Any 1 remeber the phoenix's?

78phoenix · Member

Any 1 remeber the phoenix's?

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

Many of us older guys remember... looks good kyle hang in there, you are saving another piece of history...carl

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

I remember them well. A fellow I knew in high school had a dark blue one. There's another car you never see anymore. Lots on the road then POOF! all gone..
Welcome to the site!
Todd

78phoenix · Member

427carl wrote:

Many of us older guys remember... looks good kyle hang in there, you are saving another piece of history...carl

haha not to prey on the old but allot of the older people i have talked to remeber these cars or even had 1..but back in 78 they were just a gas saver student/grandma's car..all of the people around here have never even heard let alone seen a phoenix, i cant wait to finish the project just so i can get even more "oh's and aw's"
happy gearing!

cdnpont · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

I remember the second gen, X body ones. But I can't recollect your style.
A buddy had a second gen, and beat the crap out of it. It really held up pretty good considering!

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

Here's one courtesy of www.pontiacventura.com:

poncho62 · Poncho Master!

Shouldn't a Nova hood be the same as that?

78phoenix · Member

poncho62 wrote:

Shouldn't a Nova hood be the same as that?

not even close, the nova does not have a header panel so the hood has a lip that folds down, where the phoenix having a header panel has a straigh hood lip

-- Edited by 78phoenix at 12:53, 2008-02-10

65Camino · Uber Guru

Our neighbour had a twin to that but in beige. Nice ride.

DANO65 · Poncho Master!

In high school I had a 4 dr 78, buick V6 auto, collapsed a piston in the buick, so put in the 250 L6 and 3spd standard from my Nova parts car. T handle floor shifter, Cragar SS wheels. Most thought it was a 4spd with that floor shifter. I thought it was neat at the time. wink

57poncho · Uber Guru

A buddy of mine had 2 of them back in the day. But has been years since I have seen one.

67BBSD · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

I had a 4-door 79 Grand Am, looked the same but bucket seats/console etc...

I bought it damaged and couldn't find a hood in 1986 !!!

Elroy · Poncho Master!

my brother bought a brand new 79 Phoenix from Kipp Scotts in Red Deer with a 305 and a 4speed. Man that 4speed saginaw didnt last long, he bent the gears on the countershaft doing a speedshift, and the GM dealer in 3hills wouldnt warranty it because of abuse.... go figure ??

tin indian · Poncho Master!

i used to have an extremley rare 78 pheonix, it was called a shark. the shark stickers in the front fenders were in the shape of a shark. factory 2dr hatch, 350 4bbl 4 speed saginaw, with factory hust shifter, bench seat that was notched out for the shifter, duals, and rally rims. this was all factory. i,ve never seen another. or even heard of another. i would be curious as to how many of those were made

Ghost Post · Poncho Master!

Looks good!.

I remember fixing lots of these back in the day including one I clipped that was a Nova on the front but a Phoenix rear, tailights trim etc..

I'd have to look it up but don't hoods from one of the other 75-79 X-cars w/ header panels fit?.
Olds Omega, Buick Skylarks etc...and dont forget Caddy Sevilles were really X-Body cars too!.

And '78 Grand Ams were cool cars Ken but full frame A-Body cars, not these X-Body cars w/ subframes etc.

I remember when the word NOVA meant N=Nova, O=Omega, V=Ventura and A=Apollo...then they added too many trim options w/ other names and it went out the window!.

Good luck!.

~

timbuk · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

pheonix SJ was the fancy one i remember i had alot of those 75-79 novas but never a poncho one....lots of body parts are different between the models for sure.Not mant left....who ever thought those cars would dissapear!

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

Elroy wrote:

my brother bought a brand new 79 Phoenix from Kipp Scotts in Red Deer with a 305 and a 4speed. Man that 4speed saginaw didnt last long, he bent the gears on the countershaft doing a speedshift, and the GM dealer in 3hills wouldnt warranty it because of abuse.... go figure ??

Well that's just wrong!!!

Why would they install a 4 speed that's not meant for speedshifting.......

timbuk · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

you mean a saginoff?

-- Edited by timbuk on Monday 22nd of November 2010 10:05:38 PM

tony67 · Member

My first car was a 1983 2 door. All I had to replace in 4 years was a heater core. It was a great car, other than a bit of "morning sickness" with the power steering.

68post · Poncho Master!

One of the magazines, Car Craft I believe, had a Phoenix project car for a few issues. ( magazine dates-late 70's-or very early 80's.)

-- Edited by 68post on Tuesday 30th of November 2010 09:48:19 PM