A sign that "Miata" has been the answer for far too long.

I was sitting in my '58 Pontiac at an intersection tonight and I saw a nice red Miata with a rollbar, top down, cross the intersection.

My brain immediately went "Holy crap he forgot his helmet"

Then I realised I was in a public street.

There's entirely too many of those little cars on the track nowadays.

Shawn

The new answer shall be '58 Pontiac. Post some pics, sounds like a cool ride to me!

Here ya go:

Awesome Pontiac.

Awesome.

Sweeeeeet.

nice!

'58 Pontiac is the answer.

Thanks guys, I really enjoy driving the car.

Unfortunately she's a nice 20-footer but too far gone to restore really.

She's a nice driver and I'll keep her 'till she returns to the earth.

Before you all tell me to restore the car, she's a Canadian Pontiac and as such the repair metal availability is nil. Not to mention low production and the fact that it will never be worth anthing since it's a base model car and a bit of a freak.

She's a 1958 Pontiac Pathfinder. She's nearly all-original and wears original paint and upholstery. That's another reason, they're only original once.

She's a lot like a stripper really. Real nice to look at but there's a lot of miles on her :)

Here's a little history I wrote up for another forum: I don't know if you saw my prior posts about the old girl but she's a Canadian-only Pontiac.

I don't know if you saw my prior posts about the old girl but she's a Canadian-only Pontiac.

Ever-Level suspension (air suspension) was available as well.

She was rescued from the back of a scrap truck, my buddy called me up and mentioned it so I went and bought her before she got crushed.

The old boy that owned here had a fender bender when the brakes failed and he just gave up on the car. She's got a crunched fender and the floors are pretty shot but there's still a lot of miles left on the old girl.

Here's some pics just after I got her back on the road. Yes, she's wearing a set of 1960's vintage 14" Ansen slot mags and 1960's bias ply Firestone Supersports.

My buddy did the aircleaner and valvecover for me.

I've since switched the car back to the 1" whites on steel wheels with 1964 Pontiac hubcaps (First pic in the thread).

I didn't mean this whole thread to be about my car, I really was laughing at my assumption of the Miata being on the track.

Shawn

Oh my god I have never wanted a 4 door Pontiac more

That is such a sweet old car! Looks really mean with the slots and "patina". And it's awesome that you drive it regularly.

I love the gasser look that the slot mags give it but it really needs to be a two-door to look the part. I know there were 4-door gassers but not everyone does.

I like the 1" whites better. I'm really trying to make the car look like it's always been that way.

I have a couple vintage travel souvenier decals in the back window now. One is from the British Columbia centenniary, 1858 - 1958 and one is from a lookout spot on a local highway in the 60's.

For more 4-door fun, here's my wife's '57 Pathfinder. Another Canadian Poncho, this one's in much better shape. A coat of paint and she'll be a real keeper:

BTW, the '56 IHC S-120 behind it is for sale..

Shawn

Trans_Maro wrote: She's a lot like a stripper really. Real nice to look at but there's a lot of miles on her :)

You owe me a keyboard....& a cup of coffee

I'll have to remember that line when describing some of my cars.