A '66 for the good doctor
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Dr.Jass
Pastor of Muppets
Wow. There is very little I'd change on that car. The shifter can get stored for the next guy, I'll have a Hurst thankaverramuch. Muncies are fragile enough without clashing the gears on half-missed shifts. I'm not anti-bumper-guard, but those overgrown beasts gotta go, factory or otherwise. They'll look good in the scrap pile next to the coilover shocks.
It's a gorgeous car. It's only at $15K at the moment. I'd expect the final bid to be 3-4x that.
It's a gorgeous car. It's only at $15K at the moment. I'd expect the final bid to be 3-4x that.
b-body-bob
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That red on red is perfect, ain't it? It's 20k now. I expect it to go in the 30s but I'm most usually wrong.
b-body-bob
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There's a video of it now
RUSTY Cuda
In over my head!
I thought we were on mopar nuts?
Ahhhh gotta confess I had a 66 GTO back in the day!
Ahhhh gotta confess I had a 66 GTO back in the day!
Dr.Jass
Pastor of Muppets
Up to $30K with a couple of days left.
I saw some bickering about block/transmission/rear axle numbers a couple of days ago, and had to chuckle a bit. I was thinking to myself, "Go find a '66 Chevelle of any type and make it into that at the current selling price." I understand the whole numbers game, but numbers or not could one build a '66 Chevelle this nice for thirty large?
One of my old Pontiac chums stopped in the store a couple of years back and showed me photos of his latest acquisition. 1971 Firebird Formula 455 with a TH400 and 12-bolt rear. It's a non-spoiler car in Castilian Bronze with a tan full vinyl top and tan interior. It may be the ugliest second-gen Firebird I've ever seen. He actually agreed with me, but went on and on about how rare it was. "Of course it's rare, Glenn! How many people wanted to make payments on something that ugly? If I had only that to drive to work every day, I'd probably walk."
He's one of those guys that doesn't understand the "rare v. desirable" equation. Yes, your 340 'Cuda 3-speed is rare, but only because nobody wanted one--then or now. There were a bunch more 4-speeds built, and every single one of 'em is worth more than yours. Unless it's bronze with a tan top and interior. Gack.
I saw some bickering about block/transmission/rear axle numbers a couple of days ago, and had to chuckle a bit. I was thinking to myself, "Go find a '66 Chevelle of any type and make it into that at the current selling price." I understand the whole numbers game, but numbers or not could one build a '66 Chevelle this nice for thirty large?
I had a couple of Pontiacs too, all Trans Ams. The only way I'd do that again would be a '70-'73 Trans Am or maybe a '66-'68 GTO, and either would have to be a heck of a deal.
One of my old Pontiac chums stopped in the store a couple of years back and showed me photos of his latest acquisition. 1971 Firebird Formula 455 with a TH400 and 12-bolt rear. It's a non-spoiler car in Castilian Bronze with a tan full vinyl top and tan interior. It may be the ugliest second-gen Firebird I've ever seen. He actually agreed with me, but went on and on about how rare it was. "Of course it's rare, Glenn! How many people wanted to make payments on something that ugly? If I had only that to drive to work every day, I'd probably walk."
He's one of those guys that doesn't understand the "rare v. desirable" equation. Yes, your 340 'Cuda 3-speed is rare, but only because nobody wanted one--then or now. There were a bunch more 4-speeds built, and every single one of 'em is worth more than yours. Unless it's bronze with a tan top and interior. Gack.
restoman
The paint fumes have cleared so I'm
The vinyl top is hideous, but a '71 Formula, even in that bronze, would get regular duty in my stable.Up to $30K with a couple of days left.
I saw some bickering about block/transmission/rear axle numbers a couple of days ago, and had to chuckle a bit. I was thinking to myself, "Go find a '66 Chevelle of any type and make it into that at the current selling price." I understand the whole numbers game, but numbers or not could one build a '66 Chevelle this nice for thirty large?
