I've owned 8 different Pontiacs over the years. They were the wild child of the GM family. Damn you GM for cancelling them!

@packingten

4 жыл бұрын

Bath house barry obammy done away w pontiac not GM!.

@toddburgess6792

3 жыл бұрын

Of all the cars I've had, my Pontiacs were the most durable and my outright favorites.

@vandamn1164

2 жыл бұрын

@@toddburgess6792 ever heard of Toyota?

I guess I'm getting old no hidden suprise for me seen them all ,well except that straight six that looks exactly like a V8 lol.

@robertschreiber8099

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I caught that to. The Firebird Sprint, right?

@koolkitties8552

5 жыл бұрын

My dad had a 67 firebird with the OHC V6.

@oldiron1223

5 жыл бұрын

I owned a Firebird Sprint 6....and that AIN'T a Firebird Sprint 6. Wrong badges and WRONG engine.

@tjohnson9051

5 жыл бұрын

The inline 6 would have come with a 4bbl Rochester Quadrabog on it.

@oldiron1223

5 жыл бұрын

@@tjohnson9051 with cast iron headers and a hot cam

If you were born before 1980 and you didn't have your head up your but you have heard of all of thies Pontiacs

@FawleyJude

5 жыл бұрын

Actually, I'd never heard of the Beaumont. I guess it was made in Canada and I don't remember it ever being sold in the US. It's apparently a Chevy Chevelle with a few modifications. It doesn't look much like anything else in the rest of the 1967 Pontiac line.

@steveparsons2814

5 жыл бұрын

I was running camaro so I ran up to these once in a while ,beautiful

@buckshot6481

5 жыл бұрын

@@FawleyJude Right, that was just a dressed up Chevelle.

@harveywallbanger2899

5 жыл бұрын

Wayne Snow I had my head up my ass.... and I still knew.

@seashell8913

5 жыл бұрын

@@harveywallbanger2899 Me too

Really? The Firebird Sprint is a straight 6 and you pop the hood and show a V8? Get your act together!!!

@FawleyJude

5 жыл бұрын

Plus, when they take it out on the road the footage is of someone driving a LeMans.

@JohnLee-ue6gy

5 жыл бұрын

And the straight 6 being in a Firebird is the only part that makes it rare.

@warrenharbaugh1927

5 жыл бұрын

@Silvio Manuel someone did i had a friend that had one and it was a blast to drive

@TheCadillacMack

5 жыл бұрын

Actually the Firebird Sprint was the best handling and best driving dynamics it's day. Yes it was slow off the line, but it cornered like a dream, something that 60 era muscle/pony cars had problems at.

@youtubejunkie7283

5 жыл бұрын

firebird sprint was a 1967 with an overhead cam.you showed a 68 with a 400 hood

Ya, I agree, that sure didn't look like the OHC 6 that was in my Lemans Sprint. 4bbl and 3 speed, was a nice car. Didn't know the Sprint option came in the Firebird. The bird didn't have the lower white stripe with the Sprint logo either.

Whoever puts these videos together never lived in the ‘60s ,70s or 80s. I grew up with all of these iconic vehicles. I’m surprised that that they don’t include the Oakland marque as well

Firebird Sprint had an overhead cam six cylinder. You showed a Firebird 400.

@lindas1st

5 жыл бұрын

I think that was the 326 or 350 "small block". But definitely not the SOHC 6 under that hood LOL

@zZWolfyZz

5 жыл бұрын

@@lindas1st all pontiac engines are pretty much the same there is no small or big block pontiacs really

@Fred_NaughT

5 жыл бұрын

@@zZWolfyZz Indeed pontiacs V8's are considered intermediate blocks and all of the V8's from 326 - 455 used the same blocks. Bore, stroke + heads were the only real differences

@zZWolfyZz

5 жыл бұрын

@@Fred_NaughT thanks I wasn't entirely sure on that I just remembered my dad wanting to throw 400 heads and cam in his 326 tempest when I was a little kid but he wasn't able to because he needed to punch the motor out and the cylinder walls were to thin to do so

