Pontiac Is Now Gone

[Cobrabill]

Originally Posted by VRM

The coupe was very cool. It looked like a cross between an Opel GT and a '68 Vette. It only had a 6 cylinder though. That would be easy enough to fix...

Back then it would have made a lot more sense for other divisions to have performance cars as well, and then factory race them in different series. I wonder how the Caddy XLR is doing. It is basically a square Vette.

Steve

Steve,the OHC 6 was another Delorean idea that was ahead of it's time.It came in a "sprint version" that came with a QuadraJet from the factory.I know that in the back of JZD's mind he just wanted to get the car "out the door" with the six in it.Once that happened,all bets were off.A 421 Super Duty would have bolted in.

This makes me ill just thinking about it.

[VRM]

Originally Posted by Cobrabill

Steve,the OHC 6 was another Delorean idea that was ahead of it's time.It came in a "sprint version" that came with a QuadraJet from the factory.I know that in the back of JZD's mind he just wanted to get the car "out the door" with the six in it.Once that happened,all bets were off.A 421 Super Duty would have bolted in.

This makes me ill just thinking about it.

Bill,
Yeah - I'm a bit ill about it too, but I have to agree with you that they will never miss Pontiac.

I used to work with a guy that had a Tempest with an OHC 6. He loved that car - I hope he is doing well and the car is still alive.

The Banshee aerodynamics look like it may have had the same front end lift problems at speed as the Stingray. But it would have been real interesting to see Pontiac do a tuned 421 SD for their version of a Grand Sport type Banshee. Until GM corporate comes along and kills the whole thing.

Steve