It's so amazing that back in the seventies we could walk right past a car like the black Pontiac and not think too much about it. We took those amazing cars for granted. There were so many around at the time.
My dad one of these cars. I had one too. I had a 77. I remember a story where my dad and I went to a record store. There was two one in front of the other in the 70's and my dad got into the wrong car. Back then no one locked the cars.
I had a 77 triple green Pontiac GP SJ with the 301 2bbl. Terribly underpowered, but nice ride. I got it from the original owner in 2000. I sold the oil puking thing in 04. That owner, put in a 400 4bbl from a 70 Catalina, and added gold flake T/A rims. Car was still 100% rust free, with original paint. In 05, the car got stolen. The police found the car, but it's left quarter glass was missing, the column was peeled, and the trans was junk. Some guy bought it as a derby car for $700.00. The car deserved a better fate!
I owned both a 67, Buick wildcat , gold with black vinyl top, and a black 77' Pontiac Grand Prix SJ , that's just crazy , what are odds ? in Florida ...LOL
TugIronChief You couldn’t be more wrong. I had a 2006 Saturn that was a piece of junk. All new cars are pieces of crap that throw computer codes constantly.
I worked on those cars in the late 60s and mid 70s. By 1976 they were junk. The mechanics at the dealerships worked like crazy to make a presentable car out of what rolled off the transporter. I had to chase down leaks under the dash on one brand new Pontiac. I had to remove the front fender and found out that a whole series of weld were missing in the cowl. The cars had to be tuned and retuned because they wouldn't keep running or they ran badly because the pollution equipment was a Rube Goldberg mishmash of vacuum lines, switches and sensors. Driveability was a compromise because the manufacturers were trying to meet government standards that they were not given enough time to do the R&D to develop. If it hadn't been for the computer controlled systems we enjoy today, who knows what kind of junk we would be driving now.
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@@hotwheelsbob2000 do to that cars today are disposable
I had a 77 LJ Grand prix mine was white with a black top . Black interior very nice. Low miles. I wish I still had it 350 engine with 350 turbo transmission I was young and poor. It needed to be taken better care of than I was able to . I paid 800 cash bought it from the original owner
76 Grand Prix was my first car. The exact one in the episode. Black, white interior with automatic on the floor. T tops and all... loved, loved, loved that car.
GP for sure, starting to get good money for or them, its about time. I have a 72, 455 power seats, windows locks and air conditioning. Its triple white but interior isn't as nice as the 76. I also had a 77 that was all black but had the little 301 motor. Not enough umph for me. GM screwed up shutting it down, the G8 was a badass modern car. Best styling in years finally got it back and they shut them down.
I had a '76 Grand Prix... ok car, but the back seat was little more than a nicely padded shelf for groceries. there wasn't enough leg room for my then-8 year old daughter. also, performance sucked. 0-60 in 17 seconds, standing 1/4 mile in 23. add to that a hard ride with too much body roll (stiff springs with too-small anti-sway bars) and the thing handled like a greyhound bus. mileage wasn't bad with the 350-2V (16 city, 20 hwy), but if you wanted one of these that could at least get out of it's own way the 455 was the only option... but even back then with $0.59 gasoline, 13 mpg highway could get really salty....
My mother owned a brand new 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix. It was white with a red interior and fully loaded. it was sitting on the showroom floor of Stan Chazen Pontiac in West Los Angeles on Santa Monica Blvd. Sticker price was over $6000. She was actually given the car by her rich employer. My mother used to be a private nurse for a rich elderly couple who lived in Bel Air. They loved my mother so much that they told her to pick out any car she wanted and they would pay for it. When the old man died it was in his will to give her a black 1973 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham they had owned. It had only 23K miles on it and that was in 1977.
So nice to see something other than Chevelles and Camaros - when I go to a show I am typically drawn to cars that are unique, unusual, or of a make and model you haven’t seen for awhile. These “personal luxury” cars from the ‘60’s and ‘70’s are so fun to look at after you have been bored to tears by row after row of over-restored muscle cars!
Wow, both are beauties. I wouldn't mind owning either one but back in the day the Grand Prix was the head turner. Cars were roomy and super comfortable. I hope a "custom" shop never get a hold of original vintage cars like these.
I was just about to say that!! 🤣🤣🤣 That's a badass Grand Prix I have a 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham I love that car and my mom has a original 1977 Pontiac Can Am I'm trying to get from her and just to piss her off I gave her 400ci a shit load more power put straight pipes on it but she ended up loving it after she realized she can set off car alarms!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
My friend's mom had the '76 Grand Prix in white. He picked me up to go to school and we started out late with about a 12 minute drive. Laying it out at 120 mph for about 1 1/2 miles will make up enough time to get there on time after all. My mom had a 1972 Grand Prix in white. 400cc, quadrajet carbs, and her favorite car to date.
BoomSon!! Nice!!! I need to record my mom smoking the tires off on her Pontiac that's a badass car man and I love the 70' Gand Prix when I bought my Olds I had a choice dude has 2 1977 Olds I wanted the white on white with a 4 speed on the floor but he wanted $3,000 more that the other one i got it's grey with a white top and had pimped out burgundy colors seats with gold stripes! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Bought a 76 Buick Regal after college. Beautiful car, black with red interior. Gutless Buick 350 motor. Great car. I'm surprised the Pontiac had a new spare. There was an extended tire strike in 76 and my Buick came with only a spare rim. Became 1/2 of my snow tire set anyway.
i had a 1976 grand prix model sj with t tops and the drives seat swiveled so it made it easy to get out and it was like a wine color beautiful car i loved that car
My first car was a 76 white Grand Prix SJ with a 400 and red interior. I was 17 and that was 40 years ago. Some of my most vivid memories are of the time I spent in that car.
You were stylin' if you had one in 1983 too! I had a 1977 with a 400, triple black with leather interior and Hurst T-Tops. That car was absolutely gorgeous! Turned heads and got compliments everywhere I went. Took it from NY to LA, and it was a dream to drive. Yes the T-tops leaked like a sieve, but they made the car look so much cooler, and a blast to drive with them out. Mine came with big leather pouches to store them in so they wouldn't get scratched. Seeing this video brings back good memories!
