What's that in the garage?!!?

[texxas8902]

I was just wasting time window shopping cars on eBay. I always love to look at cars I can't currently afford or have any place to store. You'd think 9 vehicles would be enough but I think it's a sickness with no known cure. So I'm looking at Pontiacs, yeah all of them, old and new, but I only click on the ones that catch my eye. I mean you can only look at so many GTOs before you go crossed eyed. I look at the 67s and 70s alot because I like those years and I always look at the 74s and 73s because they are relatively rare. Okay I'm getting to the point, I always look at the early 70s colonnade Grand Ams because I like those too. So I'm looking at this pretty nice 73 Grand Am,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1973-Pontiac-Grand-Am-like-Le-Mans-or-GTO_W0QQitemZ250161056877QQihZ015QQcategoryZ6421QQ ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
and during the slide show I notice a familiar looking tailight flash by on a car in the garage. A 76-77 442, Cutlass S tailight. Thing is the car has a H/O identifier on the back and a larger decal on the rear quarter. A proposal car? Dealer modified car? Owner modified car? Interesting anyway, take a look. I dropped the seller a line and told him about the site, maybe he will check it out... if he's not already a member.
Oh yeah and check out the Vista Cruiser wagon with the OAI hood in front of the neighbor's house in one of the shots.:D I like those too.

[76HOProposal]

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[mrblackwell17]

Ive always liked the noses on that car and for some reason I love the slanted console. That would be a nice driver.

Speaking of Pontiacs...I think this Grand Prix is gorgeous. Very cool paint scheme.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1976-GRAND-PRIX-LJ-455-NUMBER-MATCH-T-TOPS-PHS-DOCS_W0QQitemZ330159948749QQihZ014QQcategoryZ6422Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[texxas8902]

The eBay seller of the Pontiac responded to my inquiry and checked out the site. His car is a regional edition, 77 Cutlass S with a 403. Heres what he wrote:
Hey thanks for the info. I just checked your site and I will need to check it out more in depth when I have time. Glad I did though, as in reading one of the posts I see that I put in the wrong body tag pic (oops) - the 69 Olds it is from is my red V/C in one of the background shots - Thats what I get for bad file management. Anyway the Cutlass is just an S model that I added emblems and decals to. It is a W-19 option, which I understand to be a special decor (brushed aluminum roof band and chrome plated sport mirrors). It has the 403 Olds motor, buckets/console w/ rallye guage cluster ans 76 K miles. I thought it would look a little different and get a little more attention. Roof and wheels are painted gold, with black/gold stripe scheme - I'm not trying to make it a Hurst knock-off, just give it a little interest. I think a 76 or 77 protoytpe was made at one point.

THX again for the info, I'll look into signing up as a member soon
Gee I wonder where that prototype he mentions is these days. Anyone know?:p

[ragz442]

Sounds like a cool car, and probably rarer than he thinks with the 403.

[76HOProposal]

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