Pontiac Treasures!
 

A buddy of mine asked me to see if I could find any Firebirds here in Southern California & I found this hidden treasure about 5 miles away from my shop.. This guy has been collecting these cars for about 25 yrs!!! His collection ranges from 67 to 81 Firebirds, Formulas, & Trans Ams... Has some GTO's also :D

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He has 3 69 TA.. This one needs a little restoration work!
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Here is a 70 TA!! I want this one!!
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This one is a 77 TA..
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70 Formula!!
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70 Firebird!!
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There are plenty more in the barn!! 72 & 73 Trans Ams.. 67 & 68 Firebirds!!
& more that he has stored @ home :D

Cris -- What a find!

Here's what I've never ever been able to understand.... why do people pile this stuff up and never do anything with it... it just sits there and wastes away...

Thank gawd they do it -- to "save" them for the rest of us.... but I'll never understand a yard full of "crap" sitting for years... when they could have sold it all and had ONE really nice car.

Greg its called hoarding LOL

Nice find Chris, Im assuming the guy has had offers to sell for years, from the photos it looks like somebody could spot these during a drive by. Any photos and condition of the ones in the barn.

I am going to catch this guy if I am not careful. I am grabbing another TA tomorrow, will make 2 in 2 weeks, and have one coming in for the treatment next week. Soon will be Prodigy Customs Trans Am experts, LOL!

Frank, Just open a shop in Cali. and you'll be good to go. Then you would have two summer/summer homes

Can't wait to see your work on the TA's Frank!

I agree with you Greg.. I just don't understand why the guy never stored the 69 & 70 TA indoors.. They are some rare cars.. We are only about 6 miles away from the ocean.. We get rusty cars here..

He is ready to sell most of the cars you see here Dave.. He will have a price on the 69 & 70 TA for me in the next couple of days..

I did not get any photos of what was in the barn.. that was in different location.. I will be their in the next couple of days & maybe I be allowed to get some pics..

Not trying to jack the thread -- it's a killer thread!

Up here - you drive by the poorest neighborhoods and they have the most stuff in their yards... Satellite TV dishes - Trucks with campers or trailers - fishing boats... a couple of junkers with the weeds... AND this is what gets me --- a blue tarp on the roof because it's leaking. I'm the kind - that if that were the case for my house - I'd be looking around for something to sell so I could fix the friggin' leak... I guess I'm just weird.

The "hoarders" (good one NVR!) always have all this STUFF... and then you see the guy and they have rotten teeth... yellow fingers... bib overalls (nothing wrong with those) and you'd think they couldn't find a $20 in their pocket. Amazing. And like I said - you have to thank someone for them - 'cause they got the stuff we want!! :rofl:

Interesting pics! Usually someone like this never lets go of their "collection".

No, that's called normal Greg!!!:thumbsup: :cheers:
Nice find Cris. Did you take any cars back with you?!? I want the 73 Formula.:unibrow:

Send me a PM with the price on any of the '69 T/A's, if you don't mind.

Great to hear Frank,,,,, you cover the south east, Cris can cover the west side, and I've got the Northern front covered buddy,,,, we got America surrounded :dance: :rofl:

I thought cars don't rust in kalifornia?

What a waste of cars.

Cars can rust here, too, especially when near the salty air from the ocean. The humidity is lower, so they typically won't rust like they do back east. The cars kept inland are usually very solid.

I'd love to know what this guy wants for the '69 T/A(s). I'm down in Long beach, I can be up there with some cash and a trailer in 2 hours. If the price is right, of course..

Their are two 69 TA's that are restored.. The one that I posted here in the pic is the one that might be available for sale.. I am working on getting pricing for all the projects, especially the 69 & 70 TA's with the 70 Formula.. also has a 70 C10 fleetside chevy short bed that I want.. This guy has no need or wants to sell.. but is considering on selling some of these projects to me.. I will have more info next week..

Hoping that I can go in their & make an offer & sweep all these project cars!! If we pick these projects up.. We are going to be very busy this year...

Envisioning what the 69 TA will look like with stretched fenders :D

Hummm I could swear I've heard that somewhere before:rofl:

Somebody keeps planting ideas in my head :D

Cris is that a real 65 GTO ??? Is this guy selling these cars???

Good eye Mario!! That sure as hell is a 65 GTO :unibrow: I am having a hell of a hard time convincing him to sell the rare cars... Time will tell if he cuts them loose.. Keep you posted on the GTO..

69 TA pulled from the barn!
 

Here are some pics of the 69 TA that was pulled from the barn.. The car was brought over to the shop so that I could see if this one was better than the first one that I posted.. Hell Yes!! That is the orginal paint on the car with the stripes.. this is one very solid car.. LA built car.. don't have the original drive train.. This would make a great Pro-Tour car :D

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Call Albert - he'll buy it!!

LOL

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Hey Cris, is that little finger gesture off the license plate there a slam against chevy/ford/mopar guys or what man :lol:

Congrads on a solid find---can't believe that 40 years later you can still find cars like this--hats off to you bro.

Doug

If Albert gets hold of this car.. It will be wome wild Pro Tour machine.. With my influence it will some minor body modifications :D

Naw!! Just hiding the tow hitch they put on this thing.. You should see the leaf springs ;)

This car blew me away on how solid it is..

Hey Cris, is that little finger gesture off the license plate there a slam against chevy/ford/mopar guys or what man :lol:

Congrads on a solid find---can't believe that 40 years later you can still find cars like this--hats off to you bro.

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VERY NICE!! That will make a killer PT car.:thumbsup:
Did you say,...original paint?!?!?:wow:

NICE FIND!!! :hail:

I'm a bit jealous. :willy:

When I was looking for my cuda I checked out one guys collection in LA where he had 20+ cars packed into his back yard. You couldn't open the doors to most of them because they were packed in so tight. He claimed he wanted to sell them all, but $6k for a rust bucket 73 b-cuda that doesn't drive is crazy. He posts the cars on craigslist every once in a while.

Congrats! I wanna stop by the shop sometime! I think I'm driving down to Ventura this weekend for a car show.

-Dave

YES! That is the original paint..

Thanks!

I just found out today that they are having a show @ the Ventura Fairgounds.. I wish I could make it but I am burried with work.. You are welcome to stop on in Dave..

Great pack of Pontiac's Cris. Hopefully the guy will start selling the cars to good homes. I hate to see cars like this rot away. You've got run foot in the door and he see's your caring interest in there Pontiac's so he may end up selling you most in his collection if you are truly interested. How did the guy act when you first met him and asked him about his collection? Keep us posted.

I've been to that same yard. "al" on Craigslist. I've also seen "vector" and I think "veronica" too. I went to check what was advertised as a '67 Firebird 400 4 speed. turns out it was a rusty 6 cylinder shell. He had other junk there, too. However, he's regularly posting ads, so someone must be buying it..

I'm still in awe over the '69 T/A.

I've been telling him that for years.....those poor cars