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Title: Pontiac Banshee on eBay
Post by: SSX on March 27, 2008, 03:44:03 PM
Oh if I had the cash: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1964-PONTIAC-BANSHEE-XP-833-COUPE-PROTOTYPE_W0QQitemZ380006717274QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item380006717274
 
Lighter, cheaper, and faster than the 'vette (which is why it never saw production)
Title: Pontiac Banshee on eBay
Post by: P71 on March 27, 2008, 04:36:55 PM
That car is really cool. Just the idea of a sub-2500 Lb car with a high-reving OHC 6 is cool enough, but that body is very clean. I've always been a fan of this concept.

But boy that's a lot of zeros... :(
Title: Pontiac Banshee on eBay
Post by: dominator on March 27, 2008, 04:45:39 PM
Good luck finding parts lol
It look like a mix between a vett and a firebird???
Title: Pontiac Banshee on eBay
Post by: SSX on March 27, 2008, 08:59:11 PM
Quote from: dominator;211161
Good luck finding parts lol
It look like a mix between a vett and a firebird???

Actually the C3 Vette and the firebird look like this :p
 
It's just too bad the I6 necessitates that ugly hood bulge.
 
I wonder if this concept not making it was the final straw that drove Delorean away from GM.
Title: Pontiac Banshee on eBay
Post by: Ifixyawata on March 27, 2008, 09:18:37 PM
Does the roof come off this thing?  The interior shots make it look like it does.
Title: Pontiac Banshee on eBay
Post by: oldraven on March 27, 2008, 09:19:56 PM
It looks like they did build it. Just not as a Pontiac, and without Opel GT headlights or Firebird tailights.

1963-67
(http://beckracingengines.com/performance/images/customer_rides/j_e_pro_streets_e10.jpg)
1964
(http://images.dealer123.com/eBay/749/135132-3.jpg)
(http://images.dealer123.com/eBay/749/135132-10.jpg)
1968
(http://www.web-cars.com/images/vette_img/1968-BnW_a_s.jpg)

My Dad would love this car. It has the same Straight 6 his '68 Firebird had. He said it was one of the tallest engines he had ever seen, so I can understand the unfortunate zit up front.
Title: Pontiac Banshee on eBay
Post by: Carpimp1987 on March 27, 2008, 09:26:56 PM
Sweet car #1 reason i hate VETTs GM would not let anyone else do anything nice or nicer than the VETT. Gm could have all kinds of nice things but insted they fight to make everyone hail to the Vett.
Title: Pontiac Banshee on eBay
Post by: Thunder Chicken on March 27, 2008, 11:50:13 PM
Quote from: Carpimp1987;211213
Sweet car #1 reason i hate VETTs GM would not let anyone else do anything nice or nicer than the VETT. Gm could have all kinds of nice things but insted they fight to make everyone hail to the Vett.
Kinda just like what Ford does with the Mustang...
Title: Pontiac Banshee on eBay
Post by: DVP on March 28, 2008, 12:30:27 AM
I think it looks better than the Vettes like it. all except the E brake, it looks out of place and the tumor on the hood.
Title: Pontiac Banshee on eBay
Post by: DVP on March 28, 2008, 12:31:34 AM
Quote from: Thunder Chicken;211265
Kinda just like what Ford does with the Mustang...


AMEN! SO in out cars HO in the ponies...
Title: Pontiac Banshee on eBay
Post by: SSX on March 28, 2008, 12:40:59 AM
Quote from: Ifixyawata;211208
Does the roof come off this thing? The interior shots make it look like it does.

No, they built one coupe and one convertible.  If I were to actually buy it (if money grew on trees), I'd be a bit curioius why they had interior pictures of the convertible if they are selling the coupe.
 
Quote from: oldraven
...Opel GT headlights...
Cool, so I'm not the only one who thinks that.
Title: Pontiac Banshee on eBay
Post by: cougarman on March 28, 2008, 10:02:10 AM
Looks like a Corvette got friendly with an Opel GT.:hick: