Though Buick V-6 faithful are probably loading red-hot Garrett turbochargers filled with boiling gear oil into catapults aimed at Vermont as they read this, the first thing we thought about while gazing upon this burgundy-on-burgundy 1981 Pontiac Grand Prix was removing the aspirated 110-horsepower V-6 luncheon loafer and shoehorning in a supercharged 556-horsepower GM eRod […]
I love it when two similar, but separate cars come through the Hemmings.com classifieds at nearly the same time, affording us an opportunity to compare and contrast. For example, just recently, two of GM’s early 1970s personal luxury cars popped up, a 1972 Pontiac Grand Prix, and a 1973 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, both in similar […]
Another Monday, another batch of very cool old press photos from David Greenlees. Where last week’s photos followed a streamlining theme, this week’s photos depict very early alternative-fuel concept vehicles from GM. First, above, a photo from May 7, 1969, depicting a bunch of techs installing a four-cylinder engine into a 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix. […]