Pontiac Grand Prix 1969 Commercial

[@jamessawyer4493]

Pontiac hit it out of the park with the’69 GP, it was both luxury car as well as performance car in a stylish package. That is a design you won’t see anymore because it’s timeless and in today’s world, personal luxury just doesn’t exist!!! We need to go back to the era of cars having a distinctive look all their own instead of the cookie cutter look you have today

[@CJColvin]

Yep you got it brother

[@fairfaxcat1312]

The Pontiac automobile was not as iconic as the General, the bright orange late 1960’s Dodge Charger, Stars and Bars on the roof, featured in the hit television show entitled “The Dukes of Hazard.” Americans in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s gathered around their RCAs and Motorolas to observe two speeding cousins driving hard against a roving standard of dirt road justice determined entirely by the singular stout sheriff, mayor, and judge, Boss Hogg. The story’s hijinks were exceeded only by the breathtaking beauty of the third cousin, one Daisy. She dutifully performed all the supporting tasks from waitressing to running errands in her jeep. The testosterone infused viewers, enamored with the Dodge, undoubtably supplemented their interest (and the show’s ratings) on the strength of Daisy’s beauty. Male viewers particularly found her fun to look at though the show was not especially challenging intellectually.

[@danielboone72]

“You wanna know where we hid the radio antenna? Forget it.” That’s funny!!😄😄

[@evanbarr9270]

danielboone72 I wonder where they hid the time machine so I can get out of 2020

[@caleb-2536]

You’re not kidding

[@jeffrobodine8579]

Great idea until you have to replace the windshield.

[@zekeonstormpeak4186]

All 69 and 70 Gm cars had the radio antenna embedded in the windshield .

[@bartricky5894]

The antenna was laminated in windshield. Looked great and cheaper than the Eldorado and Riviera. Sucked me into buying one...

[@georgestreicher252]

Worked on the line that made these as well as full size Pontiacs. 85 cars per hour.

[@davea2288]

Tell us more about your experience.

[@georgestreicher252]

@@davea2288 9 hours per shift, six days per week. Pontiac was a bustling town in 1968 (the car year started in the summer). All the Pontiac models were made there, engine plants, and GM Busses too. Hitch hiked into town on a Sunday, started working that following Monday afternoon. Ruff town, fights and knifings in the parking lot at the assembly plant. This was in the days before drug testing. There were drugs and alcohol everywhere at the plant. I did not use drugs at work because it seemed to make the job even more monotonous for me. Armed guards at the restaurant where we went for breakfast after the Saturday night shift was over. We made things in America back then. Now we are just a province in the NWO.

[@patwregan]

That is a very stylish car- best looking car of that era

[@stephens1392]

Had a 69 SJ with a 428 HO automatic, orange with white vinyl top white interior and every factory option available.

[@toddwacha5108]

The 1969 Grand Prix was nice looking! I could break away in one of them!

[@davidallen5776]

I was in kindergarten when this edition first came out. It was a shame that I was too young to drive back then!

[@robmclewee1740]

I was in kindergarten when the '70 was new.

[@davea2288]

Mine was factory painted code 72 carousel red (not offered as a standard color; had to be special ordered), parchment interior, vacuum door locks, automatic temperature control, Rally 2 wheels, turbo 400 trans, powered driver seat, white vinyl top from factory. I found and added a factory manual console with a 4 speed and a Pontiac hood tach. That was the most fun I ever had with a car and the looks it got with that outside color and top, wow! Yes, IIRC, Grand Prix was the first GM car to have an embedded antenna in the windshield. Pontiac was #3 in car sales that year. Longest hood in the industry, that year.

[@jaya.0069]

One of the best cars ever. I had a 70 GP, 400 engine and it was the fastest car I've ever owned!

[@LeadPaint1]

My first car! Bought a used white one with a black vinyl top and tan interior in 1982 when I got my license. It was a beast! My friends all had Chevelle's, El Caminos, etc., and they were pretty quick, but on those straight open flat roads in central Illinois, the top end on that GP would destroy them all. I loved that car! I let my younger brother "take care" of it when I entered the Army and he managed to total it in short order....

[@Pisti846]

Notice how far down he gets the tilt wheel, wish they adjusted that much today.

[@rsstrazz6261]

Exactly so! "Tilt Wheels" today just "Tilt "Up" a couple inches instead of down!

[@dave1956]

It’s the one car that I always wanted but never managed to own.

[@1972Ventura455ho]

Those vinyl tops killed some good cars back then. They were nothing but a damn sponge that held water.

