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The Doomed 1965 Pontiac Banshee XP-833 Was the Beginning of the End for Pontiac

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    August 30, 2023 8:16 AM PDT
    I love talking about cars from classic to nouveau. I loved Pontiac and at one time I had a Pontiac Grand Am. It was awesome. The Trans Am's were my favorite though. When I learned how to drive, my parents had a Pontiac Catalina station wagon. The station wagon was a boat and really hard to parallel park....needless to say, I hung up the car over the curb that had a down slope when I was learning how to parallel park and my dad wasn't really happy that day when he had to get the station wagon out of the ditch. To take my driver's license test, I drove our small Toyota station wagon to be sure I could parallel park that day for my driver's license test. [url=https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-doomed-1965-pontiac-banshee-xp-833-was-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-pontiac?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us]https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-doomed-1965-pontiac-banshee-xp-833-was-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-pontiac?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us Pontiac performance was riding high in the early 1960s. The "Wide Track" era was in full swing, kicked off by ad exec Jim Wangers who went on to play an important role in pushing Pontiac’s drag racing success and convincing the company to go full steam ahead with the GTO, a vehicle many credited with jump starting the golden age of the muscle car. At the same time, Michigan dealer Royal Pontiac was at the height of its powers, campaigning its Super Duty-prepped 'Bobcats' in NHRA competition while simultaneously serving as a conduit for street warriors seeking the latest in hop-up parts.