Post a photo of your first Pontiac
 

For those that don't have a photo, a description will do.

Mine was in 1980, a '70 Grand Prix. And it just happened to match one of Art's & Van's illustrations.

My old 71 TA I bought in the spring of 2005.

I never took a picture, but my first Pontiac was a 41 four door. Looked like this. The seats were as comfortable as a living room couch... and nearly as spacious.

1968 Firebird 350 HO 4 speed. Fun car. Picture from 1982

----Grant,,,Did 70's have the pinstripe as an option, or even have it at all?....Bill S

Bill, it was an option in '70, Code 524. The stripe stopped at the base of the rear window unlike '71 & '72. Here's a few photos of an original paint car with them.

My red, white, and blue 70 TA. I loved this car.

Dad's first Pontiac:

Don't have good photos so I had this hero card made.

Also have some pretty crummy home movie footage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lvpCR07taY

K

I guess technically this is my first Pontiac:

http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/...5.jpg~original

1963 326HO 3 speed.Ended racing in AMP and SS until 1972.

Just a quick hijack but I did a show one time and the cars were displayed with the corresponding Fitz & Van advertising art:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...8.jpg~original

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...0.jpg~original

(back to topic)

First one that I paid for with my own money:

I think it was this orginal owner ‘72 Firebird Esprit:)
(Edit-I’m wrong, I forgot there was a one family owned ‘69 Firebird 350 before that, but I don’t think I kept a picture of that one)

bought my first trans am new at 15 years old. i had to let it sit in the garage until i was old enough to drive. it was the first black and gold trans am to hit tulsa. (dad was a friend of the dealer). this pic was in my high school yearbook taken in 78. my next pontiac i bought as a teenager was my 70 ta ra4 which i still have.

First Pontiac
 

Thanks Tony

----Thanks, Grant! This 70 is optioned very much like my 69. Just not quite as many options, but black and black leather make it a rare SJ....Bill S

My 69 in 1975.

My 1st car. 1966 2+2 421 4bbl auto on the column. Paid $250 for it in 1983... I was 15..

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Believe it or not, I made it until 2019 before I bought my first Indian

I have owned my 1970 Atoll Blue GTO for over 40 years. It was my first car and paid a life changing sum of $800 (at the time) for it.

My first and only Pontiac I owned. I was going to Dunwoody at the time driving a 120,000 mile 67 SS Impala. My neighbor just bought a brand new 1981 Sunbird and offered me this green/green 71 Firebird (file photo) that he was going to trade in. They offered him $150 so he sold it to me for that price. One of the most fun cars I had owned up to that point and very agile with 350 and 350 turbo trans. This is the car I later traded even up for when I got the Lemans Blue SS396 Chevelle I have posted several times before.

My first Pontiac was my first car. A pretty used up '76 455 Trans Am in Sterling Silver.

Another first and only Pontiac. This is the only pic I have on the computer. Bought early 80s. 1966 Pontiac Tempest Custom convertible, 326/PG. I bought it from the original owner whose daughters flattened the front end when the single MC brakes failed.

I had to replace the rotted frame, patched the rusty floor, replace the front end and freshened the engine/trans all in my parents driveway :)

This pic is the maiden voyage from NJ to Emerald Isle NC literally after tuning the engine at 2am and leaving the next day. Young and stupid! The only issue we had on the trip was the trans mount had a rusty end and let go halfway through the trip and landed on the parking cable causing the rear brake to heat up (smoke/smell/drag). A stop at a local shop who welded some steel on the end got us back on the road in no time.

As a side note, when I sold it as the new owner was backing out of my driveway, the rusted brake lines busted again! But he was able to get it on the trailer using the E-brake. No worries though, new owner from North NJ was going to fully restore it.

1969 Trans Am
 

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----Steve,,,That has to be the rarest TA made with a 3-speed trans!....Bill S

My car was a 4 spd. The 3spd was noted as standard equipment which is confusing.

----Sorry, Steve. I didn't see anything relating to 4-speed on that list, and couldn't quite see the shift knob in your pic. As an aside, has anyone ever seen a 69 TA with the standard 3-speed?.....Bill S

do you still have it?

My first car and have tried for decades to find one ! I was so cool with my rear Cragers w N60’s
1968 Firebird Red w Red gut

My 69 Judge I had in high school. Got it in 77 or so. It was a pattern 4 speed AC Judge too. Sold it in the late 80's locally and it never resurfaced again

My first and only Pontiac was IDENTICAL to this 1978 Trans Am with the Hurst Hatches. A blistering 188hp was barely enough to light the tires, but it seemed cool at the time. I passed up a 1977 Black and Gold Special Edition Trans Am 4 speed when the guy was a jerk to me. That was a mistake financially, but in reality, it probably saved my life as this was fast enough to get me into trouble.
https://barnfinds.com/wp-content/upl...8700686876.jpg

This one should have been my first Pontiac.
It had a 428 TriPower (hence the 6 pack to go) and a 4-speed.
I could've bought it for $1500 back in HS days. I wish I had.
But I was a Chevy guy exclusively back then- and built the 69 Z28 instead.
I steered my best buddy in HS to the Firebird- and he bought it instead.
We used to have contests who could leave the longest burnout stripes.
Ahhh, to be 17 again...

20 years later, I met a guy who had just started working with me- who was a car guy- and mentioned he had a '67 Firebird that he had recently restored.
He showed me the pictures- which included the pic of when he originally bought it. I was shocked to see that it was my HS buddy's car!

My first Pontiac didn't come until a few years later-
when my dad & I put together a real nice 428 that I dropped in a dark blue 74 4-speed Formula Firebird. That car unfortunately didn't last too long.
My "buddy" fished the keys out of my pocket after I had passed out from drinking too much tequila and partying hard with some hot blonde twins- and proceeded to drive us home.
He shook me awake broadside across the Mass Pike- after spinning it down the guard rails on both sides of the road. With headlights coming right at us, we jumped out and managed to get it pushed over to the side without getting killed. Ruined that nice car. Destroyed every panel.
I still miss it 40 years later.
I guess I made it out alive though, so there's that...

That blue version was my brother's first car, 326 and a 3sp manual. When I was 14 he let me have some drive time learning how to drive a manual.....that thing was a dog to get moving, needed much more gear or a 4sp.

1972 GT400 TH400. Lucerne blue with a blue cloth interior.

Here you go John


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Ha! It really IS down under -

K

Fantastic grip from those Mickey Thompson's ...

OOPS, thanks Bruce. :youguysrock:

That was Jess Tyree driving my car back in 1964.Damn he had a large head!Tom

I never had this car,but I would have crawled through razor blades and broken glass in 1987 for it.