@michaelszczys8316

4 жыл бұрын

Firebirds were Pontiac Camaros and while they put a lot of different motors in early Camaros I’m sure they probably put 6 bangers in some Firebirds. If they did it would be the Pontiac overhead cam 6 . They were pretty much same car. Same body. I put a Pontiac Firebird convertible top on my 67 Camaro. Fit exactly the same. 50s and 60s GM cars a lot of them were the same with different front and rear. Different motors. 1964 - 1970s Chevelle and Lemans- GTO. 1967-1968 Camaro and Firebird 1970s Chevy Nova - Pontiac Ventura - Olds Omega - Buick Apollo 1955 - 1957 Chevy Bel Air - Pontiac full size. Chevy Nomad Wagon - Pontiac Safari wagon

A lot of people don't realize that the Pontiac ohc 6 was available with a 4 barrel and dual exhaust from the factory,I suprised alot if people with my 1968 firebird sprint

@bunk-bn9eo

4 жыл бұрын

I wasn't aware. Pretty snappy, huh?

@michaelszczys8316

4 жыл бұрын

I remember the OHV 6 cylinder and 4 barrel manifold but don’t recall the exhaust.

LOL My brother back in the late70s owned a 70 or 71 Cutlass 442 with the W30 package. It had the 455 engine in it and was a monster, especially 0-60.It was actually a pass down from another brother who was getting married and buying a Van or Station Wagon or something. My poor mother always had s driveway full of a mixture of cars, trucks, motorcycles etc that she had just plain learned to live with. One day my brother spotted her heading out the door. She said that she was walking to the drug store a block or so away. My brother said he'd drive her and she accepted the ride. For the pure hell of it the moment my mother left the store with curlers or blue rinse or whatever my brother put the Cutlass into a Brake Stand and had the vehicle burning rubber while it cut a loud smoky squirelly donut in front of the drugstore finally sliding up to the curb where my mother was standing stoically. She opened the door and got in and all she could say was "I wish you wouldn't do that!" Years later my mother was in a nursing home after a high fever left her with severe memory loss. She was frozen in a happy state but she didn't know you'd been to visit 5 minutes after you left her. A sister in law of mine who was a nurse dropped in to see "Ma" one day and found her sternly looking out a window that looked down on the parking lot of the Nursing Home. My sister in law said "Ma whats the matter you look really cross". She continued to look down at the parking lot, shook her head and said "I've got to get those boys to do something about all those cars they keep collecting". A little late for Mothers day, but fellas we ought to salute all the long suffering Mothers who put up with our adventures in hot rodding!.

@ricnn1

2 жыл бұрын

good story. BUT. we’re talking Pontiac not Oldsmobile.

The 2+2 Catalina you show was not powered by the 421. Production of that engine ended in 1965. The Catalina you show was powered by a 400 and the 428 was an option. The Beaumont is not a Pontiac. None were equipped with Pontiac engines. This video was meant for people who have never heard of Pontiac?

Funny lookin' in-line 4 in that Astre. : )

@karlsmith2570

4 жыл бұрын

That car looks a lot like the late 70's model Chevrolet Vega or Monza Of course, that could be Pontiac's take on that car model

@A_Cowboy_called_JackRabbit

3 жыл бұрын

@@karlsmith2570 I don't remember seeing any in the States, so I'm guessing it's Canadian.

@karlsmith2570

3 жыл бұрын

@@A_Cowboy_called_JackRabbit That's a possibility

@adama739

3 жыл бұрын

@@karlsmith2570 It was. I had a 76 Astre. It was the same as a Chevy Vega with a Pontiac grille & tail lights. Later they changed the body lines of the Vega and Astre to become the Chevy Monza and Pontiac Sunbird.

@wildestcowboy2668

2 жыл бұрын

@@A_Cowboy_called_JackRabbit My neighbor had one and the other day I came across a Buick by accident, yes a Buick. Remember the 74 GTO? Y'all thought it was a Nova

A friend of mine named Mark Foster from Ferndale, Michigan owned a 68 firebird. It was gorgeous. We were stationed at Ft Sill Ok together in 1971. The way he took care of that car it wouldn't surprise me if he still had it. He and his wife Darlene made me excellent friends.

