Never a fan of the Pontiacs, sans the 69 Judge GTO, which was mostly show and some go. In that year I would take a 302 Z28 Camaro, 429 Boss Mustang,428 Cobra Jet Mach 1 Mustang, or a Hemi car(Challenger, Roadrunner,GTX). Just to show you how far technology has come, this TransAm “Muscle Car” has 335 HP, a Ford Fusion Sport Grocery getter with a 4 cylinder has 320HP and can do the 1/4 or 0-60 in less time than the Pontiac and get 28MPG on the highway in leather and air conditioned comfort. The 2018 Dodge Demon on race gas has 820HP, can out of the factory pull the front wheels off the ground and do sub 10 second 1/4 miles.
I’m clueless as far as the specs of cars go, I’m strictly a ‘I buy what looks good to me’ guy. That said I’m tempted to look at a new Dodge challenger simply because it reminds me of my youth. I’d probably look absurd in it but what the hell!
Yeah, but it doesn’t sound good doing it.
I had absolutely great results with Pontiacs.
I had a 1957 2 door hardtop in 1957- my first car as I was turning 18.
Had a 1959 Pontiac 4 door which my drunk ( EX0 husband put into a large stone church & he killed the car.
I bought a 1965 Pontiac station wagon in Feb of 1965 out the door, tax & license & the extras I needed for $3434. I had that car for 33 years, put over 444,000 miles on it, and sold it to a guy in Sweden who restored it. It still was a daily driver. Had one engine rebuild—at 231,000 miles. I often wish I hadn’t sold it. It was a work horse.
Due my somewhat diverse automotive tastes, I've always thought that a model-year focus would be the ideal way to base a car collection. In '69 and '70, so many great vehicles were available that you could cast a wide net and come up with all winners.