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04-26-2009, 03:59 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/04/25/pontiac.reaction/index.html
Pontiac owners around the United States are feeling nostalgic amid reports that cash-strapped General Motors will end one of its most coveted brands. http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/LIVING/04/25/pontiac.reaction/art.1969.gto.afp.gi.jpgPontiac models, such as the 1969 GTO, helped usher in the era of the muscle cars, enthusiasts say.
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Jean Lindsay of western New York fondly recalls the muscle cars in her family's driveway: Two 1967 GTOs.
"I had two brothers, and they each had one of these cars," she said. "The GTO represented the suburban culture of its time, heavily laden with root beer and plain beer."
"Those were the days of Bob's Big Boy [hamburger restaurant], when girls wore skates. Back then we pleasantly wasted gas looking for fun. It was a social thing."
Debuting in 1964, the Pontiac GTO (http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Pontiac_GTO) is widely regarded as the original muscle car. It was a risky model in that it featured a big-block engine in an intermediate-size frame.
The GTO's success not only buoyed GM but helped jumpstart the high-performance market for Detroit's Big Three automakers -- and ushered in the era of the vehicle as status symbol.
I have owned a couple in my life..... Where is Pam????
Pontiac owners around the United States are feeling nostalgic amid reports that cash-strapped General Motors will end one of its most coveted brands. http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/LIVING/04/25/pontiac.reaction/art.1969.gto.afp.gi.jpgPontiac models, such as the 1969 GTO, helped usher in the era of the muscle cars, enthusiasts say.
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif
Jean Lindsay of western New York fondly recalls the muscle cars in her family's driveway: Two 1967 GTOs.
"I had two brothers, and they each had one of these cars," she said. "The GTO represented the suburban culture of its time, heavily laden with root beer and plain beer."
"Those were the days of Bob's Big Boy [hamburger restaurant], when girls wore skates. Back then we pleasantly wasted gas looking for fun. It was a social thing."
Debuting in 1964, the Pontiac GTO (http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Pontiac_GTO) is widely regarded as the original muscle car. It was a risky model in that it featured a big-block engine in an intermediate-size frame.
The GTO's success not only buoyed GM but helped jumpstart the high-performance market for Detroit's Big Three automakers -- and ushered in the era of the vehicle as status symbol.
I have owned a couple in my life..... Where is Pam????