Ppl talking smack about your gbody cars

[ssn696]

Retro_Future27, take pride in what you know. What they know is that Mommy and Daddy bought them an image; or, what they know is how to make payments. What you know is how to fix things - how to picture an end point in your head and to get there. Most G-bodies were average generic cars on up to Grampa-mobiles. Put a little engine-eering into a Gbody and enjoy the ride. I sued to love the rapidly-shrinking expression on the rice-racers' faces in my rear-view mirror as my multi-colored wagon galloped away on the H1 freeway. Try fitting five guys with divegear (ten air bottles) in a rice rocket. My wagon didn't get me any dates, but I have a lot of great memories of those days.

The 2015 Corvette Z06 is 80K - that's a long way towards a house where your wife and kids can live. Be happy making a G-body go faster.

 

[confused]

The only crap talking I got was when it was listed on Craigslist for sale.You want how much?What's your best price?I can't pay that for it.And she still sits under the carport waiting for a few more dollars and a few more parts.

It is a low buck deal for me and will never be a show car.It will be done right and reasonably quick for what it is.When my two boys can hop in the back seat and go for a spin their smiles will be all I need.

 

[pontiacgp]

The most frequent insult I get about my GP is people asking if it's a Grand National.....

 

[CWPottenger]

The most frequent insult I get about my GP is people asking if it's a Grand National.....

So funny! For me it is when people ask if my Regal is a Monte...

 

[LoveandRockets]

I get a lot of "But why would you do that to a 4-door?" My patent answer is always "Why /not/?"

 

[Clone TIE Pilot]

The only crap talking I run into about my G body are from other G body owners. Mostly GN guys who hate I replaced my n/a Buick V6 with a Chevy V8. They have said right to my face I ruined my Regal LOL. It was a base model Regal, not a turbo model, what do they care? The fact I retained the CCC seems to piss them off even more, just really strange to me. Sadly there are also plenty of jerks in the other G body circles besides the GN crowd. Just glad the classic tractor scene isn't so cliquey like the culture around G bodies.

 

[L92 OLDS]

cutty559, sounds like something else is going on between you and your dad. Remember the Pontiac Firebird Espirit? It was a girls car. By brother had one but no one in my family ragged him about it. In the midwest, clean, unmolested G body's get respect. They are hard to find in the rust belt.

 

[truracer20]

Last summer a guy in a parking lot yell over to me "hey what kinda car is that?" In it's day it was the best selling car in America... I'm just glad he didn't ask what an Oldsmobile was... But a lot of people know what it is and many tell me about the Cutlass they, a friend or family member owned.

 

[buzz77]

I sometimes get some criticisms especially from family and sometimes strangers that dont get it. . But when its a nice warm day out and I take off the t-tops everyone likes it. It gets stares at the car shows, compliments all the time. The newer generation are amazed at a full sized coupe with t-tops.
Others who were aware of the g-bodies rarely saw one like mine with that 79 pontiac interior, camel tan vinyl buckets with center console and silver faced functional gauges

 

[gmparts]

I don't really care what people say, its my car and my money. They also tried to give me lip when I restored my 70 Impala Sport Coupe, didn't work more fuel for the fire baby.