750hp, IRS chassis 1966 Pontiac 2+2 'Survivor Series' build by Roadster Shop 

I agree Andrew!

You summed it up perfectly.

The LS3 makes it worthless. With the 421 it has collector value. Owner should have sent it out to Rod Butler who builds actual Pontiac engines for actual Pontiac cars. To ruin a collector car with Chinese LS junk is foolish and will be regretted some day.

@debi5292. Couldn't have said it better myself. Keep the true old classics as true to the brand that made them as possible. Put an Ls in your worthless fox body that you built to bracket race if you "gotta have boosted performance!" Leave a classic like that alone please.

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Don’t know why Chevrolet kept Buick and the other companies like gmc. Now Buick only had one great car and it was the regal. The only reason why people bought the 90’s to 2000 was the 3800 motor

For '66 yes. The '65 Impala coupe was exquisite. Same c pillars, way less busy quarters and front sheetmetal on the Impala.

Agreed for 1966

In your opinion maybe but not in reality the Impala was the best selling full-size car EVER for decades

@jackrabbit7389 '65 and '66 Impala are still the highest selling car, of any size for those model years. They sold nearly 1 million cars each those 2 years. Not even a jap shitbox or a kraut wagon with a lawn mower engine came close.

Thanks so much!

@@RoadsterShop Any updates or customer feedback? This car looks great especially the color and repop wheels...got just enough sidewall on em too. Wish I could afford some front susp upgrades for my 67 Camino Put a 95 GM LT1 GM T56 in mine late 90s no parts out. Had to fab up a slave bracket getting geometry right is a betch . The rods on those slaves pivot some is that by design will the seal be ok? Pedal effort is very high if I mount the rod at the factory hole up top of the pedal. Mid way down, pedal is light but rod goes in, down and up. Weird

Yes today's cars are boring. When I was graduating from college I wanted to get a 1986 or 87 Buick Grand National but I never got one. I bought a 2015 Dodge Challenger SXT with a V6 and it can get 30 miles per gallon and still do 0 to 60 and under 7 seconds. I live in Canada and I believe my car is Canadian built. It may not look exactly the same as the 1970 to 74 Challenger or Barracuda but it sure has the modern amenities similar to this modern retro rod. Digital air conditioning digital everything, no smelly exhaust to worry about, a 305 horsepower V6 and it is quiet in the interior with the radio off. I have a 1966 Mustang GT and even though it has a V8, it you can smell the exhaust, you can smell the carburetor, you can smell the gasoline in the carburetor after you turn it off. It has squeaks and rattles and you don't find that in a modern muscle car or even my Challenger which is a loaded Dodge Challenger RT package without the sunroof or the Hemi but it's fast enough considering everywhere in Edmonton there is photo radar. Yes, I've seen your Canadian cars of the past, I have witnessed people with modified Canadian acadians, Beaumont super sports, and other Canadian cars that were modified from the original GM cars. As an american, it's great to see the Canadian unique models that were available back then and how people have modified the hell out of them today.

I bet starting with a body that didn't need any work they have $175k in chassis, drivetrain, wheels &tires, interior and electronics.

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My friend, you could do it all yourself with some help from friends and youtube, or just by yourself like I am doing. This is a very wealthy person's version of a build. Done to perfection, and I don't think anything bad of it. In fact it's wonderful to see a classic getting such care. HOWEVER, you can get the same results doing it yourself over time. Patience and discipline can get you anything you want. Guaranteed

I had a '66 Ventura decades ago. Essentially the same body as the 2+2 but without the ersatz 'side gills' and with fender skirts. 'Twas all stock, 389 w/ Carter AFB, dual exhaust automatic trans.

GM all day every day baby 😊 it's in my blood 🩸 my father owned many Chevelles...Novas...El Caminos... grandmother loved his Oldsmobiles and Pontiacs

Where ever you work, are they hiring? I owe two more years on a 10 year old mini van. A 300 thousand mile mini van. It sucks to put 60 dollars gas in it. And it gets 25 mpg even! How's a brother get a break? Huh, and my van needs brakes too.

The white 70? It's a shop build that we used for the SPEC chassis r&d - unfortunately bumped to the back of the line while we work on customer builds. 👍

@@RoadsterShop in due time 👍

Much appreciated! Thanks!

I stopped asking this question a long time ago, because as they say "if you have to ask, you can't afford". However, one way I get around that question when I'm at car shows is I ask how many hours they have in the car and then I multiply by 100-125 to get a ball park of just the labour involved. Car builders love to tell you how many man hours they have in their customer's cars.

This is a $150k build all day long. If I had to place a Vegas bet, full boat retail… $175,000.

Thank you so much 😀

tank of gas would be extra.

HOW COULD YOU?

I am wondering the same thing.