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Guest Gramps-xrds

I really hate to tell you this but, there haven't been any Pontiac's since about 1980.

What a shame. Pontiac had a much better engine (in my opinion) than chevy.

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If they had chevy engines or generic GM engines in them, they weren't Pontiacs then. What you are calling a Pontiac is nothing more than a generic GM platform, since a lot of the parts used in all GM models were interchangable between Buick, Chevy, Olds, Pontiac and Caddy. The only real difference was the engines and that's what made an Olds an Olds and a Pontiac a Pontiac. So I hate to tell YOU again, there haven't been any Pontiacs around since about 1980.

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Hey Gramps, there were Pontiacs well into the 90's! sorry to say though they were powered by small block Chevy's.

note: there was an Earnhardt Lumina kit from Monogram that included a very nice set of "Pontiac" engraved small block Chevy heads and Hendrick Motorsports valve covers. the recent re-issue does not have them.

Dave

Is There any change of a kit number or pic of kit

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I'm thinkin that if Pontiac or Olds had such good engines (or cars) they would still be around. I say that knowing that Pontiac is now on Obama's chopping block at GM (Government Motors). Pontiac and Olds motors were hard to work on and like Fords expensive to pull horsepower out of. But that being said, it makes me no less sad that two fine Marks will fade into history.

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Guest Gramps-xrds
I'm thinkin that if Pontiac or Olds had such good engines (or cars) they would still be around. I say that knowing that Pontiac is now on Obama's chopping block at GM (Government Motors). Pontiac and Olds motors were hard to work on and like Fords expensive to pull horsepower out of. But that being said, it makes me no less sad that two fine Marks will fade into history.

It's obvious from what you said that you've never worked on any of the engines mentioned. I've worked on them so I can speak from some experience. Fords to me always seemed to be backwards from GMs. I'd take a Pontiac any day.

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If they had chevy engines or generic GM engines in them, they weren't Pontiacs then. What you are calling a Pontiac is nothing more than a generic GM platform, since a lot of the parts used in all GM models were interchangable between Buick, Chevy, Olds, Pontiac and Caddy. The only real difference was the engines and that's what made an Olds an Olds and a Pontiac a Pontiac. So I hate to tell YOU again, there haven't been any Pontiacs around since about 1980.

So, i guess you must love the COTs. :lol:

What most people refer to when they say Pontiac's is the body shell. Of course they are generic GM setups. So, if you want to be that minute & say that there weren't Pontiac's since the 80's, that's fine. But i think you're making a mountain out of a mole hill. No offense, but if he had said, "here is a generic GM platform NASCAR", we would have probably asked him what he was talking about and let him know he built a PONTIAC.

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to go one further...they are actually all purpose built race cars....so would would have had to say "You built a NASCAR spec race car that wears Pontiac sheetmetal" or some such...

By this point the hood, roof and decklid were the only pieces of factory metal, everything else was handcrafted by the race teams or a supplier to the race teams.

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There haven't been any "Pontiacs", "Chevies", "Dodges", "Fords," etc. in NASCAR for a long time. The whole idea of attaching a manufacturer's name to any NASCAR racer is absolutely pointless. I wonder why they still bother, it means nothing at all.

And BTW, the actual model in this post looks fantastic, whatever it is!

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....I wonder why they still bother, it means nothing at all.

Because there's a bunch of drunks that buy $100 tickets that thinks they ARE "Pontiacs", "Chevies", "Dodges", "Fords," and etc. :P

And yes, that model looks fantastic! The model in your avatar looks pretty nice too!

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