EXCITEMENT!

[FUTURE_OF_GM]

So excited it's almost awkward:

1957 Fuel Injected Bonneville -- 1 of 630 produced

http://www.rkmotorsc...nneville/132642

1970 Trans Am Ram Air IV -- 1 of 59

http://www.rkmotorsc...Trans-Am/132152

1973 Trans Am Super Duty -- Numbers matching

http://www.rkmotorsc...per-Duty/132078

1978 Trans Am Special Edition -- All original down to the tires and dealership sticker on the bumper

http://www.rkmotorsc...ns-Am-SE/132663

1979 Trans Am 10th Anniversary Limited Edition -- Original numbers matching W72 car: the last Pontiac V8

http://www.rkmotorsc...-Edition/132657

Excited enough to drool:

1969 Trans Am Ram Air III -- 1 of 114 produced

http://www.rkmotorsc...Trans-Am/132679

1974 Trans Am Super Duty -- Numbers matching

http://www.rkmotorsc...per-Duty/131868

1967 GTO Tri-Power -- Numbers matching, 1 of 5 sweet GTOs we have right now

http://www.rkmotorsc...tiac-GTO/132597

Still pretty damn excited:

1973 Grand Am -- National Award winning magazine feature car

http://www.rkmotorsc...Grand-Am/132674

1978 Trans Am Gold Special Edition -- All original numbers matching

http://www.rkmotorsc...Trans-Am/132630

** We also had a nice '65 Catalina and a sweet '02 Firehawk

** AND we HAVE a pristine Turbo pace car that hasn't been posted yet

Celebrate Excitement!

About half of these are my work BTW

Edited November 14, 2011 by Oldsmoboi

[GMTruckGuy74]

That '57 Bonneville is to die for! Absolutely my favorite Pontiac of them all (okay, I know that's not true, but it definitely makes the top 5 list!). The '73 Grand Am is also a gorgeous car! Thanks for sharing

[Camino LS6]

That's quite the list!

Too bad you didn't have this job when I was selling my Hawks...

[A Horse With No Name]

The 66 and the 69 trump the 57 IMHO...but sweet cars.

[ocnblu]

I'd love to be adopted into this tribe.

[FUTURE_OF_GM]

That's quite the list!

Too bad you didn't have this job when I was selling my Hawks...

I know right?!

But my goal is to get you BACK into a Pontiac. (insert evil laughter here)

The 66 and the 69 trump the 57 IMHO...but sweet cars.

For some reason I am IN LOVE with that '57... To me, it is the ultimate Pontiac because it was THE FIRST Pontiac performance car...

But, if I had the money it would certainly be a tough choice.

I'd love to be adopted into this tribe.

The Pontiacs are amazing but there are so many incredible cars that it makes my head spin... I wrote up a 1,100 mile SHOWROOM fresh 1994 Impala SS and a SEMA Cobra yesterday.

Edited November 4, 2011 by FUTURE_OF_GM

[Robert Hall]

Bummer...no G3s or G5s..

j/k... the Bonnie, the Grand Am and Trans Ams are fantastic...my favorite is probably the blue w/ blue interior '74. My brother had a '74 Formula 400, same color scheme...alas, it was a rusty Ohio car before it went up in flames.

Edited November 4, 2011 by Cubical-aka-Moltar

[balthazar]

What a treat to be around such a gorgeous stable of iron!

Prices seem a bit 2006, but if you can get them....

The '78 @ 76K is a mind blower, IMO.

Agree with Roger & you FOG; the '57 has some incredible detailing and special touches. What a machine...

[Camino LS6]

Getting me back in a Pontiac wouldn't be too hard there, FOG.

[FUTURE_OF_GM]

What a treat to be around such a gorgeous stable of iron!

It's a dream come true in a lot of ways... Hell, part of the stress of my job is self imposed because I feel SO obligated to represent these amazing cars at the level they deserve.

