[njsteve]

Originally Posted by keith k

VERY neat car!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-Pontiac...m=282265013748

ad reads like a typical scam with someone else's photos. Bad english and the car is located thousands of miles away from the seller. Call the number and I bet he says: "just paypal me the deposit and I'll ship it to you". "If you dont like it you dont have to pay..."

[GREGGDOG]

The ad seems legit to me as does the car. I think he may be an older fella, a bit out of touch with technology, and with few ebay transactions, a little under-skilled with his salesmanship. As far as his English, perhaps he's more French-Canadian than Canadian-French. Hope his French is better than his English, which could be the case. Car is supposedly tagged in US, although the plates say otherwise. Renald Blouin sounds French to me.

From the vintage, pre-repaint pics, it looks like the car may have never had a nose bird?

Super neat car and combo.

[Judge273]

Please verify the scam statement before trying to ruin a great car...

That is what I would consider a great optioned original owner car. CC sandalwood deluxe killer, add factory 455 HO, spoiler, posi, gauges and cool history!

[keith k]

Originally Posted by Transamric

Confess Keith! It's the Sandlewood interior that got you, isn't it?

For sure that was one, but it's got a long list of other assets, too!

Originally Posted by GREGGDOG

The ad seems legit to me as does the car. I think he may be an older fella, a bit out of touch with technology, and with few ebay transactions, a little under-skilled with his salesmanship. As far as his English, perhaps he's more French-Canadian than Canadian-French. Hope his French is better than his English, which could be the case. Car is supposedly tagged in US, although the plates say otherwise. Renald Blouin sounds French to me.

From the vintage, pre-repaint pics, it looks like the car may have never had a nose bird?

Super neat car and combo.

That's how I took his ad, too. And yes, it's very common with the folks of Quebec, especially the older ones, for English to be a very distant second language.

[njsteve]

I guess I'm just a cynical old curmudgeon. :-)

If it is real, it is a beautiful car with great history.

He says in the ad it is "licensed in the US". The big problem is this: unless it is properly registered in the United States currently, and has a Florida registration (where he says it is located), the car will have to go back to Canada and then through the proper Customs procedures to legally acquire the paperwork to return to the US for registration. I went through all sorts of insanity with NJ DMV and Customs when I brought the black Formula back in 2012 from British Columbia.

[SD455DJ]

I know the owner and car...it is legit and a very nice car. One of the previous owners on my HO saw the car and met the owner at a car show last year in Ft. Meyers. He gave me Renald's contact info and we conversed quite a bit about the similarities and differences between our cars. His English is as was posted, very French Canadian. He winters in Naples where he keeps the car. He told me he raced in NHRA stock class (E or F S/A) for a couple years shortly after buying it and the the rebuild he mentions was the one the transformed it into stock class status and hasn't been rebuilt since. The cloth sandalwood is really rare and looks great with Canyon Copper. He really ordered it right with the spoiler and RA.
Dennis

[eaglesan13]

Very nice car. I love the color combo.

[Judge273]

Originally Posted by SD455DJ

I know the owner and car...it is legit and a very nice car. One of the previous owners on my HO saw the car and met the owner at a car show last year in Ft. Meyers. He gave me Renald's contact info and we conversed quite a bit about the similarities and differences between our cars. His English is as was posted, very French Canadian. He winters in Naples where he keeps the car. He told me he raced in NHRA stock class (E or F S/A) for a couple years shortly after buying it and the the rebuild he mentions was the one the transformed it into stock class status and hasn't been rebuilt since. The cloth sandalwood is really rare and looks great with Canyon Copper. He really ordered it right with the spoiler and RA.
Dennis

Dennis, did he mention if the wheels were dog dish painted Castillion steelies?

[SD455DJ]

Originally Posted by Judge273

Dennis, did he mention if the wheels were dog dish painted Castillion steelies?

Mike, It was ordered with the TA Handling Package that came with the 15x7 Honeycombs...so no steelies and dog dishes. I saw in my previous post that I said cloth interior, I meant sandalwood comfortweave vinyl. Renald posted a nice picture of the car at the dragstrip in 1972.

Dennis