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Six Flags Over Tomsk
09/22/09

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Oh, do want!
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09/22/09

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Not that I would actually buy one of these, but it's a Nice Price for what it is.
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Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it
09/22/09

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Damn. Pretty, great shape, blue plate and just down the street from me. i may have to rob a bank and buy this car!
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CptSevere
09/22/09

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Hey, nice car. The T Bird yesterday was a bit much, but I like these Pontiacs. Hell, I like almost every Pontiac, especially well preserved ones for less than four grand. Yeah, you could do all kinds of things with it, from dropping in a 455 and making a drag car, just leaving it alone and cruising around in it, or mildly tweaking it for the shear hell of it. I think it has coils in the rear, which I'd replace with station wagon springs to make it handle a little better, plus modern shocks. Dual exhausts, swap out the Quadrajet for a Holley, electronic ignition (probably still has points), and this would be a nice ride.

And yeah, the shifter is on the column, where God intended it to be. That's the proper place from which to control a TH350 or 400. While sitting on a split bench, which dozens of Naugas gave their lives to upholster.
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mytdawg
09/22/09

@CptSevere: What a great line. Do you know how many Naugas had to die for this interior?
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jedchev
09/22/09

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This is the nicest price for the best car I have seen on this website. 73-77 Colonnade Intermediates are luxurious, great to look at and handle way better than their 68-72 forebears. If it's got the 400, You've got a rare beast. It may have 170hp, but the torque is way over 300 and this engine gets 20mpg on the highway with a 4bbl. The tall gearing means that you're barely idling the engine to achieve 100mph, passing all the quarter milers in their 4.11 geared Chevelles. These cars were made for making time on the highway, not 0-60. After you realize that, you will be in Pontiac heaven.

The only downside to these cars was a propensity for any sheetmetal below the rub strip to disintegrate, making them hard to find in the Northeast.

When I first got into cars, I had a 77 Grand Prix SJ. It was 400 powered and in nice shape for $4,600. I doubled my money when I sold it. The next buyer could double their money now with that car. Look at how much a nice 73 Grand Am goes for. Try $20,000 and up. At an asking price of $3,700, there's some profit potential there if you give it some time.

And a note to abgwin: Fuselages are cool but they're in the AAA league compared to Colonnades.
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Novaload
09/22/09

@jedchev: True about the rust. I had a friend who had one of these and there were rust holes big enough to put your head through.
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bmoreDLJ
09/22/09

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How is it these aren't animated GIFs, yet it still appears like the car's suspension is bobbing up and down?

I guess it's just an optical illusion.
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P161911 probably shoudn't have
09/22/09

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While the 400 engine might have a lowly 170HP it does feature a respectable and perfectly hoon-able 320ft/lb of TORQUE at only 2000rpm. Stangely emmissions regs managed to kill the HP, but not the torque. HP makes a car fast, but torque makes it fun. The extra ponies are easily unleashed with minor tinkering with the exhaust and emissions equipment. Here in Georgia anything over 25 years old is emissions exempt.

Under five grand for something unique and easy to work on, nice price.
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pinkshinyalan is kind of brown
09/22/09

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Hell, you can't find too many cars these days with 75k miles for less than four grand -- never mind a car of this vintage, regardless of whether it garners any respect.

A cheap glasspack exhaust would give it some rumble for a little showing off. The body's in good shape, so you could drive it daily (if it'll start in winter) and get the sexy eyes from girls who don't know that it was crappy compared to its contemporaries.

A few cheap upgrades and some anti-smog deletes and it might even have some punch.
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TurboBrick [LIGIER]
09/22/09

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3500 for a LeMans that doesn't look like it's one roll cage away from being in LeMons? One of the nicest prices in a while. The colonnade styling only works on the coupes, the sedans are very awkward looking.
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engineerd
09/22/09

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I was totally expecting the eFMV (patent pending) to find this as a crack pipe. Nope. There were no '73 Lemans on Autotrader Classic, but there were a handful of '72s and '74s -- one with an asking price of $27500! Granted, it only had 7248 miles, but still. Are these cars that desirable? I guess so.

Anyway, the average asking price on AT Classic was $11150. Wow! I think you can see where this is going. Tack on $5000 for it being a classic and you get a fair market value of $16150, putting this one is serious Nice Price territory.

Of course, just because it's a nice price you don't *have* to buy it. I know I won't be.
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supersoul
09/22/09

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Nice price, but check your history, the disco era began about 2 years later.
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tonyola
09/22/09

@supersoul: Lots of people make that mistake. They assume that on New Years Day 1970, everyone pitched their beads and tie-dye and bought leisure suits, platform shoes, and nylon shirts with collars extending past the shoulders. Although some disco-ish singles were being released in 1973, disco didn't really become popular until 1975, and didn't go completely mainstream until 1977.
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Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
09/22/09

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Assuming it's a solid car, I say Nice Price. It's not obscenely expensive, and not particularly loved. However, as has been mentioned, it's ripe for making a nicely-priced sleeper without butchering the car.
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tonyola
09/22/09

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Leather? Bullshit. Another lying seller. That white stuff slathered over the interior is 100% genuine Morrokide - GM's fancy name for vinyl.

I despise all of the '73-'77 GM Colonnade intermediates. I find them to be horrifically bloated and overstyled, and those last-minute add-on bumpers make them even worse. The only ones that are even tolerable to look at are the '76-'77 Olds and Buick coupes. As for '70s midsize cars, only the hoglike '72-'76 Ford intermediates are uglier. This particular car is a low-line model with the basic no-info dash and column-shift auto. The engine is probably a 350 with 150hp. No mention of A/C. I'll rate it a marginal Nice Price because it might be acceptable value for someone, but you couldn't give me this car.
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ChickenDust
09/22/09

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Nice Price - Bet your bell-bottom dollar
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Novaload
09/22/09

@ChickenDust: Right on!
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smalleyxb122
09/22/09

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I want to vote crack pipe on principle. I don't know that I want to do business with a seller that would have such a poorly worded ad. The keyword spamming doesn't help his cause, either.

However, the price is fair, if not great. It's at the high end of what a '73 Lemans should go for, but its condition looks to justify it.

I'll vote nice price, but hope that the buyer bitch-slaps the seller right after the title is signed over.
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