stratman

The Mecum Auto Auction is live on HD Theater tonight thru Satuday on HD Theater. They usually have a good number of Pontiacs, so it's good to tune in from time to time. I usually tune in to watch "a few cars" and end up watching an hour or more, lol!

The worlds smallest guitar.

http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/July97/guitar.ltb.html

thought some of you might find it cool or interesting.

Well... they've really limited themselves to a niche market with it being all "goth" looking and left-handed. Also, what's with those bass pickups?

What it needs is a Strat neck with a humbucker and two single coils like this fine looking Stratocaster...

...or two humbuckers like this awesome American Strat HH hardtail.

I hope you see it someday in the future driving free on the highway

That would be cool!

***UPDATE***

The 2+2 is gone! I drove by the junkyard today and there is just a car size rectangle of dirt surrounded by weeds where the Pontiac sat for so long. Hopefully it went to someone who will fix it up and not part it out.

I'm a real softie for 1968 Firebirds... I had a '68 Firebird 400. ...of the Firebird (though it might make me cry,lol!)

Most of the cars, I don't like, but the new Regal is pretty dang nice. I suggest actually looking into it. It's nice for a compact car like that.

I know, I know... I've read it's a really nice car for the money. It's just going to take a while for me to get over this hatred of Buick. Now maybe if they were to use the Camaro platform and come out with modern version of the '70 GSX or '87 GN... ...oops, sorry!

The fact that GM did not try to sell Pontiac (like Saturn and Hummer), leaves me with one tiny eensy-weensy shread of hope that it still may be on life support and could be revived in some limited fashion.

BTW (mild rant coming,lol)... since we're talking about the death of Pontiac, why wasn't Buick charged with "accessory to manslaughter"?!! IMHO, no matter how "cool" they try to be, they are still stupid looking and they will always be the evil sibling who laughed as the good son died.

Would be way better without the Lambo doors.

Here's another one for your viewing pleasure, lol!

Also try to find a Phoenix or a Ventura for me!

I'll keep an eye out for them this year.

I like what they did to the grand am gives me hope and more ideas for mine (not that i will steal the ideas cuz i have plenty of my own) but still very great.

The Judge was very breath taking!!!

Thank you for the pics!

I see that there are a lot of Grand Am's on Forever Pontiac, so I'll try to get more Grand Am pics this year. Here is the only other Grand Am pic- it's a row of them at the GM Nationals in Carlisle, Pa. last year.

(BTW, your avatar appears to be a PRS Tremonti... do you play?)

Richard Petty's 1986 Grand Prix 2+2

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WOW!!! It looks beautiful all cleaned up... thanks for ithe pics!

Very cool! Good to know, I love that car. Amazing accents to that color really make it nice!

On behalf of Ungerdog, thank for those encouraging comments! We wanted the car to flow and not look like a bunch of random aftermarket parts tacked on, so we planned what we wanted to do before the first mod. It took two years, as time and money (modding a G6 is way down on there on that list, lol) would allow, to get where it is now. Except for drilled and slotted rotors, we're done with the exterior (although there has been talk of a 2009.5 spoiler... ). Interior is next, as all that's been done is a set of Lloyd's mats with a blue "G6" embroidered on them.

Anyway, we love to go to Pontiac shows! Ungerdog's 6 is almost always the only G6 there, so they usually put in a class with late model GTO's and G8's. Even so, it got a second in class at one show, and an "Award of Excellence" at the GM Nationals in Carlisle, Pa. last year. But mainly, it's just fun to show the car, look at all the other fine Pontiacs, and talk to the owners. There are a lot of really nice people in the Pontiac community. When somebody who just spent $100,000 on a Judge restoration comes by and says how much he likes your humble G6, it as good as a trophy any day!

so I'm gonna go out on a limb here and ask if you're Underdog from G6P? lol.

Very nice pictures though, I'm diggin that "Safari Sport" and pretty much everything!

Nope... his father-in-law. I help him with his G6 mods.

WANT! a million times, WANT!!!

The "Safari Sport" is even more incredible in person... it looks like a factoty Pontiac! I just love creative people who have the means to build what should have been a production Pontiac.

Awesome cars and great pics thanks for sharing!

I merged the two threads.

Thanks for the merge!

Spring is here and that means the beginning of car show season. Here are random pictures from some Pontiac shows last year to get everyone pumped up!

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I don't know if it's for sale- I took these pictures on a Sunday when nobody was there. If it is for sale, maybe they are asking way too much and that's why it's been sitting for so long.

Buy it and make that little 305 a screamer.

It certainly needs to go to a good home where it will be restored and loved because it is a very unique Pontiac, but I do not have the time or money for such a project .

I was just wondering what everyone thought about whether it's a future collectible or not.

For years, this 1986 Grand Prix 2+2 has been sitting in an auto junkyard not too far from where I live. Whenever I pass by this junkyard, I look to see if it's still there, but I never stopped it really look at it. Well... about a week ago, I just happened to have my camera in the car as I passed the junkyard. This time I stopped and took some pictures. It looks like it's all there- I guess the owners know it's rare and apparently haven't allowed anyone to pick parts off it. Except for the weathered paint and the headliner coming down, it appears to be in remarkable shape for sitting in the same spot for ages.

I'm no expert by any means, but this is what I've found out about these cars:

1. Produced one year only (1986).

2. Only 1,118 made.

3. The only reason it was made at all was to qualify it for NASCAR.

4. One color choice: silver and charcoal gray two-tone.

5. One engine/transmission choice: an anemic 165 hp 305 ci with a 4-speed auto.

6. In fact, no options were availible, but it came pretty much fully loaded.

So is it a future classic? It's certainly rare, but with only a pitiful 165 hp, it's definately no muscle car either... what do you think?

BTW, if I have posted this in the wrong forum, feel free to move it!

stock GM rally rims

^^ NOT this! ^^

Do NOT put chevy rally wheels on your Pontiac!

There have been some great suggestions in this post of classic PONTIAC wheels (Rally I, Rally II, body color steelies w/Pontiac "dog dish" hubcaps) and classic aftermarket wheels (Crager S/S, Keystone, Torgue Thrust).

Here are two more suggestions of classic "back-in-the-day" wheels:

Pontiac "Snowflake" Wheel

American Racing 200S "Daisy" Wheel

Bump. This Saturday!

If this has already been posted, I apologize... but here is a Pontiac show for you Fla. folks!

http://www.orlandowtw.com/2011wtwflyer.pdf