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Originally Posted by hpp
Dealer Im at is Pete Baur Pontiac Buick GMC in Strongsville Ohio. He bought it in 1975,before that is was a Pontiac dealer also. I cant remember the name. A friend of mine ran a PHS on his '67 GTO and found out it was sold new there. When your in the service dept or bodyshop you can tell where the old building used to stop. It used to be a small place. There's still a brand new 1979 Trans Am in the show room that was never sold. I dont have any old pitchures of the place,but Im going to try and find some. I'll post the name of the old dealer soon as I find out.
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Back in 86 I bought a 65 GTO convert from a guy in Harriman TN. His shop used to be an old dealership and he had 6-7 GTO's for sale. When I got there I almost bought a 69 RAIII car he had for the same price. The reason I bring it up is two fold. He had a 79 SA 4 speed car in the window with 70 some miles on it. He mentioned that a dealer down the road could not sell it and he got it for a song.
Also in the spring of 1980 I went down to my Pontiac dealer and tried to order a new Grand Am. After an hour I found out that production had been canceled. The sales guy was nice and steered me to a 79 SA car that was still on the lot. I wanted no part of a TA back then because everyone had one. I did get my Grand Am a few months later though not how I would have ordered it.
I have heard many stories of 79 Silver Anniversary sitting on the lots well into 1980.