Pontiac, Wide Open World of Youth 1966

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1966 Pontiac Dealer Announcement film, full line up of Pontiacs including the GTO, LeMans, Grand Prix and Bonneville.
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  • @georgestreicher252
    @georgestreicher2524 жыл бұрын

    Worked on the line building full size Pontiacs and Grand Prixs in '68. 85 cars per hour 9 hours per day six days per week. There was so much work then in Pontiac Michigan. Now it's all gone. America is a shell of its former self. We had a high standard of living then. Now we struggle to survive.

  • @rickdees2411

    @rickdees2411

    Жыл бұрын

    Some time ago, before the Virus/Pandemic, for sure, our cities were starting to be crime-ridden, deteriorating, we did not know then, that things would get as bad as they are now. We had, back then, quite a bit, decades ago, started to export jobs to foreign countries. Again, decades ago, I espoused the agenda should be "protectionism", that America should strive to be growing and manufacturing all that we need, ie., we should strive to be independent here in the USA. At some point, before Trump, there was a movement to stress a rebuilding of America, a rebuild of our independence, farming, manufacturing, etc. I opined I would believe we were on our way to a successful 'rebuild' of America, when I again saw a successful Detroit. Now, decades after the decimation of Detroit, we are still waiting!

  • @BlackPill-pu4vi

    @BlackPill-pu4vi

    Жыл бұрын

    As ZOG-U.S. continues to plummet deeper into the Abyss, Washington and the media continue to flood us with propaganda showing us enjoying the good life. Straight out of George Orwell's 1984.

  • @mrhorsepower1526
    @mrhorsepower15264 жыл бұрын

    A new 1970 SS 454 Chevelle was around 3,500 bucks..and gas was around 26 to 30 cents a gallon ..a pop was a dime smokes were 50 cents. Beer was 3 bucks a case... Growing up then was pretty cool...if you had 30 bucks you were good all weekend.

  • @CJColvin

    @CJColvin

    2 жыл бұрын

    I know brother and nowadays vehicles are nothing but overpriced plastic eggshells on wheels.

  • @CJColvin

    @CJColvin

    Жыл бұрын

    Also the 70 Chevelle SS 454 is definitely one of my favorite muscle cars of all time.

  • @dave1956
    @dave19562 жыл бұрын

    My friend bought a ‘66 Bonneville out of an estate in the late 80’s. I drove it a few times and it drove like a new car.

  • @rickdees2411
    @rickdees24117 жыл бұрын

    I owned a '66 Bonneville 4dr hdtp, from the early 70s to about '77. I regret many many times selling it. I think it was both the best and the nicest car I ever owned. A beautiful piece of machinery. These autos, I think, actually could (should?) be called works of art. Well taken care of, they will last forever, and are bullet proof. Certainly are many many times better than today's plastic, junk laden, EPA regulated s---mobiles.

  • @KingRoseArchives

    @KingRoseArchives

    7 жыл бұрын

    They did stand out from the pack.

  • @recentlychanged

    @recentlychanged

    3 жыл бұрын

    >> today's plastic, junk laden, EPA regulated s---mobiles.

  • @CJColvin

    @CJColvin

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep you got it brother, Heck it's even more durable than the EcoBoost junk Ford makes.

  • @CJColvin

    @CJColvin

    Жыл бұрын

    Amen to that brother

  • @matrox
    @matrox10 жыл бұрын

    I just placed an order for a 66 Bonneville 421ci 4 spd, hardtop at my neighborhood Pontiac dealer!

  • @KingRoseArchives

    @KingRoseArchives

    10 жыл бұрын

    Let us know how that works out.

  • @paulcheek5711

    @paulcheek5711

    4 жыл бұрын

    cars so hot they are still popular today

  • @Uncletoast52

    @Uncletoast52

    4 жыл бұрын

    You’ll save thousands $$

  • @frankgiaquinto1571

    @frankgiaquinto1571

    4 жыл бұрын

    Great idea,if only you could make it a reality - Make mine a Catalina 2+2 convertible,with the 421 Super Duty engine,4 speed transmission,dual exhaust,etc....

  • @irocitZ

    @irocitZ

    4 жыл бұрын

    Oh man, if only. The only new car I ever bought was a 1999 Trans am, I had it for 5 year and nothing ever went wrong with it. I only replaced the battery & tires, other than that not even a light bulb went bad.

  • @bry4950
    @bry49508 жыл бұрын

    The 1966 Pontiac was one of the best looking Pontiac of all time.

  • @kevinlofur8103

    @kevinlofur8103

    5 жыл бұрын

    What about the 1967 model year?

