Nice 76 Bonneville on Ebay

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

RE: Nice 76 Bonneville on Ebay

67HEAVEN · Poncho Master!

Drove it for an hour-and-a-half today. What a ride. I don't think I could bring myself to change anything on this car. It's too original.

My son said the young ladies will really like it. Sure enough, we caught a few staring at it as we slid on by. biggrin No, they weren't laughing.

I think I'll clean it all up and sell it in the Spring to someone who wants a real land-yacht. wink

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

Sell? Keep it for a year and enjoy it next summer. I mentioned to Mark when he dropped over today that we need to arrange some sort of run with our cars-maybe Niagara on the Lake. That would be a great car to take on such a trip.

eeluddy · Uber Guru

Astro Jet wrote:
Was the "Radial Tuned Suspension" actually an option? I thought all Pontiacs of that vintage got that plaque on the dash. A friend of mine bought a 75 Lemans brand new, very basic car, 350, ps, pb, auto, am radio and that was about it and it had that plaque on the dash as well.

My brother bought a brand new Sunbird, in the mid 70's that had that same plaque on the dash. He showed up at my place with it 2 weeks old, and I pointed out to him it had bias ply tires on it!
He took it back to the dealer and they did nothing about it. GM service back then really sucked....

67HEAVEN · Poncho Master!

I found some paperwork that shows the car has only added 3,000 miles on the odometer since 1992. His story checks out. I wonder why his dad travelled all the way from St. Mary's to Agincourt (Scarborough) to buy the car new?

I'll have to make a (numbered

) list of questions to ask him.

I'd also be interested in your opinions on the following:

- keep it as is and just drive it occasionally?

- fix the minor rust issues and respray it?

- clean it up and sell it?

- go the whole 9 yards and restore it as new, adding an original style AM/FM and redlines?

73SC · A Poncho Legend!

67HEAVEN wrote:

I'd also be interested in your opinions on the following:

- keep it as is and just drive it occasionally?

- fix the minor rust issues and respray it?

- clean it up and sell it?

- go the whole 9 yards and restore it as new, adding an original style AM/FM and redlines?

Keep it as is and just drive it occasionally.

sixtywagon · Uber Guru

Keep AsIs, and drive her... Thats what they were built for...

Astro Jet · Poncho Master!

67HEAVEN wrote:

I found some paperwork that shows the car has only added 3,000 miles on the odometer since 1992. His story checks out. I wonder why his dad travelled all the way from St. Mary's to Agincourt (Scarborough) to buy the car new?

I'll have to make a (numbered ) list of questions to ask him.

I'd also be interested in your opinions on the following:

- keep it as is and just drive it occasionally?

- fix the minor rust issues and respray it?

- clean it up and sell it?

- go the whole 9 yards and restore it as new, adding an original style AM/FM and redlines?

Did they live in St. Mary's at the time they bought the car? They may have lived in Scarborough before and bought previous cars from Foster's. I would buy a car from whoever gave me the best price, regardless of where it is located (within reason).

As to what to do with the car, why did you buy it?

67HEAVEN · Poncho Master!

Astro Jet wrote:

Did they live in St. Mary's at the time they bought the car?

As to what to do with the car, why did you buy it?

Yes, their St. Marys address is on some paperwork that came new with the car. I bought the car for two reasons......I've always wanted an American Pontiac, and I liked the look of the car.

However, I still want a long-term project car. If I find the right one, I'm going to have too many vehicles around here.

67BBSD · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

67HEAVEN wrote:

I found some paperwork that shows the car has only added 3,000 miles on the odometer since 1992. His story checks out. I wonder why his dad travelled all the way from St. Mary's to Agincourt (Scarborough) to buy the car new?

I'll have to make a (numbered ) list of questions to ask him.

I'd also be interested in your opinions on the following:

- keep it as is and just drive it occasionally?

- fix the minor rust issues and respray it?

- clean it up and sell it?

- go the whole 9 yards and restore it as new, adding an original style AM/FM and redlines?

go the whole nine yards-restore it to a 'T' be sure to itemize (number) everything you do along the way and everything you need to buy. Fully document your restoration-It'll likely be one of one

don't use redlines-it won't work-they're for 60's cars or 90's Berettas-unless by chance you have one of them British imports.

67HEAVEN · Poncho Master!

67BBSD wrote:

go the whole nine yards-restore it to a 'T' be sure to itemize (number) everything you do along the way and everything you need to buy. Fully document your restoration-It'll likely be one of one

Thanks for visiting my website. Glad you enjoyed it so much. wink

67BBSD · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

you have a website ? I've never been to it-wrong guy-sorry to disappoint

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

73SC wrote:
Keep it as is and just drive it occasionally.

Ditto. It's only original once.

67HEAVEN · Poncho Master!

Lifted the trunk carpet today. Here's what an original '76 trunk looks like.

Passenger side (looking forward)

Passenger side (looking rearward with cardboard over lights removed)

Driver side (looking forward)

Looking into driver side rear corner

Under the spare tire cover (looks like it's never been on the road)

Rubber ridge still on

Trunk lid

67HEAVEN · Poncho Master!

What do you suppose the giant "P" is for? Can't be as simple as "P"ontiac, can it?

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

Wow, is that trunk ever nice.

I am amazed at the deals that are still out there.

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

Love the trunk biggrin

I got one like that last year in a rust free Ventura (Pontiac) wink

67HEAVEN · Poncho Master!

427carl wrote:

I got one like that last year in a rust free Ventura (Pontiac)

Yeah, but you didn't get a giant "P", Carl. biggrin

And, at my age, a giant "P" is everything.

67HEAVEN · Poncho Master!

I got some under-car photos of the Bonneville today while getting a new muffler and tailpipe.

If anyone wants to see them, let me know.

57poncho · Uber Guru

Are you kidding if we want you know better we love pics much easier than reading

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

As long as there's no pics of your giant P.....

Yes, love to see how that thing looks under there.

gparis7 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

I'm glad to see this car is attracting so much attention - I never thought anyone cared about the post-70 full size cars.

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

Honestly, this site has had a lot to do with peaking my interest in them. I have started to see the beauty in them only in the last couple of years.

However, I have always liked the 74-76 Electras for some reason.

67HEAVEN · Poncho Master!

Okey dokey. It's surface rust. There are no holes to repair for the safety.

The car got new rear coil springs and front brakes in the recent past. This photo is prior to the rear tailpipe section going on.

All that remains to be installed are new front coil springs (driver's side is broken), a new centre link and idler arm and she's got a safety certificate. For any southerners viewing this, keep in mind that there aren't many 33 year-old cars in the North East that look better than this underneath, unless they've been restored.

I think I'll go looking for the build sheet this weekend.

-- Edited by 67HEAVEN on Friday 16th of October 2009 10:12:56 PM

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

Yes, to the southern guys this is a rusty car if you trust the pictures.

I have learned that pictures of undercarriages always make cars look worse than they really are.

Nice to see floor under that carpet!