I love the looks and sounds of these old cars. The sound of the starter, being able to see the hood, the buzzer, everything in general. They don't make them like that anymore!
Dad had the same car, 2 tone Grey red pin, 4 door, i forget 305/307 turbo....with light blue grey interior, SHAG RUG!!! What a dream driving your livingroom on wheels!!!
Man I love these old gm B body cars, those little 301's will run for along time if you take care of them right. Especially if they have low miles like yours does.
I had a 77 Lemans 4 door with a 301 in it. The car looked like crap but it ran great for years and was very dependable with nice working a/c as well. I only paid $300 for it so I considered it quite a bargain. Your Bonnieville is in great shape. Nice to see some of the 70's cars that survived and were taken care of.
I had a 78 Bonneville with the 301. The crankshaft broke, and the motor didn't really lock up as much as it did bang like hell. I pulled the motor one summer with me and my buddies, I fully rebuilt that 301 with a stroker kit and bored it .080 over. That thing would fly! The crankshaft notably has only 2 counter balances on it. I still have both halves of the crankshaft to this day. I miss that car more than any other car I've ever owned. Damn did that thing fly.
The 78 Bonneville Brougham that my father owned was the finest looking and finest driving car I have ever driven. I wish I still had it today, but I unfortunately wrecked ours in 1990 about one month after having replaced the entire exhaust system. Wrecking the 78 Bonneville is still my greatest regret in life. The Bonneville in this video started up just fine. Having to pump it twice when totally cold is definitely not unusual or irregular.
I have a 1978 Pontiac Sunbird, i did a cold start after it had been sitting in a garage for 16 years. The oilfilter fell out and a shit load of smoke came out. I will be posting a video of how awsome it is. I have fixed it up, how ever its not mint condition, i would say between great - excellent. It also had a sterring wheel change over 25 years ago, so the engine has been semi redone! 3 - 4 more days before i post my first vid on it.
My folks ought a 1977 grand safari wagon back in 1978. There has never been a car like that one ever since I don't care what anyone says those where glorious travels!
im 42 and my mom had a 78 Bonneville 2 door Landau. Top of the line Bonneville with the 400 small block, power seats, Windows and locks. I would get up in the cold Nebraska mornings and start it up for my mom (never giving it 2 or 3 pumps before starting) so she would have a warm car to get into and go to work in. Always started. She put 170,000 miles on it before it caught fire. The fire investigators determined that the transmission was the cause of the fire. My Mom wasn't the same person after that. SHE LOVED THAT CAR!!!
Hello- I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction regarding my Rochester quadrajet automatic choke. It sets fine and the car starts fine, but the choke stays on and it runs rough and smokes like hell I have to manually open the butterfly to get some air mixture going. after a minute or so it stays open on its own and runs and starts fine until the choke requires setting again. Its on a 77 Grand Prix 400. what should I check first? any help would be greatly appreciated!!
I watched your video series on understanding automatic chokes again. It was my vacuum brake. I pulled a good one off of another quadrajet I had laying around. Starts and runs like a charm now.
Nice car. I would definitely recommend an aftermarket gauge set for oil pressure, water temp, and voltage. You'd think GM could spare a few extra bucks and put in real gauges instead of idiot lights.