  • @alanblanes7870

    @alanblanes7870

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@kevinlofur8103 The 67 is pretty glamorous but the 66 is crisper.

  • @frankgiaquinto1571

    @frankgiaquinto1571

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kevin Lofur - The 1967 full size Pontiacs were generally not as attractive as the '66's were (with the exception of the '67 Grand Prix) .The intermediate cars were a mild facelift of the '66 models,and were just as attractive as the '66's were,if not more so...In either case,I would love to be able to buy a new one today..For 1967,I would probably pick a Grand Prix convertible,421,4 speed,buckets,dual exhaust,positraction,etc...

  • @recentlychanged

    @recentlychanged

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kevinlofur8103 When the first 67's arrived at the dealer I worked at, I remember one of the guys from the body shop walking past one and remarking, "they shouldn't have any trouble selling these".

  • @recentlychanged

    @recentlychanged

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Make Me Believe Name dropper.

  • @barryetherington6136
    @barryetherington61363 жыл бұрын

    Always had a soft spot for Pontiacs. I was very lucky to have a dad who was a GM man. Every 2 years he would go to our local dealer and lease ,when leasing was a big deal, a new GM product...nothing showy..as he didn't want to be ostentatious, as he explained it to me. I can vividly remember going with him to pick our new 64 Bonneville,( Parisienne in Canada). I was in love with the stacked headlights and the cool vertical taillights..dad punched it on the way home on the QEW highway...said you gotta let er fly to break her in right..miss Dad..those were the days..

  • @Shadowsabre02
    @Shadowsabre024 жыл бұрын

    I was 15 when my Dad got a 66 Ventura. I talked him into getting the high compression 389 rather than the std 256hp low compression. He figured it would cost $40 more a year for the required premium gas. Unfortunately I couldn’t talk him into a 421. So he went along. Little did he know about a year or so later I could really smoke that car. It had 428 ft lbs torque. How can I remember that but can’t remember what I did yesterday? Those were the days.

  • @iracohen3864
    @iracohen38643 жыл бұрын

    My dad bought the 1965 Grand Prix,,,all black, Those were the days and the highpoint of Pontiac, Great solid powerful car with luxurious interior, Went on prom night date in the "bat mobile". All these Pontiacs are still styllsh and 9mpressive after all these years,

  • @marktuyet
    @marktuyet8 жыл бұрын

    I drove 66 Catalina back in 77 and 78 . That was a car and a half ! Wish I had one today .

  • @telcobilly
    @telcobilly4 жыл бұрын

    My brother and I would irritate the sales people at the Pontiac dealer back in the sixties when we were eight & nine years old. "How do you buy a car? With a wheelbarrow full of cash? Can we get a brochure for the Pontiac Grand Pricks?" It was a badge of honor on who could identify a car the fastest when we were kids. Now all cars are plastic homogeneous spaceships..

  • @craigpennington1251
    @craigpennington12516 жыл бұрын

    I remember that year very well. The cars were super cool and so were the chicks that drove them.

  • @chiefpontiac1800
    @chiefpontiac18004 жыл бұрын

    You could get a 421 Tri-Power Catalina 2 + 2 as a dealer installed option. My dad had one, along with a dealer installed 45 rpm record player. It actually worked and was designed for not too bumpy roads!

  • @mr.blackhawk142

    @mr.blackhawk142

    2 жыл бұрын

    IIRC, 2+2 designates 2 seats up front and 2 in the back...Jack.

  • @chiefpontiac1800

    @chiefpontiac1800

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mr.blackhawk142 Needless to say, that is how it was ordered. He he fun in that car!

  • @chiefpontiac1800

    @chiefpontiac1800

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hey Blackhawk, how is the weather in Chi Town? Used to live in Park Ridge and worked off of Halsted and Division.

  • @toddc2466
    @toddc24663 жыл бұрын

    First car I ever drove was my father's 66 grand prix with a 421 4 speed... I was 15 in 1995... I wish we still had it...

  • @dave3657
    @dave36574 жыл бұрын

    A seventeen foot chrome side mounding - wow! That's more chrome than my new car has in total.

  • @MNBluestater
    @MNBluestater2 жыл бұрын

    1966, in my opinion, was a banner year for General Motors. All division’s models looked terrific, first year for the Olds Toronado, too. These were the most beautiful Pontiacs in the history of PMD.

  • @brittsbit770
    @brittsbit7703 жыл бұрын

    I loved the Pontiac steering wheel! The one that was a clear see through type! Grew up right next to where these cars were produced!

  • @harryfratzel3821
    @harryfratzel38213 жыл бұрын

    When you hit the brights a little red chief head lights up on the dash.