Dripping T tops is the kind of non sense that helped Toyota eventually exceed GM in sales, the 82-92 Camaro / Firebird were really bad about that. I would have a large collection of 1970s GM cars if I could, they had a lot to like about them, but the body, interior and trim quality was not what it had been in the 60s. I had a 1966 Sedan Deville, a 1966 Toronado and a 1975 Fleetwood S75 limo, there was a obvious difference, but the style of those 70s cars... sweeet!
Terrence Banton Was a joke. It's a shame that Pontiac had all this car building potential and were forced to make much smaller - and much less stylish - cars due to meeting federal guidelines on gas mileage.
Had a 76 Grand Prix LJ. One of my favorite cars I have owned in my 65 years. Just a beautiful design and performance. Pontiac always had well designed vehicles begining in the late forties. Cars now are more for transportation than works of art. Compare almost all of the early model cars to those of today. Then each year model was distinguishable. Now you cant tell one year model from the next.
My uncle owns a '74 Pontiac GP. He bought it new and still has it. The only difference from the '76 here is single round headlights instead of dual rectangles. Sweet ride.
@@TugIronChief - Buick was (and probably still is) considered for older folks. And Oldsmobile was General Motors test division. Not that I need to prove anything to anybody, because I already knew this, but here is a quote from Wikipedia, if you want to google "Oldsmobile" you can learn something: " During its time as a division of General Motors, it slotted in the middle of GM's five divisions (above Pontiac but below Buick), and was noted for its testing of groundbreaking technology and designs..."
Some people would be shocked at how quiet and soft both of these cars ride compared to current vehicles. Almost like floating on a cloud. Turning/handling is a different story but still. The curved dash of the SJ was really a big deal back then.
I remember being a kid in the '70's & seeing big, beautiful vehicles like these everywhere. now sadly, a museum is the only place they can be seen anymore.
My dad had that exact grand prix and as a kid i would dream about driving that car. I would sit in the drivers seat and pretend to be driving down the highway. One day i am going to get a 1976 Grand Prix SJ.
Small fun fact, cars of this era had 2 keys. The part that you grab with your fingers was either square or round.The square shaped key was for the ignition. The round one was for the glove box, door, and trunk.
I am blown away watching this. My first car was a 1975 LJ. It was Admiralty Blue (such a dark navy that it was mistaken for black many times), the same white interior with the black carpet and the same white half vinyl top. No T-tops, though.... an electric sunroof instead, two headlights instead of the four smaller ones and the tailights were composed of five vertical sections instead of horizontal ones. It had every option except the 455. The 8-track was usually blasting out Aerosmith.... or Dark Side of the Moon on continuous replay. Very Large Wow, you guys. Thanks for the amazing flashback.
Love the Grand Prix! I owned a 1970 SJ. It had the 455ci engine, positraction rear end with automatic transmission and electric everything! From a dead stop it would smoke both rear tires if you stomped the accelerator! And it was smooth, a very nice luxury muscle car. If not for the 10MPG I would have kept the car!
I had a 1976 grand prix golden anniversary. I was 28 years old. The didn't make a lot of them. Unfortunately, I totaled that car. I still miss it to this day. I am 68.
I did notice that it had no power windows, and the plain jane steering wheel, but it did have T-tops. That was back in the day when you didn't have to order PACKAGES ! You could order every option individually. Those were the days.
I ordered a 1973 Monte Carlo the way I wanted it. Like you said there were no package options. It took about twelve weeks to get the car. Was there when it rolled off the truck, oh what a feeling. Crazy thing it was considered a mid sized sedan .
Brings back memories of the '71 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale two door I used to have. Dark green with a 455 with A/C. Indestructible. Even though I was young at the time, I always felt like a big shot driving that car. I loved driving around with my elbow out the window smoking a cigar. That car could light up the tires better than anything I ever owned. Also had a gold '70 Grand Prix for a while. It was faster and handled a bit better, but the Olds was a better car.
I had a1973 old 98 with a 455 it was a 2 door to Kurt I loved that car and it would smoke them tires. A very strong great riding fast car. I miss those days.
I had that identical 76 grand prix in my high school days. Had a 400 V8 , t tops, 12 bolt, dual exhaust, swivel buckets, console. I beat the crap out of it! Many burnouts and other crazy stunts, finally scrapped it. I had it back in the 80's. Good times lol 👍
Beautiful cars! Nice to see the more unusual autos rather than the usual and boring Camaros, Mustangs, & Vettes. Those are 'if you seen one, you have seen them all'. One complaint, I would really like to hear the exhaust note rather than the stupid music.
IKR. I have a 1975 dodge charger and I would take a car like that over a classic muscle car any day. It's so much more rare to see. You'd be lucky to see one like mine at a car show more than once or twice. Everybody knows what a camaro looks like. Not everyone knows what a 4th Gen charger looks like, not even old folks.
Produced in my 15th thru 19th years of age , these truly are grand classics to me. Fond memories and a great car collector. Saving the truly great big cruisers......thanks !
I purchased a shiny new black Grand Prix from the now defunct Sigler Buick-Pontiac dealership in Princeton, KY back in 1974. Mine did not have the T-Tops, but it had the white seats. My door panels were black (I never saw another one like that). Mine had AC and the 400ci engine. As the man says, I was stylin' & profilin' back in those days and this video brought back a lot of fond memories. I miss the good ol' days.
The grand prix just had me crying. I was born in 75 i remember my father and his brother with 3 one was brown one was yellow and my father's was the original blue. This is also the first car my mother learned how to drive in (the blue one) now that they have recently retired (a year ago ) and are moving from newyork to south Florida i started driving trucks a few years ago with one purpose to find one restore it and give it to him for raising a cool dude. I love he will love it.
