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    Image of pres pres
    09/28/09

    In reply to 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix
    Oh my, I want/need this vehicle.
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    Image of CptSevere CptSevere
    09/26/09

    In reply to 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix
    Man, what a good looking car. I'd take it over a GTO anytime. It would be tough to choose between it and the Galaxy, but I think I'd end up taking the Galaxy. Pure class.
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    Image of coupeZ600 coupeZ600
    09/27/09

    @CptSevere: The Captain of the Varsity Cheer-Leaders, and one of the hottest girls in all of Bisbee, had a '64 Bonneville, and her younger brothers would take a bunch of us little kids joy-riding while she was at the football game on Friday night. Though she was no realtor, we all fantasized about a house with her in it.
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    Image of Xelmon Xelmon
    09/28/09

    @CptSevere:
    GTO man, faw!
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    09/26/09

    In reply to 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix
    OMFG 8 LUG!

    Those drums/wheels deserve their own writeup.

    Nice find.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/26/09

    In reply to 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix
    Beautiful and classy. A Grand Prix from a time before it meant "Grand Pricks".
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    09/26/09

    In reply to 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix
    Excellent find, as always (8-lug wheels and all!).

    Pontiac peaked in the mid-60s, and this is an excellent example of that.
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    Image of Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish! Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish!
    09/26/09

    @Paul Y. don't drive too fast.: Damn straight.
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    09/26/09

    In reply to 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix

    To answer your question, I would choose the 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 (XL would be nice) with the 427 engine. But I do like the '64 Pontiac.
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    Image of Timtoolman, going ASH Timtoolman, going ASH
    09/26/09

    @skaycog: 1528...
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    skaycog promoted this comment Timtoolman, going ASH was starred Timtoolman, going ASH was unstarred
    Image of skaycog skaycog
    09/26/09

    @Timtoolman, still looking for work.:
    Yessir.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    09/26/09

    In reply to 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix
    Another classic beauty! I was always a sucker for the parenthesis tail light! And to be taking this sweet ride down to the beach on a lovely California day in late September....sigh.

    (===========)
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    09/26/09

    In reply to 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix

    Grand Prix(s) were very desirale cars in their day, making Pontiac one of GM's hottest divisions at that time. What other car company in it's day could boast the following in 1964:

    Super Duty Catalinas
    Tempest based GTOs
    Beautiful Personal Cars lie the Grand Prix
    Big Full Sized Bonnevilles

    It's too bad the 4 Cylinder and V-8 versions of the rear transmission equipped Tempest was put to bed, but so what? Soon there will be Firebirds, and OHC 6 Cyllinders.

    The last full sized Grand Prix, in 1968, was one of the featured cars in my ongoing posts known as the Obscure Muscle Car Paring Lot.
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    09/26/09

    @UDMan: Desirable. Desirable. Desirable. Desirable. Geez, get your fingers in gear.

    Oh, and the reason why I didn't just re-edit it is because all of the links go haywire, as well as the image.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    09/26/09

    @UDMan: Here's the Canadian four-door Grand Parisienne equivalent to the '68 you pictured. This one is obviously winking.
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    Image of DrLemming DrLemming
    09/26/09

    @UDMan: It was odd that Pontiac went to the expense of a substantial rear restyling of the Grand Prix for 1968. They didn't do that with the other big Pontiacs, and the GP was due for a switch to the mid-sized platform the next year. The '67 was a bit plain from the back, but the '68 didn't really work. One of DeLorean's few mistakes with Pontiac.
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    Image of Ralph Wiley Is Poised Ralph Wiley Is Poised
    09/26/09

    @DrLemming: Yeah, the 68 GP looks awful.
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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    09/26/09

    In reply to 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix
    Beautiful. And proof that you don't need 19 inch alloys to roll in style.
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    Image of myootnt myootnt
    09/26/09

    @Franzouse: No, just a set of 11" 8-lug finned alloy brake drums to roll in style. Between the trim rings and center caps is all brake drum.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    09/26/09

    In reply to 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix
    Pretty cool car, and something you rarely see nowadays. However, I've always felt that the front styling of the '64s seem dull and less dynamic than the '63s and '65s - perhaps it's the headlights in their flat pans jutting out beyond the grille. The rear is more interesting - taillights hidden in the rear grille and backup lights located in the pods used for the taillights in lesser Pontiacs.

    My personal favorite of the big pre-'69 GPs is the '66 model with the smooth sides, slatted rear, and a nose treatment that looks like a big GTO.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    09/26/09

    @tonyola: Here's an interesting Canada-only variation on the '66 Grand Prix - the four-door Grand Parisienne. It was basically a Bonneville with GP front and rear styling.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    09/26/09


    @tonyola: The headlights beyond the grille was also pretty much completely borrowed by Caddy in 66:
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    Image of Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish! Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish!
    09/26/09

    @tonyola: And, like all Canuckian Pontiacs of the era, a Chevy powertrain.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    09/26/09

    @Tomsk welcomes the Jezebanned home: I forgot about that, but you're right. However, it looks like you could get a 425-hp 427 with four-on-the-floor in Canadian Pontiacs - that would be very interesting indeed. Who wouldn't kill for a two-door Grand Parisienne so equipped? The maximum engine for the US Pontiac in '66 was a 376-hp 421.
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    09/16/09

    In reply to Briatore, Staff Out At Renault F1 Over Race-Fixing Scandal
    Hopefully we can get rid of that @hole for ever.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    09/16/09

    In reply to Briatore, Staff Out At Renault F1 Over Race-Fixing Scandal
    It's about time that someone fixed a broken race series.
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    09/16/09

    In reply to Briatore, Staff Out At Renault F1 Over Race-Fixing Scandal
    He looks like a mime stuck in an invisible box
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    09/16/09

    @gearhead_318: He's saying, "Mama Mia, they are THIS BIG. No wonder she works for Victoria's Secret".
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    09/16/09

    In reply to Briatore, Staff Out At Renault F1 Over Race-Fixing Scandal
    I sincerely hope Lotus sign them both.
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    Image of NiceNurseRatched NiceNurseRatched
    09/16/09

    In reply to Briatore, Staff Out At Renault F1 Over Race-Fixing Scandal

    Why would Flavio want to spend more time at home with his wife???
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    09/16/09

    @NiceNurseRatched: I...um...well, I had something to say and now I can't remember what.
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