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Thread Number: 83151
/ Tag: Member Selling Item(s)/Non Professionally
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| Post# 1074499 5/27/2020 at 09:38 (1,426 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
I have one for sale. This is a 1962 Pontiac Grand Prix. Belongs to my sister, and I have done most of the maintenance on it. After 32 years, it is time to find this car a new home.
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| Post# 1074516 , Reply# 1 5/27/2020 at 11:27 (1,426 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
Wow! | ||
| Post# 1074550 , Reply# 2 5/27/2020 at 16:43 (1,426 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas) | ||
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Post# 1074554 , Reply# 3 5/27/2020 at 16:47 (1,426 days old) by goatfarmer  (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 1074586 , Reply# 4 5/27/2020 at 20:23 (1,426 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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Post# 1074604 , Reply# 5 5/27/2020 at 22:15 (1,426 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay) |
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 What a beautiful example of a fairly well-loaded '62 GP! AM/FM wasn't even an option on some makes in '62.
I love that the original black plates are still on it (although it would have had black-on-yellow plates when purchased, unless it was sitting in dealer storage for over a year before it sold). That absolutely adds value. The recently re-released black plates are an abomination, but they are super popular. At least they don't use the same alphanumeric formatting, and most are personalized, and they're on vehicles far, far newer than 1969, which was the last model year that got black plates, so they're easy to differentiate from the '63-'69 black series.
The clock, if it's not difficult to access, is an easy fix. The contacts that reset the spring are likely burnt to a crisp. I fixed the clock's contacts on my '64 Galaxie by adding some solder to them.
The A/C could be anything, but I'm betting it's something simple.
Rick, I don't think you'll have any trouble finding that good looking car a loving home.
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Post# 1074609 , Reply# 6 5/27/2020 at 22:30 (1,426 days old) by warmsecondrinse (Fort Lee, NJ) |
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Utterly gorgeous..... If only I could...... | ||
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Post# 1074669 , Reply# 7 5/28/2020 at 07:43 (1,425 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Check out those taillights! 
Beautiful example of a 62' Poncho, Rick! Your sister did well 32 years ago, and the selling price should reflect this as a wise investment. :)
I'm with Dan - it's a wonder that Pontiac didn't outfit the GPs with the 4 speed Hydromatic instead the disastrous Roto. Saving them all for the Bonnevilles, I suppose. Ben | ||
| Post# 1074702 , Reply# 8 5/28/2020 at 12:59 (1,425 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
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Post# 1074709 , Reply# 9 5/28/2020 at 14:20 (1,425 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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Sweet! | ||
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Post# 1074874 , Reply# 11 5/29/2020 at 15:08 (1,424 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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Mike,
Sounds nice!
My '86 has the 2+2 package, designed for NASCAR. No performance boost over a regular GP. It has the Chevy 305 4bbl, with the overdrive automatic. Probably exactly like yours mechanically. They gave it a somewhat firmer suspension, rally rims, and nearly all the luxury options. Solid roof, and no power seats. But, buckets and console. I used to love it. Then, I let it sit in a rickety garage for 19 years. Last summer, I had it towed to my mechanic to get it back on the road. Instead of loving it, I kind of hated driving it. I took it to two cruise nights last year, and that's it. It's just been sitting in a different garage now. Granted, here in the northeast, your nice cars have to hibernate for half of the year. But I just don't have any desire to drive it any more. The flat-spotted tires don't help, but that's not the only issue. Barry | ||
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Post# 1074876 , Reply# 12 5/29/2020 at 15:21 (1,424 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Yes Barry, I know what you mean that the novelty of it has now wore off. My 81 Vette has been sitting unused in my garage for 12 years now. There is nothing majorly wrong with it but would need a good going over before being put back on the road. It has every option available on it except for a factory CB radio. Being one of the first to come out of the new Louisvvlle plant in August 1981, It was supposed to be an 82 but GM could not get the crossfire injection to work right so they put a 4bbl carb on it and it was sold as an 81.
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Post# 1074877 , Reply# 13 5/29/2020 at 15:54 (1,424 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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Tim,
That's really interesting about the year of your Corvette!
Yeah...I guess I have a case of "the thrill is gone". I don't know how much of it is the car, and how much is just me having become an old fart in the nearly twenty years that the car was off the road. I admit, I just don't have the enthusiasm for anything like I used to. Pretty much everything on my car stopped working while it sat. No radio, no climate control, etc. Fortunately, the power windows still work, and it runs and drives. And, luckily, by having been in a garage all that time, as opposed to outside, it still looks fairly decent. The worst part of driving it now is the tires. The flat spots make the car feel like you're constantly driving over train tracks. And I can't afford to replace them. Well, I can't afford to replace them properly. I could buy less expensive tires, but I have OCD. The car came with GoodYear Eagle GTs originally. Twenty years ago, I bought a set of brand new Eagle GT IIs for it. I think that was the closest I could get at the time. Well, now they don't make them at all. Another company bought the molds and the rights to reproduce the originals, which would look great on the car. But, they're in the neighborhood of $400 each! I just can't do it. I don't know if you'll find yourself in a similar situation with your 'Vette if you get it back up and running. Rick; I hope you don't mind that we've kind of turned this thread into a discussion of cars in general. 😬 Barry | ||
| Post# 1074886 , Reply# 14 5/29/2020 at 18:12 (1,424 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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Post# 1074889 , Reply# 15 5/29/2020 at 18:38 (1,424 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Cool, Rick, here is a pix of mine
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Post# 1074915 , Reply# 16 5/29/2020 at 21:12 (1,424 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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Good deal!
Here's the '86 Grand Prix 2+2.
One shot when it was getting towed out. First time leaving the property in 19 years. Other shots are its first cruise night. Totally random, I encountered another one on the road, and he was headed there too! Ended up side by side. It was actually the first time his car was out in about the same length of time as mine. Small world. | ||
| Post# 1075990 , Reply# 17 6/6/2020 at 09:04 (1,416 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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SOLD!!!
I sold the Pontiac for $19,500.00 This morning. The purchaser is flying from New Orleans into Fort Wayne, next weekend. And I will pick him up from the airport and give him a ride to my sisters home, where he will drive the back to New Orleans. He is very excited to get the car, and promises to give it a loving new home. So everyone is very happy!
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Post# 1075991 , Reply# 18 6/6/2020 at 09:15 (1,416 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL) |
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| Post# 1076001 , Reply# 19 6/6/2020 at 11:19 (1,416 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
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Post# 1076042 , Reply# 20 6/6/2020 at 13:19 (1,416 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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