Steve Williams MY .ROTHER HAD A BURGUNDY RED TRIPLE COLORS. FRONT BENCH SEAT ONLY HAD 6000 MILES ON IT FROM REEDMAN MOTORS PENNVANIA. LOOKED BEUTIFUL IN NYCITY NITETIME CRUSIER GORGEOUS CAR. HE TAUGHT ME TO DRIVE ONIT AS WELL AFTER HIS 1965 FORD MUSTANG COUPE STICK SHIFT. PONTIACS DA FUN CARS TO DRIVE ARE GONE AND SO IS OLDSMOBILE , AND PLYMOUTHS. I ALSO LIKE CHRYSLER CORDOBA IN DA POTIAC GRANDPRIX RED BURGUNDY. WOW WAT A FLASH BACK I JUST HAD DISCO WAS IN AT TOP.
Maaaan how close are you to completing it and how many dollars are you throwing at it?? My father has giving me 5 years to get his old one done and I haven't even started on it yet. This makes my heart go out to you bruh. Be sure to make the video.
I can remember going to the Pontiac dealership with my old man, thumbing thru the color catalog that contained the different models, colors and engine options. Then using a pencil, check off the boxes for the options. After that you had to haggle over the price with the sales staff, then wait sometimes two months for the car to get built. When the phone rang (this was before caller ID) we would see who could answer it first hoping it was the dealership with good news! I can remember a '75 Monte Carlo my dad ordered, and it came with the wrong color vinyl top! White over maroon instead of black!
Beautiful cars so nice to see them survive and be cared for. My older brother had a 74 Monte Carlo back in 75 this Grand Prix reminds me of it they are likely the same platform. Who remembers this " YOU GOT IT PONTIAC".
I had the 1977 Grand prix SJ model with black exterior and red interior. This car had t-tops, honey comb wheels, and trans am dual exhaust. Only true Pontiac fans know what I mean about the exhaust. Man I wish I had that car still. Like a young man who didn't know what he had, I traded it in 1984 after owning it for a couple of years. 😥
2 great cars and to think my dad had both those cars but his 67 oldsmobile was red and a convertible he did have a 58 oldsmobile which I did purchase a couple of years ago in his memory which is one of my favorites of the 50's era love those big cruisers 👍
Loved the wide-tracking Pontiac! I remember drooling over an electric green one with the T-tops and a white interior like this one! Not enough Benjamins in my wallet at the time, though!
Yeah, my dad had a '73 GP as a company car and it was almost as much fun as his '71 Mach 1 company car. Too bad they had to choke the daylights out of them after that......
Our neighbor had one growing up. It was sort of a rust color and I always wanted it. The dual exhaust was great. They had the 400. Edit: I am wrong they had the 72.
My 73' GP was one of the best cars that I've ever owned, I still miss it, but the wreck of 84' totaled it, I got 2400 bucks for it, but thinking back now, I wish I could have fixed it up, those things were tough, it bent a 67' Buick wildcat almost in half and was still running great ,didn't even have frame damage, but I was 18 and didn't know what I know now.
I worked for Oldsmobile as a GM Tech on Long Island from 1981 to 1987... These cars were still coming in for service all the time from the original owner. Still have my timing light in my old Snap On toolbox. I used to buy the trade ins and fix them up... I remember a 1964 Buick Riviera coming in with 51k on the odometer from the original owner and the Used Car manager wanted 500 bucks. It was nearly perfect. The color was Willow Mist Green. I passed because of the color but the car ran and drove as new. I bought a 1974 El Camino instead for 500 buck, also ridiculously clean but I still regret not buying that Riviera....
My parents had the exact same Delta 88 model in the same color (champagne metallic), bought new in ‘67. Traded it in on a new ‘71 Toronado. I remember the car well. You couldn’t see out the back window due to the extremely slanted fastback design. Very cool car!
exittiming M the Toronado was a beautiful car too. I was too young to drive when it was out but I remember my parents marveling about the front-wheel drive.
We had 1960 Pontiac Bonneville had all the features was red outside and inside the kids loved it when my parents gave them rides in it and I was in high school in late 60s😁😍
Faith Roberts if agree that the engine, transmission, and emissions should continue to be computer controlled, then I agree with you. Reliable auto computers were IMO mastered in 2002 by GM where Old school knobs and dials were actually controlling computers, and servos. Today's touch screens and stuff are crap.
I helped my aunt pick out a 1977 Grand Prix, that was medium blue, small metal flake, with a white T top, and white interior. Honeycomb wheels!!! What a car!!
The Grand Prix was always my favorite. I was in HS when these came out. Two sisters and their brother each got a brand new Grand Prix when they turned 16. I was so envious of them. Whoever the college grad was that was given this beauty was so lucky. As I’ve gotten older I showed have but never really looked for one to buy. Still absolutely love all the Grand Prix’s of the 70’s. Incredible cars
My neighbors had a beautiful ‘76 Grand Prix and then I got a ‘79 Grand Prix and is one of my favorite cars. It was dark blue with tan interior... fine car it was !!!
Until the rubber gaskets around the frame where the glass rests begins to shrink, tear and dry up, then leak rain water into the car. Been there, done that.
We had a nice older Grand Prix, possibly a 1970. It was not as grande as this one but I remember that sexy class of cars - the big pony cars - Caddy El Dorado, Olds Torando, Chevy Monte Carlo, Buick Rivera. Nice sporty cars with long hoods. I recall the boatlike feel of looking down the hood of the Grande Prix and the cockpit-like driver's seat. Nice glass roof.
I thought the Grand Prix was great up until the 1977 model year, didn't like the smaller downsized GP's nearly as much, I definitely agree the GP was one of GM's best cars built throughout much of the 1970's.
My friends dad who was a police detective had the exact same car as the OLDS. I remember going to see the Ali vs Norton fight and sitting in that huge back seat. Speed limit was still 70 mph .
wow, I've been looking for this clip forever! I bought a 1975 Grand Prix LJ and remembered seeing a show about a mid 70s Grand Prix and an older Oldsmobile. I didn't recall it was Dennis so could not find it! Thanks!
12:10 Look at that huge fan shroud spanning an extra foot of empty nose. The '73-'77 GP could be called GM's opening shot at downsizing; gone was the stretched wheelbase that distinguished the '72 GP from the '72 LeMans, but the hood stayed long and the 5 MPH bumpers kept its exterior dimensions at least as big. Pontiac also ditched the wheelbase stretch on the Grand Ville and in both cases, the stretch was under the hood, so interior space was not affected. With bumper, safety, emissions and CAFE regulations piling on, GM was gently weining the public from the kind of bigness that used to sell cars.
