Pontiac Frustration

[Desert68]

Originally Posted by Josh69

I will say, a Verdero Green Judge is pretty tasty, especially one I saw with the lime colored Judge stripes...very unique. Good luck in your search! I gave up on finding something nice at a fair price, hauled my junker out of the barn and starting cutting!

Quick sidebar - not trying to hijack the thread. The car in your sig, yes? It caught my eye - any pictures?

[Josh69]

Originally Posted by Desert68

Quick sidebar - not trying to hijack the thread. The car in your sig, yes? It caught my eye - any pictures?

Yeah, I'll update my build thread, it's like 2 years old! ROFL. I lost my laptop with the good pics, so I have to have my buddy that took them send me new files. I'll post up some crappy cell phone pics of my progress.

Maybe we'll help ALLFAITH with some motivation to continue his search! HEHE!!

[ALLFAITH]

My search will continue-just so frustrated.
My talents don't go as far as you for sure Josh. I am a bolt-in kind of guy and then hire an expert when I screw up or need one

Brad

[youthpastor]

Originally Posted by ALLFAITH

My search will continue-just so frustrated.
My talents don't go as far as you for sure Josh. I am a bolt-in kind of guy and then hire an expert when I screw up or need one

Brad

I can build the car you want- I would build one with a PT style in mind from the onset instead of modifying a restoration. Good luck- Chris

[BanditDave]

Check Craigslist in NJ, north, Central and south. There is a '73 Formula in Riverside for $6995 and a '70 Espirit with a Formula hood in Delran, NJ for $6500.

They are out there...keep searching.

Dave

[sledge33]

i have a pretty nice firebird,455 auto slick black paint mini tubbed 4 link.its on ebay right now.pretty nice car for the money.ad #280361826158

[SixtyAte]

Give up! Post all the parts for me!

[tones2SS]

Originally Posted by Josh69

I built my own car completely, except for the paintjob, so I have no-one to criticize except myself for how well or how poorly certain aspects turned out. It sounds like that may be your best bet.

The problem/beauty with Pontiacs is, as you are finding out, there is no way to 'clone' a car when the PHS can verify anything. So the cars that really are collectible, have a matching price tag. You may find a decent restoration for a lesser car, but many times people don't put in the necessary effort to do one correctly. The top notch resto's are going to be R/A cars, 400's, HO's, convertibles, etc, and they don't give them away. Pontiac enthusiasts are a pretty particular bunch. I personally think you need to reconsider what your objectives are and see if you can ease your way over that hump.

Also, bear in mind that the color of a restored car you want to 'afford', considering what you want to do to it will affect your overall happiness. You can find a lot better deal on a Verdoro Green car than you will on an Orbit Orange or Carousel Red, Starlight Black, Palladium Silver, etc. If you start with a clone or a solid car that needs paint, you'll have much more freedom to build your dream car. That's just me though...I had a blue/green with white vinyl top '350' car to start with. Now it's black with parchment interior....stunning and unique, and I'll never see another one like it. It wasn't desirable to start with, but the traditionalists still ignore me at shows....I guess they don't like being upstaged by a punk in a hot rod given their half assed restorations are typically pretty, well, typical.

Very well said Josh.
I saw a MINT condition black '71 GTO at the Summer Nats in Worcester, MA. That car was nasty!! How many of those do you see?? Not many.
I LOVE THIS RIGHT HERE: "It wasn't desirable to start with, but the traditionalists still ignore me at shows....I guess they don't like being upstaged by a punk in a hot rod given their half assed restorations are typically pretty, well, typical."
How very true my man. How very true.

[Kendall Burleson]

Josh you hit nail on the head!

[Lenie]

Hmmm, Pontiac dreams , never give up on your dreams..... It becomes to easy to do the next time things get a little tough. Best of luck to you.

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