It's so amazing that back in the seventies we could walk right past a car like the black Pontiac and not think too much about it. We took those amazing cars for granted. There were so many around at the time.
76 Grand Prix was my first car. The exact one in the episode. Black, white interior with automatic on the floor. T tops and all... loved, loved, loved that car.
I remember being a kid in the '70's & seeing big, beautiful vehicles like these everywhere. now sadly, a museum is the only place they can be seen anymore.
My first car was a 76 white Grand Prix SJ with a 400 and red interior. I was 17 and that was 40 years ago. Some of my most vivid memories are of the time I spent in that car.
Beautiful cars so nice to see them survive and be cared for. My older brother had a 74 Monte Carlo back in 75 this Grand Prix reminds me of it they are likely the same platform. Who remembers this " YOU GOT IT PONTIAC".
I am blown away watching this. My first car was a 1975 LJ. It was Admiralty Blue (such a dark navy that it was mistaken for black many times), the same white interior with the black carpet and the same white half vinyl top. No T-tops, though.... an electric sunroof instead, two headlights instead of the four smaller ones and the tailights were composed of five vertical sections instead of horizontal ones. It had every option except the 455. The 8-track was usually blasting out Aerosmith.... or Dark Side of the Moon on continuous replay. Very Large Wow, you guys. Thanks for the amazing flashback.
The Grand Prix was always my favorite. I was in HS when these came out. Two sisters and their brother each got a brand new Grand Prix when they turned 16. I was so envious of them. Whoever the college grad was that was given this beauty was so lucky. As I’ve gotten older I showed have but never really looked for one to buy. Still absolutely love all the Grand Prix’s of the 70’s. Incredible cars
I helped my aunt pick out a 1977 Grand Prix, that was medium blue, small metal flake, with a white T top, and white interior. Honeycomb wheels!!! What a car!!
So nice to see something other than Chevelles and Camaros - when I go to a show I am typically drawn to cars that are unique, unusual, or of a make and model you haven’t seen for awhile. These “personal luxury” cars from the ‘60’s and ‘70’s are so fun to look at after you have been bored to tears by row after row of over-restored muscle cars!
Had a 76 Grand Prix LJ. One of my favorite cars I have owned in my 65 years. Just a beautiful design and performance. Pontiac always had well designed vehicles begining in the late forties. Cars now are more for transportation than works of art. Compare almost all of the early model cars to those of today. Then each year model was distinguishable. Now you cant tell one year model from the next.
i had a 1976 grand prix model sj with t tops and the drives seat swiveled so it made it easy to get out and it was like a wine color beautiful car i loved that car
My uncle owns a '74 Pontiac GP. He bought it new and still has it. The only difference from the '76 here is single round headlights instead of dual rectangles. Sweet ride.
Produced in my 15th thru 19th years of age , these truly are grand classics to me. Fond memories and a great car collector. Saving the truly great big cruisers......thanks !
I had that identical 76 grand prix in my high school days. Had a 400 V8 , t tops, 12 bolt, dual exhaust, swivel buckets, console. I beat the crap out of it! Many burnouts and other crazy stunts, finally scrapped it. I had it back in the 80's. Good times lol 👍
I had a 73 Grand Prix. What a boat and she floated and was wonderful. Spacious 4 could fit in back. Those big bucket seats and tilted console. FABULOUS.
Guillermo61 MY BROTHER HAD DA TRIPLE RED BURGUNDY COLOR W AC NO POWER WINDOWS OR SEAT & BENCH FRONT SEAT BUT MAN WAS DAT A GOREGOUS CAR IN NYCITY AT NITE BY DA NITE CLUBS IT WAS REALLY PONTISCS EL DORADOS AND SO WERE OLDS CUTLASS CHEV MONTE CARLOS & BUICKS REGALS BUT GRAND PRIX WAS SPORT LUXERY AND DA FUN CARS TO DRIVE THANKS TO PONTIACS WIDETRACK RIDE.
I’m drooling 🤤 never thought I’d love these as much as I do now. Nothing short of extraordinary examples of great American automotive experience. Thank you for sharing.
I purchased a shiny new black Grand Prix from the now defunct Sigler Buick-Pontiac dealership in Princeton, KY back in 1974. Mine did not have the T-Tops, but it had the white seats. My door panels were black (I never saw another one like that). Mine had AC and the 400ci engine. As the man says, I was stylin' & profilin' back in those days and this video brought back a lot of fond memories. I miss the good ol' days.
As a kid, our next door neighbor co-owned a Pontiac dealership. Their cars turned into demos after a couple months including some Grand Prix's . My favorite their 75 TransAm 6.6L w/ t-tops in various colors including the Smokey & the Bandit Black and Gold. Great memories. Thanks.
