1964 Pontiac Gto Convertible, Unrestored Original With Phs Documentation on 2040-cars
Poway, California, United States
1964 PONTIAC GTO CONVERTIBLE unrestored original survivor. numbers match. PHS Documented 348 hp tri-power, 4 speed transmission, 3.55 ratio safe-t track rear, radio, heater, windshield tint and nothing else! (no power steering, brakes, no console, no air) I have owned this car since May 1980 (34 years) power steering has been added. It was stored inside and seldom driven for the last 20 years. Since it ran poorly when parked we decided to freshen up the motor and rebuild anything that didn't work properly. The engine (code 76X) is .030 over with new bearings, rings, seals and gaskets. A complete valve job was done with new oil seals, The original camshaft was replaced with Summit part # 123455 which adds considerable horsepower but moves the torque curve up quite a bit. A complete new 2.25" exhaust system was installed, The carbs were rebuilt with new linkage, and air filters, the water pump was replaced, a new clutch disc installed with a new pilot bearing. A replacement distributer was installed and the engine compartment was detailed. The convertible top motor was rebuilt and new weatherstrip was applied to the doors. No other restoration has been done. The car had been repainted before I bought it and the color is similar to the original turquoise. The paint is a 10 footer, shiny but lots of tiny flaws. The front bumper could use chrome but the rear bumper is excellent. The interior is very nice but the carpet is not the original loop style and the front seats are stiched instead of the original electroweld. The rear seat is the original and is perfect. The original door panels are excellent...The top and frame are in good shape and the top boot is nice. There is no rust at all on this car as well as no evidence of any damage. All in all a very nice car. It is MUCH faster than before. Here are the numbers: Block casting #9778155, code 76X dated C 25 4, Heads casting #9770716 dated C 24 4, Intake casting #9775088 dated k 10 3, 4 spd casting # 3851325 (no date), front carb # 7024178 center carb #7024175 Rear carb #7024179 Bell housing casting # 9773320. (unique to the 1964 4 speed cars) All these numbers are correct for the 1964 GTO. The body ID plate (firewall) shows the body to have been built in Pontiac Mich in the 5th week of January 1964 (code 01E), the PHS docs show the date to be Jan 31 1964. so far so good, but the engine (block and heads) was cast in March 64 (C 25 4 and C 24 4). 2 months after the car was built. ??? My guess is that the first owner blew the engine and the block was replaced under warranty (but who knows?) The PHS docs also show no power steering, so that was added sometime before I bought the car in 1980. Any fifty year old car must have it's secrets ! The engine has about 20 minutes of camshaft break in time on my engine stand and less than 50 miles of trouble free driving after installation. The car is ready to drive anywhere. I can email pictures of any part of the car you might like to see. I owned and raced a 64 tempest with a 1969 400 and1966 tripower and heads (#77) which ran 102 in the quarter. This car feels faster. I am getting too old to keep doing this (i'm 75) so everything but my last 2 cars (57 Bel air and 57 270 hp Vette ) will have to go. The radio does not work and the steering wheel is not original but I think you will love the car. I also can include seats and exhaust headers(rusty) from my tempest if you want them. The engine from that 64 tempest is available if someone wants it. It's a 400 ci 69 block with 66 GTO heads (#77) and Tri Power (big center carb), unknown cam but likely stock. Flexplate in back with electronic dist.. $1000 for the engine (the 66heads, intake, and carbs are worth more ). It will be listed on ebay under Pontiac parts. |
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Celebrate the summer solstice by building the Pontiac Solstice shooting brake GM never did
Fri, Jun 21 2019Happy summer solstice, everyone! To celebrate, we have a particularly unusual eBay find connected to the Pontiac Solstice sports car. A seller has leftover inventory of fiberglass hardtops designed to turn the Pontiac Solstice roadster into a shooting brake. The seller says they came from a since-closed Indiana company, and they're clearly inspired by another aftermarket part and even a GM concept that never saw the light of day. We'll start from the beginning: the stillborn Chevy Nomad concept. It was a concept that came out about the same time as the original Solstice concept, and it was clearly based on the same platform, featuring a small two-door body and a long nose. It also had unashamedly retro Nomad wagon design cues and cues from the original Corvette. The car never saw production, but clearly people were interested in having a wagon-like sports car. That brings us to the next bit of history with an aftermarket hardtop developed by German company EDAG. We saw a prototype in person, and the overall shape seemed to fit the car — and the wraparound window design certainly seemed Nomadic. Besides the unique look, the hardtop and its functional hatch made the Solstice roadster's miniscule cargo space far more usable. It doesn't appear many of the tops were sold, though. These tops on eBay look very similar to the EDAG tops, though it's not clear if they're a direct replica or something similar. Being that the parts are leftover inventory, the seller notes that some of the tops may be missing pieces for installation, so only those who are handy with bodywork and fasteners, or who are able to lean on someone who is, need apply. Even with some extra work, if you really want a Solstice shooting brake, this is likely easier and cheaper than commissioning a shop to custom-build a roof for your. If you're interested, check out the link. They're $499.99 apiece, and the seller will also provide a set of seals and gaskets for the top for an extra $125.
Junkyard Gem: 1997 Pontiac Sunfire SE Convertible
Sun, Mar 5 2023For the entire 24-year production run of the GM J platform (best known for the Chevrolet Cavalier), the Pontiac Division offered new J-Body cars for sale in the United States. First there was the J2000, followed in quick succession by the 2000, 2000 Sunbird and Sunbird. The Sunbird stuck around until the Cavalier got a major redesign for the 1995 model year, at which point Pontiac changed the car's name to Sunfire. Today's Junkyard Gem is one of those early Sunfires, a top-of-the-line SE convertible with the optional big engine and manual transmission. The Sunfire was an extremely close sibling to the same-year Cavalier (by the late 1980s, all the other US-market GM divisions had dropped their J-cars, which meant no more Skyhawks, Cimarrons or Firenzas), quite difficult to distinguish from its near-twin at a glance. The base engine for the 1997 Sunfire convertible was the pushrod 2.2-liter straight-four that powered so many J-bodies of the 1990s. That engine produced just 120 gnashing, valve-floating horsepower, not much by late-1990s standards. For a mere 450 additional dollars, however, the 2.4-liter Twin Cam engine and its high-revving 150 horses could be had by '97 Sunfire buyers. That's what's in this car. This is one of the members of the Oldsmobile Quad 4 family, though some fanatics will yell at you if you apply that name to the versions that don't have big QUAD 4 lettering cast into the valve cover. This is the most powerful engine ever used in production Sunfires. For 1997, Pontiac offered a four-speed automatic transmission for no extra cost in the Sunfire convertible. Buyers of all other Sunfire models that year had to shell out either $550 or $810 ($1,026 or $1,511 in 2023 dollars) for a two-pedal rig. That means that the buyer of this car really wanted the five-speed manual transmission (or just hungered for the $810 credit offered in the fine print for takers of the manual). Plenty of free-breathing engine power, five-on-the-floor driving enjoyment and the open skies above. What a fun car! This one made it to nearly 180,000 miles. For this car with the Quad 4 under the hood and a clutch pedal on the floor, the MSRP was $18,539 (about $34,584 today). Its Cavalier LS convertible twin with the same engine/transmission setup cost $17,365 ($32,394 now). This car has a bunch of options, including the 15" Rally aluminum wheels, so the out-the-door price would have been higher. The last year for the Sunfire was 2005, same as the Cavalier.
The U-2 spy plane needs high-performance cars to help land
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