Tornike Jashia THATS WAT GMC INTENDED SO AS TO SELL.MORE CARS TO.MAKE 4 LITTLE EL DORADOS. PONTIACS GRAND PRIX VHEV MONTE CARLO , OLDS CUTLASS & BUICKS REGALS. WHILE CHRYSLERS CORDOBA DID DA SAME , WHICH I ALSO LIKED AS DA BROTHERS 73 GP
Yhis EAS DA IDEA GMC HAD TO SELL MORE CARS WAS TO CREATE FOUR OTHER CADDY ELDORADOS PONTIACS GPRIX OLDSMOBILES CUTLASS BUICKS REGALS AND CHEVY MONTE CARLOS BIG LONG NOSE AND DA LINES IN DA MIDDLE AND ESPECIALLY PONTIACS HOOD AN TOP AN TRUNK LOOKS JUST LIKE AN ELDORADO THATS YOUR ANSWER AND CHREVY CAPRICE CLASSIS FRONT GRILLE WAS ONE THIRD CADDY ON PURPOSR BY GM NOW YU KNOW FROM A SIXTIES CHILD.
That GP is beautiful 😎. My daily driver is a 76' Buick Regal 3.8l 231. The engine still has it's blue factory paint. The color of the car is green with white and green interior. It's a Landua, with white vinyl top. Just broke 💯 thousand miles, 42 yrs in the making. Take care,✌️out 😎
Amazing. My first car was a 1977 Grand Prix LJ. I will bookmark this video and watch it when the nostalgia is strong.
Had a girlfriend back in high-school 15 years ago that drove one of these, fun times.
I love both cars but that PONTIAC IS AWESOME
It's so amazing that back in the seventies we could walk right past a car like the black Pontiac and not think too much about it. We took those amazing cars for granted. There were so many around at the time.
Right, just like watching old reruns from the 70s and 80s and seeing the cool cars getting wrecked.
now all you see is ugly aero dynamic pieces of garbage that they make and call cars .
My grandfather owned that olds in red and my grandmother had the same Pontiac in brown. Wow this brought back memories of being picked up from school
My dad one of these cars. I had one too. I had a 77. I remember a story where my dad and I went to a record store. There was two one in front of the other in the 70's and my dad got into the wrong car. Back then no one locked the cars.
Can't believe you made it thru the review of the Gran Prix without mentioning the Michigan 1976 Centennial plates.
I had a 77 triple green Pontiac GP SJ with the 301 2bbl. Terribly underpowered, but nice ride. I got it from the original owner in 2000. I sold the oil puking thing in 04. That owner, put in a 400 4bbl from a 70 Catalina, and added gold flake T/A rims. Car was still 100% rust free, with original paint. In 05, the car got stolen. The police found the car, but it's left quarter glass was missing, the column was peeled, and the trans was junk. Some guy bought it as a derby car for $700.00. The car deserved a better fate!
Adam Trombino had a 75 GP LJ 400 4bbl it rocked
I owned both a 67, Buick wildcat , gold with black vinyl top, and a black 77' Pontiac Grand Prix SJ , that's just crazy , what are odds ? in Florida ...LOL
Lol.. my friend had a mid 70s chevy malibu Laguna s type.. and it had swivel bucket seats in the front.. pretty cool
God I just miss these cars , especially Pontiac.
71-73 buyick riverara`s are beautiful cars inside n outside
When America knew how to build cars, over 50 years ago now
TugIronChief You couldn’t be more wrong.
I had a 2006 Saturn that was a piece of junk.
All new cars are pieces of crap that throw computer codes constantly.
You didn't have the oils that we have today back then. So engines wore out faster so engine rebuilds used to be common.
@@beckigreen Saturn is not the same as Toyota, Honda, etc. Those are known for their reliability.
I worked on those cars in the late 60s and mid 70s. By 1976 they were junk. The mechanics at the dealerships worked like crazy to make a presentable car out of what rolled off the transporter. I had to chase down leaks under the dash on one brand new Pontiac. I had to remove the front fender and found out that a whole series of weld were missing in the cowl. The cars had to be tuned and retuned because they wouldn't keep running or they ran badly because the pollution equipment was a Rube Goldberg mishmash of vacuum lines, switches and sensors. Driveability was a compromise because the manufacturers were trying to meet government standards that they were not given enough time to do the R&D to develop. If it hadn't been for the computer controlled systems we enjoy today, who knows what kind of junk we would be driving now.
@@hotwheelsbob2000 do to that cars today are disposable
I had a 77 LJ Grand prix mine was white with a black top . Black interior very nice. Low miles. I wish I still had it 350 engine with 350 turbo transmission I was young and poor. It needed to be taken better care of than I was able to . I paid 800 cash bought it from the original owner
This is a car. Thank you good sir.
First car I ever drove was a 64 Chrysler New Yorker with a 440 hemi. What a machine...
You mean a 413 wedge.
The one with the concave sides.
76 Grand Prix was my first car. The exact one in the episode. Black, white interior with automatic on the floor. T tops and all... loved, loved, loved that car.
I love these classic cars. They don't make them anymore. Today's cars are cheap boring and predictable.
* Expensively Cheap
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I enjoy driving a modern pile of plastic with silly looking angry eye headlights and fish mouth grill.
learned to drive in my moms '76 Grand prix.350 2 bbl.was a big boat,but it was a great car.hell,we towed a 21' boat with it no problem.
How many would take that 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix over that '60s Oldsmobile?
GP for sure, starting to get good money for or them, its about time.
I have a 72, 455 power seats, windows locks and air conditioning. Its triple white but interior isn't as nice as the 76. I also had a 77 that was all black but had the little 301 motor. Not enough umph for me. GM screwed up shutting it down, the G8 was a badass modern car. Best styling in years finally got it back and they shut them down.
I would in a Heart Beat. I owned two 1977's
Style over substance in the later 70's. Slow and unimpressive...
