Brings back some Good Memories of my Young days in the 80's...I Miss PONTIAC...

I love station wagons than any other type of car.

one of the best station wagons Pontiac has ever made!!!

Wow, it's so amazing to see a 1979 Pontiac wagon in such good condition. I haven't seen one in years. After all, it's a 37-year-old car, and they are rare now. What interested me most of all is that the radio still worked! I was expecting to hear "My Sharona" (lol)! That design was in continuous production from 1977 until Pontiac discontinued it in 1989. (Chevy and Buick kept it awhile longer.). One more thing: you ought to go to North Carolina's DMV and request antique-auto plates. The car is old enough to have them. And that folding third seat - really cool! I don't think SUVs would have existed if it were not for the station wagons. Just like there would be no soul music without gospel music. Chew on that for a minute! I love the way you end each video with, "There's more where that came from." And, boy, is there!

@benthompson9684

7 жыл бұрын

Austin Lucas pontiac had wagons right through to 1989 for sure I own an 89 safari station wagon and it's basically the exact same as this right down to the folding rear seat.

@knowbodiesfull5768

6 жыл бұрын

Ben Thompson Nope, he is correct. Pontiac temporarily dropped the full-size models for 1982; the largest models offered that year were the Bonneville Model G, formerly the LeMans. Pontiac did return to the full-size wagon in mid-year 1983.

@benthompson9684

6 жыл бұрын

William Reed maybe in the U.S here in Canada there was alot of full-size wagons and cars in 82

@ClassicTVMan1981X

3 жыл бұрын

@@benthompson9684 Hence why the Parisienne came down here from Oshawa, Canada.

Very durable & reliable car!!! I had a '79 Bonnevile. I sure miss it!! Fantastic highway car!!!

Kyle, I absolutely love these older model vehicles you do

Pontiac needs to come back

@ANDREWSAMY562

6 жыл бұрын

CloroxBleach so they can make more aztek's !

@andreafusco224

6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Samy Hahahaha

@jackvegetables6830

6 жыл бұрын

Those azteks were awful

@pontiacmaniac7772

4 жыл бұрын

Jack Vegetables they were pretty bad but that’s what makes them cool. They had a lot of cool features. Some features from the Pontiac stinger concept carried over to the Aztek.

@tristanmathesonsinventory2443

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve been a Pontiac Fan all my life

I’m a fan of station wagons form the 70s, 80s, and 90s.

I love how I always hear great songs on the radio in your videos. This car is HUGE, would love to have one, though with either lower fuel prices or an efficient diesel.

My family's holiday hauler was a 1975 Buick Estate. It was a little bit more posh than the Pontiac, and had the clam shell tail gate. The rear seat was where my brother and I spend hours on long car trips. We felt like it was our own world, and best of all it was the maximum distance from the parental units. Somehow we managed well enough with just a couple of board games and a Mattel football game. Good review. seeing these old rigs takes me back to so many family car trips from my childhood.

Wow! Two Def Leppard songs in a row when you turned on the radio!

I love these big square oldskool American cars!

I think this car is so cool!! The way the seats fold/unfold is probably the coolest part! Plus the fact that there's a suicide rear seat!

it's too bad they don't make cars like this anymore

@snakecold6755

8 жыл бұрын

+Sami Alhalabi 1979 not bad. fuck you 2016s kid

Def Leppard: Bringin on the heartbreak

@rickmontgomery3037

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks I was wondering what the tune was lol

I love the rear jump seat. It reminds me of my childhood. It was stow-and-go 25 years before it became popular again.

So cool to see one of these in such good condition!

Am I the only one who wishes cars like these could make a resurgence instead of crossovers and SUVs?

@dburns2127

5 жыл бұрын

You not the only one who thinks that

@mattbartolovich8228

4 жыл бұрын

I like both

@DanVehicleFan98

6 ай бұрын

I’d take a wagon like this over an SUV and crossover any day.

--- TITANIC is ALIVE --- !!! A whole iron continent over wheels! Absolutely AWESOME!!! Thank you, Kyle!

Damn they made sure to accommodate all the smokers in the family. Dual zone ash tray in front, ash trays in both rear doors, and one in the back for the kids! Also I am amazed how well equipped that is for a 1979.

I would give anything to own this car

Wow, it's rare to see a 79 Bonneville Grand Safari wagon. When I growing up, I was 5 and had 3 younger siblings at the time and dad got mom this exact wagon, except it was the green with wire wheel covers. Looked like the Griswold Family Truckster. Honestly had to be one of the nicest cars we had. Auto AC, 8 Track, Fuel Econ guage, RTS, power seats, seating for 9...looking back it was and is a really great B body. Good times in that damn car. I could climb all around in there.

Looks sooo comfortable! I love the older American cars!

I had one just like it in the 80s was a great car

My dream classic car!! Wonderful job bro.

Gotta love the old full size GMs!

wow this car looks great for its age

This is super cool!!! All the power stuff still works surprisingly!!! 👍

I just love these big station wagons

Thanks for the memories, this was the mini van of the 70's and 80's. Thanks for sharing.

I love this car! Great review, Kyle!

