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Originally Posted by MSD
. . . . I may raise some eyebrows with this comment, but the beginning of the end for Pontiac was in 1963,. . . .
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You certainly raised
my eybrows. I think the best years ever for Pontiac
started in 1963.
I personally owned two 1965 LeMans, a 1965 Tempest, a 1967 Le Mans, and a 1974 Catalina. They were some of the most stylish, low maintenance, and affordable cars I've ever owned. The '65-'67 GTOs, along with the '68-'70 Firebirds, are perhaps the epitome of "classic muscle cars." And even the non-muscle versions would move - the 326 V-8 was a great engine (for its time, and considering gas was 33 cents a gallon) I will admit to my Catalina being a gas hog, though - at 400 cubic inches, and with a 4-barrel carburetor, it used a gallon of gas just to back out of the garage.
Yes, they started to go downhill after the mid-70s. There was the 6000, the Fiero, the Aztek, and the absolutely blasphemous "return" of the GTO - an overpriced, underperforming, hideous looking piece of crap that should have never been graced with that sacred moniker.
Personally, I will miss the Pontiac brand.
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