Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Pontiac Classic Images

We have a beautiful classic 1979 Pontiac Trans Am for sale. This is an original 4 speed Pontiac Firebird with shaker hood, factory all wheel disc brakes, 12 bolt posi-traction rear end, and an overhauled and detailed 390 ci motor. Every nut and bolt has been gone through on this beautiful Trans Am. The glass T-tops on this Pontiac Firebird make driving this car a real treat even with the top on. With the T-tops off, open up the 4 barrels on a country road you'll be truly living the American Dream. If you are looking for one of the nicest Pontiac Trans Am out there for sale today, you've found it.
This is one of the personal pride and joys of the owner of an automotive service center that specializes in high end performance automobiles. This Trans Am has received first class treatment by his finest mechanics. Even with much of the work done in-house, outside sales receipts for 2007 alone total over $10,000! Nothing has been ignored on this piece of automotive history.
For much of the 1950s, Pontiac was the weakest link in an otherwise indomitable GM juggernaut. The brand's reputation for conservatism didn't jibe with postwar America's craving for glitz, glamour, and speed. Knudsen, an engineer and son of a former GM president, was named Pontiac's general manager in 1956 and given five years to effect a turnaround. Knudsen knew that Pontiac couldn't justify its existence as merely a nicer Chevrolet.
Buick had already carved out a niche as the luxurious brand of choice among doctors; Oldsmobiles were renowned for their sophistication. Pontiacs, Knudsen decided, would be sporty. He immediately ordered the brand's theretofore trademark (but frumpy) chrome striping on the hood and the trunk removed from every car and added a new top-of-the-line model, the Bonneville, to attract younger buyers.
In defiance of an auto-industry gentlemen's agreement banning racing, Knudsen committed to factory-backed NASCAR and NHRA teams, which soon enjoyed huge success thanks largely to the brand's newly developed V-8.

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