{"id":582238,"date":"2010-05-27T20:29:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T00:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/27\/legendary-pontiac-ad-man-jim-wangers-selling-off-his-collection\/"},"modified":"2010-05-27T20:29:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T00:29:00","slug":"legendary-pontiac-ad-man-jim-wangers-selling-off-his-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/582238","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Pontiac ad-man Jim Wangers selling off his collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Classics<\/a>, Performance<\/a>, Pontiac<\/a>, Specialty<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jim Wangers’ 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nGot a hankering for a new Pontiac<\/a>? Well, we’ve got bad news, then… you can’t get one. But today we can offer up something even better: a new-to-you classic Pontiac GTO, Firebird, Trans Am, or even a Holden Commodore HSV GTS-R. Now we’re talking.<\/p>\n

The cars in question come from the personal collection of Jim Wangers, who famously served as Pontiac chief marketing manager during the brand’s halcyon days of muscle cars, sportscars and a favored position right behind Chevrolet in General Motors<\/a>‘ brand index. As such, we’d expect these 10 machines to be excellent examples of the breed.<\/p>\n

Now, on to the actual cars. First up is a 1965 GTO Sport Coupe<\/a>, a car that represents the second year of the model’s existence and stands as a tribute to the classically warmed-over Royal Bobcat cars. If wind-in-your-hair motoring is more your style, may we direct you to the droptop 1966 Goat<\/a> behind door number two. Also available are two Carousel Red<\/a> (a.k.a. ‘orange’) GTO Judges<\/a> from 1969.<\/p>\n

Perhaps you prefer the F-body? Choose from a first-year Firebird from 1967<\/a>, a real 1969 Trans Am<\/a> (super rare, very expensive), a 1979 Trans Am 10th Anniversary<\/a> car with less than 100 miles on the odometer, a 20th Anniversary Trans Am<\/a> with the turbocharged V6 engine from the Buick<\/a> Grand National from 1989 or, finally, a white and blue 30th Anniversary Trans Am convertible.<\/p>\n

Still not caught your fancy? Well, there’s one more option: the aforementioned year 2000 Holden Commodore HSV GTS-R<\/a>, which Wangers describes as “the very car that inspired Bob Lutz to seek from Holden (GM’s Australian car maker) a car for U.S. buyers – the ’04 Pontiac GTO.” Interested? Peep at the gallery below and then c<\/span>lick here<\/a> for the rest of the details.<\/p>\n

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Gallery: Jim Wangers’ Pontiac Collection for sale<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n[Source: GeeTO Tiger<\/a> via Motorator<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Legendary Pontiac ad-man Jim Wangers selling off his collection<\/a> originally appeared on Autoblog<\/a> on Thu, 27 May 2010 19:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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