78 Poncho. NICE!

Amazing looking car for being in Green Bay, Wisconsin! Never seen one this loaded and then have roll ups. I would go look at this car if it didn't have roll ups. The wood looks almost TOO good and I wonder about that.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1978...3622839?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item20b3b03437

 

Yeah, caught that one yesterday.
I really like that Pontiac instrument panel.....

 

Yeah it is a nice instrument panel for sure, KK. This is a nice looking car...I sure would like to look underneath it though. I HAVE seen cars that lived their life in Wisconsin that were totally rust free but it is unusual. This is a pretty wagon. Of course, it had to be blue with roll ups. But I don't mind dark blue exteriors too much. I could live with this car if it's as cherry as it looks. Almost looks as though the miles could be right.

 

I like it, always like these wagons. The 1980 front end styling was my favorate.


Ya gata love the retro 70's carpet style, it works in there.

 

Very nice survivor. I'm loving the Pontiac mags.

 

I think it was shortly before you joined up here Mike, Fred from Mostly Unusual Cars (the B-body guy) was selling a two-tone green (no wood) '81 Bonneville Safari. The wagon was by no means perfect, but I loved it. By the time I got around to making a decision to get it, it was already gone - sold for just a few hundred dollars I think....

 

This is a pretty car... Maybe I could start collecting all the 1980 wagons (yeah... I wish!!!)

 

Well....it's a 78, 442....but I know what you are sayin'. I wish I could TOO! I could go look at that car but I'm afraid I buy it! It's up to $2550 on the first day.

 

Whoops - so it is... Well, thank goodness, 'cause otherwise I would have had to buy it...

 

Me too! :2_thumbs_up_-_anima Pontiacs and Buicks had great looking dashes from '77 on.

David

 

Theres some thing about the late 70's to early 80's Pontiacs, I just love em!

 

Absolutely! The more I drive my '81 Parisienne the more I love it.
'81 was the last year for the true Canadian Parisienne's with the pointy front bumper. After '81 the Parisienne was just rebadged Caprices and lost some of that quintessential Poncho-ness that makes them so cool, but they still rock!

 

Yeah, they seem to loose all there "luster" when they became nothing more than a Caprice with Poncho badging.

 

I've been looking at this fantastic wagon, and DANG! it is amazingly wonderful!
(If this were a 77-79 Buick EW in this shape, I would be in big trouble! I have always liked the Pontiacs, but I have a thing for Buicks of this era.)

I am posting some of the pics from this listing, because it is documentation of just how superb these GM box wagons really were. It is actually trimmed out a little nicer than the Buick Estate Wagon of the same year. The seats are much more plush, with all the pleats and contours.





















There are more pics in the listing, but the silly owner didn't rotate them.

Very nice job, Pontiac! :2_thumbs_up_-_anima

David

 

KK....that was after I joined up here and I remember the car well. I THINK it was me that posted it here. I actually thought you were going to buy it! I almost bought it because of the price and I liked it....especially for the money. I liked the color, too. Went off at 600 bucks, as I recall!