Loving the all-Pontiac action here!

Cool!

Here's the theme music on that Pontiac video, LMAO! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWjRZJpmbMekodU

First car astre wagon $50, originally gonna pay $75 But my buddies mom told him to sell it for the $50 Instead of $75. She was awesome ❤

My grandfather bought his Buicks here, & my parents bought our Chevrolet Concours from Will Smyly's Chevy dealer.

Smoking is bad for your health.

Cool video! I would love to see superduty rods be made?

Building a 1975 Esprit , 1972 455HO , M-21 4 speed. A 1973 front clip with a RA hood. 3.08 posi rear gear. Cool commerical Pontiac is alive and well.👍👍🏁🏁

This generation of Firebird loom a million times better than any 4th gen Firebird.

I admire the Pontiac Astre even though it’s similar to the Chevrolet Vega the front and rear bumpers should look like the Firebird with a little twist

This was in a time when real men rolled their sleeves up and went at it. Now today they sit in their underwear behind a bill gates special computer, and still wearing a man bun from the night before. You blue hair idiots are ruining the country.

My first car was the ‘74. White with the red & blue pinstripes. The taillights were vertical and faced up instead of back, so my friends always called them my airplane taillights since they were probably more effective for planes flying overhead to know when I was stopping. But that car FLEW, so it all made sense. Too bad it rusted completely out in just nine years of Midwest winters. Rear fenders were so gone things would fall out of the trunk going around corners 😂

I really wish they would make the 1990 Grand Am like the 91 92 93 grand am I miss Pontiac so much 😢😢😢😢

I miss the 1990 91 92 93 94 95 grand am I wish I could have some one make one again

Too bad the one he tested had the Oldsmobile engine.

Hal looks, acts, sounds and drives like Burt!! Love Pontiac

What is it about second generation Firebirds? They're just lush!!

John Bonham had bought one of these cars. But it was Trans Am.

Which movie is this?

I never realized just how expensive the SD 455 was as an option - it was $521 back in '73 and $578 in '74 which the equivalent to around $3270 on top of the $4300 price which equates to around $27,000 price for a T/A today - Still a steal nonetheless

My first car was a clapped out 75 Grand Prix in 86. Loved it so much I bought a low mileage example about 20 years ago. Still have it and probably will keep it until I die.

I’m 52 and have only owned 6 cars in my life. 4 of them were GM products from this time period. I still have a 75 Grand Prix that has about 46,000 miles or so and still has the original brake shoes in the rear drums. Most of the suspension is still original except the rear springs which the original owner replaced with station wagon springs to make the rear sit a little higher. I bought it from the original owner almost 20 years ago. After 46 years this car still goes down the road straight as an arrow and the only squeak is from one of the wheel centers on the rally II wheels due to a loose fitting rivet. All the power options work except the clock. I would not hesitate to drive this car across the country. I also had a 76 Olds Toronado that was as solid as a tank with no squeaks or rattles that I drove from about 93-05. A lot of people say cars from this era were junk but I know of a lot of other people who had these types of cars and they were among the best and most reliable cars they ever owned. Not sure where the questionable build quality comes from. I’d take these cars over the junk they build today. Doubtful if anything built today would still be on the road functioning 45 years from now.

