FWIW, My dad owned Pontiacs for Years, My first drive over 100mph was in his
67 FIrbird (he never know, I hope). I trashed his 70's Grand Am playing catch
with a dirt bike, When he passed last year he had a 05 Bonneville SSei. Dad
would be saddened to see Pontiac go.
Larry
On Oct 6, 2009, at 7:21 AM, Bud Osbourne wrote:
> Pontiacs have always been kind of special to me. When I was a little kid,
back in the 50s, our next door neighbor owned a Pontiac dealership. Always
lots of new Pontiacs coming and going, and with a few of them coming to live
in my family's garage. One of them, a '57 Star Chief (or was it a Super
Chief???)Safari wagon, special ordered by Mrs. Weaver (agency was Ray E Weaver
Pontiac, in Etna, just outside of Pittsburgh) became my mom's all-time
favorite car, which we kept for many, many years and was the car in which I
passed my driver's license test in.
> LBC connection, here: Mr. Weaver and my dad became pretty good friends and,
any time he took a LBC in on trade, it was brought home for my dad to play
with. So, at a very impressionable age, I got to ride around in some really
sweet MGs and Triumphs (never any Healeys taken in on trade :( and at least
one Jaguar. These trade-ins, which Mr. Weaver brought home for my dad to play
with (he couldn't get my mom to go along with buying one, however) infected me
with the sports car disease.....BIG TIME........and I've never recovered,
thank God.
> I, for one, will miss Pontiacs being produced, even though I've never
personally owned one.
> Bud Osbourne
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Grunthaner"
<grunthaner@gmail.com>
> To: "Spridget list" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 6:09 AM
> Subject: [Spridgets] Not LBC......Both the Pontiac & Saturn end December
2009 .....I'm in mourning
>
>
>> List,I have always owned ether a Pontiac or a Saturn I am officially in
>> mourning over the end of both the Pontiac & the Saturn and the parts
>> department.
>> Now can add my Saturn to the rest of my vintage cars and rotate as I
order
>> parts from everywhere if I can get them. Sounds like the 67 VW will be my
>> daily driver at this rate.
>> Lin
>>
>> 62 Pink Go-Cart
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