[Spridgets] Pontiacs (no lbc)

[HealeyRick]

So being a sporty-car/ hot rodder/ muscle car guy, I was a total
TransAm-freak.You can't imagine how stoked I was to watch Bob Tullus watch the
Herb Adam's "Grey Ghost" in the Rain at Lime Rock.  That car rocked!

--- On Sun, 10/11/09, HealeyRick <healeyrick at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: HealeyRick <healeyrick at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Pontiacs  (no lbc)
To: "Spridgets List" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, October 11, 2009, 5:03 PM

     Can't let this one go without a post.   First car I remember was my
parents' 1950 Pontiac Chieftan.  Mom, world's worst driver, regularly tried to
kill us in that one.  Tried to do a U-turn on a divided highway and
high-centered it on the median.  First time I ever met a state trooper!  Then
she went into the local "Dead Man''s Curve" a little too hot.  Don't know if
she got it up on two wheels, but it sure seemed like it to this six year-old! 
Don't even ask how she managed to slam that car door on her fingers  Man,
black fingernails sure are ugly! 
     In the mid-60s wanted a GTO in the worst way, but Dad was an "economy"
guy. (prolly becuse hi-test was $,29 a gallon.)  We ended up with a 1967
Pontiac LeMans Sprint  OHC 230 ci with a 4 bbl and 215
 hp  10.5:1 CR and
would just detonate on anything less than Sunoco 260. Oh yeah, and with a
'glide.  Shifted at about 60 mph.  Eventually I ended up with a '67 Firebird
'vert with a 4 spd Hurst.  Nice ride, but only a 2 bbl and 326  (BTW, who said
they had a 327 Poncho, unless you're Canadian it's a 326!)  Stay tuned for
Part II.