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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

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    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. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    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 Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    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, sporadically speaking Timtoolman, sporadically speaking
    09/26/09

    @skaycog: 1528...
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    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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    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 Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    09/26/09

    @tonyola: And, like all Canuckian Pontiacs of the era, a Chevy powertrain.
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    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 MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/07/09

    In reply to Civic Station Wagon Leading After Day One At The Laissez Les Crapheaps Roulez LeMons
    Gimme danger, little Ranger.
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    06/07/09

    In reply to Civic Station Wagon Leading After Day One At The Laissez Les Crapheaps Roulez LeMons
    My brother used to own a Ranger, and also referred to it as the Danger Ranger (with the slogan, "FEEL THE DANGER!").
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/07/09

    In reply to Civic Station Wagon Leading After Day One At The Laissez Les Crapheaps Roulez LeMons
    FEMA is doing too good to be FEMA.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    06/07/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: To be truly in-character, they would've have shown up until 3 days after the race.
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    06/07/09

    In reply to Civic Station Wagon Leading After Day One At The Laissez Les Crapheaps Roulez LeMons
    Hard not to love the Rubber Biscuit theme but the FEMA is pretty spectacular too.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    06/07/09

    In reply to Civic Station Wagon Leading After Day One At The Laissez Les Crapheaps Roulez LeMons
    You know there's carnage and/or bad driving when a Caprice is sittin' in the top ten.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    06/07/09

    @engineerd: Hey, a Detroit Large often does very well. Size Matters Fury, for instance. Plus a couple of Vics, as I recall.
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