2 great cars and to think my dad had both those cars but his 67 oldsmobile was red and a convertible he did have a 58 oldsmobile which I did purchase a couple of years ago in his memory which is one of my favorites of the 50's era love those big cruisers 👍
I worked for Oldsmobile as a GM Tech on Long Island from 1981 to 1987... These cars were still coming in for service all the time from the original owner. Still have my timing light in my old Snap On toolbox. I used to buy the trade ins and fix them up... I remember a 1964 Buick Riviera coming in with 51k on the odometer from the original owner and the Used Car manager wanted 500 bucks. It was nearly perfect. The color was Willow Mist Green. I passed because of the color but the car ran and drove as new. I bought a 1974 El Camino instead for 500 buck, also ridiculously clean but I still regret not buying that Riviera....
It’s 2021 now! It’s the first time I’ve ever seen the car I learned to drive in! It’s the Olds! My Dr father had one (he thought Cadillacs were too pretentious) He passed it on to my mother when he bought his next..... Olds 88, a ‘72! (A 4 door, though). My mom taught me to drive in 1973. Thanks for this! (8 yrs old or not! lol)
As a lover of anything old school. I love this car, my Aunt has this and as children we would sit in it and play like we we’re driving down south. Those were the best times.
What a trip back in time for me. My parents had a 67 Delta 88 when I was a kid; my Mom kept it until I was in high school. Dad had a '77 Grand Prix LJ later on and it was the first car I got to drive on my own to school. Many memories here.
Terrence Banton Was a joke. It's a shame that Pontiac had all this car building potential and were forced to make much smaller - and much less stylish - cars due to meeting federal guidelines on gas mileage.
My mother owned a brand new 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix. It was white with a red interior and fully loaded. it was sitting on the showroom floor of Stan Chazen Pontiac in West Los Angeles on Santa Monica Blvd. Sticker price was over $6000. She was actually given the car by her rich employer. My mother used to be a private nurse for a rich elderly couple who lived in Bel Air. They loved my mother so much that they told her to pick out any car she wanted and they would pay for it. When the old man died it was in his will to give her a black 1973 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham they had owned. It had only 23K miles on it and that was in 1977.
Wow! Both of those puppies are absolutely flawless. Thanks for preserving them. Not many cars such as these survived (in any condition), like thier more "collectable" counterparts. (Ie: Chevelle, Camaro, Mustang, etc) I've never even seen an Olds Custom.....
You were stylin' if you had one in 1983 too! I had a 1977 with a 400, triple black with leather interior and Hurst T-Tops. That car was absolutely gorgeous! Turned heads and got compliments everywhere I went. Took it from NY to LA, and it was a dream to drive. Yes the T-tops leaked like a sieve, but they made the car look so much cooler, and a blast to drive with them out. Mine came with big leather pouches to store them in so they wouldn't get scratched. Seeing this video brings back good memories!
Dripping T tops is the kind of non sense that helped Toyota eventually exceed GM in sales, the 82-92 Camaro / Firebird were really bad about that. I would have a large collection of 1970s GM cars if I could, they had a lot to like about them, but the body, interior and trim quality was not what it had been in the 60s. I had a 1966 Sedan Deville, a 1966 Toronado and a 1975 Fleetwood S75 limo, there was a obvious difference, but the style of those 70s cars... sweeet!
Wow, both are beauties. I wouldn't mind owning either one but back in the day the Grand Prix was the head turner. Cars were roomy and super comfortable. I hope a "custom" shop never get a hold of original vintage cars like these.
I was just about to say that!! 🤣🤣🤣 That's a badass Grand Prix I have a 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham I love that car and my mom has a original 1977 Pontiac Can Am I'm trying to get from her and just to piss her off I gave her 400ci a shit load more power put straight pipes on it but she ended up loving it after she realized she can set off car alarms!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
My friend's mom had the '76 Grand Prix in white. He picked me up to go to school and we started out late with about a 12 minute drive. Laying it out at 120 mph for about 1 1/2 miles will make up enough time to get there on time after all. My mom had a 1972 Grand Prix in white. 400cc, quadrajet carbs, and her favorite car to date.
BoomSon!! Nice!!! I need to record my mom smoking the tires off on her Pontiac that's a badass car man and I love the 70' Gand Prix when I bought my Olds I had a choice dude has 2 1977 Olds I wanted the white on white with a 4 speed on the floor but he wanted $3,000 more that the other one i got it's grey with a white top and had pimped out burgundy colors seats with gold stripes! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Bought a 76 Buick Regal after college. Beautiful car, black with red interior. Gutless Buick 350 motor. Great car. I'm surprised the Pontiac had a new spare. There was an extended tire strike in 76 and my Buick came with only a spare rim. Became 1/2 of my snow tire set anyway.