  • @AlainHubert
    @AlainHubert8 жыл бұрын

    Back when cars were comfortable, impressive, and good looking. Not the tiny, bumpy riding, all-look-alike, POS we have today. Their only real drawback was their 14 miles to the gallon. lol ! But back then, a gallon of gasoline cost $0.32, not $3.00 !

  • @ponticat7283

    @ponticat7283

    5 жыл бұрын

    32 cents in 1966 is equal to $2.47 today.

  • @billyfoster3223

    @billyfoster3223

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yep!☺

  • @Thebrothaisback

    @Thebrothaisback

    4 жыл бұрын

    Those cars were too large and ugly.

  • @jackmabel6067

    @jackmabel6067

    4 жыл бұрын

    My 1966 Pontiac Catalina (a.k.a. "The Party Car") got 20 MPG on regular grade fuel! Even my 1962 Cadillac Coupe de Ville would get 16/17 MPG.

  • @peteshea8010

    @peteshea8010

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jackmabel6067 Perhaps 20 MPG highway at a steady state 60 MPH, assuming your car were equipped with a "tall" (numerically low) axle ratio.. Average (including "city" driving would have been in the 12 MPG range.

  • @ringvaldse
    @ringvaldse7 жыл бұрын

    Liked the front end styling of my '67 Bonneville convertible more than the 1965 or 1966. 1967 was the last year of the over/under head lights

  • @hasbeengood
    @hasbeengood6 жыл бұрын

    Love that microphone wire... did he say they were smooth and quiet!? LOL Who will complain about having a coat hook? I love these old promos, life sure was simpler and slower paced then.

  • @harringtonbenton334

    @harringtonbenton334

    4 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if these cars were built with the youth in mind?

  • @ZerokillerOppel1
    @ZerokillerOppel13 жыл бұрын

    Dayum!! Look at that land yacht at 1:32! Wonderful!!!!

  • @brenthill3241
    @brenthill32414 жыл бұрын

    My neighbour had a 66 Parisienne. Basically a Bonneville with a Chevy engine. Beautiful car. Smooth quiet very roomy with plush unbelievably comfortable seats. And very good acceleration from the small block. The 283 195 horse was standard.

  • @philstall6262

    @philstall6262

    Жыл бұрын

    I MOST DEFINITELY AGREE 👍THEY WERE JUST SIMPLY TRUTHFULLY BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED PERFECT STYLISH 🥰I GROWING UP MY PARENTS HAD A 66 PONTIAC PARISIENNE COUPE 327 275HP

  • @AtlantaGymFan
    @AtlantaGymFan3 жыл бұрын

    My dad bought me a 66 Pontiac Tempest convertible my 16th birthday and I drove it for 12 years!

  • @recpro7847
    @recpro78478 жыл бұрын

    The good ole days. Reminds me of when my dad had a '64 Bonne Vert that he bought new.

  • @jed6271
    @jed627111 жыл бұрын

    Someone high up in GM today needs to watch this video...

  • @Cola64
    @Cola644 жыл бұрын

    who ever invented the side skirt should get an honorary oscar

  • @harryfratzel3821

    @harryfratzel3821

    3 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely I wish mine had them

  • @dave1956
    @dave1956 Жыл бұрын

    1966 was Pontiac’s best year, bar none. Every model was beautiful.

  • @vr4787
    @vr47876 жыл бұрын

    My grandma had a 67 Catalina. My pop tells me thing was so strong with the 428 the previous owner towed a trailer with it and went like a bat out of hell and hit 120 mph like nothing. Now that’s a grocery hauler...

  • @peteshea8010

    @peteshea8010

    4 жыл бұрын

    Perhaps "like nothing" by 1967's standards. That same car would be rather lethargic by today's standards.

  • @WitchKing-Of-Angmar

    @WitchKing-Of-Angmar

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@peteshea8010 speed is speed, power is power, you don't mess up what you call speed and power like short term memory loss. This isn't inflation rate, it's not like 120 miles per hour back in 1966 was 70 miles per hour. Our families 1955 Chrysler went 122 miles per hour, easy start up with push leap forward starters in their unfortunate dying age, popular in the 1930's, would propel the automobiles no matter if they were 6 foot and 1040 pounds, or 18 foot and 6040 pounds in a matter of seconds. Typically reaching the top highest speed would take 20 seconds. It is the top speed after all. However reaching 70 was 9 seconds. It is a performance cruising automobile and all of them should be respected. None of this pathetic entitled modern day whiners that yell at old things and only care about what is new over what they once knew.

