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chevyt454
11-15-2005, 10:05 AM
Not an F body but its a clean '73 Pontiac Ventura. Has a Pontiac 350 in it. The guy couldn't get it started. I asked him how much to take it off his hand and he said just take it. Found out the points were no good. He just did the interior over with black bucket seats. Maybe a nice candidate for a dragster.....

http://pic5.picturetrail.com/VOL85/952959/1847757/118889799.jpg


http://pic5.picturetrail.com/VOL85/952959/1847757/118889749.jpg

LOL thats my Camaro across the street.
Tsar
11-15-2005, 10:18 AM
damn must be nice...how come i never get free stuff?


Congrats!
bad64chevelle
11-15-2005, 10:22 AM
Congrats man, those things can make a good race car. good luck.
Tsar-Maybe you dont get free stuff cause god hates you? J/k

Jon
chevyt454
11-15-2005, 10:46 AM
LOL if you see a guy under the hood of a cool car looking really frustrated then thats a good time to ask his intentions. Heres some interior pics...

http://pic5.picturetrail.com/VOL85/952959/1847757/118892330.jpg

http://pic5.picturetrail.com/VOL85/952959/1847757/118892336.jpg

http://pic5.picturetrail.com/VOL85/952959/1847757/118892338.jpg

http://pic5.picturetrail.com/VOL85/952959/1847757/118892340.jpg
foff667
11-15-2005, 10:48 AM
Congrats man, those things can make a good race car. good luck.
Tsar-Maybe you dont get free stuff cause god hates you?

:stupid:
foff667
11-15-2005, 10:49 AM
Oh so what now your gonna me post pics of my semi free car?
GrandmasterCow
11-15-2005, 11:05 AM
sweet
Tru2Chevy
11-15-2005, 11:06 AM
Good deal man - that's a pretty nice car to score for free. Is the body solid?

- Justin
chevyt454
11-15-2005, 11:51 AM
Just a little surface rust and the trunk is rusty. No biggie. I want to paint it black.

http://www.pontiacventura.com/ventura_images/1974ventura_gto_pics/tsmike-pr-m.JPG
slasherbarb
11-15-2005, 12:06 PM
that ride has serious pimp potential...
BigAls87Z28
11-15-2005, 12:48 PM
Nice!! Pontiac Nova!!
NJSPEEDER
11-15-2005, 03:31 PM
hmmmm, only a 350? time to hit a yard and cube up to a 400poncho motor in that bad boy :D
definately a nice score man.
Tsar
11-15-2005, 03:48 PM
Tsar-Maybe you dont get free stuff cause god hates you? J/k

Jon
its not god, its people
BigAls87Z28
11-15-2005, 04:47 PM
Arent all Pontiac motors the same, just different bore/stroke?
So he could technicly, make it a 400? And why only go half assed on a 400 when there is the 455?
And if you are gunna do that, why go Pontiac when there are Big Block Chevy's?? Yeah, you could make it fast and put a Pontiac motor, but why? To be unique? Whoopty do, unique doesnt win races.
Go Big Block Chevy or go home.
Or twin turbo LS2.
NJSPEEDER
11-15-2005, 05:01 PM
all poncho's use the same basic casting. the size of the water jackets varies from year to year and there are huge variations in how good/bad the metals used in the castings were. the larger motors were actually made better, delorean had no respect for 326/350 motors as he considered them only service pieces and a 389 and larger motor he viewed as performance pieces.
why keep a poncho? low end power. pontiac motors don't spin to 6500 like a lot of motors cause of bottom end oiling issues, but they don't really have to either. ponchos make a ton of power right off idle thanks to far better head design than anything chevy ever put out.
poncho motors also sound a lot different from anything else, they start sounding mean with a stock cam and it only gets better the more cam you put in it :)
bitchincamaro
11-15-2005, 05:27 PM
that car looks like its in good shape. can you swap a nova front end on it though? for the price of what you got it, spending a few hundred on a new front end would make that car look way better. awsome freebie
Brando56894
11-15-2005, 07:59 PM
lucky bastard.....
trashman01
11-15-2005, 09:14 PM
that a find a decent 455 thats some1 is willing to give up
jrsfast84
11-16-2005, 03:39 PM
Do you plan on keeping it or would you like to sell it. JR1.
camaro2you
11-16-2005, 05:07 PM
you suck i think ur the only one god likes:(lol that guy must have been drunk to give that thing away, was there a title?
chevyt454
11-17-2005, 01:22 PM
I plan on giving it to my brother in Maryland (he has an '84 Firebird). I don't have the space up here and he has a garage. The guy gave me the title and I transferred it over on Monday.
jims69camaro
11-19-2005, 07:58 PM
you're going to give it away, just like that? wow...
BobonaStick
11-19-2005, 10:14 PM
Definately a sweet pick up... Wanna take a 1968 Mercury Marquis Broham? It's only the biggest damn boat to float the road.