‘75 Pontiac
This is a photo of my old ‘75 Pontiac LeMans Grand Am that I drove to work and school during my Junior and Senior years of high school. I remember we got it from a used-car dealer in St. Charles for $1,050 (they were asking $1,150) in late summer, 1982. It had 98,000 miles on it. This photo was taken in the summer of 1983, shortly after getting my first personalized license plates and having it painted “Mediterranean Metallic Blue” at Earl Scheib for like a hundred bucks or so (it was originally silver… not sure why I didn’t just have it repainted the same color!). This was actually my 2nd car. My first, a ‘74 Chevy Monte Carlo, I wrapped around a tree on a rainy day only a month after getting it (the damned thing fishtailed like you wouldn’t believe). I only had the Pontiac for a couple of years before my dad somehow talked me into trading it in for a ‘78 Ford LTD like this one. The Grand Am was pretty sporty, and fast. Handled much better than the Monte Carlo, too. Both had the typical 350 under the hood. I remember hitting 110 mph on Highway 40 with this one once, racing some friends. Yeah, the stupid shit you do when you’re young…
Oh, yeah, that’s my mom walking out the front door as I snapped the photo… taken with a crappy old Kodak disc camera (remember those?).
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