@paulnewkirk7351

4 жыл бұрын

I would love to know how to contact Mark and Darlene Foster if anyone knows them.

Whatever you do, never forget the '68 Firebird!

@randallthedestroyer6061

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget about the judge ethier

I hold a special place in my memory for Pontiac - the first new car I remember riding in was a 1972 Pontiac Catalina. Nobody Does It Like Pontiac!

I love Pontiacs. Uncle had a '65 LeMans when i was a lad of 8 in '67. Someone else mentioned the Canadian Connection for the 3:33 Beaumont.. Its spot on. In '82 i took the ferry with family from Wa State to Victoria for lunch, so to speak. There i saw more than one Catalina named Parisienne.

I've had 2 GTOs,a '72 and a '66,awesome vehicles,but I had a '70 Lemans Sport 2 door hardtop that I gave(yes,gave!) to my brother when he went to college,and my youngest brother had through high school. That car was around a long time!

What an amazing video! Somehow all of the engines looked like V-8s - even the straight six and the inline fours. WOW, how did Pontiac manage to do that???? All of my straight six and inline 4 cylinder engines only had 1 row of pistons, and 1 head... no wonder the Pontiacs were so popular - they used magical motors that all looked like 400 or 455 V-8s...

@markniilo

2 жыл бұрын

This channel is well known for it's inaccuracies. Stop watching it.

@barking.dog.productions1777

2 жыл бұрын

@@markniilo LOL :)

The Firebird Sprint had an inline OHC 6. John DeLorean wanted a Poncho like a Jaguar.

I had a 73 grand am all green, black vinyl top, giant beak on front. Love that car!

I've seen a couple of these videos and they should rename them to cars the video maker never heard of. Or people who really aren't aware of cars.

@randallthedestroyer6061

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that dumass can't tell the difference between a Chevy or a Pontiac or a V8 from an inline 6

Damn I miss Pontiac.

@tracy4good

4 жыл бұрын

You must mean the Pontiacs prior the 1980s

@randallthedestroyer6061

4 жыл бұрын

Me too brother, me too

@bbb462cid

4 жыл бұрын

@@tracy4good My 2012 Camaro 1SS with the LS3 has a power to weight of 9.34 lbs per BHP. My 2007 Pontiac- no aftermarket tune or parts, factory everything- was 10.27 lbs per BHP, weighed 1,000 lbs less than the Camaro, had a torque curve that only went up, and had 49/51 weight distribution. And to be frank....my '78 Firebird was a raving piece of garbage. If fell apart at every opportunity when it was a 12 year old car. It had the WS6 option- it was not a model back then, it was a suspension package- and it handled great, but what a shitbox.

@packingten

4 жыл бұрын

@@randallthedestroyer6061 Thank BATH HOUSE barry! Obammy&MANchele

@georgeelmerdenbrough6906

4 жыл бұрын

@@packingten The butthurt

YOU should a the Myrtle Motors 428 Firebirds to this list as well. THEY were the Pontiac version of Yenko, they ran 11's. AND throw in Royal Pontiac as well.

Trans Am and the Firebird were fabulous, especially with 455. Iconic cars from an era that won't be repeated. Say Trans Am anywhere and somebody will cheer😀.

( Sigh) If we still had Pontiac with us till this very day. God I missed PONTIAC so much. ( Big fan of it by the way) . 👍

@randallthedestroyer6061

4 жыл бұрын

Me too brother, me too

@gtpcruiser02

4 жыл бұрын

GM should of kept Pontiac and canned GMC or Buick. GMC is similar to Chevy and Buick is similar to Cadillac. Pontiac has always been the performance division and what GM needs badly.

@bunk-bn9eo

4 жыл бұрын

They built some of these most unique rides

@bunk-bn9eo

4 жыл бұрын

That Beaumont...!!

