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Pics and story from 2008 Oshawa factory visit.


One thing I had always wanted to do with my Pontiac after buying it in September 1989 was take the car back to the factory in Oshawa and take some pictures of the car with any remaining workers that may have been around back in 1966. Well in 2008, I finally decided to do it. I contacted someone at the factory customer relations department by email and explained what I wanted to do.  Someone named Joel or Jim......something like that replied and said they would get back to me.  After a week, I hadn't heard anything,  so I told my dad, "Well, let's just drive down and see what happens ". Always up for an adventure,  he said, "Ok" and off we went for the 3 hour run down to Oshawa. It was mid-week,  so the place was fairly busy around lunchtime when we arrived.  Sooooo.....how do we do this? Well, I figured the best thing to do would be to just drive right on up to the front door!  So, I slowly drove up onto the curb and right down the long front walkway up close to the front door. (See the pictures).  A few people stared, but we acted like we knew what we were doing and ignored them. I positioned the car in a good spot........and then security came out.

Security: "Can I help you? "

Me: " Hey man, how's it going?  No we're all good,  thanks. "

Security: (more directly) " Ummmmm....what are you doing?"

Me: "We're doing a photo shoot."

Security: " Who said you could do this?"

Me: " I've been dealing with Joel in customer relations. I talked to him about this."

Security: " Wait here please. I'll have to check on that."

So, security walks away. I tell my dad. Let's hurry up and gets these pictures before that guy comes back. I didn't actually flat out lie. I just hadn't followed through on getting permission. We took a few pictures at the front office doors and then took off before the security guy came back. We then went to the actual assembly section of the factory and took a few more pictures before heading off to lunch. Sorry about the clarity of the pictures.  I am taking pictures of pictures. 



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Kevin

1966 Pontiac Grande Parisienne 427/4spd

1966 Lincoln Continental Convertible

2000 Jaguar VDP Super V8

2008 Toyota Avalon XLS

2009 Mazda 6



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those are some great shots Kev, I bet the guy that sold the car to you regrets he did



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Great story. Every Oshawa car should make a trip to Mecca.



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65 SD L79 wrote:

those are some great shots Kev, I bet the guy that sold the car to you regrets he did


 Kevin's a great guy, he let me drive it when we finally met a few years ago!

And after this winter I'll have a pair of "factory" 4 speed big block 66 Pontiacs so it's all good..

But yes, we all have one we should have kept, and this is the one. 

Love that story Kevin, and I suspect that guard came back thinking he was going to show you who's boss!



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Lol. I think he does, but I think he's doing pretty well with what he's got now.



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1966 Pontiac Grande Parisienne 427/4spd

1966 Lincoln Continental Convertible

2000 Jaguar VDP Super V8

2008 Toyota Avalon XLS

2009 Mazda 6



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I think my dad and I were lucky to get some quick shots and run. It was rather ballsy of us just driving up on their sidewalk like we did.



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1966 Lincoln Continental Convertible

2000 Jaguar VDP Super V8

2008 Toyota Avalon XLS

2009 Mazda 6

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