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desperate-smelling discounts in between the shots of the undernourished-looking Grand Am-lovin' 80s babe. Hmm... you don't see many of these cars around any more...
Hot Babes Dig Discount Deals On '88 Pontiac Grand Ams
So The General makes this seriously 80s-looking ad for the '88 Grand Am, so much of its time that a fine sheen of chlamydia-scented cocaine crystals will form on your TV screen just watching it. But wait! The General notes that nobody is actually buying Grand Ams, so he orders his admeisters to splice in some stuff about
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All This And A Squishy Nose: 1973 Pontiac Grand Am
Even though the DOTS '73 Grand Am doesn't have the cool hood scoops of the car in this ad, it does have the soft Endura bumper. We kinda prefer the demonstration involving scientists beating on the car's snout with a crowbar. Anyway, did you know the '73 Grand Am handled like a "true road car?" Porsche drivers, look out!
offbeat news
Clearly, Luis Galindo had had not seen the amazing video of the Chiranjeevi horse slide, or else he would know that this whole horse-jumping-Pontiac Grand Am stunt is unnecessary. On the other hand, we have to give credit to them for finally coming up with a good use for the Pontiac Grand Am. Of course, this maneuver came too late for one horse rider. [YouTube]
Horse Jumps Pontiac Grand Am, Unaware It Could Just Slide Under It
Clearly, Luis Galindo had had not seen the amazing video of the Chiranjeevi horse slide, or else he would know that this whole horse-jumping-Pontiac Grand Am stunt is unnecessary. On the other hand, we have to give credit to them for finally coming up with a good use for the Pontiac Grand Am. Of course, this maneuver came too late for one horse rider. [YouTube]
down on the street
1973: The Malaise Era was just kicking off, with the Arab oil embargo and Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre letting everyone know that pessimism would be the order of the day for quite a while. The Vietnam War was clearly not going to result in another hide for Uncle Sam to nail onto the barn, and- perhaps worst of all- engine compression ratios were getting smaller and car bumpers were getting bigger. Into this quagmire slogged the '73 Pontiac Grand Am Colonnade, with wild styling that showed the how the Pontiac Division wasn't going to let those freaks over at Buick outdo them with the boat-tail Riviera.
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1973 Pontiac Grand Am Colonnade, with Bonus Malaise Era Rant
1973: The Malaise Era was just kicking off, with the Arab oil embargo and Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre letting everyone know that pessimism would be the order of the day for quite a while. The Vietnam War was clearly not going to result in another hide for Uncle Sam to nail onto the barn, and- perhaps worst of all- engine compression ratios were getting smaller and car bumpers were getting bigger. Into this quagmire slogged the '73 Pontiac Grand Am Colonnade, with wild styling that showed the how the Pontiac Division wasn't going to let those freaks over at Buick outdo them with the boat-tail Riviera.More »
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