Pontiacs through the 60s and 70s were some of the most beautiful cars ever built

At 16 my very first car was a 1971 pontiac Grand Prix SJ model with a 455 325 HP all I know is the Speedo went to 140 I buried the Speedo more than once hitting the 140 mark on I 70 in Colorado. I've owned well over 100 cars since than and that still is my most favorite car I've ever owned. What was really cool about that car is it was a true sleeper it was a crushing machine and luxuries.

Brought back memories, I had a 66 GTO and a Catalina with the 421 engine.

The stats are all messed up in this video. Cool cars though.

@koollyb

5 жыл бұрын

This stats are not messed up that's real

@randallthedestroyer6061

4 жыл бұрын

The stats are totally messed up. There were wrong engines and there was even a Chevy in there

@magikp6636

4 жыл бұрын

That's how all the videos from these clowns are. Nice cars in the video but they have No idea on the info or specs.

@magikp6636

4 жыл бұрын

@@koollyb they're not messed up, they jus don't match the cars that they're giving the specs for.

Yes, but some Pontiac cars were all forgotten to say the very least. Because in many ways I've look at plenty of forgotten Pontiac models in both TV and movies as well as several commercials and print ads were now becoming cult classics such as Catalina, Firebird, Trans Am, LeMans, Tempest and more. What I've loved about this legendary car brand and because in my opinion as part of the GM family, Pontiac has been making an wide range of models whenever it's Grand Prix or Firebird/Trans Am and more, there's only one name that simply moves you: Pontiac. We Are Driving Excitement.

@antoniotutt4894

Жыл бұрын

You forgot one other Pontiac the Ventura! It was a very fast Mighty Mouse and it was in the iconic film The Seven-Ups in the chase scene when it was going up against or I should say chasing the big Bonneville!

That GT37 brought a smile to my face just watching it on video. Couldn’t imagine how fun it must have been to smash the gas in person. 😎

Pontiac always had beautiful cars.

@Charliefox71

4 жыл бұрын

timm55 Then the 1980's came along.

@timm55

4 жыл бұрын

True the ones in the 50s, 60s, and 70s were the greats. However we still had the Trans Ams and the Parisiennes!

The 67' and 68' Firebirds were my favorite cars of all time.

@mgxmaddguiness7066

3 жыл бұрын

Miss my 67 same color as my pic.

There are some mistakes with the cars being shown here. The Pontiac Beaumont was exclusive to Canada and were powered exclusively by Chevrolet.

@tskraj3190

5 жыл бұрын

They eere exclusive to Canada but I've seen a few in the U.S.

@michaelshelley1289

5 жыл бұрын

i can see that.....it reminded me of a chevelle

@kira2859

5 жыл бұрын

Just because it was made for another place doesnt mean it can't be forgotten.

@myron162

5 жыл бұрын

Did anyone catch the V8 in the Firebird Sprint with the "250 straight 6"?

@dbcrn859

5 жыл бұрын

The '67 Beaumont was a '67 Chevelle with different lights, grill, and trim.

Those are some beautiful old school Pontiacs mate.

What most dont remember is that John DeLorean was the designer of Pontiacs,,back then,,he even wanted to create a two seater named Banshee,,but GM declined to allowed him to do,,No one was to compete with Chevrolet,,GM preffered Make

@mikee2923

3 жыл бұрын

You are mostly correct. Corporate always shot down and defunded Pontiac’s high performance programs as soon as they would exceed Corvette performance. The Ram Air V program that would have made the Pontiac V8 at least equal to Chrysler’s Hemi was cancelled when they bolted a set of Ram Air V heads and a single 4bbl on a 400 in a GTO and blew the doors off the aluminum headed tri powered Corvette (the only car allowed to have multiple carburation after 1966). Also the head of Pontiac in the 70s (a corporate yes man inserted after DeLorean) was against the Super Duty 455 said Pontiac should not be building engines such as the SD455. I wonder how much of an influence he had on making its availability only in a very few Firebirds instead of also originally planned offerings in the GTO, the new Grand Am and Grand Prix? Pontiac also was at a disadvantage due to it only being 1 step up from Chevrolet in the corporate hierarchy. Buick was permitted to make the Grand National in the 80s because it was only 1 step below Cadillac.

