[Impala64ssa]

Sorry to be picky but I loved Pontiacs.
As much as I like my 64, I always had a soft spot for the big old Pontiacs. My dad got rid of his 62 Catalina when the trans crapped out. It was just a used car at the time and those old HydraMatics were prone to overheat. He sold it to our mechanic who replaced the trans and sold it to the body shop next door. A few yrs later I spotted it at a local car show, nicely restored. It was used in a couple of street scenes in the movie The Wanderers, which was mainly filmed in daBronx.

[frank ballenger]

Pontiacs....

What a story.

Nobody tried all that with the new 1964 Renault Dauphine I had. Not even for use in lemon advertisements.

Example, the heater totally had to be replaced. Waiting time about 2 months to get from France (”we don’t stock any foreign car parts”). Today’s equivalent cost of just the main part in $535. Next was a hole that blew out in the ceramic body of one spark plug. Mechanic had never heard of that position of blow out. And special lube for steering every 6 months or it sounded like a rusty rail car on a siding and took a weightlifter to steer until it froze up totally again. In cold Michigan weather I had to put a blanket on the rear engine every night or wait for spring for it to thaw out.

Later went on to Pontiacs made in the USA.