Your time machine wish: things you wish GM had done in this era...

[ratty69]

Originally Posted by chipmaker 1985

...child of a squarebody k5 and AMC gremlin.

Or 57-60 F-truck meets gen1 Ramcharger, with a side of CJ-5. Either way it was probably canceled because the styling was right for 1959, not 1969.

This is why this place is awesome - people post up all kinds of stuff we'd never know about otherwise.

[factorystock]

Originally Posted by 68Gold/white

Brakes and tires were the 2 things that held back the performance of all Hot Rod cars back then.

Woulda been nice for pickups too!!!

Yeah, always wondered what the late GM disk brake development problem was on pickups, especially 3/4-1 ton pickups, Ford had power disk front brakes available as options on '68, '69, 70 F 250 and F 350's.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by 68Gold/white

Speaking of all the Pontiac mentions...

I have a 77 Pontiac Trans Am, original owner. I am restifying it, still needs work. I used to have a subscription the 2 of the Pontiac magazines. The editors of one of the magazines were brain storming one day talking Pontiacs. One of them mentioned knowing someone that was close to John DeLorean, possibly having contact information for him.
They went beyond dreaming and asked him to call this "friend" (maybe to see if he was BSing, OR NOT). They made the call, asked him if they could have DeLorean's phone number and call him??? The friend said that John wouldn't mind...........

They called him and he agreed to a phone interview. He was thrilled to do so. Pontiac was his baby, and he was smack in the middle of it from 1959-1969.

That was author Jeff Koch. That was his big break and cemented his status as a legend in the journalistic community.

He is the one that did the original article on my '65 GTO in High Performance Pontiac, Feb and March of 2004.

K

[1970cstblazer]

Originally Posted by 68Gold/white

Speaking of all the Pontiac mentions...

I have a 77 Pontiac Trans Am, original owner. I am restifying it, still needs work.

I too have a 1977 T/A 4 speed 45K mile car. I'm the third owner. One owner until 2014.

[68Gold/white]

Originally Posted by 1970cstblazer

I too have a 1977 T/A 4 speed 45K mile car. I'm the third owner. One owner until 2014.

I am trying to get my TA to where yours is. Mine didn't look quite that good when I drove it home from the dealer. My paint wasn't the best. You have not been harrassing BURD over there as much as you used to...LOL

[1970cstblazer]

Yeah, not a fan of him for sure..