This is a cool video. I loved watching the cool old cars but the little info bubbles often didn't match the cars presented.

I can remember back as far as the 1964 GTO. But I loved the Grand Prix with the hidden tail lights.

@michaelszczys8316

4 жыл бұрын

I found out why early GTOs were so legendary, real GTO came with 3:90 to 1 rear end ratio while Chevelle and LeMans came with 3:30 to 1. That extra half a turn made the difference between a fast car and one that can pull the front wheels off the ground.

@mikee2923

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelszczys8316 you also have to remember the early GTO had a 389 while the Chevelle only had a 327. Huge difference in torque.

Came on to have a laugh but some were incredible. Im guessing specs you provided applied to the cars sold stock. Obvi several were customized. Loved the big boats whatever they were.

That inline 4 sounded great😂😂

Do your homework an inline 6 and 4 are shown as v8s ...and one is a pro street racer! I enjoyed the video and thanks for posting ...always nice to see some Pontiacs.

@peteandrepete528

5 жыл бұрын

He does it every video.

@paxhumana2015

5 жыл бұрын

How about you show stock versions of the vehicles that are in question, otherwise shut the fuck up instead, KEN WALZ?

Been 20 yrs since I've seen a Beaumont .I'm sure serious collectors would love to have one.Canadian weather was likely a killer for them.

@sarblade

5 жыл бұрын

It is, the problem with this one is that the Beaumont never came with a 400. They used all Chevy motors, same as the Chevelle, its sister. 283. 307. 327, 350, and the BB 396.

I’ve always wanted a firebird sprint. Just the regular car, not a race car. When I was 10 the guy next door had one and I thought it was great. Got to ride in the back seat once when his sister asked my parents if I could ride to school with them.

gotta luv Pontiac, just Classic.

I would give anything to have Baby Blue back, 72 Luxury LeMans , she was Awesome ❤️

I miss all The Pontiacs...

@shakarussanders9911

5 жыл бұрын

I miss them too! My Dad had a early 70s GTO when I was a kid that engine was just awesome those rumbling exhaust pipes I can hear it now lol! I had a 79 Grand Prix and a 84 Grand Prix I wrecked my 79 and later that year I bought the 84 my reckless teen years lol

@igotatan1

5 жыл бұрын

My Father had a 68 Catalina, when I was just a little guy. My first car was a beat up 78 Bonne, and my Brother's was a 76 Bonne. I've owned a 68 Firebird 400, which I sold in my divorce, and I just sold my 78 Formula, I miss it already. My BF has a redone 73 Catalina, with a posi, and a four link, 31 spline axels, a 4oo, bored over 60, and is Viper red, with a black Landau top. My other friend inherited his Uncle's 68 Goat, with a 2 barrel standard. He sold it for a 74 Catalina. I still Love them all.

@shakarussanders9911

5 жыл бұрын

@@igotatan1 Wow man you had some cool cars!! My Dad had a Catalina as well gold with white interior very cool car but I still loved his GTO more lol

@igotatan1

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! There has always been something I loved about the duel headlight design...lol

@shakarussanders9911

5 жыл бұрын

@@igotatan1 I agree Pontiac was the best with the duel head lights look!

Thumbs down for the amount of misinformation in this video. You show us a formula 400 bird and say it's a 6 cyl and show us a v8 under the hood. And then show stats for a pontiac astre l4 but show us a video of one with a v8 and open headers?

Of course we know they existed. That's why we're watching! My first car was a '69 Tempest with 3 speed column shifter. GTO body style.

Great Video. These are forgotten cars that deserve recognition. I'm going to post it on my Facebook page Classic and Antique Rides.

GT-37 was a re-badged GTO , to get around the bean counters who wanted to do away with muscle cars at GM

@damnright4

4 жыл бұрын

Thats exactly true

@mikee2923

3 жыл бұрын

It was more to combat high insurance premiums. Back in those days you could get most of the GTO performance options on a Le Mans. Even though it was the same car, if it had a GTO badge on it your insurance would have been much higher than if it had a Le Mans badge on it.

