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RIP Pontiac
« 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:

Let's get right to it.

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Re: RIP Pontiac
« Reply #1 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:


here's a secret stash hint:  one of you must have the Ronnie and the Daytonas song!
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Re: RIP Pontiac
« Reply #2 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:



We had the 1970 version, dark green.
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Re: RIP Pontiac
« Reply #3 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:



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.  :'(
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Re: RIP Pontiac
« Reply #4 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. 

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Re: RIP Pontiac
« Reply #5 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.
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