1966 Pontiac LeMans: Regular Car Reviews
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- Check out our 1966 Pontiac LeMans review! This week on Regular Car Reviews, we take one of the most iconic cars of the 1960s for a drive - on a closed track! Yes, RCR has finally gotten access to a closed track, but not for an expensive performance car. No, we go all out with the 1966 Pontiac LeMans. Learn all about the history of this car, and watch this great big land boat in action on the track, as we take you along for a test drive. All this and more in our review of the 1966 Pontiac LeMans!
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I had a friend in high school that bought one of these in 1997 for $1500 (I think, it's been awhile) because it's all he could afford and an old couple on his neighborhood was going to donate it otherwise. Man, that car was fun, and I wish prices were still like that. But it never will be again, so thanks for bringing back those memories of our stupidity and luck back in the day.
I bet he wishes he still had it too!!
@@tomtbi He does. Her name was Mary and we make jokes to piss off our wives like "remember the time you, me, and Mary were driving to the beach and we had some stuff we shouldn't have so we made Mary hide it in her rear end?"... we're in our 40s now and still making stupid jokes about her
My first car was a 64 Buick Skylark, a white 2 door with air shocks in the back and even had a decent tape deck and stereo. Not cherry but in decent condition, cost a whopping $1000 bucks in 1997. Had a 300 rocket and a weird not a powerglide 2 speed auto.
Got something more modern, couldn't keep it running well enough....it never cratered but it was impractical. I wish I had it now!
I saw one for $2500 in 2008 after my w124 stop going forwards. The Le Mans was cheaper than a new transmission, but dad said no, because I was strapped between an interstate move to a university from a community college. The junker 90s Grand Am I got instead wouldn't unlock the security system long enough to get to exams on time and pretty much flunked me a semester or make me take a day off from work. Dad thought it built character - I only built student debt.
In 1997, eBay existed, but it was nothing like it is today. In 1997, if you wanted a used car, and couldn’t afford what dealers were charging, the only way was either random cars with for sale signs parked along the road, or the good old fashion classified ads in the local newspaper. You could get deals like that because sellers had a restricted buyers market. If it didn’t sell local, it didn’t sell, plain and simple. That’s how you’d end up with stories of people getting a sweet deal on a low mileage car from some old lady who only drove it to church on sundays.
“What if GM had kept at it?”
Boy, that question holds true about many of their endeavors.
No lie. Fiero......
Mercruiser LT5...
Pontiac G8......hell pontiac as a whole.
Corvair
Remember that pitch for a GM rotary?
GM has had the knack of developing great ideas, and then killing them before their prime. and I believe you could get that ohc engine in a firebird.
Or if they do finally get things right, they immediately kill it. See Fiero GT, even the SSR when it finally got the Corvette engine.
Agreed - GM did this *repeatedly* over the years. It's ridiculous.
Yup. GM pretty much invented ecoboost in the Grand National, but…
@@PrydeWater901 that and the olds f85 had a factory turbo option too. only issue was it had to have methanol injection to keep the engine cool and people couldn't be bothered to top it off.
Yes. The OHC6 was offered in the Firebird.
Mr. Regular is only a couple years older than I am, but I would love to take a literary theory and application series of classes from him. Great teachers find ways to filter thoughts and concepts into a really transmutable personal connection
If you haven't already, the old PT Cruiser episode might be one you want to watch. It starts out with about 5 minutes of car discussion which immediately devolves into a discussion on post modernism for about 16 minutes straight.
Mr regular helped me on a paper in college and I got an A
@@Burgerkinglover32 Seems legit. I was just having thoughts on whether Mr Regular only sounds smart to me because I am neither educated, nor smart.
That's the last thing anybody needs
Imagine Mr. Regular on Masterclass. That would be so worth the subscription price.
fun fact when the barra was developed in Australia the engineers called it the 'gull' short for seagull because they knew it was going to shit on every other engine..
I just wish Ford wasn't dumber than dog dirt and would have sold the Berra here as the base engine in F150, Mustang, Crown Vic and given us the Falcon or at the least a mass produced RWD Ford car based on the Lincoln LS architecture. I can't stand the Cyclone V6 based engine family of 2.7L, 3L, 3.3L, 3.5L and 3.7L V6 engines, no amount of VVT, DI, turbo or anything else will ever make that junk as worthwhile as the Barra.