Good radio for such an older car

My dad got my mom a new olive green on olive green 79 Bonneville Safari (exactly looked like Family Truckster) I was 7 at the time but I recall it had every option. In place of clock, fuel economy needle (clock above climate control) Climate control was auto with a temp wheel to adjust it, 8 track, wire wheel covers, power recline on passenger side, inside right side mirror control, full guages instead of idiot lights. No clue what motor but had to be Olds or Chevy being loaded. Loved it.

That's when they made real cars and before that. Wow the old school car buzzer sound.

I've posted a couple of times, but I've had 2 Bonnevilles and they are same only by name. I was 27 and got a black on black 2000 SSEi. Just a beautiful machine. My other Bonne was a 2004 Grey with Grey suede interior GXP with the detuned Cadillac Northstar V8. These are considered full size these days but I have to say I loved both. Every creature comfort and 10 more you want, tons of power, great looking, and room for 5. Both awesome for interstate cruising. I would like a 79 though.

Beautiful car!

I also remember walking home from school one snowy day (live in SE Michigan) and, our driveway was on the slightest of angles. This RWD behemoth wouldn't even make it up that. My dad was out back of it pushing it. I was still living at home and bought a new 96 Trans Am and had to have him do the same thing when I tried to drive it in 8 inches of snow. Also some guy rear ended it. I remember hearing a huge "bam". The car didn't have a scratch on it. B-body beasts!

I just bought an 89’ Pontiac Safari with 70,000 original miles for 1,000 bucks yesterday. I can’t wait to Turbo LS swap it! 🙂

Very cool wagon! Surprising that it only has a 301 in it, and this motor is in my Friends '79 Delt, and makes for only 135 hp. Dam good motor though, but probably even more underpowered for this Safari.

Grandma had a 79 olds wagon. I remember riding in the back of one of these.

I love that background music.

Period correct music =) Gotta love early Def Leppard

i love these old old boats :), great video kyle :)

I have a friend who is a GM mechanic in which looks like this but has Rallye wheels, cassette player radio, gauge package air conditioning, rear defogger, third rear seat, car is originally registered in British Columbia which has a metric speedometer and was built in Oshawa Ontario Canada on October 11, 1978.

I remember my mom revving up hers like that on a daily.

Nothing says quality like these old boats :D Same goes for the awesome video!

That's the same buzzer I remember hearing in a 1995 Buick Regal that was white with red interior which as a result used the scary buzzer instead of the chime when going on field trips at the summer camp in Foxboro and I used to be terrified of riding in that 1995 Buick because the buzzer in that one was so scary.

And the cherry on the top is Def Leppard on the radio

This car was really nice back then!

Finding a fully restored unit and owning it would be so great.

Haha sweet this is why I love your channel! So much variety and detailed, unbiased reviews

That thing is a beast!

this wagon is soo practical

I would love to own a wagon like that!

I love how this 1979 has all around disc brakes but my 2008 still has drums in the rear...

Reminds me of my dad's 1978 Buick Estate Wagon

nice interior

Now THAT's a REAL station wagon!!! Tank Tough!! What GM used to make!!! I really wish GM didn't kill Pontiac, What the HELL were they thinking!!!! Olds also? My uncle on my Dad's side has an '86 Parisienne which was the Canadian version of the Bonneville when it was full-sized and that Pontiac started selling in the States in '82 when the Bonneville was downsized to the Chevy Malibu platform, It still looks, runs & drives great!! He keeps it in pristine condition also.

its amazing how similar the ford and pontiac are

The 301 was a good motor.Although the emission and tunning required then lowered its hp.The 2.5 liter iron duke 4 cyl was this engine cut in half.Both cam out in 1976.The last true Pontiac motors. I grew up in a Bonneville sedan of this era.Our Bonneville was traded in on a 6000 LE wagon in 1985.

Beautiful car! Back when cars were the SUV’s... hell, I’d use this to go camping in! Just fold down the seats and slide a bed in... when the car is rockin don’t come knockin lol

When i was growing up during the 1980's cars like this ruled the road, and had style unlike the econo shitboxes made today. I am thankful having to experience what a real car looks like! I remember my brother saying back then that the 301's were junk like other posters said. I always liked the Pontiac's styling.

My family had one of these in the early 90s. It had the built in AM/FM/CB radio

I love these oldschool american cars

Classic Station Wagon FTW! I would drive it! Would be perfect for the beach or travel.

A door AND a tailgate... now that's great innovation! Anybody ever done that since?

Gives a whole new meaning to "I'm On A Boat"

I miss station wagons. I miss seeing the 80s early 90s cars.

My nephew likes that car! He says if he could afford it he would by it.