  • @vr4787

    @vr4787

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@peteshea8010 0-60 in 6.3 seconds may not be fast by todays standards but it’s still no slouch. The 428 put out 472 ft lb of torque, and running that in a car with 60s tech with no safety tech or power assistance, you better know what you’re doing.

  • @MigHound
    @MigHound4 жыл бұрын

    Always had a soft spot for the '66 Laurentian. My Father owned one.

  • @bearing44
    @bearing444 жыл бұрын

    I was 4 years old in 1966, and now I'm the old guy

  • @kennethsouthard6042
    @kennethsouthard60424 жыл бұрын

    This was probably about the apex of automotive design, especially for GM. At this point every division produced cars with their own personality. Around the next body style change the cars started to be less distinctive and only had styling cues that would separate them, for example the Camaro and Firebird, the Nova, Ventura, Apollo, Omega and Seville, the Vega and Astre. By the mid 70s the specific division engines were gone and we all know what happened with the GM look alike cars of the 80s that were only differentiated on price, but were otherwise the same. I'm not picking on GM here as Ford and Chrysler did the same thing. I was born in 63, but could remember all the cars of this day onward from when I was about 3 and really thought they were cool. This was a time like no other and will never be again. Putting in this perspective I can see how people born in later eras lost interest in cars as the styling became more homogeneous over time.

  • @taketimeout2share

    @taketimeout2share

    2 жыл бұрын

    You correct. I am from the UK and American cars of the 60s were what everyone admired because they were beautiful to look at. Stylish, cool and sleek. All that went in the 70s. I think it was the legislation. All headlights had to be a certain dimension, fender a certain size and height to allow a pedestrian to be tipped on to the bonnet, shit like that. Plus people stopped talking about cars and more about how badly they were made and the smog they were causing. And the attitude that banned Concord. Add Jimmy Carter and you got the picture.

  • @kennethsouthard6042

    @kennethsouthard6042

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@taketimeout2share The other problem was that when the malaise era started in 73 where emissions and insurance regulations killed the powerful cars along with bumper regulations that made them look stupid. American cars actually got larger with a focus on luxury, while the Europeans had much better suspensions that while the car would not go like a bat out of hell actually handled well. The Japanese even copied those traits. While these luxo barges sold well to the WWII generation, the baby boomers wanted none of these when they started coming of age and opted for the European and Japanese cars in droves.

  • @fidelrodriguez3705
    @fidelrodriguez37054 жыл бұрын

    Pontiac's are one of the best I own a 1978 trans am with 400 6.6 I still own it for 28 years

  • @peteshea8010

    @peteshea8010

    4 жыл бұрын

    Your Trans Am's performance is mediocre at best by today's standards.

  • @pl5624
    @pl56244 жыл бұрын

    1966..pontiacs best year.

  • @bertberlich943
    @bertberlich943 Жыл бұрын

    Nice Pontiacs. I‘ll buy one of this next year from the new Pontiac.

  • @carryclass
    @carryclass9 жыл бұрын

    yea back when young people could consider buying new cars. most young people today end up working for minimum wage and making student loan payments. their lucky if they can afford a used bicycle let alone a new car.

  • @JimJones-zc9mk

    @JimJones-zc9mk

    8 жыл бұрын

    Back than minimum wage you could afford to have your wife be a stay at home mom, now you and your wife and kids all have to work just to get by.

  • @jefferysoles1715

    @jefferysoles1715

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yea that's because school systems tell the kids from day one you have to go to college to be anybody. The government is as responsible as anyone buy giving out these student loans and acting like it's no problem paying them off. Ever wonder why you can file bankruptcy on ever kind of debt except student loans?

  • @michaelstratton6701

    @michaelstratton6701

    5 жыл бұрын

    NAFTA killed all the high paying factory jobs, they were easy to get up until that

  • @gregorymalchuk272

    @gregorymalchuk272

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@michaelstratton6701 Nafta, open borders, mass immigration.

  • @mikesamra9126

    @mikesamra9126

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@gregorymalchuk272 Exactly. This is what the new indoctrinated collegiate left doesn't understand.

  • @anderander5662
    @anderander56623 жыл бұрын

    My best friend had a 66 Catalina 389 2-barrel..... Was a big old comfortable car and we went everywhere in it...

  • @tomservo56954
    @tomservo5695410 жыл бұрын

    It was Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen, the Pontiac division manager who turned the make around in the 1950's, paving the way for John Delorean (and squelching talk in GM about discontinuing the line), He said "You can sell an old man a young man's car, but you can't sell a young man an old man's car"

  • @KingRoseArchives

    @KingRoseArchives

    10 жыл бұрын

    I'll grant you Bunkie was the spark plug who put the original team together of Knudsen, Estes and DeLorean but it was John and PR guy, Jim Wangers, who took it to the next step. None of them could have done it alone.