I had a '76 Grand Prix... ok car, but the back seat was little more than a nicely padded shelf for groceries. there wasn't enough leg room for my then-8 year old daughter.
also, performance sucked. 0-60 in 17 seconds, standing 1/4 mile in 23. add to that a hard ride with too much body roll (stiff springs with too-small anti-sway bars) and the thing handled like a greyhound bus.
mileage wasn't bad with the 350-2V (16 city, 20 hwy), but if you wanted one of these that could at least get out of it's own way the 455 was the only option... but even back then with $0.59 gasoline, 13 mpg highway could get really salty....
I remember both cars, they were common, the pontiac I was getting my drivers license that year.
WOW. Living room furniture with the responsiveness of a ships rudder. I want that Olds.
My mother owned a brand new 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix. It was white with a red interior and fully loaded. it was sitting on the showroom floor of Stan Chazen Pontiac in West Los Angeles on Santa Monica Blvd. Sticker price was over $6000. She was actually given the car by her rich employer. My mother used to be a private nurse for a rich elderly couple who lived in Bel Air. They loved my mother so much that they told her to pick out any car she wanted and they would pay for it. When the old man died it was in his will to give her a black 1973 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham they had owned. It had only 23K miles on it and that was in 1977.
Chaleco Salvavides Well, that was a nice story....Thanks for sharing.
So nice to see something other than Chevelles and Camaros - when I go to a show I am typically drawn to cars that are unique, unusual, or of a make and model you haven’t seen for awhile. These “personal luxury” cars from the ‘60’s and ‘70’s are so fun to look at after you have been bored to tears by row after row of over-restored muscle cars!
Wow, both are beauties. I wouldn't mind owning either one but back in the day the Grand Prix was the head turner. Cars were roomy and super comfortable. I hope a "custom" shop never get a hold of original vintage cars like these.
I love that Grand Prix.
I just purchased a 73 white on white Grand Prix J in excellent condition.
I was just about to say that!! 🤣🤣🤣 That's a badass Grand Prix I have a 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham I love that car and my mom has a original 1977 Pontiac Can Am I'm trying to get from her and just to piss her off I gave her 400ci a shit load more power put straight pipes on it but she ended up loving it after she realized she can set off car alarms!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
My friend's mom had the '76 Grand Prix in white. He picked me up to go to school and we started out late with about a 12 minute drive. Laying it out at 120 mph for about 1 1/2 miles will make up enough time to get there on time after all. My mom had a 1972 Grand Prix in white. 400cc, quadrajet carbs, and her favorite car to date.
BoomSon!! Nice!!! I need to record my mom smoking the tires off on her Pontiac that's a badass car man and I love the 70' Gand Prix when I bought my Olds I had a choice dude has 2 1977 Olds I wanted the white on white with a 4 speed on the floor but he wanted $3,000 more that the other one i got it's grey with a white top and had pimped out burgundy colors seats with gold stripes! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Bought a 76 Buick Regal after college. Beautiful car, black with red interior. Gutless Buick 350 motor. Great car.
I'm surprised the Pontiac had a new spare. There was an extended tire strike in 76 and my Buick came with only a spare rim. Became 1/2 of my snow tire set anyway.
Ohhhhh! That GP? I Take one now! Forget those Euro-Luxury, gadget filled 0-60 wonders...
This makes commuting a pleasure!
The Grand Prix was one of my favorite cars when I was a kid in the 70’s.
Lord Walker mine too
As a kid in the 70s, I had eyes on the 50s survivors, now my favorites include the 61-2 GMs.
The 70's model Grand Prix,Monte Carlo and Olds Cutlass were all stylin'.
i had a 1976 grand prix model sj with t tops and the drives seat swiveled so it made it easy to get out and it was like a wine color beautiful car i loved that car
My father had a 1976 Gran Prix with a 400 big block. The torque was fantastic.
That is a bygone era. Those are beautiful cars. When cars were built with pride & quality
Absolutely Dave I couldn't of said it better if I said it myself
I agree.
Pride and quality? In the 70s? By UAW workers? These cars are the reason you cant buy a Plymouth Mercury or either of these brands anymore...
Please. Drunken/stoned/entitled UAW guys assembling the vehicles is the reason Toy Hon Dat Kia are 50% owners of our market now.
I feel sorry for kids today - sure gets gas mileage it's eco-friendly it's electric etc.... but there's no life or soul in their cars
Miss my 76 GP. T-tops, power windows. Triple black. Was a beautiful car.
My first car was a 76 white Grand Prix SJ with a 400 and red interior. I was 17 and that was 40 years ago. Some of my most vivid memories are of the time I spent in that car.
You were stylin' if you had one in 1983 too! I had a 1977 with a 400, triple black with leather interior and Hurst T-Tops. That car was absolutely gorgeous! Turned heads and got compliments everywhere I went. Took it from NY to LA, and it was a dream to drive. Yes the T-tops leaked like a sieve, but they made the car look so much cooler, and a blast to drive with them out. Mine came with big leather pouches to store them in so they wouldn't get scratched. Seeing this video brings back good memories!
I had a 75 Monte, triple black. The Chevy equivalent. Sunroof dripped too! Was like driving a couch. 350. 18mpg on highway with the cruise engaged.
Dripping T tops is the kind of non sense that helped Toyota eventually exceed GM in sales, the 82-92 Camaro / Firebird were really bad about that. I would have a large collection of 1970s GM cars if I could, they had a lot to like about them, but the body, interior and trim quality was not what it had been in the 60s. I had a 1966 Sedan Deville, a 1966 Toronado and a 1975 Fleetwood S75 limo, there was a obvious difference, but the style of those 70s cars... sweeet!
Man that Grand Prix is beautiful!
I had a 77 SJ 400 four barrel/turbo 400 trans. I really liked it but it rusted away.
I have a friend on the east coast that has a '77..I like these cars.
I want either a 71, 74 or 77.
Baha T 1978 Pontiac grand prix
Terrence Banton Was a joke. It's a shame that Pontiac had all this car building potential and were forced to make much smaller - and much less stylish - cars due to meeting federal guidelines on gas mileage.