@nathanielfarley286

9 жыл бұрын

he's got great taste

I love watching your videos, and the most interesting ones are exactly like this, where you can see in detail the classic american cars so strange and different for a European

That Safari was ahead of its time. The 1990 Ford looks just like it!

my dad had an 81 landau top 2 dr.... NICE CAR! leather, sunroof, I think as top of the line you can get.... I miss it :/

These cars were indestructible

Check out that wood grain, classy

This car was made one year before the Oldsmobile 5.7 diesel V8 became an option in this version of the B-body. Oldsmobile cataloged their diesel option as early as 1978 for their Delta 88, Custom Cruiser and Ninety-Eight, the Cadillac Seville and the Chevy/GMC C10 series pickup. Next year, it was made available for the Cutlass Cruiser wagon (a 4.3 diesel V8 powered the Cutlass coupes/sedans), the then-new Toronado, and the rest of the Cadillac lineup. All other GM makes got it in 1980.

gotta love those old hearse-like station wagons =)

a lot of people at my college drive expensive, German cars. One even has a Bentley. But honestly, this thing is more cooler. I'd love to pull up in one of these, that would make a statement.

Thank you Kyle for bringing us some good american classics once again AWESOME video! who needs an SUV when you have what an 8 passenger station wagon haha! oh the days when you could jump a car by touching the chrome bumpers and hook up the + to the other + and be done with it :P I grew up with an 85 olds cutlass supreme and man... what a car! that thing held up through 3 boys growing up and is STILL out there somewhere haha!

its CLASSIC CHEVY!!!! GM fans would know

At 7:39 that is the same exact overhead light that is in my 1986 AMC Eagle Limited! I love old American Wagons! :)

I love these old American “Yank Tanks”, as my Dad used to call them. Steering column shift -cool.

I can totally relate to the vehicle

They just dont make cars like this anymore....love the vid kyle!!!

1994 Ford ready for the junkyard, 1979 Pontiac still runs like a champ!

@11094DEREK

9 жыл бұрын

vector6977 I wouldnt be surprised if it was a 2004 Ford lol

@Calibros1

9 жыл бұрын

I have a 2000 ford F-250 that works great and has over 180,000 miles on it, still works great

@nathanielfarley286

9 жыл бұрын

my '94 Thunderbird has over 900,000 miles on it and I still drive it 250 miles a week, she runs great; my dad's '99 Continental has 500,000 miles on it and also runs very smoothly

@11094DEREK

9 жыл бұрын

Nathaniel Farley Those Thunderbirds are pretty bullet proof I havent heard many good things about the Lincoln though but it looks like your haveing good luck with yours

@czarpeppers6250

8 жыл бұрын

I've driven many Fords from the early to mid 80's, and they all ran just as well as this. Including the Country Squire wagons.

Valve stem oil seals may be a bit dry...but a really excellent car! Sometimes I wish I lived in the US just to experience those mammoth vehicles.

I've always wanted to take one of these fake woody wagons and have "wood" airbrushed on in place of the stick-on stuff. I think it'd look wild. Good video, I love these old 70s and 80s boats. so idiosyncratic.

For a car to play with and bring back up to factory new, it would be great. As an everyday driver, it would work well, too. What is the red warning light on the dash alerting me to?

@rockerdriver

10 жыл бұрын

Probably the seatbelt light

2 car tours awsome

Now THAT'S a WAGON!

@k0edby22 This is the 301 Pontiac V8, so it has either 135 or 150 hp, depending on whether this is 2BBL or 4BBL.

@SuperSportSS Yeah but the 1990 Crown Victoria underpinnings were also from 1979 with minor changes until 1992 when the body style changed but the Panther platform remained until today. Both wagons were ahead of their time when first released

me and my dad have a bonneville hot rod project, it has a 400ci smallblock with 375hp and 425 ftlb of torque estimated

I miss the sound of old cars..pumping the gas pedal...the ding-ding-ding and the turn of the key...the turn signal...the door opening and closing...the metal gas cap..popping the hood...reminds me of getting up in the morning and being taken to school...

good job saabkyle04!!!!!

Disc brakes, what a feature! :P

And especially the factory radio sounds clear and new.

Love the 3rd seat facing the wrong direction? Good times!

Nice! That Bonnie looks like it still has a lot of years left. As for the Squire wagon, I have a 1989 in beige.

I appreciate nostalgia, and there are many of these B body wagons still around. But that’s only because they were the family SUV of the day, GM made tons of them, and some of them like this were either rarely driven, or they were pampered. The hard truth is that in “normal” use these cars were not the best quality. They might have lasted about 10-12 years if the owner was lucky, and the last of those years were often miserable. I had an ’84 Caprice wagon that I got rid of in ’96 with 90,000 miles on it. The well underpowered 305 engine that got shitty gas mileage was pretty much toast, the 700R4 trans had been replaced once, the paint had all faded and was cracked, the vinyl “woodgrain” peeled and looked like a brown garbage can liner, areas all over the body had to be filled with Bondo, all the rubber door and window seals were cracked and leaked water, the power windows and door locks either didn’t work or barely worked, the plastic interior panels had all faded, the original electronic tuned radio was long dead, the driver’s door hinges wore out and the door sagged down when opened, the parking brake cables seized, I could go on and on. By contrast my current car, a 2002 model with twice the mileage on it as the ’84 Caprice had still looks and drives like nearly new, everything in it still works, and it still has plenty of power and gets good MPG. I for one am glad times have changed, at least with the quality of cars we have today.

hope somebody brought this and stored away great car !!!!!