  • @Drchainsaw77

    @Drchainsaw77

    8 жыл бұрын

    +stephen dwyer Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses

  • @bry4950

    @bry4950

    8 жыл бұрын

    Today you can sell an old man's car to a young man.

  • @tomservo56954

    @tomservo56954

    8 жыл бұрын

    Bruce Bryant Ignore this crazy putz Stephen...

  • @williamg2552
    @williamg25527 жыл бұрын

    One year later, with the 1967 introductions, the world of Pontiac would change FOREVER... For that was the year that the Ultimate Pontiac would be introduced...... The ***FIREBIRD !!!!***

  • @OrdinaryKy

    @OrdinaryKy

    4 жыл бұрын

    I believe that’s the GTO, as it made more contributions to the world. The firebird, while I do love it, was just a rebadged Camaro.

  • @recentlychanged

    @recentlychanged

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just a warmed over Camaro built for the sole purpose of challenging the Mercury Cougar.

  • @michaelcuff5780
    @michaelcuff57806 жыл бұрын

    They dont build em like this anymore! A guy i used to work with had a convertible GP. It was beautiful!

  • @WitchKing-Of-Angmar

    @WitchKing-Of-Angmar

    2 жыл бұрын

    I knew a couple guys that had all of these automobiles, but that was in 1966. Just go to the parking lots and you'd see what I mean.

  • @calvinrhodes9817
    @calvinrhodes98174 жыл бұрын

    Love the 17' side molding. Classic !

  • @dennisleporte2327
    @dennisleporte232710 жыл бұрын

    Those Star Chiefs were really something. I think I would have preferred one over a cadillac though Cadillac for 66' was a piece of art as well!

  • @1972mercurycougar
    @1972mercurycougar3 жыл бұрын

    Mom had '65 Pontiac Parisienne Sport coupe. 283 2bbl. Chevy power, Canadian Pontiac. Beautiful, buckets console floor shift. Powerglide, and it was hers from 71-78. She piled it up.

  • @bertvosburg558
    @bertvosburg5582 жыл бұрын

    I liked his creativity with the Microphone cord! Ha!Ha! He did well at making it all look natural.

  • @Doobie1975
    @Doobie19754 жыл бұрын

    1960's was definitely Pontiac at its zenith, you couldn't go wrong with Pontiac during the 1960's.

  • @classic-kool
    @classic-kool8 жыл бұрын

    Great looking ladies in '66 !!

  • @SquillyMon

    @SquillyMon

    7 жыл бұрын

    Indeed...

  • @michals547

    @michals547

    4 жыл бұрын

    2:00, 13:35, 16:58, 20:35

  • @SRD1014
    @SRD101410 жыл бұрын

    Love the dual opposed articulated wipers! Too bad they only use them today on Lexus LS 460 or Toyota Yaris. Such a good idea. I had a '73 Lemans that had them and they work so well...

  • @JamesBond-pb2qy
    @JamesBond-pb2qy4 жыл бұрын

    My late Father did the car catilog s . I remember in 65 /66 G.P. we're supposed to be the new GTO. But they needed something for the the "Old man ".

  • @thomast596
    @thomast5965 жыл бұрын

    My brother had a 2+2 that thing was so cool

  • @displayfireworks1
    @displayfireworks16 жыл бұрын

    In most all of these old car videos I enjoy how they refer to the car buyer as a "Prospect".

  • @recentlychanged

    @recentlychanged

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's because these videos were only intended for the SALES PEOPLE! Not the general public. In sales of any kind, potential customers are called prospects.

  • @AtlantaGymFan
    @AtlantaGymFan5 жыл бұрын

    Ahh the days when every fall would bring new car ads and fever!

  • @tiger7199
    @tiger71999 жыл бұрын

    I didn't realize that the headrest had come out as early as 66. I didn't think that was until like 68. It looks like they were only offered on the Catalina series with bench front seats and not the all models. Interesting. Pontiac always did have the best styling in my opinion.

  • @CORVAIRWILD

    @CORVAIRWILD

    7 жыл бұрын

    tiger7199 Headrests were available across the full GM line for including Corvair. reclining seat with a joke, the pivot was a few inches too high to be of any use, and it's discontinued after 2 years

  • @tomservo56954

    @tomservo56954

    7 жыл бұрын

    American Motors offered them as early as 1959, and some Chrysler and Ford products had them a few years later (mainly for the passenger seat, when it reclined)

  • @tiger7199

    @tiger7199

    6 жыл бұрын

    Paul Duca I was talking more specifically about GM cars but interesting about the other brands having them as well. I had no idea they were offered as early as 59.

