[71 T/A]

What have you all heard about Golden Classics in St. Petersburg, FL? They seem to have nice cars but for a ton of mula.

[2FAST4U]

There's another classic car place in Tarpon Springs, FL...but the crooks charge $8 just to enter the showroom, with refund back if you you purchase car! Another business of its own! :mad: :mad:

[2FAST4U]

...another business IN its own, rather!
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[Doug]

Kurt,

About 6 months ago I saw an immaculate black-on-black 70 at a (local) body shop about 30 miles from where I live. It was near Tazewell, VA (southwestern VA)

I'll be going by that shop tomorrow on my way to the POCI convention. I'll stop and see if the body shop guy can provide any info on that car.

[Blackcat]

My advice is to keep looking and bide your time! Lots of GTO's out there. I would find your local GTO/POCI club and visit some of the members. having an experienced Pontiac person on hand is a Plus when checking cars. Many times I have been called to check out a car with someone that heard of me and my expertiese. Hum, here are some of the ones I checked.
1. 66 GTO Conv. Went to look with the person intrested. It was a Lemans with a GTO hood and grills. Still had the LeMans taillights! Under the hood it had a 68 400 with 62's from a Grand prix. The lot swore it was a GTO but wouldn't sign a paper to confirm it. i pulled the guy away and explained what was wrong and we drove off. The car and dealer vanished several days later!

Another was a 64 GTO that was advertised. I went with My Friend and Former President of the LoneStar GTO club.
It was a 64 Lemans with GTO badges! Again the sailes man swore it was a Legit GTO But no papers and refused to sign a statment for us. Um, No GTO's had a U code 326 in them that I ever knew of! Several months later i recieved another call on the same car. I strongly advised the buyer to avoid the car. He ignored me and after getting his PHS pepers tried to return the car and had no luck! AS IS! he claimed!

Then there was the 2 Fake 70 judges from the Dazed and confuzed movie filmed here! I know exactly what the 2 cars were before they went throught the changes. The owner decided to sell them. Being busy he took them to a Classic Seller and told them that they were fakes and to NOT Sell THEM AS REAL JUDGES!
I saw them out front and decided to check and Yep! they were the ones I helped with a while Back. A sales man came out and pitched the cars to me as Legit Judges! I explained that they were not and He wouldn't listen and Swore that they were real! So I scrapped up some money to make a nice court case.(Purchase the car and the papers and then sue them). I contacted the owner and explained what was happening. He was Livid and went down and took the cars away! But not after several of the Important options mysterously vanished off of both cars!

I could give you several more stories of ripp offs that I helped save people from. But I think the point is made.
I've personally had my best luck through fellow Pontiac People and Just crusing the roads and the local paper!

[bonneville Joe]

I stay away from these places at all costs. They are good to go to when you are bored and want to waste time but that's about it.

There was a place in Naples Florida that I went to. They had a 66 Bonneville 2dr for sale. I went there and discovered upon inspection that it was the exact same car I went to look at down the street from there 2 years earlier. I told the guy and he denied everything I said. Not to mention the fact when the car started it had a huge vacuum leak and it sounded like the car had no oil in it. :rolleyes:

[kraigster4477]

I live pretty close to PJ's and I bought my first GTO from them almost 20yrs ago.I can tell you that lately they get alot for their cars these days. I was drooling over a black 70 Ram AirIII they had. But no way in the world was I going to pay $25900 for it. I ended up buying a 72 GTO that needs total restoring for $2000 with 46000 miles on it.The deals are out their.If the Judges are not documented, who knows what your getting.Good Luck.