Pontiac Stocker

[Hemi Moose]

Are there any Pontiac gear heads out there, it's a shame what happened to this 1969 Pontiac Trans Am...so the question is would it make a good stocker.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1969-...item19cbc2d960

[Ed Fernandez]

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this guy inviting a visit from law enforcement to explain the comment about the vin # and title going for use on another car?

[dennis dunlap]

Can a car realy rust that much since 1969 in oklahoma ,,, thats sad !!!!!

[Dan Bennett]

Originally Posted by dennis dunlap

Can a car realy rust that much since 1969 in oklahoma ,,, thats sad !!!!!

A friend of mine bought an identical car in Missouri just south of St. Louis. I've never seen another automatic.

The Missouri DOT has always had a love affair with salt - after a snowfall melts and dries up there's a thick white dust that hangs around until the next heavy rain.

And about this time they liked calcium chloride even more, which likes to get into body seams and stay forever.

I wouldn't doubt that this is the same car considering it's only a few hundred miles away and a whole bunch of the original musclecars around here ended up in the same condition before I lost track of them. If the car was a daily driver (and most were) they took the full impact of the chemical assault.

Others I remember for sale that I passed on because they were in roughly the same shape as the Firebird: 69 Z28 with four wheel disks (don't know if they were dealer installed or factory), 70 Chevelle LS5, 70 Chevelle SS454 LS6 El Camino, 70 Duster 340 4 spd, and Charger 500 with 440. Note that none of these were junkyard hulks, as they were all being driven at the time.

Makes you sick, doesn't it? I'm sure others in states that use a lot of chemicals have much the same story.

[Jeff Lee]

There's a nice looking crankshaft in the deal.

[GUMP]

I feel bad for the guy that has what he believes to be a really rare Trans Am, but actually has a Firebird with the ID from this car!

[oldskool]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

Are there any Pontiac gear heads out there, it's a shame what happened to this 1969 Pontiac Trans Am...so the question is would it make a good stocker...

It's an old thread. But in light of the the Bruce Noland '69 T/A making it's debut this year, I thought it might be appropriate to answer that question.

Since Bruce has already turned some mid 10's, I'd say a Ram Air IV powered '69 T/A will indeed make a "good stocker".

John Schloe has also run some mid 10's with his D-port '69 Bird, even tho the '69 D-port is factored too high.