  • @tiger7199

    @tiger7199

    6 жыл бұрын

    CORVAIRWILD Yea I didn't know that. I always thought the main reason they started putting them on cars was to prevent whiplash from rear end accidents.

  • @buddywayne1
    @buddywayne19 жыл бұрын

    The emphasis on "youth" becomes irritating after about the 50th mention.

  • @matrox

    @matrox

    6 жыл бұрын

    Well unlike now...Youth was really cool back then.

  • @recentlychanged

    @recentlychanged

    3 жыл бұрын

    I worked for a pontiac dealer in Cleveland Heights during those years, and I can say for sure that most of the people driving those full-sized Pontiacs were NOT youths. But the Tempests were a different story. One lucky young man's family bought his immature a*s a new '67 4-speed tri-power GTO convertible for H/S graduation. Before it was six months old, he had launched it into the air at high speed one night on a RR crossing approach. When it came down, the front suspension bottomed out and caught the front cross-member momentarily on one of the tracks, causing the frame to buckle in the middle. He wanted it fixed under the 5-50 warranty so he wouldn't have to tell his dad.

  • @granddad-mv5ef

    @granddad-mv5ef

    3 жыл бұрын

    You must remember this is a sales training film for dealerships.

  • @WitchKing-Of-Angmar

    @WitchKing-Of-Angmar

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@granddad-mv5ef not sales training, audience films in the show room.

  • @granddad-mv5ef

    @granddad-mv5ef

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@WitchKing-Of-Angmar you are probably correct, either way it was a video I never expected to see.

  • @JamesBond-pb2qy
    @JamesBond-pb2qy4 жыл бұрын

    I have a Few OHC motors. Had one in a wagon.Sprint 6 rare. Had the 4 cyl in 62 fact 4 speed and 4 brl

  • @senselessmonkee
    @senselessmonkee4 жыл бұрын

    We couldn't stay with cars like that for obvious reason but were fun while they lasted!

  • @jeffreym.keilen1095
    @jeffreym.keilen10952 жыл бұрын

    Love the 8 lug mags on the G.T.O.!! How many were built with THAT option?

  • @RoofysGarage

    @RoofysGarage

    2 жыл бұрын

    None... the 8 lug option was cancelled shortly before production.

  • @billtaylor4224
    @billtaylor42246 жыл бұрын

    If those girls are still around they are in their 70's now and the announcer is long gone. I wonder who they were.

  • @I-Libertine
    @I-Libertine2 жыл бұрын

    The young people are going to love these youthful cars designed with young people in mind--with youth built in from the youthful shifter to the youthful exterior lines. Man, oh man, that's youthful!

  • @granddad-mv5ef
    @granddad-mv5ef3 жыл бұрын

    I was fortunate to purchase a '66 2+2 as a trade-in, if I had only been able to see the future, it would still be mine.

  • @tsf5-productions
    @tsf5-productions2 жыл бұрын

    My very first car I owned was a 1966 Pontiac "Le Mans" with a 326 c.i.d. V8. Bought it in September of 1070 for $650! It had a two speed automatic: fast and faster, they were. I liked that car. Bought it used with, I don't remember, how many miles it had. The color was the turquoise, two door. A best buddy of mine talked me into getting a Thrush Muffler on it...like his '63 Pontiac Tempest-Le Mans had. I hated the sound. Changed back to a new regular muffler in a few months. Also, got heavy-duty shocks on it. Oh! Those were good days!

  • @paulcheek5711
    @paulcheek57114 жыл бұрын

    back when gm made real, beautiful cars...

  • @ranazeshan5125
    @ranazeshan51255 жыл бұрын

    Golden era Golden people Diamond cars ❤

  • @eldo59
    @eldo596 жыл бұрын

    When cars could screech tires so easily.

  • @aricsnyder5882

    @aricsnyder5882

    6 жыл бұрын

    eldo59 the cheapest pos car build today could smoke those bias tires. Most modern 4 cylinder cars have more HP than most cars out of Detroit in 66

  • @Aman-fv5if

    @Aman-fv5if

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@aricsnyder5882 But you have to remember awd, limited slip, traction control and the overall heavier weight of modern vehicles would stop you from breaking traction.

  • @peteshea8010

    @peteshea8010

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Aman-fv5if Limited slip differentials were widely available by the mid 1950s.

  • @Aman-fv5if

    @Aman-fv5if

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@peteshea8010 Yeah and?

