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Niiiiice!

Nice pictures, JUSTA!

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I don't, but you can google "2003 Pontiac NASCAR" and select "Images". There are quite a few good photos.

Thanks for posting the pictures from the cruise-in and the HF Museum, really nice photos! Seeing the Jim Clark Lotus brings back fond memories from my youth. One of my slot cars was the #82 Lotus, (I think it was a Cox). I was within walking distance of the local slot car track (Falls Church) and I misspent much of my youth there, lol.

I bet it did... you are the OHC 6's graetest champion. That Lincoln MK. II is beautiful. Always liked these cars, never see them much.

I love this car, one of my favorites... Congrats SPRINT 6!

Two great looking Pontiacs! Great to have another Virginian on board.

Here are all the drivers in NASCAR that have won in Pontiacs... https://www.foxsports.com/nascar/gallery/pontiacs-greatest-nascar-drivers-042909

Thanks for posting the pics, JUSTA... looks like a great show despite the random day/time.

WOW! She's a beauty all right! 🏆

More nice pictures, JUSTA. I really like the '74 ('75?) Grand Am. I haven't seen a first gen GA in I don't know how long, especially one this nice! Also like the "66 Bonneville wagon.

31pontiac's big bad blue Bonneville...

Nice pictures Frosty! Always love pictures of Pontiacs, even though I currently don't own one, they are still #1 in my heart.

IMHO, since it has never been modified, I would restore it to factory original. You may have a somewhat rare '71 GP, considering the ton of options on the build sheet.... In particular the L75 455HO motor and positraction.

It sounds like Pontiac had few champions in the GM castle, pretty much a Chevrolet dictatorship. It's no wonder GM went into bankruptcy in the 2000's and Pontiac was the first to go. I wish Bob Lutz had been there a couple of decades earlier, I think he would have put up a fight. Now that you mention it, I do remember that Fiero's had a tendency to catch fire... Not exactly a good selling point, lol!

That's right... I had forgotten about the Fiero! Pontiac finally got the Fiero right in 1988, and then, BOOM!, it was cancelled. I never realized it was Chevy's fault- were they afraid it had gotten too good and was going to cut into Corvette sales?

That stinks... the other GM divisions always seemed to have their way against Pontiac. Pontiac was glad to share their engine technology with Chevrolet for their new V8, but Chevy was able to kill any Pontiac sports car.

I was just reading about the Pontiac straight 8 in Wikipedia because...well...just because. Anyway... I came across this interesting piece of Pontiac history- the Pontiac V8 was ready in 1953: From Wikipedia: Pontiac straight-8 engine History The straight-8 was dubbed the Silver-Streak[1] at Pontiac Division. Powered by the "eight", a Pontiac was promoted as a likable automobile, with enough power under the hood to get the job done in affordable luxury. However, by the early 1950s, overhead valve V8s from sister divisions Cadillac, Buick and Oldsmobile, as well as new overhead valve V8s from Ford Motor Company and Chrysler Corporation, made the "Silver Streak" all but obsolete in power, It was a quiet, smooth running engine that served the needs of the 1930s and '40s American consumer adequately for power, if not reliability or economy, but by 1954, the engine was decidedly eclipsed not only by competing auto makers, but by General Motors' own divisions' products as well. Further hamstringing the "Silver Streak" was the aged, but cheap to produce, flathead configuration. Interesting to note that the Strato Streak V-8 was ready to go in 1953, but was held back by the protesting Buick and Olds divisions. Evidence of this is in the details of the chassis/steering of 1953 and 1954 Pontiac's which were designed for the V-8. The V8 configuration of the "Strato-Streak" 287-cubic-inch engine that replaced it in 1955 did away with all the crankshaft and L-head related problems, replacing the Depression era "cheap 8" with a truly modern, durable but yet affordable design perfectly matched to Pontiac's target market. A few years later (fall of 1956), under the guidance of Bunkie Knudsen Pontiac was determined to change its image into a performance car to boost sales, this led Knudsen to look for further talent such as in Pete Estes as chief engineer (taken from Olds division) and John DeLorean as director of advanced engineering,a former Packard and Chrysler engineer. Pontiac became known as a performance division based upon the durable, well performing V8s that came later, all of them based upon the original 287 of 1955. Who Knew?!! Anyone else aware of this?

Praying for your dad and you too, Frosty. btw... nice ride!

Great picture of the entire Pontiac HOF monument! The two times I was in there, it was too many people to get a decent shot of the whole thing. (Not sure why there are two pictures)

Ha! That was you!...who knew?!! Small world... I had seen you pull in and I wanted to get some shots before you put the hood up. I got a couple of shots and just you were getting out, some official guy was asking for you to put your hood up... I mean you hadn't even gotten out of the car yet. lol! I went for quantity, not quality... no artsy-fartsy pictures, lol! I took 257 pictures, almost half were junk, but I kind of expected that because the sun was overwhelming my camera knowledge, still learning my new camera. There were so many cars and they were really spread out with virtually no shade, I had to go indoors a couple of times to recover. I am happy for you to add your pictures!

This is what happens when you invite the Mustang club to your car show...