Western New York Supercars

[fortim]

Originally Posted by auwrestling

Send me a private message with your phone number and I’ll give you a call .I owned both of the Trans Am convertibles, and good friend of ours had one of the 427 AC cobra it was a red one. He also owned the 67 GT 500 Shelby with the 427 side oiler, also it was another friend of mine that owned s the black 69 boss 429 and sold it several years ago could give you a lot of information and stories about all the super duty Trans Ams and raiv cars in the area .A lot of these rare Pontiacs are still right here

Glad to see you post in the thread, your knowledge of WNY muscle cars is invaluable, especially in the Pontiac world.

[David C.]

The 69 copo Bob H. had was sold new in Toronto and drag raced a few years before being parked. It was a blue on blue RS. He sold it a few years ago as he acquired the RS 68 Yenko which came from Georgia.

[auwrestling]

Here’s a couple pictures of a 71 Judge 455HO we got from the original owner just south of Buffalo . This was a while ago and as you can see it came in the rare color of black with the combination parchment interior ,beautiful car ,12 bolt rear turbo 400.

[smallblockhero]

Originally Posted by auwrestling

Here’s a couple pictures of a 71 Judge 455HO we got from the original owner just south of Buffalo . This was a while ago and as you can see it came in the rare color of black with the combination parchment interior ,beautiful car ,12 bolt rear turbo 400.

was this the car owned and redone by the Mariachers and Tom Fischer?

[Diabl07]

Originally Posted by fortim

My former '69 GTO RAIII 4sp convertible was sold in WNY, and I bought it from the original owner in the 1970s. I still have the VIN if you're interested. I took the car to Lancaster Dragway a couple of times. It was a great street car.

Sure, send the vin along! Always love the pontiacs and other fun things you know so much about around here

[Diabl07]

Originally Posted by David C.

The 69 copo Bob H. had was sold new in Toronto and drag raced a few years before being parked. It was a blue on blue RS. He sold it a few years ago as he acquired the RS 68 Yenko which came from Georgia.

I wasnt aware he sold it, very cool. Id love to know the vins on both to find out more info, the stories on the canadian car being holed up in toronto for years and the 68 RS in the junkyard in georgia then sitting in his shop for 15 years, such cool stories all of these cars have

[Diabl07]

Originally Posted by auwrestling

Back in 1972 this black boss 429 was sold from Delaware sports car on Delaware Avenue between Hertel and Tacoma. From there, the new owner took it to Elma and I looked at it in 1978 off Bowen Road. Right after that, the car Disappeared and then soon was recovered And sold to a good friend of mine , it was then put away for 30 years then we brought it back out and decided to sell it.

I have a friend who worked for delaware sports cars in the 1970s, he did engine work for the Ferraris they sold new/used. ill give him a call and see what if he knows about that Boss and the other stuff they sold.

[auwrestling]

One of my 69 trans am convertibles
Buffalo car 4 speed , blue deluxe Int , in dash tachometer and gauges

[Diabl07]

Originally Posted by scuncio

Great thread, NY was a hotbed of performance cars.

Thank you! I was sad to never be around when all of the really awesome stuff was here new.
I was born in the 2000s so I missed that era of street racing and muscle cars and of collectors like BeaumontBill (who I would love to find the stories on his cars) and all those guys. I only got into cars seriously recently, my father raced his 442 on Long Island in the 1980s before he went into the navy, so he for sure helped that connection with muscle cars.
there are still a bunch of really neat cars here, lots of guys with cars in the garages and in warehouses collecting.
I love researching all of this stuff, because I do research for lots of other cars like Porsche and Ferrari and Lamborghinis but these classic muscle cars are so abundant around here and have so many stories, it never gets old!

[Diabl07]

Originally Posted by auwrestling

One of my 69 trans am convertibles
Buffalo car 4 speed , blue deluxe Int , in dash tachometer and gauges

was this the car sold new at Culligan Pontiac in Williamsville?
his grandson i believe is still in the business, he heads the Ferrari/Alfa/Maserati dealership in williamsville, keeping the family name alive i suppose