
If
you’ve been following this blog or YouTube videos recently, then you know the
last two featured cars on Rotting in Style of been in Juneau, Alaska. Well, now we are off to Ketchikan, Alaska,
and if you look hard enough behind the trees, you may find this 1974 Pontiac
Venture. This car is hidden, and grungy,
but I found it to show you guys.
This
car is a mess though. The metal is
rusted, the chrome is corroded, the interior is torn, the dash is cracked, but
even with all that, this car still looks badass! There is something about an old American
steel car with a V8 and grunge that is just so appealing to me. I’m not a big ratrod fan, but this “style”, I
am a fan of. Since I doubt this car
runs, it is a sad sight however.
Speaking
of a V8, this car came with either a 250 cubic inch (4.1L) inline six, or a 307
cubic inch (5.0L) V8. Now based off of
what looks like a three speed automatic column shifter, I am going to guess
this car has the 307 V8 which made around 200
horsepower. Not much by today’s
standards, and not even that great for 70s standards, but it’s a V8 in a two
door car, so it has that “cool factor” going for it.
Now,
when poking around here in places I shouldn’t be, I really took a close look at
the interior and saw that it had about 74,000 miles on it. I would assume those are all original miles,
but there are some parts on the passenger seat.
I don’t know if it was being fixed, or rebuilt, or what, but for now it
remains rotting in style.
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what about the 1979 z 28 tripple black is it for sale?
ReplyDeleteI doubt it is for sale. I don't ask, because it really isn't my business.
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