here, there, and everywhere around are potential cool cars waiting to be liberated from their dull, unused existences

Just using up space behind a service station
Gated into the end of a driveway, likely been there for dozens of years, and more to go before rescue

Pontiac Executive, a midrange car below the Bonneville trim package, but better than the Catalina... was a 4 year run, with either a 400, 428, or 455 cu in engine... 1967-70. Most were 3 speed autos, but a 4spd Hurst shifted manual was 2% of all produced... you know I'm going to go back and look to see if this is a stick or auto now!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Executive

June 2 Balboa Car Museum show, Balboa Park

Biggest "spears" I bet any car ever had

I've learned these are called "Spears", but if you know them by another name... potato, potaato

These do seem to be a oversized "Rocket" image that would be better on the same year Oldsmobile, instead of this 58 Bonneville.

There are strange people out there, why do this to a Grand Am?

This 6 cylinder isn't going to need the wing (stupid) and the hood scoop... on a 4 door?

Another unusual option, Pontiac Bonneville Sleeping Trunk

This full size car has alot of trunk space, and is about the size of a double mattress. It's the only example of this factory option for mosquito netting and travel gear storage that I've ever seen or heard of, for the cross country travler on a budget. A 40's nash did something similar, but the car could be completely closed up, and just the rear upper seat flipped up towards the roof for the trunk access.


For what this Pontiac cost when new, I'm thinking discretionary funds would disappear once this was in your driveway. Very cool guy owns this, he's also a sport bike rider, and he used to show up at the La Mesa Thursday night cruise frequently. These shots are from the really big annual Balboa Park Auto Museum car show that is worth the lack of spectator parking for the fine collection that gets out onto the lawn, along with the vast local supply of interwesting and rare cars that only need to pony up 15 buck for on the grass parking.