"desertdog5051" (desertdog5051)
06/14/2015 at 10:21 • Filed to: None
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"desertdog5051" (desertdog5051)
06/14/2015 at 10:21 • Filed to: None | 2
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This one if for all you Pontiac lovers. Yeah, I’m looking at myself. 1966 Catalina.
Photo: GPS 56 on flickr.
Also, Huge Congratulations to Porsche and Corvette. You made my night.
kanadanmajava1
> desertdog5051
06/14/2015 at 10:31 |
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Catalina with New Zealand’s plates? That has managed to end up far away from its birthplace. And quite recently if understood correctly how their plate system work.
tzx4
> desertdog5051
06/14/2015 at 10:37 |
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The Grand |Prix trim level was nice too, and its louvered tail lights were a bit nicer as well, to my mind as well.
The 66 Tempest / GTO were close copy little brothers to the Bommeville and looked just as nice.
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desertdog5051
> kanadanmajava1
06/14/2015 at 11:03 |
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He did mention that it was shot in NZ. Guess people all over love those American barges.
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desertdog5051
> tzx4
06/14/2015 at 11:06 |
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As a once owner of a 66 GTO, I can assure you that you have not seen the last Pontiac from me. I like to post a nice car on Sunday. Something to start the day with.
Birddog
> desertdog5051
06/14/2015 at 11:08 |
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I’ll take that 67/68 that’s sitting next to it!
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kanadanmajava1
> desertdog5051
06/14/2015 at 11:12 |
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I went to see his other event pictures. They do need to have quite plenty of interesting American cars there but I’m pretty sure that they are well outnumbered by Aussie or Japanese cars.
At some point I really loved full sized ‘65-’66 Pontiacs. The first plastic model kit that I managed to finish was a ‘65 Grand Prix.
BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
> desertdog5051
06/14/2015 at 11:48 |
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Nice... reminds of a tale of how Royal Pontiac came up with the Bobcat badging for their in-house hopped up Pontiacs back then. They had Boneville and Catalina badges to work with, and Bobcat was the only word that made sense, as opposed to Bobalina or Cataville. I think it was Car & Driver that published this, back when they first tested the original GTO, but it's stuck with me for some reason.
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desertdog5051
> BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
06/14/2015 at 12:24 |
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I kinda recall that as well. It was a long time ago and the details are vague. But a search will most likely revive my memory.
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BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
> desertdog5051
06/14/2015 at 12:51 |
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I was googling it up, and there’s a whole book about the story of the Royal Bobcat GTOs on amazon. Maybe it’s because I didn’t really live back then, but it Always seemed to me magazines and News sources should’ve focused more on what was essentially the first “performance special” version of the first muscle car ever built.
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desertdog5051
> BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
06/15/2015 at 10:01 |
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Agreed. But there was also Berger Chevrolet and Yenko that were also big players at that time. A lot of competition.