Pontiac Treasures!

[Cris@JCG]

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




He has 3 69 TA.. This one needs a little restoration work!


Here is a 70 TA!! I want this one!!


This one is a 77 TA..


70 Formula!!


70 Firebird!!




There are plenty more in the barn!! 72 & 73 Trans Ams.. 67 & 68 Firebirds!!
& more that he has stored @ home

[GregWeld]

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.

[nvr2fst]

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.

[ProdigyCustoms]

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!

[nvr2fst]

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

[Vince@Meanstreets]

Originally Posted by nvr2fst

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

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

[Cris@JCG]

Originally Posted by Gonzo

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




He has 3 69 TA.. This one needs a little restoration work!


Here is a 70 TA!! I want this one!!


This one is a 77 TA..


70 Formula!!


70 Firebird!!




There are plenty more in the barn!! 72 & 73 Trans Ams.. 67 & 68 Firebirds!!
& more that he has stored @ home

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

Originally Posted by ProdigyCustoms

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!

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..

Originally Posted by GregWeld

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.

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..

Originally Posted by nvr2fst

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.

[GregWeld]

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!!

[tazzz2_ca]

Originally Posted by ProdigyCustoms

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!

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

[BonzoHansen]

I thought cars don't rust in kalifornia?

What a waste of cars.