Subject: Re: 1971 Pontiac Catalina Safari wagon on Let's Make a Deal Wed May 04, 2016 10:58 pm
6 grand back in 71 was some serious money. IIRC a corvette was less than that.
Also that thing is butt-ugly compared to the cleaner lines of the chevy wagon, like the SS clone I posted the other day. The Pontiac looks so godawful busy around the nose. Nothing flows into anything else.
Wait... what the hell is he talking about? "This is the wagon version of the GTO 'JUDGE'" Wasn't that a mid size A-body? Did the wagon 455 have the same power output as the Judge? I don't think so. Wow, those are some terrible pictures, but he will probably be able to get $3,000 for it. The derby guys still want these things and they'll pay big. I bought mine from a retired derby guy. And when I was at the Englishtown swap meet, a derby guy wanted to buy mine, and he was telling me that if you know how to drive, and have one of these, you'll win. And the car is solid enough to last through many derbys. Big money in the winnings at some of these serious derbies. Apparently the world of serious derby-ing is expensive and also entails motor builds, etc.
Oh, and IMO, the front clip on '70, '71 and '72 full size ponchos are the ugliest B-bodies of the time. The '73 I could take or leave, but I like the '74, and '75-'76.
Andebe
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Subject: Re: 1971 Pontiac Catalina Safari wagon on Let's Make a Deal Thu May 05, 2016 10:18 am
I was watching Smokey and the Bandit the other night and thought of you,Lynol. Several clam shells in the back ground. Pontiacs-O-Plenty,lol.
Lynol
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Subject: Re: 1971 Pontiac Catalina Safari wagon on Let's Make a Deal Thu May 05, 2016 10:35 am
Andebe wrote:
I was watching Smokey and the Bandit the other night and thought of you,Lynol. Several clam shells in the back ground. Pontiacs-O-Plenty,lol.
I'll have to re-watch that for the wagons. Haven't seen it in ages, do remember it being Pontiac-filled.
phantom 309
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Subject: Re: 1971 Pontiac Catalina Safari wagon on Let's Make a Deal Thu May 05, 2016 10:17 pm
pontiac,.. poor old nick thinks its a cadillac,.
Andebe
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Subject: Re: 1971 Pontiac Catalina Safari wagon on Let's Make a Deal Fri May 06, 2016 10:21 am
^^^Hey,wait a minute,Ive got to get my hearing checked!^^^
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