[GT182]

Mt 79 Formula was ordered in late October or early November of 78.... can't remember the exact month right now. Sticker price of 7985.55 on the passenger's window. When I picked it up in May of 79, and got it for 6500.00 as the dealer [Hutchinson Pontiac Sales Rouses Point, NY] and I had made a deal when I ordered it. I'd delivered Pontiacs to him and neve had dameage on them. This 66 GTO I have now cost me 17,600.00.... 3rd owner.

[Tinindian46]

The day I got out of the Army in 1985 I paid 750.00 for a 69 four speed ram air 3 GTO. I promptly took it to Mexico for a new interior and paint job that I paid another 450.00 for.
Someone had replaced the four barrel intake with a two barrel, it also had a 1970 judge wing on it. Original engine though.

[beemergary]

Bought a 66 GTO-tri power 4 speed 3.90-marinia turquoise/black vinyl top in 1968 with 16,000mi. and paid $1,600.00. Took it home and said Mom you gotta drive this car. So we went for a spin. Miss her.

[rexs73gto]

I don't know but the person who said they couldn't keep them synchronized didn't have any business driving that car as there was/is not adjustment on the front & rear carbs. That person should have been driving a 4 door Biscayne not a Great one becuse that person was just plain stupid.

[Sirrotica]

Originally Posted by rexs73gto

I don't know but the person who said they couldn't keep them synchronized didn't have any business driving that car as there was/is not adjustment on the front & rear carbs. That person should have been driving a 4 door Biscayne not a Great one becuse that person was just plain stupid.

It's not a prerequisite to have any mechanical knowledge to own or buy a muscle car.
All you have to do is listen to some of the idiotic ramblings from owners then and now to know you don't have to be smart to own one, just have good credit or a nice bank account.

BTW, the early multiple aftermarket carb setups (40s 50s) did have idle circuits in all the carbs and they did have to be synchronized to run well at idle. J.C. Whitney used to sell a unit to attach to each air horn as you went through the idle adjustments on each carb and it was called an synchronizer, basically a vacuum meter to get them all the same and balanced for idle quality. GM side stepped that PITA problem by just using the end carbs as secondaries, with no idle circuits to simplify the multiple carb setups.

A well known movie car with that type of multiple carbs on it would be John Milners Deuce coupe in American Graffiti. It had most likely 6 Stromberg 97s on the engine and would be typical of hot rods of that era. That type of setup along with European multiple carbed sports cars did have to be fiddled with constantly to keep them right, hence the reason some people thought all cars with multiple carbs would need serviced frequently. There is some basis to the myth, however not with GM cars since 57 with Tri Power, as the engineering eliminated that facet on their cars.

I also forgot to mention that I have also seen Tri Power cars with the fuel lines blocked off on the end carbs in an effort to save fuel........................yeah that'll work real good.................

[beemergary]

Originally Posted by rexs73gto

I don't know but the person who said they couldn't keep them synchronized didn't have any business driving that car as there was/is not adjustment on the front & rear carbs. That person should have been driving a 4 door Biscayne not a Great one becuse that person was just plain stupid.

Was in a parts store a few yrs. back an older fella is wanting a longer carb idle adjustment screw. Parts guy ask whats this go on and the fella says Pontiac tri power center carb. This got my attention. Then the guy tells the guy about a bunch of BS about tri power carbs. I wait and follow him outside a talk alittle sense too him.

[archerytony]

My first car a 66 cutlass (pontiac powered) that I just put back on the road I bought for $40. in 1977 it had house carpet in it and was painted blue with a paint brush. I still had a lot of fun with it through highschool blew up the 330 olds and put a 350 poncho I bought for $20 with a crane cam 4 barrel intake installed I blew the doors off my buddies lemans he took it out of to put a 400 in he wasnt happy but I was! been a poncho guy ever since

[68gtoMN]

I purchased my first 1968 GTO in 1980 for $700 - still have the car today (signature above). Like Boss posted...In 2000, I purchased (6) 1968 GTO 4-speed project cars, along with several cube vans worth of parts (engines, transmissions, differentials, enduras, fenders...) $3,500

[68gtoMN]

I just lost this post and had to repost...rrrrr

1980, purchase my initial 1968 gto (still have it) for $700. IN 2000, I purchased (6) 1968 GTOs, some complete, some parts cars, including several cube vans full of parts (enduras, hoods, differentials, doors, fenders, engines, transmissions...) for...$3,500. Just a couple of pictures...