Nothing cooler than that Pontiac split front grill.

Ive had 8 Pontiacs in my life. My 1st was 69 Firebird 350 HO. I still drive 1 today….2002 TransAm Convertible…….

Nice walk down memory lane, and I remember them all. DOB 1950.

@mikeharris8365

4 жыл бұрын

62 here, seen them all, owned a few

Not to nitpick....but, if the Pontiacs are forgotten....you KNEW at one time they existed. Just saying.

My Vega could smoke like drag racer of course that was just the engine melting down .

@frankw3217

5 жыл бұрын

Not unless you put a 350 engine under the hood. Some a simpler one using a 231 Buick engine. The Vega was originally designed for a 350 engine in it.

My Brother had a Tempest GT 37 Damn thing was hell on wheels.. Wish we still had it.

@deadgoatsRacing

4 жыл бұрын

Was it a 70? Had to be if Tempest. I have a gold one.

@mikeharris8365

4 жыл бұрын

I had a 71 GT-37 had a 350 4bbl with a standard 3 speed, that dam as fast as a 455, blew a mustang 2 away, it was a Texas State Troopers car

@deadgoatsRacing

4 жыл бұрын

@@mikeharris8365 those cars were way lighter than gtos. The endura bumpers looked good but were heavy. Equally equipped Lemans were faster than gtos. The fastest production pontiac in 1970 was a 455 equipped Tempest GT-37. Not a Trans Am or GTO

@mikeharris8365

4 жыл бұрын

@@deadgoatsRacing I had the 71 350 4bbl 3 speed. Brownish with the gold reflective stripe

@damnright4

4 жыл бұрын

@@deadgoatsRacing Not sure on the date .. it was hunter green with factory mags and hood pins..It said Pontiac Tempest GT37 on the emblems.

Way Cool and Thumbs Up !

That Can-am was fugly. The Beaumont was a surprise!

Thats not a straight 6 in the firebird sprint!

Love a Pontiac

Ich kann garnicht in Worte fassen wie unglaublich schön und cool ich diese Autos finde , GTO oder Firebird einfach das schönste was Ingenieure jemals an Autos gebaut haben.....leider werden sie immer ein Traum bleiben für mich denn in Deutschland an solche guten Wagen herankommen ist irre teuer

Couldn't tell ya the last time I saw a Can Am although I was around when they were new. The Pontiac 421 was no joke.

@impalaSS65

5 жыл бұрын

I've seen a few, but any 70s cars after 72 was looked down on in my area. Same with Buick and Oldsmobile muscle cars. They didn't get any attention here until lately. The 421 has a magic to it for it's racing pedigree with the ugly but fast 63 HD Tempests. For anyone less interested in matching numbers and concourse restoration and more interested about period correct looks and real output - the 428 or 455 is a better base. And they cost way less to buy and restore (though not cheap these days).

@firechicken2011

4 жыл бұрын

Cam Am never came with a 421CID as it was not made after '66. It came with a 400CID.

Where are the 62 63 Super duty tempest andCatalinas

Firebird Sprint had an OHC 6 cylinder. That is a Firebird 400. HUGE difference.

Don't forget the other Canadian Pontiacs where the Laurentienne high end model had the US Grand Prix front with hide away head lights . FORD sold the Meteors in canada where the 1958 ranchero version called the Niagara was axed in October 57 with just 52 produced and of those only 14 had the V8 .

1967 PONTIAC GTO The only way they will get it is "From My Cold Dead Hands..."

Proper facts and correct video would be a nice thing.

don't listen to all the asshole detractors in the comments, despite perhaps a mistake or two, the MAJORITY of these muscle cars are indeed RELATIVELY obscure, thank you for sharing this FANTASTIC video.

Although Beaumonts were sold solely at Pontiac Dealers in Canada, they were considered “Acadians”, not Pontiacs. Not a Pontiac badge to be seen on any of them and they were all built with Chevy powertrains.