  • @commando8088

    @commando8088

    3 жыл бұрын

    You do realize getting a 300 hp 375 pounds of torque was pretty common back in the 60s right? Your average modern four cylinder gets 90-150 hp. Dumb ass lmao

  • @gtpcruiser02
    @gtpcruiser023 жыл бұрын

    These world class American vehicles offered power, luxury, beauty, comfort and safety over 50 years ago. Foreign imports could not compete with American Automotive Engineering in its heyday.

  • @joserafaelgrangefuenmayor7744
    @joserafaelgrangefuenmayor77448 жыл бұрын

    Me gusta ese carro el Pontiac Bonneville 1966

  • @paulmc3457
    @paulmc34573 жыл бұрын

    Love that GROOOOVY MUSIC BROTHER! 😂

  • @johneddy908
    @johneddy9082 жыл бұрын

    This film was photographed (to the best of my knowledge) at the GM Proving Grounds near Milford, Michigan.

  • @jeffambrosia5678
    @jeffambrosia56784 жыл бұрын

    My parents had 66cat when I was a kid.

  • @romcarpentier95
    @romcarpentier954 жыл бұрын

    Magnifiques voitures, réellement la classe !

  • @ZerokillerOppel1
    @ZerokillerOppel14 жыл бұрын

    Certainly diggin' them jazztunes cat!!

  • @animalcorvair
    @animalcorvair4 жыл бұрын

    good engine the belt was fun to change ,, they did wear out

  • @CJColvin
    @CJColvin Жыл бұрын

    Very beautiful Pontiacs and its cool that the sales man here is a real car enthusiast. It's a shame that Pontiac isn't around anymore cause not only Pontiac was GM's Mopar but it was also America's BMW as well.

  • @pl5624
    @pl56243 жыл бұрын

    The music was used on beavis and butthead when they were watching driver ed safety films.

  • @poochie49
    @poochie494 жыл бұрын

    Yes, those beautiful "Land barges".

  • @senorkaboom
    @senorkaboom11 жыл бұрын

    That Tempest looks like the Chevrolet Malibu for '66, I guess because it was on the same chassis. And that engine, I saw a few of those in my day.

  • @douglasmacarthur3629
    @douglasmacarthur36294 жыл бұрын

    Who is the announcer or narrator? He does a fantastic job :)

  • @jamesalford756
    @jamesalford7564 жыл бұрын

    Seventeen foot stainless steel side molding; 17 feet?!!! And that's a two door Coupe! Steel molding?!!! These automobiles were tanks!

  • @senorkaboom
    @senorkaboom11 жыл бұрын

    Instead of a $10.00 timing chain that may break at 75,000 to 100,000 miles, the new $1.75 neoprene belt may last for 35,000 miles. It will still cost you $125.00 to fix and take a week, the part is not available.

  • @hotroddaddy-et4xg

    @hotroddaddy-et4xg

    6 жыл бұрын

    the parts were available .and it didn't cost no $125.00 to change.lol.yes 50 years later they are hard to find but that's what a lot of gearheads enjoy..we have 2 firebirds and a couple other big pontiacs with the ohc 6 ,everyone looks at them in awe,ask questions and take pictures.very sought after option.

  • @rickdees2411

    @rickdees2411

    2 жыл бұрын

    haha, yes, I did a few timing chains on GM cars, I'm not a mechanic, and the job was relatively easy, chain and new gears too. Really pepped up my 66 Bonneville 389, and my 74 Monte Carlo 350 small block. A timing belt, betcha it's now loads more than $125, and no longer a job easy for backyard mechanic types.

  • @paulht3251
    @paulht32513 жыл бұрын

    Nice cars back then funny these cars are the size of a small motor home these days. 🤔

  • @DanielBODell
    @DanielBODell3 жыл бұрын

    In 69 i got my license in a 66 2+2 421 catilina @15yrs old!

  • @westcoastgoose
    @westcoastgoose4 жыл бұрын

    Love this. I have a 66 Parisienne 2dr hard Top

  • @66Lombardo66
    @66Lombardo6610 жыл бұрын

    Love it. I have a '66 Grand Prix

  • @SquillyMon
    @SquillyMon7 жыл бұрын

    Way back when we had the money and manufacturing muscle to change designs year to year....must have cost a fortune to retool like that.

  • @rickdees2411

    @rickdees2411

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well, I lived in those days, we thought cars were costly, I bought a new 69 GTO Judge in 69, $3000, after I got $1000 for my trade-in, a pretty 64 Ford 500XL. Costly, but maybe not, as lotsa people were buying new cars quite easily, lots on just my block, my neighbors. Like everything, retooling, musta been not too costly, as the minimum wage was soooo low, my 64 ford, was a one year design, only made looking that way in 64. Those years were absolutely iconic for so many reasons.

