It all started before I was even born!
My grandparents ran the local International Harvester and the Oldsmobile dealerships in a small town. My mom grew up driving her brothers 69 442 and later her own Javelin. I was brought home in a 73 442 with a 455 in it.
When it came time for me to look for a car my parents wanted to make sure I had a car powerful enough to pass quickly and go over a local small pass without problems. We looked for Olds/Pontiacs for a year or so before coming onto the 69 GTO in 1989. We bought that car and it has been with me to this day. I have taken it camping in the mountains, out through the fields working harvest, through high school and college and now it sits in the garage getting a little attention every now and then as I can afford.
Needless to say in the early years I was kind of lost because all of the parts through GM had just been discontinued and all I had was the parts catalogs from PY and others to look through. Then I found the different web sites and Pontiac became a disease! Now I spend about 2 hours a day on average searching the local want ads, craigslist, ebay, PY, and other boards dealing with Pontiacs, parts and other cars.
Now my 7, 5, and 2 year old children will race into the garage when they hear the goat fire up and they beg to go for a ride....which I am more than glad to oblige - hopefully starting another generation of fans.
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