower than they could with our L72 425 horse 427!

 Always good to have something on our Yank friends. smile



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Not often we can go at them!



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 That car, in that colour.............knockout.



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Had the identical car as a driver for a summer about 25 years ago. Frame was shot, sold for parts that fall.......cry

Here's my son about to wash it that summer...smile

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Oh man, even the 8 bolt wheels! Loaded? A/C and all the toys?

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Never mind, I can see the top of the dash, looks like no A/C!

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my next dr nabor bought one !iwhen i was 16!it was the nicest car i had ever seen in my life !same coler !we had a 66laurentian 4 dr at the time !



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4SPEED427 wrote:
bjburnout wrote:

 

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 That car, in that colour.............knockout.

 Beauty shot in the inspection area at the end of the production line!  They don't get any newer than that!



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4SPEED427 wrote:

Never mind, I can see the top of the dash, looks like no A/C!

 Yup no ac...no....fixed the pic......smile



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I see this image and think of how exciting the owner of that exact car must have been when they went to pick it up. I would have been shaking.

To my thinking, cars kind of lost that appeal after about 1970.

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I see this image and think of how exciting the owner of that exact car must have been when they went to pick it up. I would have been shaking.

To my thinking, cars kind of lost that appeal after about 1970.

 

 Agree mark. About the only thing people shake about when buying a car is the car payments...cry...and that's not very exciting...no



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cdnpont wrote:

I see this image and think of how exciting the owner of that exact car must have been when they went to pick it up. I would have been shaking.

To my thinking, cars kind of lost that appeal after about 1970.

 Yup.  Couldn't agree more.  Nowadays there isn't as much to get excited about for sure.  It's more like which of these 4 wheeled appliances would be the most useful to me... and then shudder because you have to pay 30 or 40 grand for it.



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Exactly Mark... That shaking would be for an entirely different reason today...what have I done agreeing to 800 a month for 5 years, lol!



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All that chrome on the bottom what a salt catcher



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