I've brushed off and fine tuned my technical writing skills. Now I'm trying to inject a bit more passion into the write ups and not be as boring. Example: IMO, the Bonneville write up is informative but too dry. The Grand Am write up is closer to what I'm trying to achieve now. (And the more recent stuff like that 60 Bel Air you saw is even better)

Prices seem a bit 2006, but if you can get them....

The '78 @ 76K is a mind blower, IMO.

Agree with Roger & you FOG; the '57 has some incredible detailing and special touches. What a machine...

We do a lot of 'investing' with cars, so that explains the prices. This is certainly some of our top iron. We also have 25-30K cars.

We're predicting that the next hot market will be 2nd gen F-bodies, and we have amassed quite a collection (including a couple of survivor 76-80 Camaros)

Edited November 5, 2011 by FUTURE_OF_GM

[Camino LS6]

Second gen F-bods have been on the rise for some time.

[balthazar]

^ I'm not against that theory... but GM made a LO-OOOOT of 2nd gens. Still; premium, equipped models should bring good money.... but I'm still reeling that a '78 could possibly get $76K.

Do us a favor and post here if it sells, if you can post the sale price. Just trying to keep a cursory tab on the market.

[daves87rs]

Cool!

[Turbojett]

I would have expected the 70 F-bodies to be more expensive (not a lot of those)

But good GOD the '70 Ram Air 4 and the '73 455SD are to die for. And so are the '69 TA and the GTO (but it's a '66, brother ). Lovelovelovelovelove them.

Edited November 5, 2011 by Turbojett

[FUTURE_OF_GM]

(but it's a '66, brother )

Oops... LOL

(Blushing a bit)

We had a '67 which was that same color (but wasn't a numbers matching car) Maybe I was thinking of it.

Half the time it's a blur anyway

Edited November 6, 2011 by FUTURE_OF_GM

[FUTURE_OF_GM]

'79 Trans Am Special Edition sold for $68K

Coincidentally, today is RK Motors Charlottes first anniversary. In just one year we have become the third largest retailer of specialty/classic cars in the US.

Edited November 10, 2011 by FUTURE_OF_GM

[balthazar]

^ The '78 SE, which was asking $79.5K.

Had to shuffle around to see the original asking price.

Still; damn!

[FUTURE_OF_GM]

Yes.

Damn, I'm just having all kinds of problems keeping the numbers straight in this topic --

(I guess it doesn't help that we have about 7 of these late second gens and 5 GTOs in inventory, AND I have to write and update all of them basically simultaneously.)

Edited November 10, 2011 by FUTURE_OF_GM

[Blake Noble]

The price of those late second-generation T/As depress the living hell out of me.

[Oracle of Delphi]

I don't think I ever heard of a Pontiac, are they still around?

[daves87rs]

Hmmm.....

[FUTURE_OF_GM]

I don't think I ever heard of a Pontiac, are they still around?

You know, I have to admit that I've been secretly wishing GM might announce something like a single model Pontiac line. I.e. just produce a Trans Am or Firebird and bill it as the Pontiac Firebird available through Buick/GMC dealers.

I never put much thought into it, but given the rumors a while back about a "new Chrysler sold Plymouth Barracuda" I started cooking the idea more.

Probably wouldn't be too difficult to pull off... And you know they'd likely get a pretty good ROI on a flagship model like that. (as long as the business model wasn't outrageous)

At the auto show yesterday people were ALL OVER the Camaro, Mustang and Challenger.

Edited November 19, 2011 by FUTURE_OF_GM

[Camino LS6]

I know of a guy who spent over 100k to restore a low-mile '77 or '78 gold SE Trans Am.

The car is beyond perfect, and only had about 20-some thousand miles on it to start with. He is the original owner.

[Drew Dowdell]

Chevy Cruze Sunfire Edition make it in coupe and convertible.

[Turbojett]

uh....huh?