Had a 76 Grand Prix LJ. One of my favorite cars I have owned in my 65 years. Just a beautiful design and performance. Pontiac always had well designed vehicles begining in the late forties. Cars now are more for transportation than works of art. Compare almost all of the early model cars to those of today. Then each year model was distinguishable. Now you cant tell one year model from the next.
My uncle owns a '74 Pontiac GP. He bought it new and still has it. The only difference from the '76 here is single round headlights instead of dual rectangles. Sweet ride.
Love that '76 Grand Prix! OMG!
I'm very sad that Oldsmobile went out of business.. deep hearted olds fan.. and the old skool cars are my fav cars
Oldsmobile was GM's test division. All the new stuff GM put out they put in the Oldsmobile first
There was a lot of people and there still are some people that swear A/C will give you lung problems!!!
I never had any "lung" problems in my Olds 88 air conditioner! Just cold, clean air & quiet!
@@TugIronChief - did you work in the automotive industry?
@@TugIronChief - Buick was (and probably still is) considered for older folks. And Oldsmobile was General Motors test division. Not that I need to prove anything to anybody, because I already knew this, but here is a quote from Wikipedia, if you want to google "Oldsmobile" you can learn something: " During its time as a division of General Motors, it slotted in the middle of GM's five divisions (above Pontiac but below Buick), and was noted for its testing of groundbreaking technology and designs..."
Some people would be shocked at how quiet and soft both of these cars ride compared to current vehicles. Almost like floating on a cloud. Turning/handling is a different story but still. The curved dash of the SJ was really a big deal back then.
I had a '75 GP in 1976. Red. white half top. with white buckets, Sunroof. What a Car!!!
True American cars ,I love them 😍
That Pontiac is stunning.
1970 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale with a 455 c.i. Motor and white vinyl seats, metallic gold two tone with a brown roof, was the best car I ever had.
I'm from the UK and "Love" these old Land Yachts. I used to see the odd one here and there back then,
And Wow, those cars got noticed.
I remember being a kid in the '70's & seeing big, beautiful vehicles like these everywhere. now sadly, a museum is the only place they can be seen anymore.
My dad had that exact grand prix and as a kid i would dream about driving that car. I would sit in the drivers seat and pretend to be driving down the highway. One day i am going to get a 1976 Grand Prix SJ.
Unbelievable 1500 miles on a 76. I would love to have a car like that. I loved the 76 and 77 Grand Prix. No AC?
Stormy D. Yeah. If it’s 90 degrees outside, not gonna help much. Lol
Love that Grand Prix
Small fun fact, cars of this era had 2 keys. The part that you grab with your fingers was either square or round.The square shaped key was for the ignition. The round one was for the glove box, door, and trunk.
That was a running theme right into the 90's... heck early 2000's for some cars.
My 02 Camaro has two keys. 😄
I am blown away watching this. My first car was a 1975 LJ. It was Admiralty Blue (such a dark navy that it was mistaken for black many times), the same white interior with the black carpet and the same white half vinyl top. No T-tops, though.... an electric sunroof instead, two headlights instead of the four smaller ones and the tailights were composed of five vertical sections instead of horizontal ones. It had every option except the 455. The 8-track was usually blasting out Aerosmith.... or Dark Side of the Moon on continuous replay. Very Large Wow, you guys. Thanks for the amazing flashback.
Love the Grand Prix! I owned a 1970 SJ. It had the 455ci engine, positraction rear end with automatic transmission and electric everything! From a dead stop it would smoke both rear tires if you stomped the accelerator! And it was smooth, a very nice luxury muscle car. If not for the 10MPG I would have kept the car!
I had a 1976 grand prix golden anniversary. I was 28 years old. The didn't make a lot of them. Unfortunately, I totaled that car. I still miss it to this day. I am 68.
I did notice that it had no power windows, and the plain jane steering wheel, but it did have T-tops. That was back in the day when you didn't have to order PACKAGES ! You could order every option individually. Those were the days.
no a/c either..
u still can, with some dealers.
@@atranas6018 most manufacturers don't allow it.
I ordered a 1973 Monte Carlo the way I wanted it. Like you said there were no package options. It took about twelve weeks to get the car. Was there when it rolled off the truck, oh what a feeling. Crazy thing it was considered a mid sized sedan .
Those were the days without imports starting to get really good and out-compete the US makers. Gravy train days.
Brings back memories of the '71 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale two door I used to have. Dark green with a 455 with A/C. Indestructible. Even though I was young at the time, I always felt like a big shot driving that car. I loved driving around with my elbow out the window smoking a cigar. That car could light up the tires better than anything I ever owned. Also had a gold '70 Grand Prix for a while. It was faster and handled a bit better, but the Olds was a better car.
I had a1973 old 98 with a 455 it was a 2 door to Kurt I loved that car and it would smoke them tires. A very strong great riding fast car. I miss those days.
@@donaldwhitten2438 I am in the process of getting my 1973 Olds 98 running again after sitting in my garage for the last 15 years.
Would have loved to see What that Oldsmobile Toronado could have done with a modern cam and headers.
Got a 71 delta 88 royale convertible I'm restoring now. 455
I had that identical 76 grand prix in my high school days. Had a 400 V8 , t tops, 12 bolt, dual exhaust, swivel buckets, console. I beat the crap out of it! Many burnouts and other crazy stunts, finally scrapped it. I had it back in the 80's. Good times lol 👍
...and this is the reason that these cars are gone from the face of the earth...spoiled idiots like you.
I would love to have that Pontiac GP!
Me To!
I had a 77 my first car 400 plant boat pretty fast for the weight
Yep same here!! Luv the GP.
My uncle had a blue one,man they don't make em like that anymore, this is when cars were cars
Me too
Beautiful cars! Nice to see the more unusual autos rather than the usual and boring Camaros, Mustangs, & Vettes. Those are 'if you seen one, you have seen them all'. One complaint, I would really like to hear the exhaust note rather than the stupid music.
This is one of the best comments on youtube.