[judgert]

I had a friend of mine who has passed now but had a a 4 dr Biscayne factory 427! I bought a 1970 Judge in 1985 Pallidium Silver $2000.00. Real Judge 4 speed special order axle 3.90 all complete including the real carb!!!! Had a lot of fun in this car and still having fun sliding sideways just this summer through an intersection!!!

[First Bird]

In 1980 I paid $500 for my 1968 Firebird 350 2bbl 2-spd Coupe. It was a car that I walked past everyday on the way to and from school. I thought it was the coolest car. I finally bought it when I was 15 from money I made working at a fish'n'chips joint. This is the car 33 years later. It is my FirstBird.

[archerytony]

Originally Posted by First Bird

In 1980 I paid $500 for my 1968 Firebird 350 2bbl 2-spd Coupe. It was a car that I walked past everyday on the way to and from school. I thought it was the coolest car. I finally bought it when I was 15 from money I made working at a fish'n'chips joint. This is the car 33 years later. It is my FirstBird.

Your car looks great and those are some pretty cool looking dudes standing by it I love those retro pics

[First Bird]

Hey Thanks Tony. Those are my "little" brothers next to me.
We laughed so hard when we found this old picture. Funny how, when you're taking the picture you can't imagine it being retro and funny someday.

[archerytony]

Heres a couple I found and yes back to the topic

[storminnorman]

a chevelle 327/325 hp 4 spd paid 900.00 for it didn't last long but was fun, have a pic of palm sunday 1971 @ cecil Co drags first run,ran thru traps @ 7500 in third gear didn't have a clue. 17 yrs old .friends worked in time tower.

[69BIRD]

Ok...get this, in the mid 70s I lived in metro Detroit (still do) my next door neighbor had a silver convertible 70 Judge RA IV 4spd that I used to bounce frisbees off as a kid..that car drew me towards Pontiacs my whole life. I bought a 69 400 firebird with every option available except a Ram Air motor--2000.00 1983. 1984- Passed on a 65 GTO convertible 3x2 4spd for 650.00 because we had a deal for 500.00--my dad was a man of principle.
68 Formula S Barracuda convertible triple black, 383 4spd, needed a clutch told the guy he was nuts for asking 2800.00 in 1985.
69 Trans Am with a 455, stacked gauges, original except motor 4000.00 OBO passed on it! 1987
701/2 RS Camaro 350 4spd, 3.73s 2800.00 1988, bought it
69 white 400 Firebird w 428 RAIV cam/heads frame off 5500.00 1990
69 RS Z28 tilt Rosewood wheel, Houndstooth, gauges, PW, DZ 4.10s, Hugger Orange white stripes NOM, 14000.00 1995 (made a killing)
69 Firebird convertible 400 Ram Air III 4spd NOM 8500.00 Flew to DC and drove it home.1996
69 400 Firebird w/455 built. Flew to Ft Myers Fla & drove it home 12000.00 In 2000. (sold to my friend for same)
68 Lemans convertible, 350 4spd 3.23, PHS, Nightshade Green, 9000.00 2003. Cloned to GTO (fraud!) and Brandy wine colored now with 455 RA IV cam. Current summer fun car!

[pontiac1981]

In 1976 I bought a 70 Bonneville convert with the 455 and full options minus AC for $855.00. The same year I bought a 67 firebird convert with the 400 4 speed for $50.00, the guy bought it new for his new wife and she only drove it for 2 years and it got parked in the garage and sat there until I bought it in 76, she said she didn't like it but held onto it for sentimental reasons, they were going to junk it and rescued it. body and interior was like new and only had something like 23,000 miles on it, I had to do a complete tune-up and brake job on it before moving it from his garage. I bought a 69 Grand Prix in 1996 for $1300, the kids father owned a shop and he rebuilt the suspension, motor trans, brakes and had the car ready for paint, the kid was 16 and his father didn't want him to have it because of the power, he sold it cheap just to get gone before his son got home. I felt bad but figured if not me someone else would get it.

[R68GTO]

68 gto for $800 in 1982.

[The Boss]

I bought a 68 GTO convertible in 1992 for $600 - we couldn't open the doors because it would have folded in half but 10 minutes under the hood & a fresh battery & we were able to drive it onto the trailer! I sold close to 2k worth of parts off the car and kept the perfect nose for my RA I car! Note: The valence was perfect too, but we had a little mishap on my trailer relating to a friend taking the back straps off & then telling me to re-align the trailer with the garage.

[Old Blue 66]

My first car was a 76 Cutlass Salon. Had t-tops and all. 350 motor and Trans. Blue withe white top. I loved that car. Not a real muscle car but cool to me none the less. I bought it in 1986 for $800.

Try buying a 10 year old car today for $800.