A new year, a new ride

After driving and working on a sweet 1980 Pontiac Trans Am Special Edition the last seven years, I decided it was time to change saddles. Since the Trans Am was a great ride, I wondered if finding an older Poncho would be easy. I searched for a long time. Part of the problem was sky high prices for muscle cars in general.Late in the summer, the sub prime crisis opened up and as fall and early winter set in. The situation deteriorated enough to knock asking prices down. I started looking after New Year's Day and followed up on an old ad from last year. The car was still available. I made an appointment and decided to buy on the spot. Check out my 1972 Pontiac GTO hardtop. It's factory original with Cardinal Red paint, black custom interior, rally II mags and 455 250 hp four barrel engine. That makes it one of 235 made. A southern states car that came into Canada years ago, this goat really hustles. I like the custom touches like the GTO emblem on the dash, the 1968 style His'n Her Hurst shifter, hood tach and ram induction system. Oh it also came with the rare code 614 racing stripes, one of 130 cars. I don't really like the stripes so they're staying off for now.