IKR. I have a 1975 dodge charger and I would take a car like that over a classic muscle car any day. It's so much more rare to see. You'd be lucky to see one like mine at a car show more than once or twice. Everybody knows what a camaro looks like. Not everyone knows what a 4th Gen charger looks like, not even old folks.
packard5682 cougars and stangs are not boring
That's a beautiful car Pontiac Grand Prix I used to look at those cars I was 14 and 15 I love the stylish trim and the whole car A+🎈
Produced in my 15th thru 19th years of age , these truly are grand classics to me. Fond memories and a great car collector. Saving the truly great big cruisers......thanks !
I purchased a shiny new black Grand Prix from the now defunct Sigler Buick-Pontiac dealership in Princeton, KY back in 1974. Mine did not have the T-Tops, but it had the white seats. My door panels were black (I never saw another one like that). Mine had AC and the 400ci engine. As the man says, I was stylin' & profilin' back in those days and this video brought back a lot of fond memories. I miss the good ol' days.
The grand prix just had me crying. I was born in 75 i remember my father and his brother with 3 one was brown one was yellow and my father's was the original blue. This is also the first car my mother learned how to drive in (the blue one) now that they have recently retired (a year ago ) and are moving from newyork to south Florida i started driving trucks a few years ago with one purpose to find one restore it and give it to him for raising a cool dude. I love he will love it.
That would be awesome
Steve Williams MY .ROTHER HAD A BURGUNDY RED TRIPLE COLORS. FRONT BENCH SEAT ONLY HAD 6000 MILES ON IT FROM REEDMAN MOTORS PENNVANIA. LOOKED BEUTIFUL IN NYCITY NITETIME CRUSIER GORGEOUS CAR. HE TAUGHT ME TO DRIVE ONIT AS WELL AFTER HIS 1965 FORD MUSTANG COUPE STICK SHIFT. PONTIACS DA FUN CARS TO DRIVE ARE GONE AND SO IS OLDSMOBILE , AND PLYMOUTHS. I ALSO LIKE CHRYSLER CORDOBA IN DA POTIAC GRANDPRIX RED BURGUNDY. WOW WAT A FLASH BACK I JUST HAD DISCO WAS IN AT TOP.
Maaaan how close are you to completing it and how many dollars are you throwing at it??
My father has giving me 5 years to get his old one done and I haven't even started on it yet. This makes my heart go out to you bruh. Be sure to make the video.
1967 was my favorite of the big Oldsmobiles, I especially love the headlights.
Thank you for saving these fine examples of rare American ingenuity.
I can remember going to the Pontiac dealership with my old man, thumbing thru the color catalog that contained the different models, colors and engine options. Then using a pencil, check off the boxes for the options. After that you had to haggle over the price with the sales staff, then wait sometimes two months for the car to get built.
When the phone rang (this was before caller ID) we would see who could answer it first hoping it was the dealership with good news! I can remember a '75 Monte Carlo my dad ordered, and it came with the wrong color vinyl top! White over maroon instead of black!
Beautiful cars so nice to see them survive and be cared for. My older brother had a 74 Monte Carlo back in 75 this Grand Prix reminds me of it they are likely the same platform. Who remembers this " YOU GOT IT PONTIAC".
I had the 1977 Grand prix SJ model with black exterior and red interior. This car had t-tops, honey comb wheels, and trans am dual exhaust. Only true Pontiac fans know what I mean about the exhaust. Man I wish I had that car still. Like a young man who didn't know what he had, I traded it in 1984 after owning it for a couple of years. 😥
"it's like a big Prius"
I'll just pretend I didn't just hear that lol
That 76 Grand Prix was huge on its time. Those were the days
2 great cars and to think my dad had both those cars but his 67 oldsmobile was red and a convertible he did have a 58 oldsmobile which I did purchase a couple of years ago in his memory which is one of my favorites of the 50's era love those big cruisers 👍
wow, that GP is sweet! Beautiful lines, those were the days.
Loved the wide-tracking Pontiac! I remember drooling over an electric green one with the T-tops and a white interior like this one! Not enough Benjamins in my wallet at the time, though!
I have a 73 GP, and damn, it drives like a dream. Beautiful car with a lot of muscle :)
Yeah, my dad had a '73 GP as a company car and it was almost as much fun as his '71 Mach 1 company car. Too bad they had to choke the daylights out of them after that......
Read my above comment on my 73.
Awesome!!! Even cooler than this '76!
Our neighbor had one growing up. It was sort of a rust color and I always wanted it. The dual exhaust was great. They had the 400. Edit: I am wrong they had the 72.
My 73' GP was one of the best cars that I've ever owned, I still miss it, but the wreck of 84' totaled it, I got 2400 bucks for it, but thinking back now, I wish I could have fixed it up, those things were tough, it bent a 67' Buick wildcat almost in half and was still running great ,didn't even have frame damage, but I was 18 and didn't know what I know now.
This is my favorite style and era of cars, just look at that front end, gorgeous tanks..... I am so jealous, I wish I had disposable income ....
I worked for Oldsmobile as a GM Tech on Long Island from 1981 to 1987... These cars were still coming in for service all the time from the original owner. Still have my timing light in my old Snap On toolbox. I used to buy the trade ins and fix them up... I remember a 1964 Buick Riviera coming in with 51k on the odometer from the original owner and the Used Car manager wanted 500 bucks. It was nearly perfect. The color was Willow Mist Green. I passed because of the color but the car ran and drove as new. I bought a 1974 El Camino instead for 500 buck, also ridiculously clean but I still regret not buying that Riviera....
My parents had the exact same Delta 88 model in the same color (champagne metallic), bought new in ‘67. Traded it in on a new ‘71 Toronado. I remember the car well. You couldn’t see out the back window due to the extremely slanted fastback design. Very cool car!
exittiming M the Toronado was a beautiful car too. I was too young to drive when it was out but I remember my parents marveling about the front-wheel drive.
We had 1960 Pontiac Bonneville had all the features was red outside and inside the kids loved it when my parents gave them rides in it and I was in high school in late 60s😁😍
Had a used 76 Grand Prix SJ in the same color combo in 78-80 in Ohio, had to sell it because I was going overseas ( Military ), it was a tank!