I had a '77 in the '80's. I bought it from an old man who kept it in incredible shape. It had low miles when I bought it(33,000 sticks in my mind for some reason) and was immaculate. The old man garaged it and even Armour Alled the floor mats! I drove it way past 100,000 when it began to rust around the rear window, where moisture would collect. It was dark forest green with a lighter green interior and was stunning. I called it my "boulevard yacht". It was so long and heavy driving it was like driving a pillow. I miss it just typing about it!
My neighbors had a beautiful ‘76 Grand Prix and then I got a ‘79 Grand Prix and is one of my favorite cars. It was dark blue with tan interior... fine car it was !!!
I LOVE the looks of the '74 and '75 Monte Carlo best, Tom. They were the most beautiful of the 2nd gen Montes; perfect from the front. sides, and back ends. I loved the taillights on the '76, but not the front end. On the '77 I didn't care for the the taillights either, in addition to the 2nd year of the 'stacked' headlights. It's sad you never see these cars at vintage car shows, it really is.
My Mom owns a 75 GP LJ that my Grandfather had from 1977 until his passing in 1986... We take it to a few car shows each summer and get a lot of compliments... It's a th tone Red and Maroon.. Beautiful car and a joy to ride in!
We don't believe it ever saw any snow... My Grandfather and his Wife at the time did Florida every winter so it didn't see any salt or snow under his care-(but some small dents in the doors due to the narrow garage 😆!)... My Mom had the top of the tu tone repainted in 1988 then had the whole car repainted by a car buddy if ours a year or two ago... We just put her up for winter..
Loved the wide-tracking Pontiac! I remember drooling over an electric green one with the T-tops and a white interior like this one! Not enough Benjamins in my wallet at the time, though!
My sister and her husband bought the 1977model GP with the two tone chocolate brown and Beige paint, honeycomb wheels and the buckskin colored interior... to this day I still remember the smell of that brand new car.
I had a 74 Grand Prix, I loved it. My sister had a 76 and my brother had a 72. The 74 and 76 were the same cars, except for the grills (waterfall on 76) and tail lights (horizontal back of light in center of tail light on 74). The 72 was a much different car, but still similar.
The grand prix just had me crying. I was born in 75 i remember my father and his brother with 3 one was brown one was yellow and my father's was the original blue. This is also the first car my mother learned how to drive in (the blue one) now that they have recently retired (a year ago ) and are moving from newyork to south Florida i started driving trucks a few years ago with one purpose to find one restore it and give it to him for raising a cool dude. I love he will love it.
Steve Williams MY .ROTHER HAD A BURGUNDY RED TRIPLE COLORS. FRONT BENCH SEAT ONLY HAD 6000 MILES ON IT FROM REEDMAN MOTORS PENNVANIA. LOOKED BEUTIFUL IN NYCITY NITETIME CRUSIER GORGEOUS CAR. HE TAUGHT ME TO DRIVE ONIT AS WELL AFTER HIS 1965 FORD MUSTANG COUPE STICK SHIFT. PONTIACS DA FUN CARS TO DRIVE ARE GONE AND SO IS OLDSMOBILE , AND PLYMOUTHS. I ALSO LIKE CHRYSLER CORDOBA IN DA POTIAC GRANDPRIX RED BURGUNDY. WOW WAT A FLASH BACK I JUST HAD DISCO WAS IN AT TOP.
Maaaan how close are you to completing it and how many dollars are you throwing at it?? My father has giving me 5 years to get his old one done and I haven't even started on it yet. This makes my heart go out to you bruh. Be sure to make the video.
Had myself in the 80’s a ‘72 Olds Delta 88 Brougham. 2 huge doors, Rocket V8 350 and the pimpy brocade material interior. Hard on gas , but what a cruiser.
My parents had the exact same Delta 88 model in the same color (champagne metallic), bought new in ‘67. Traded it in on a new ‘71 Toronado. I remember the car well. You couldn’t see out the back window due to the extremely slanted fastback design. Very cool car!
exittiming M the Toronado was a beautiful car too. I was too young to drive when it was out but I remember my parents marveling about the front-wheel drive.