I had a couple of Pontiacs too, all Trans Ams. The only way I'd do that again would be a '70-'73 Trans Am or maybe a '66-'68 GTO, and either would have to be a heck of a deal.
One of my old Pontiac chums stopped in the store a couple of years back and showed me photos of his latest acquisition. 1971 Firebird Formula 455 with a TH400 and 12-bolt rear. It's a non-spoiler car in Castilian Bronze with a tan full vinyl top and tan interior. It may be the ugliest second-gen Firebird I've ever seen. He actually agreed with me, but went on and on about how rare it was. "Of course it's rare, Glenn! How many people wanted to make payments on something that ugly? If I had only that to drive to work every day, I'd probably walk."
He's one of those guys that doesn't understand the "rare v. desirable" equation. Yes, your 340 'Cuda 3-speed is rare, but only because nobody wanted one--then or now. There were a bunch more 4-speeds built, and every single one of 'em is worth more than yours. Unless it's bronze with a tan top and interior. Gack.
IF I had a stable...
restoman
The paint fumes have cleared so I'm
The vinyl top is hideous, but a '71 Formula, even in that bronze, would get regular duty in my stable.Up to $30K with a couple of days left.
I saw some bickering about block/transmission/rear axle numbers a couple of days ago, and had to chuckle a bit. I was thinking to myself, "Go find a '66 Chevelle of any type and make it into that at the current selling price." I understand the whole numbers game, but numbers or not could one build a '66 Chevelle this nice for thirty large?
I had a couple of Pontiacs too, all Trans Ams. The only way I'd do that again would be a '70-'73 Trans Am or maybe a '66-'68 GTO, and either would have to be a heck of a deal.
One of my old Pontiac chums stopped in the store a couple of years back and showed me photos of his latest acquisition. 1971 Firebird Formula 455 with a TH400 and 12-bolt rear. It's a non-spoiler car in Castilian Bronze with a tan full vinyl top and tan interior. It may be the ugliest second-gen Firebird I've ever seen. He actually agreed with me, but went on and on about how rare it was. "Of course it's rare, Glenn! How many people wanted to make payments on something that ugly? If I had only that to drive to work every day, I'd probably walk."
He's one of those guys that doesn't understand the "rare v. desirable" equation. Yes, your 340 'Cuda 3-speed is rare, but only because nobody wanted one--then or now. There were a bunch more 4-speeds built, and every single one of 'em is worth more than yours. Unless it's bronze with a tan top and interior. Gack.
IF I had a stable...
b-body-bob
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A local guy has an original 70 Hemi 'Cuda that was brown and is now black. I was watching Dead Dodge garage on youtube and he was working on a black hemi cuda. Toward the end he shows the fender tag, and of course it started life brown too.
The only Pontiac I would be interested in is a 62 big car.
Dr.Jass
Pastor of Muppets
I don't hate the bronze itself, but Congress should've passed a law against full vinyl tops on 2nd-gen GM F-bodies before they ever made it to production. That's not a picture of the actual car, of course, but adding the Formula hood really doesn't help--it really throws off the front-rear balance with no rear spoiler to offset it. It looks nose-heavy.The vinyl top is hideous, but a '71 Formula, even in that bronze, would get regular duty in my stable.
IF I had a stable...
Mind you, this same fella has a solid Ram Air IV/4-speed 1970 Trans Am in Lucerne blue. That combo itself is rare, but add in the fact that it's a factory non-console car and production numbers are below 20. He's bought that car as a repossession in '86 and has literally done nothing with it in the intervening 38 years. Apparently the Formula is rarer yet.
The factories allowed for some pretty ghastly color combinations back in that era. A former roommate had a '68 Sport Suburban that was a factory 383HP car. It was also Ember Gold with a green interior.
74DartSport
has asparagus pee
I’d be putting on my green polyester leisure suit and driving that like I was back in high school.
b-body-bob
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I was surprised, but I am usually wrong so there's that
