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Main Discussion Area => In Memoriam, Happy Birthday => Topic started by: urth on April 27, 2009, 10:09:26 AM

Title: RIP Pontiac
Post by: urth on April 27, 2009, 10:09:26 AM
GM is closing the Pontiac line of cars. 21,000 jobs get cut. Yeah, that'll stimulate the economy.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/26/financial/f164532D45.DTL&tsp=1

We had one of these when I was a kid:

(http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/32050352/aview/17611.jpg)
Title: Re: RIP Pontiac
Post by: ggould on April 27, 2009, 01:20:42 PM
GM is closing the Pontiac line of cars. 21,000 jobs get cut. Yeah, that'll stimulate the economy.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/26/financial/f164532D45.DTL&tsp=1

We had one of these when I was a kid:

(http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/32050352/aview/17611.jpg)
here's a secret stash hint:  one of you must have the Ronnie and the Daytonas song!
Title: Re: RIP Pontiac
Post by: mshray on April 27, 2009, 02:41:37 PM
GM is closing the Pontiac line of cars. 21,000 jobs get cut. Yeah, that'll stimulate the economy.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/26/financial/f164532D45.DTL&tsp=1

We had one of these when I was a kid:

(http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/32050352/aview/17611.jpg)

We had the 1970 version, dark green.
Title: Re: RIP Pontiac
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on April 27, 2009, 04:43:53 PM
GM is closing the Pontiac line of cars. 21,000 jobs get cut. Yeah, that'll stimulate the economy.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/26/financial/f164532D45.DTL&tsp=1

We had one of these when I was a kid:

(http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/32050352/aview/17611.jpg)

We had the 1970 version, dark green.

We had one too, though I don't know the year, a dark green as well.  Also, my very first car was a Pontiac.  :'(
Title: Re: RIP Pontiac
Post by: ggould on April 27, 2009, 04:53:24 PM
we never had a Pontiac.  I think we briefly had a Buick with those portholes on the sides. 

I like this picture:
(http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2007/09/50_Pontiac_HO_RH_Close.jpg)
Title: Re: RIP Pontiac
Post by: Gazoo on April 27, 2009, 09:30:47 PM
The car we had in my earliest days was a Pontiac Ventura from the early '70s; maybe '72?  It was a caramel color.  A Google Images search didn't show me anything I especially recognized.