We had 1960 Pontiac Bonneville had all the features was red outside and inside the kids loved it when my parents gave them rides in it and I was in high school in late 60s😁😍
I totally remember them they where just amazing looking cars. For my first job I got a 1974 Pontiac Lemans with the help of my Dad. It was a 350 4 barrels black exterior and red interior but pretty stock and the Pontiac mag wheels.. But I wasn't happy my father force me to buy it. I wanted the 1972 Pontiac Grand Lemans all white and fully loaded bucket seat and all the bell and whistle. But it has a lot of mileage dam I wanted that car so much. Those where the days I think I was 18 at the time. My dear Dad will be 90. Feb.18,2021 Cheers
I graduated HS in 74, bought a 75 Vette in 76, my buddy had the 75 Grand Prix Hurst T tops, we picked up so many girls in that car, we're both handsome men, that helped ;))
Love the Grand Prix! I owned a 1970 SJ. It had the 455ci engine, positraction rear end with automatic transmission and electric everything! From a dead stop it would smoke both rear tires if you stomped the accelerator! And it was smooth, a very nice luxury muscle car. If not for the 10MPG I would have kept the car!
Those Grand Prixs were great cars - in the mid-80's I bought one similar to this (can't remember how much but it was way cheap) when I was desperate for a good, cheap car. Pretty beat-up on the outside, but it ran great and started every time - never let me down. Best car bargain I ever had.
In 1981 my dad purchased my first car a 1975 Pontiac Grand Le Mans blue in color with white interior. Man talk about a beautiful car. It needed a lot of TLC but I really appreciate that car.
I had a 1976 GP in High School in 1984. My Dad bought her brand new in 76’ and passed her down to me when I got my drivers license. Black with a saddle vinyl interior. Mine was not an SJ so I did not have the center console, T-Tops or the 400CU I’m assuming the one featured here is a 4 barrel Rochester carb. Mine was a 350CU two barrel that put out 160hp if my memory is correct. I LOVED that car. She was huge and went down the road with serious presents. Tons of torque out of that 350 but definitely not a drag racer. I remember racing a Honda Civic Si ...one from the 90’s I’m guessing and I lost that 0-60 sprint by a few car lengths! But what a fun reliable car. It was hard to keep these old GM cars from rusting and the doors were SO BIG AND HEAVY that they actually started to sag on the hinges and you had to lift up the door in order to close it properly. Those were the days...
Love this! One of my first cars was a 68 88 Olds 2 door and was burgundy with a white top! And Pontiac was my favorite car! The first was a 69 Pontiac Grand Prix Blue in color, 2nd Pontiac was a 74 SJ and my favorite was a 76 LJ Black and silver ! These were all cars I was proud to drive!! Thanks for the memories!!!
I can remember going to the Pontiac dealership with my old man, thumbing thru the color catalog that contained the different models, colors and engine options. Then using a pencil, check off the boxes for the options. After that you had to haggle over the price with the sales staff, then wait sometimes two months for the car to get built. When the phone rang (this was before caller ID) we would see who could answer it first hoping it was the dealership with good news! I can remember a '75 Monte Carlo my dad ordered, and it came with the wrong color vinyl top! White over maroon instead of black!
The Tuxedo Pontiac is super cool..but my heart is thumping over that Oldsmobile. Growing up, our next door neighbor, had one similar. I think it was actually a Delmont 88 Road trip, when we were 17, in best friend's Dads 1976 Grand Prix was a trip, I will never forget. Cleveland to Springfield Illinois, for the Street Machine Nationals. So glad we had trusting parents.
I was 9 years old and actually with my grandmother the day she took delivery of her brand new 67 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Holiday Coupe at Oge Oldsmobile in Tyler, Texas. It looked identical - same gold paint and black vinyl roof - to yours in this video sans the Delta Custom optional features - additional side chrome, rear lower bumper tail lights etc. The interior was identical, though, and included factory air conditioning and an AM radio. I distinctly remember getting to sit in the back seat while the salesman described the operation of each switch and feature to her. The beautiful red center of the steering wheel was exactly the same with the Oldsmobile rocket emblem. She was so proud of the new Delta having traded in a blue 64 Chevrolet Impala 4 door hardtop for it. She was on the road a lot in this car and I had the privilege of getting to wash it frequently for her. I can still see every detail of the exterior in my minds eye from having washed it so many times. The Oldsmobile was truly a step up for her as it was more personal - a new sales concept at the time, especially for single buyers - luxurious and sporty. As a single working lady, the car represented a major accomplishment for her and she couldn’t have been more proud of it. Thinking back on that day I couldn’t have realized until years later how much this meant to her at the time. Seeing your car in this video brought back all those vivid memories from that day 53 years ago at our local Oldsmobile dealer in Tyler. Thank you so much.
I love this important collection more than any other in the country these cars are so beautiful and so under appreciated. One day it will be priceless.
