Our next feature is not just a random red W-body with a Petty autograph offered for cheap. Pontiac really did build a ’92 Richard Petty Edition Grand Prix to commemorate The King’s final NASCAR season, and the documented production total was 1,000 cars, offered in red, white or blue. Powering this classic plastic-clad Poncho is […]
I’ve purchased a few cars that were stuck in the garage over the years and I can tell you it isn’t for the weak man (or woman). You need to understand that you’ll probably spend the better part of the next 12 weekends replacing every single flexible rubber component and then you’ll have to decide […]
This is not some backyard Sawzall convertible. It appears to be an Auto Forms Sports Roadster, one of a small number of third-gen Firebirds converted when Pontiac itself did not offer a factory convertible. The conversion is much more radical than simply cutting the roof off. Auto Forms turned the Firebird into a two-seat roadster, […]
I was trying to figure out why I liked the look of this 75 TransAm…was it the color? It’s a nice shade of copper-bronze-brown-red-root beer metal flake that looks well executed. The wheels and white-letter tires are also sharp and period correct…oh yeah, that’s a 70 Firebird nose on the front! A 75 TransAm should […]
I am vengeance. I am the night. Well, once I get painted, I’ll be the night. Right now I’m the marine layer on a June morning in San Diego. This is my steed, the Batmobile. She is a Fiero wearing a Ferrari F355 costume that’s as finished as Gotham’s Police force. Go ahead, pop the […]
Our next feature is an ’80 Pontiac Phoenix, the first year of the downsized, front-wheel-drive second generation, and Pontiac’s first production front-drive car. It shared GM’s new X-body platform with the Chevrolet Citation, Oldsmobile Omega, and Buick Skylark. Today’s example is a 2-door notchback with either a 2.5 4-cyl Iron Duke or the 2.8 V6. […]
Today’s next feature is a head scratcher for me. The photos aren’t the best, but from what I can see, I like…a lot more than I should. A chop-top Fiero doesn’t sound like a good idea, but the execution in today’s Fiero Roadster gets two thumbs up from me. Find this 1984 Pontiac Fiero offered […]
Our next feature is one of the coolest third-gen F-body specials and easily one of the sneakiest fast cars GM sold in the late ’80s. Pontiac took the turbo Buick V6 (related to the one in the GNX) and shove it into the front of a Pontiac Firebird Trans Am and put some Indy 500 […]
Todya’s next feature is a Pontiac Grand Prix GTP Daytona 500 Pace Car Edition, which is peak late’90s/early’00s Pontiac: excessive plastic body cladding, coupe roofline, supercharged V6, and it is just one Earnhardt window sticker away from peak NASCAR glory. The GTP was the performance trim of the W-body Grand Prix, so this gets the […]
Just what is a Pontiac Phoenix? From 1977 through 1979, it let Pontiac keep a foot in the affordable compact market without developing a car from scratch. Sharing parts with the Chevrolet Nova, Olds Omega, and Buick Skylark (and Apollo), the X-Body Phoenix is one of those malaise era American cars with a big footprint […]