Yea, knew these all existed. But, not too many here I would want. Where are the SD's, Ram Air 2,3,4 and 5's, along with the HO's. Now you have a video!

Chevrolet then Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick then Cadillac at the top. This was the pecking order for “luxury.” Pontiac had more elaborate trim than Chevy and a little more freedom to be a different brand. (But not really)

how can something be forgotten if it was never known to exist,which by the way only one of the cars in your video might loosely qualify as, the Beaumont which in reality was nothing more then a rebadged Chevy Chevelle with GTO running gear, but it wasn't sold inside the US so i'm sure there are some car guys who have never heard of it. And incidentally, there were more Firebird Sprint's sold then there were Formula's. You should change the "You've" in your video titles it an "I've" because most of the cars in your videos are very well known to real car guys!!!!

@FriendlyRambler

5 жыл бұрын

Quadflopper101, well known to real car gals too!

My dad had a 78 Pontiac Grand Prix and my uncle had a 77 Ford Thunderbird. They use to race each other all the time. I used to love watching those boats floating down the road lol

@mikee2923

3 жыл бұрын

Did you get the years backwards? The 78 GP was the first year of downsized GM mid sized cars. There would have been a noticeable size difference between a 78 GP and 77 Tbird. A 77 GP and 78 Tbird would both been large cars pretty close in size.

@kennethrayford4976

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikee2923 I did get it wrong. My bad. My dad had a 73 Grand Prix. Blue with white interior.

@mikee2923

3 жыл бұрын

@@kennethrayford4976 Very cool. I have a 75 Grand Prix which is one of my favorite cars ever. Your dad’s 73 would have been faster than mine since they weren’t quite as strangled with emissions as my 75 or your uncle’s 77 T Bird, which I also have a soft spot for. I never owned one but always liked the looks of them. Those were the days. They’ll never make cars like those ever again. I wonder if either would love to have those cars back again? I know I sure would. Thanks for sharing the memory. I enjoyed it.

Tell GM to bring Pontiac back. There are to many boring soulless cars out there. Well, one can only hope. .

Used to eat chevelles in my mom 70 grand pris total beast 365hp 400 w/t400

@mikee2923

3 жыл бұрын

An older friend of mine graduated high school in 1970. He was always telling me about the fastest car in his high school parking lot, a 69 Grand Prix SJ. It had a 428 HO and a 4 speed. He fondly remembered it ate a 69 Chevelle SS that had the aluminum headed 396 with relative ease on many occasions.

Beaumont is canadian that's why it's kind of forgotten

@calebryan3862

5 жыл бұрын

The Acadian was cool and Canadian too

455 Grandville Brougham , Yes Sir !!! That 58 Bonneville, Sharp !

Had a 67 six cylinder with overhead cam.We changed out the camshaft in less than an hour.

Owned both a 87 T/A 5.0 TPI and an 85 Fiero with a 2.8V6. I'd say they were good cars but I'll just leave it at easy to repair.

It’s crazy to think that Pontiac no longer exists. 😕

Just a few comments. (1) The Beaumont was actually called an 'Acadian Beaumont',it's a Canadian Market car sold by Pontiac Dealers, but I think maybe were sold in Belgium as well? (I saw a few on Belgian plates when I was stationed in Germany, they could've come over with an RCAF member,though??) (2) The Firebird Sprint you showed was a Formula 400....but that '66 LeMans 'was' the OHC 'Sprint 6' powered version?? (3) You left out the 1973-74 Super Duty 455 Trans Am/Formula,the 1973-75 Grand Am and the 1971-72 Grand Prix Hurst SSJ? (4) You also forgot about the 1962-63 Super Duty Catalina? (5) What about the one year only '67 Grand Prix and '69 Trans Am convertibles?? The '69 Trans Am conv....you can count those on your hands and still have some fingers left? I think they only made 8 of them.

mostly only young people never new these cars existed!