  • @Rorkazak
    @Rorkazak7 жыл бұрын

    Can you tell us who the ad agency was that did this ? The "youth" theme gets a little old after about a minute.

  • @toronado455
    @toronado4554 жыл бұрын

    15:31 "the rear end is wide. *_Real_* wide." 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @pony053
    @pony0534 жыл бұрын

    My dad had a 66 Bonneville. I learned to drive on that "barge". The old man loved a big car. It was pretty stylin' in it's day!

  • @GTO4speed66
    @GTO4speed6610 жыл бұрын

    Yep, the 8 lug wheels were the unobtainiun option. Due to conflicts with Kelsey-Hayes and John Delorean they were dropped for the LeMans, Sprint, and GTO for 66.

  • @KingRoseArchives

    @KingRoseArchives

    10 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing your insight on this.

  • @CORVAIRWILD

    @CORVAIRWILD

    7 жыл бұрын

    GT182/66GTO while the GTO never got the 8 luggers, one or two or three sets were made for Corvairs, and one set exists to this day in the Corvair-Hudson Museum in Depot Town, Ypsilanti Michigan. The GTO wheels had a different fin pattern than the full size models' wheels, and the Corvair wheels used 13 inch tires and 5 lugs, and a different fin pattern as well

  • @pl5624

    @pl5624

    4 жыл бұрын

    Good luck getting replacement parts..

  • @aricsnyder5882
    @aricsnyder58826 жыл бұрын

    Bonneville Brougham 4door hardtop has a Mafia trunk looks like you can toss 3 dead bodies in it

  • @PotatoGunsRule
    @PotatoGunsRule7 жыл бұрын

    I'm going to need some 1966 era counterfeit money and a time machine.......

  • @chuckster3629
    @chuckster36294 жыл бұрын

    6:24 .............. A Cigar lighter! I'm sold! Where's the nearest dealer where I can buy one of these?

  • @paulht3251

    @paulht3251

    3 жыл бұрын

    Plus an ash tray in all the doors 😃

  • @chuckster3629

    @chuckster3629

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@paulht3251 Actually, I'm a Ford guy who owns two '65 Ford Galaxie 500's. One is a convertible and the other a 2 door hardtop. I also own a '60 T-Bird hardtop with a floor shift 3 speed manual transmission with overdrive. Add a '99 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4x4 pickup and a 2000 Excursion V-10. And they all have lots of ashtrays.

  • @moochincrawdad
    @moochincrawdad4 жыл бұрын

    5:35 Wow, rear seat belts in 66! 😮

  • @Doobie1975
    @Doobie19754 жыл бұрын

    is the Catalina at 5:00 a three speed manual on the column (aka 3 on the tree)?

  • @H71BCD
    @H71BCD2 жыл бұрын

    Lucky old Bob. Goes to show you that even with a cheap suit and a receding hairline you can still attract the ladies with a 66 model Pontiac, and that lower tone horn seals the deal.

  • @jasonvogue4487
    @jasonvogue44877 жыл бұрын

    large station wagon tires

  • @aricsnyder5882
    @aricsnyder58826 жыл бұрын

    Lol the first Energizer Bunny was in the 66 Ponchos

  • @gingerelvira6587
    @gingerelvira65874 жыл бұрын

    That BurnOut was UN Impressive. For the overall weight of the car it was Under powered. But WHO can beet 9 MPG. ? I drove a 1970 442 in 1974 Lots of fun. Fortunitly gas was .38 cents a gallon.

  • @michaelstratton6701
    @michaelstratton67015 жыл бұрын

    Bonneville, grand prix, Catalina, tempest, trans am, GTO

  • @StillHip4AnOldGuy
    @StillHip4AnOldGuy8 жыл бұрын

    Back during aMericos great days.

  • @solomongrundy1618
    @solomongrundy16184 жыл бұрын

    I'd get the tempest for a grocery getter and the GTO for weekend cruising (with the 4 speed automatic)

  • @choppersports

    @choppersports

    4 жыл бұрын

    They only came with 3 speed turbo 400 automatic transmission or 4 speed m 21 manual transmission

  • @jefferysoles1715
    @jefferysoles17155 жыл бұрын

    Shocking they ever sold a GTO with these sales videos. They hyped the 4 cyl. more then they did 389 tri-power.

  • @recentlychanged

    @recentlychanged

    3 жыл бұрын

    GTOs didn't need to be hyped. The car mags took care of that for free.

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