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This 1965 Pontiac Lemans has an interesting story, for I think am the third owner. The first owner owned from 1965 to the mid 70's. He sold a neighbor who drove it very little. That neighbor after 3 years of summer driving parked it in their garage, he passed away that year. The car sat in the garage till 1986 when his son decided he would restore it. He proceeded to get an entire new front clip (used from a blue GTO) and got the front bumper rechromed, got some new tires put a few miles on it while he was restoring. He stated to work on the floorboards unfortunately before he could get to the heart of the restoration he passed away. Again the car sat in the same garage space from 1986 till I found the car in 2010. The car unfortunately had sat in the garage with the top down all those years and had become a repository for books, magazine, and other junk. That junk held moisture and it took my wife and me almost 2 weeks of nights and weekends just to get it all out. The floorboards were now VERY rotted. The frame is solid and I could easily source new floorboard, heck they make a one piece entire floor pan. Everything was there, we couldn't fire up the engine but at least she cranked. We towed it home and started on our restoration. I started acquiring pieces that we wanted better taillight, new chrome radiator shroud, new headlight bezels, and all new GTO badges. (the only thing it needs to make a look alike GTO is the correct hood) I started on the engine . . . chrome alternator, polished edelbrock intake manifold, new edelbrock 4 barrel carb, new matching chrome ribbed valve covers and air cleaner, purple custom wired (it was our intention to paint the car 1965 Iris Mist with a parchment interior). Things were slow but moving along. Then in April of this year while the car was at my friends who was going to do the welding, our garage and house flooded, the garage was up to the rafters. The engine that I had just finished and the transmission were underwater for several days until the water subsided. The engine will now need to be completely redone I assume all the work I put into it is not recoverable. This was devastating for us. The car itself was NEVER in the flood, just the engine, transmission and some misc parts. We spend a few months finding a new home and the car is now just a constant reminder of all that we have lost. It needs ALOT of TLC. Please do not be fooled this car needs A LOT of work. The floorboards are all rotted. If you are not a welder or know one, this is NOT the car for you. As I had stated the engine and transmission were trashed by the flood and would need a complete rebuild. As you can see the car came with original manuals and everything you see in pictures is current EXCEPT the engine picture that is how it looked right before got flooded. THIS IS A PROJECT. I have all the pieces to complete less the gas tank and the boot cover. BUT THIS IS A MAJOR PROJECT. Call me for more details. Thanks, Bob (630) 903-9877

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General Lee takes on Bandit T/A in classic Hollywood car showdown [w/poll]

Fri, 26 Aug 2011

You don't have to be born in the 1960s or 1970s to be able to recognize the General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard and the Pontiac Trans Am from Smokey and the Bandit. These old school four-wheeled stars seem to transcend demographics thanks to the miles of film that show the orange 1969 Dodge Charger and the jet-black 1977 Pontiac Trans Am performing seemingly impossible stunts.
The folks at Hot Rod magazine are obviously hip to this fact, and they put together a fun video in tribute of the instantly recognizable duo. Hit the jump to watch on as Sam Young and James Smith replace Bo Duke and The Bandit for a bit of dirt-road shenanigans in a pair of otherwise well cared for classics. We're not so sure we'd call it the best chase scene ever, but it sure looks like a lot of fun.
More importantly, which of these two cars would you rather own? Have your say in our poll below.

Burt Reynolds' personal 1977 Trans-Am from Smokey And The Bandit for sale

Fri, Dec 5 2014

Smokey and the Bandit is one of those quintessential 1970s car movies with insane premises but tons of fun. After all, the basic plot of the film is about distracting the police to transport cases of Coors beer cross country. While Burt Reynolds receives top billing, the real star is definitely his black Pontiac Trans-Am. Now, there's a chance to posses one of these muscle machines actually owned by Reynolds, and it's already proving quite popular. The car is a '77 Trans-Am with the famous, gold screaming chicken proudly on the hood. However, while this is a piece of Reynolds memorabilia, it's not really part of cinematic history. According to the listing, this example was used as a promotional vehicle and then given to Reynolds with a title showing him as a previous owner for proof. Still, there's 400-cubic-inch (6.55-liter) V8 under the hood with a 4-barrel carburetor and an automatic transmission. A plaque inside the driver's door proclaims the car as a "1977 Pontiac Trans Am Owned By Burt Reynolds," and there's a Bandit logo on the door. This is just one lot of Julien Auction's sale of Reynolds memorabilia on December 11 and 12 at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV. Bidding is already running online, and the Trans-Am is up to $130,000, as of this writing. For the true Reynolds fanatic, the auction also lists the motorized stagecoach from his wedding to Loni Anderson. It rides built on an International Harvester Scout frame with an interior reportedly from Dolly Parton.

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General Motors has confirmed to Autoblog that the Pontiac Vibe is included in Toyota's just-announced recall action. The Vibe and the Toyota Matrix share a large number of parts, including the affected cable to the airbag.
"About 40,500 Pontiac Vibes from the 2009-2010 model years are included in the Toyota recall. Toyota designed and engineered the Vibe for Pontiac. GM will service customers with these vehicles when Toyota makes the parts available," said GM recall spokesperson Alan Adler to Autoblog in an email.
The recall covers 1.3 million Toyota units in the US, including 2009-2010 Corolla, Matrix and Tacoma, the 2008-2010 Highlander, the 2006-2008 Rav4 and 2006-2010 Yaris, plus the addition of the 2009-2010 Vibe. The models all have their airbag module attached via a spiral electrical cable. The connections on this cable can be damaged when turning the steering wheel. Once broken, the airbag deactivates and the airbag warning light comes on. Toyota has an improved part, but it's still making preparations to begin repairs. It will begin notifying owners soon.

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