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Vintage R&T Review: 1978 Pontiac LeMans – GM’s Second Downsizing Act Goes -Mostly- Okay
Posted on August 27, 2023 | 54 CommentsAfter successfully downsizing their full-sizers in 1977, it was time for GM’s intermediates to face the shrinking process for 1978. In September of ’77, R&T reviewed those efforts in the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1973 Pontiac LeMans Sport Coupe With Floor Shifter – A Victim Of Fashion
Posted on July 31, 2023 | 28 CommentsHere’s a menacing creature, tightly wearing its dark tailored suit, and ready to push lesser creatures out of the way on looks alone. Finally, a colonnade GM body had crossed […] -
In-Motion Classic: Being Passed By The Ghost Of Dan Gurney On The Laramie Straight
Posted on April 18, 2023 | 21 Comments‘Twas a boring early Sunday morning’s drive to Laramie via I-80 Westbound to work on some fencing and gates for a rental property, suddenly livened up by a glimpse of […] -
CC Photo Album: Random Pictures From 2019 and 2020
Posted on January 14, 2021 | 19 CommentsTime flies. A reminder of that came along recently when Jim Klein posted some onesies and twosies of cars he had captured in 2020. Since imitation is the sincerest form […] -
Curbside Classic: 1971 Pontiac T-37 – We Build Confusion
Posted on December 20, 2020 | 107 Comments(first posted 12/24/2014) For fifteen glorious years, Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors led a charmed existence. Under General Managers Semon (Bunkie) Knudsen, Elliot (Pete) Estes and John Z. DeLorean, […] -
Hindsight Classic: 1962 Pontiac Tempest LeMans Convertible – This Is What I Should Have Driven Back From Last Summer’s Meet-Up
Posted on October 21, 2019 | 36 CommentsAs the days grow cooler and the nights grow cold, ones thoughts sometimes turn introspective. This evening I found myself scanning through older photos and I came across these two […] -
Junkyard Classic: 1989 Pontiac LeMans LE – K-Po(o)p Kadett
Posted on October 2, 2019 | 49 CommentsNever let it be said that I dislike a car, any car. I can generally find something to appreciate about any of them once I really take into consideration their […] -
Curbside Classic: 1967 Pontiac Firebird – The Sexy Six
Posted on August 9, 2019 | 46 CommentsIt would appear that we have stumbled across two 1967 Firebirds in the past. Both convertibles. There was aqua car with a 326 V8/automatic and a blue one that claimed […] -
Curbside Classic: 1973 Pontiac LeMans Coupe- A Strong Start to a Weak Finish
Posted on March 24, 2019 | 77 Comments(first posted 9/5/2013) Oh look, a first year Colonnade coupe! From 1973 to 1977, the Oldsmobile A-Bodies became the dominant nameplate among the B-O-P intermediates, so you might think the […] -
CC Cinema: The Cars of “Smokey & The Bandit” – What We Have Here Is a Total Lack of Respect for the Law
Posted on January 24, 2019 | 101 Comments(first posted 2/28/2014) The fourth highest grossing film in the United States in 1977 was the Academy Award nominated Smokey & The Bandit. Some people have ripped this film as being […] -
Curbside Classic: 1976 Buick Regal Sedan – The End-Stage Beater
Posted on January 10, 2019 | 103 CommentsWhat is there to say about GM’s Colonnade cars of the mid 1970’s that we have not already said here at CC? Sometimes, however, one presents itself and just […] -
Curbside Classic: 1964 Pontiac Tempest Custom Safari – In Defense Of The Barn Cat
Posted on July 25, 2018 | 23 CommentsAbout seven years ago I was a fresh, new CC contributor/editor and was athrill with the state of the world. New and interesting curbside subjects were simply everywhere, and the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1969 Pontiac GTO Convertible – Hi-ho Silver!
Posted on June 13, 2018 | 63 CommentsEach of us who contributes to the curbside cornucopia here seems to have a specialty. For example, Jason Shafer finds lots of unusual prewar stuff and Jim Grey finds a […] -
Curbside Capsule: Daewoo Espero – J-Car in an Italian Suit
Posted on January 27, 2015 | 47 CommentsYou all know about the Chevrolet Cavalier. You probably know about the Pontiac J2000/Sunbird, Buick Skyhawk, Oldsmobile Firenza and Cadillac Cimarron. There was also the Opel Ascona and Vauxhall Cavalier […]