I had the 67' Pontiac Catalina and although it was big and ugly it was definetly a quartermile monster. It would run 12's with just a few tweaks to the carburetor, timing, and vacuum modulator. All of my buddies would always ask me to do a burnout and it would fill the parking lot with white smoke from my tires.

@bohunkgarage2839

5 жыл бұрын

I have a 77 catalina as my first car i love it

@MrRebus777

5 жыл бұрын

We had a 67 catalina. I always thought it had the slickest front fascia of any car.

I had a 71 Lemans SS. Loved that car. It had a stock 350 and all I did to it was put a good set of dual exhaust on it. I won a lot of 1/4 mile races with that car but I did lose one to a Ford Grand Torino.

@gingi1983

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, yes, the one of NONE LeMans SS.

@scottwalker65

2 жыл бұрын

@@gingi1983 Pontiac Lemans SS.

@gingi1983

2 жыл бұрын

@@scottwalker65 SS was a Chevrolet-only moniker. Pontiac did not carry the SS badging.

Miss my 69 firebird

@RikoJAmado

3 жыл бұрын

I miss my 84

Love this video - so many cool cars that I've forgotten about (or never knew about).

@CarNewsTV

5 жыл бұрын

Mississippi Blues + Thank you ! I appreciate it

I love Pontiac and hope to get a can am one day

That Firebird Sprint had a V-8 In it.

talking about the sprint and show a V8... okaaaay a big miss it's has a ohc L6 instead

@lindas1st

5 жыл бұрын

They might have confused the SOHC 6 Sprint with the '67 326H.O. or the '68 350H.O.?

@zZWolfyZz

5 жыл бұрын

Not sure with engine it had but it was definitely a 68 67s had vent windows

@superbeast4287

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah...i caught that too. But 0-60 in 10 seconds? Pull up the anchor!

@jacobbelcher3512

5 жыл бұрын

@@superbeast4287 I know a guy that has a convertible 67 with the 6 cylinder. They have plenty of power but it's the transmission that makes them so slow. Only a 2 speed and it will run 1st gear all the way up to 65 mph.

@superbeast4287

5 жыл бұрын

@@jacobbelcher3512 damn...lots of torque. I had an inline 6 in a 71 pick up truck. Great engine. Could pull stumps out of a hole in the ground..

My son has a 72 Ventura2 with Chevy 400 yeah baby

@jmfogg2

5 жыл бұрын

make it a poncho 400! Then that would be something, ya baby

@ebene2267

5 жыл бұрын

That makes it worthless to a collector

@debbieeden1611

5 жыл бұрын

@@ebene2267bought it that way it was ready for the junk yard back then and the Chevy 400 is great

Beautiful cars great video

He really needs to start naming his videos. Car kids born after 1999 have never heard of. Because they’re more interested in video games.

My brother owned a Pontiac Grand Prix that had the 400 in it.

I had a sprint and it had a straight 6 with an overhead cam I don't know what engine you showed but it seemed to be a V8.

Those Beaumont's sure were beautiful.

I was born in 68' I either dont remember or forgot the Beaumont. The 77' Can Am is one of my all time favorites. One I kind of expected was the 67' 2+2 Catalina, my dad had one with the 428 in maroon on black. All the others Ive seen at least one. Nice video.

@jamesspalten5977

Жыл бұрын

I believe the Beaumont was a Canadian car.

I REMEMBER these Pontiacs. The ones we'd all like to forget are the Montana; the Solstice; and the Aztek, a car so ugly it frightens children and makes the elderly go blind.

An odd engine was the pontiac 4 cylinder. It was a v8 but only had half the engine. Seen one at the drags once with a modified intake and only needed 1 hedder running 9s

@789pokey

3 жыл бұрын

Half a 389.

The 455 bonneville conv. Didn't. Make list...why would we forget no 1 stoplight warrior. Of all time 69 firebird? Crazy man.

I once had a 68 GT 37 with a 350 2bbl, three speed that would cook!!

@mikeharris8365

4 жыл бұрын

My 71 had a 4bbl 350 3 speed tho, that thing was fast too

Umm The Firebird Sprint they showed was Not an inline 6. Sounded like a 326.