This way motors should be built, easy to work on, not compact no computer crap
Faith Roberts if agree that the engine, transmission, and emissions should continue to be computer controlled, then I agree with you. Reliable auto computers were IMO mastered in 2002 by GM where Old school knobs and dials were actually controlling computers, and servos. Today's touch screens and stuff are crap.
If you kept your foot out of it that GP would get 20 on the highway
Yeah nothing like a 6.6 Liter V8 that makes all of 150 Horsepower
If they’re computer controlled you don’t have to work on them as much 😉
Beautiful & historical, but gas hogs, polluters, death traps.
The grand prix is beyond beautiful I would love to own this beautiful classic
I helped my aunt pick out a 1977 Grand Prix, that was medium blue, small metal flake, with a white T top, and white interior.
Honeycomb wheels!!!
What a car!!
The Grand Prix was always my favorite. I was in HS when these came out. Two sisters and their brother each got a brand new Grand Prix when they turned 16. I was so envious of them. Whoever the college grad was that was given this beauty was so lucky. As I’ve gotten older I showed have but never really looked for one to buy. Still absolutely love all the Grand Prix’s of the 70’s. Incredible cars
My neighbors had a beautiful ‘76 Grand Prix and then I got a ‘79 Grand Prix and is one of my favorite cars. It was dark blue with tan interior... fine car it was !!!
I have a 78 GP. I like the size of it. This has factory genuine wire wheels....super rare.
I love the T-tops and white interior on the Pontiac. There is something really fun about it.
Until the rubber gaskets around the frame where the glass rests begins to shrink, tear and dry up, then leak rain water into the car. Been there, done that.
Today we have high quality Silicone rubber seals that would be both shrink-proof and even oven-proof :O).
BellinghamsterTrail But no more T Tops.
How about TARGA tops. I think Ferrari still uses them. As does Corvette?
We had a nice older Grand Prix, possibly a 1970. It was not as grande as this one but I remember that sexy class of cars - the big pony cars - Caddy El Dorado, Olds Torando, Chevy Monte Carlo, Buick Rivera. Nice sporty cars with long hoods. I recall the boatlike feel of looking down the hood of the Grande Prix and the cockpit-like driver's seat. Nice glass roof.
I thought the Grand Prix was great up until the 1977 model year, didn't like the smaller downsized GP's nearly as much, I definitely agree the GP was one of GM's best cars built throughout much of the 1970's.
I had a 76 GP. It was one of the best cars I ever owned. Despite constant rust problems even though it was garaged, I wish I never sold it.
My friends dad who was a police detective had the exact same car as the OLDS. I remember going to see the Ali vs Norton fight and sitting in that huge back seat. Speed limit was still 70 mph .
I had a 1972 Grand Prix and it was awesome. Then a 77. Then a 95. My 72 was the best.
I had a 72 too...it was a bad boy
Agree i had a 72 SJ man what a car black burg.inter half burg top
I was not afraid to run it.
Love that Pontiac!! Grand Prix was a favorite of mine.
Same here!
Your missing the 1971-1978 Oldsmobile Toronado's "there is a special feel in an Oldsmobile"
I challenge anyone even today to find a better balance of ride and handling than that Grand Prix had when they were new.
That Grand Prix is Beautiful. Im glad a piece like this has survived so long.
Thanks for this show! …. I had both cars! … well almost, my '67 Olds was a four door.
That GP is an absolute gem
wow, I've been looking for this clip forever! I bought a 1975 Grand Prix LJ and remembered seeing a show about a mid 70s Grand Prix and an older Oldsmobile. I didn't recall it was Dennis so could not find it! Thanks!
Awesome cars! Always been a GM fan, especially the earlier models. First "car" was 1986 Sierra. Have great memories in that truck.
So much interior and exterior work put into that Olds by the factory.
Would love to have those cars
My Dad owned a silver 76 GP, and later passed it down to me. I loved that big boat. Perfect vehicle for a long turnpike cruise.
12:10 Look at that huge fan shroud spanning an extra foot of empty nose. The '73-'77 GP could be called GM's opening shot at downsizing; gone was the stretched wheelbase that distinguished the '72 GP from the '72 LeMans, but the hood stayed long and the 5 MPH bumpers kept its exterior dimensions at least as big. Pontiac also ditched the wheelbase stretch on the Grand Ville and in both cases, the stretch was under the hood, so interior space was not affected. With bumper, safety, emissions and CAFE regulations piling on, GM was gently weining the public from the kind of bigness that used to sell cars.
* weaning
Mom had a 73 gp dad had 74 and a 75 my first car was a 1970 cutlass supreme love old GM's
Had a 73 GP Model J. White on White 400, 4bbl, dual exhaust. Points and condenser. I learned all of my car repair skills on that car
This Pontiac is very similar to 7th gen 70s Cadillac Eldorado. The headlights seem to be taken exactly from 76, 77 & 78 eldo
Tornike Jashia THATS WAT GMC INTENDED SO AS TO SELL.MORE CARS TO.MAKE 4 LITTLE EL DORADOS. PONTIACS GRAND PRIX VHEV MONTE CARLO , OLDS CUTLASS & BUICKS REGALS. WHILE CHRYSLERS CORDOBA DID DA SAME , WHICH I ALSO LIKED AS DA BROTHERS 73 GP
Yhis EAS DA IDEA GMC HAD TO SELL MORE CARS WAS TO CREATE FOUR OTHER CADDY ELDORADOS PONTIACS GPRIX OLDSMOBILES CUTLASS BUICKS REGALS AND CHEVY MONTE CARLOS BIG LONG NOSE AND DA LINES IN DA MIDDLE AND ESPECIALLY PONTIACS HOOD AN TOP AN TRUNK LOOKS JUST LIKE AN ELDORADO THATS YOUR ANSWER AND CHREVY CAPRICE CLASSIS FRONT GRILLE WAS ONE THIRD CADDY ON PURPOSR BY GM NOW YU KNOW FROM A SIXTIES CHILD.
That GP is beautiful 😎. My daily driver is a 76' Buick Regal 3.8l 231. The engine still has it's blue factory paint. The color of the car is green with white and green interior. It's a Landua, with white vinyl top. Just broke 💯 thousand miles, 42 yrs in the making. Take care,✌️out 😎