[@helios1912]

Great theme song

[@fairfaxcat1312]

Breakaway in a wide tracking Pontiac.

[@dozerm.4108]

Best car ever

[@CJColvin]

The 69-70 Gran Prixs are the best Gran Prixs out there.

[@steve20118]

I loved my 69 GP.

[@MARMELADIKAKKU-zl7ed]

i wishd id had 3 pontiac grand prixes 2 yellow ones and one red and i would love to sit on it paint it and later drive it

[@Morobi1]

We had no idea back them how grainy the commercials were. That was just the norm.

[@rja3226]

Remember the shadows and lines on the screens. People had huge ugly TV antennas on their roofs to try and get better "reception".

[@walterwilliams1323]

We didn't have HD then to show up all the flaws.

[@ДенисУсков-д8ш]

The one of the best Pontiac's. Sporty. It was famous in ex USSR by Cinema.

[@realazduffman]

8 gallons to the mile!

[@normanfillmore3490]

My ‘71 400 Model J could knock down 19mpg at a steady 70mph. The small primaries on a well tuned Quadrajet could work wonders. Push it harder and the secondaries would drain your wallet as quickly as your tank...

[@SnepperStepTV]

Gotta have one!

[@man_on_wheelz]

Well... they hid the radio antenna in my car among the rear window defrosting lines lol.

[@backroom12]

Ugh that jingle can get stuck in your head so easily

[@rpkietur]

sounds like actor PAUL RICHARDS

[@albertmaldonado8443]

"WOW" $3000 for a new car

[@phs9452]

mine was $5,400...but it had all the bells & whistles.....i miss that car

[@rja3226]

@@phs9452 Yes my Uncle bought a 70 Brand new $5500.00 Everyone heard the price when someone backed into the drivers door at 1 week old and he was pissed.

[@walterwilliams1323]

But the annual wage wasn't much more. It's all percentages. Home's cost $20,000.

[@rja3226]

@@walterwilliams1323 My uncle was a Union Painter in 1970. He made 350 a week, that's 17,500 a year. In 2021 a fully employed Union Painter will make 85,000..

[@walterwilliams1323]

@@rja3226 Exactly my point RJ. 85 USD is good money, but homes cost a damn fortune now.

[@jayrussell1825]

Best looking car of 1969. Why do they have a driver in the commercial who looks like a Mafia hood?

[@packardcaribien]

Because it's who they were marketing to? Also suit and fedora does not equal mobster.

[@bullrunready]

Jay Russell the mob is/was really running things. Nobody realized.

[@Stugots711]

Stop the racist remarks

[@danielboone72]

Who do you want driving it? Mrs. Olsen from the Folgers commercials?

[@bradparris99]

Anybody notice that the driver only buckles his lap belt? Even the paid actor in the commercial didn't wear the shoulder belt.

[@noahgaray7923]

Huh they were the size of a Monte Carlo but were considered a B body, so they could go over the 400ci limit. Sweet!

[@Roadhouse1997]

Actually 2 inches longer on wheel base and 5 overall

[@evanbarr9270]

Noah Garay you could get 2 different 428 in 370 hp and 390 hp

[@1972Ventura455ho]

The 1969 GP and 1970 MC were G-bodies. They were based off of the A-body Lemans with a longer frame.

[@skipcampbell4226]

428 4speed! I wish those days would come back! Now its. How many miles can i get with a full charge? Federal government sucks!

[@sauluribe7082]

The announcers voice sounds familiar. Some black celebrity?

[@danielboone72]

His name is Paul Richards, he died of cancer just a few years after this commercial. Too bad! He was only 50.

[@rsstrazz6261]

He was caucasian, good looking too. He was in a slew of TV series during the 50s-mid 70s, the bulk a guest star in classic Westerns. It's always a surprise treat to find him in a Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Rifleman, etc. episode. He did lots of voice-over TV commercial work too. To me, his voice IS the spoken word of Pontiac Performance.

[@deantmoodyvoice]

@@danielboone72 Sounds reminiscent of Ken Nordine. Definitely sounds like a three-pack-a-day smoker.

[@21stcenturyfossil7]

Paul Richards was all over TV in the 70s. Both TV shows and commercials. I remember him most clearly as a pitchman for Michelob beer. But his most unforgettable ad was for the Pontiac GTO: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIuxf6hnjtqEbMU

[@jeffreysproul9110]

@@rsstrazz6261 He also did the voice over for Braniff Airlines which is now defunct

[@mrski749]

69 and 70 are my favorite years for this car