I had two 77 T/A's getting my first one in 82 with about 56 k miles on the odometer. It was the same color combo as the Trans Am in the video. Sterling silver paint with the standard interior in Firethorne. The engine was the standard L78 400 producing a whopping 180 h.p. @ 3600 rpm and 325 ft. lbs of torque at 1600 rpm. My car was pretty much a standard version. Although it had AC, power brakes and steering were standard. The only other options besides the AC was power windows and upper hood , fender, and door trim . The wheels were the 15 x 7 Pontiac Rally . The car did have a 2.41 safety track rear. In 77 you could only get a 4 speed behind the new W72 performance engine that made 200 h.p. @ 3600 rpm and 325 ft. lbs . torque @ 2400 rpm. This engine gave the same power as the 76 455 and better torque over a wider rpm range. I loved how the 77 handled and the ride quality was good also. I put over 114k miles on it when the L78 wiped the cam bearings. I chose to replace the smog 400 with a 69 Ram Air III short block .30 over. I got the freshly rebuilt block from a coworker. He kept the # 48 high compression heads and the 69 cast iron intake. I picked up a set of 1971 GTO # 96 , 400 , 4 barrel heads , and a 69 cast iron intake. I replaced the factory 2.41 rear with a complete 3.08 rear. Later installing a 3.73 ring and pinion . I swapped out the factory 77 steering box for the quicker 78 WS6 version and the larger front and rear sway bars. The factory L78 had a lowly 7.6 to 1 compression ratio. The W72 400 had a tighter 8.1 to 1 ratio using heads from Pontiac's 350 engine. The 71 GTO standard 400 4 barrel engines compression ratio was reduced to 8.2 to 1 that year. It made 300 h.p. @ 4800 rpm. . I used a Crane cam with .500 lift and had the heads shaved .10 thousandths. The combo was good for low 14 second 1/4 mile passes with the 3.73 gears. Compression does make a huge difference . I wish I could have used the original # 48 heads. 1967 # 670 heads are descent D port Pontiac heads too. The second 77 Trans Am I bought was a Y82 Hurst hatch special edition. It too was powered by the L78 180 h.p. 400. It had the 3.23 optional axle which made it feel better off the line. It was a highly optioned T/A minus the W72 package. It had the deluxe black interior, power windows, power locks , cruise control, tilt wheel, lighting package , pedal trim, trunk release, and the Y82 special appearance package with the Hurst Hatch roof. The wheels were the 15 x 7 gold honeycomb. The Hurst Hatch roof had the second design which uses plastic pieces to trim the headliner and better gaskets to seal the tops. The first design used the rubber gasket to trim the headliner and didn't seal as well. I know cause I installed a Hurst hatch from an earlier 77 Y82 into my first Trans Am. The gaskets were available from a company in Huntington Beach , California in the 80's . I ended up selling the Y82 in 1992 . I left it unmolested . I wonder where it is today. I hope it's still out there . It was a fun car to cruise in . Not fast but still lots of fun.

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Bill Hickman and Carey Loftin best driving on film.

The French Connection used a Lemans..

To blurred to see 🙄

Herb Adam's as a young man! Nice!

400V8, 400 transmission, 3.23 axle and you're all set!!

from 1909 to 1925 pontiac was part of the oakland division of gm, in 1926, pontiac was division of gm until 2010.

all had 5 m.p.h bumpers.

electronic ignition was std. on plymouth.

catalina comes std. with a thm 400 trans.

windshield attenna was std. on chevy.

Three Prius drivers who thumbed this down.

That film quality makes it look like it was 1953, not 1973.

My family owns the 75 Grand Prix my Grandfather bought in 1977... It was the last car he bought..

Is there a way to transfer the footage to a file for better quality? I'm planning to make a documentary series for my 79 Bandit Trans Am restoration and I would love to see a high quality version of this.

Those cars ride like you are floating on a pillow

Who shot this? The kids from the Movie Sinister?

Possibly the worst car GM ever made especially the early years with the shit aluminum engine that would melt. After two years rust holes developed in the floor, rocker panels and fenders. The body was biodegradable and would eventually disintegrate.

455 4 barrel WOW

Best car ever built period bring back Pontiac.

Two of my next door neighbors owned the local Pontiac dealership, ( Brigham and Gill Pontiac) in the 60s and 70s. One of my first jobs was working there as a Mechanics helper. These cars bring back such memories. Several 70 - 73 T/As were just next door for years.

In October 1973 I went to Sailor Pontiac in Cicero Illinois with my dad, to order a new Firebird. My dad knew the manager and was told we could order a car at "a C note over invoice". My plan was to order an SD-455 in a Trans Am. The manager produced a sales bulletin which stated that the SD-455 option was on "indefinite hold". I ended up with the regular 455 TA delivered in December 1973. My two used SDs would come to me in the late 70s.

Hickman & Pontiac equal Excitement

Hickman & Pontiac equal Excitement

A U.S ONLY CAR, FOR ONLY AMERICANS!

What an awesome cross section of Americans working toget her to make a great vehicle! So sad GM chose profits over people and such a historic brand.

great