@@hendo337 It’s because Ford and GM know that we Americans have low standards, and will keep buying shitboxes. This means they have little incentive to bring a less profitable car like the Falcon or Commodore up.
@@hendo337 If it makes you feel any better, the Chevy Vortec inline six is very similar in design to the Ford Barra engine and has similar performance potential, plus they’re dirt cheap because despite being good engines they mostly came in otherwise crap vehicles. They don’t have as much aftermarket support as the Barra though.
@@hendo337 They didn't, because the Barra would've annihilated the 5.0, and as we saw with the 2.3L Lima in '87, the Big Three can't stand the thought of their halo cars being one-upped, regardless of how outdated it is.
How about an Opala. A Brazilian RB engine.
Had a blast at the track, great review man!
Hey, thank you for driving this car and keeping it in such pristine condition
Lovely car, thanks for sharing!
Beautiful car, one of my captain's has a white 66 Pontiac Laurentian in pristine condition that he drove from Washington all the way to Los Angeles. shame the transmission finally blew on him. These old cars are worth saving just for how beautiful the styling is.
Love how you kept the car alive! Hope it lasts long enough to be passed on down.
Nice car
It's so weird to think that, for a brief moment, GM was developing a flat six and an overhead cam straight 6 at the same time, back in the 60's. It's like a German went back in time and altered the course of history, if only for a few brief years
Leaves one to wonder about the possibility of a Corvair with the Astro II engine, which was supposedly a OHC 240 hp version of the Corvair flat six, doesn't it?
Also Cadillac was going to build the SOHC V12 for they're Eldorado but GM Bean Counters decided to kill that as well.
My dad gave me his 1967 OHC6 LeMans in 1974 when I was 16. It was like new. I have so many great memories of that car!
You were a lucky dude, Brad.
At least you got a chance to experience such a sweet ride, before they became overpriced memories.
I had a classmate in high school (mid-late 70's) that had a 69 firebird with this engine with a 4 speed. Also an Offenhauser intake with a 4 barrel. He was constant parking lot drag racer! It sounded so "different"
Jay Leno has a convertible firebird with the ohc 6
This has to be one of the nicest looking cars of the 60s. Such an iconic design that still looks good today.
Keeping track of the Tempest, LeMans, and GTO as trim levels but then becoming their own models takes a master's degree!
I'm still confused about it lol
No different from say a SXT to a Hellcat. Like how the Roadrunner was the street racers car, but the GTX was the upscale fancy version. Back then was more obvious with vinyl seat, floors and no AC for the "strippy" (Tempest) and the Tri-power, gearing, power windows etc for the GTO.
GM was bad about shuffling nameplates around. The Bel-Air was the top of the line in 1957 but when it was discontinued 15 years later it was the fleet base model. The Malibu used to be a Chevelle trim before it became its own thing and the Chevelle was discontinued.
The Le Mans and the Tempest were twin brothers, only the Le Mans made the football team, became a GTO, and listened to Sergent Pepper, while the Tempest made Eagle Scout and listened to Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.
I am currently drawing a 67 GTO and I'm not sure how to distinct it from a Tempest
Don't care about V8 or not this car looks frickin' *mint* . A single look at this car brightens my mood. That blue interior is impeccable.
Thank you sir, other than the dash pad she is factory!
Jay Leno is currently restoring an old Firebird with this engine. Check out his restoration blogs if you're interested. He basically repeats the same sentiment: it is a great engine that was ahead of it's time and had no chance of selling against V8s
I never knew about the Delorean 6 engine. John really liked to push the envelope which unfortunately rubbed the GM brass the wrong way in a lot of cases.
Brandon's Pontiac is cherry, I'm sure he'll keep Grampa's car that way for years to come.
Great video RCR!
They ultra RARE you could get this same engine in the 1st gen firebirds very low production but there out there
If you think the OHC Pontiac six is interesting, check out the Trophy 4 194ci half of a 389 he made before the in the Tempest/Le Man's with a rope drive and a transaxle.
Jay Leno has one.
IIRC this was one of the intended engines for the Banshee, a concept that GM nixed to protect the status of the Corvette. Much of the Banshee's styling was then swiped for the design of the next Corvette.
They we're going to make the Quad Cam Pontiac V8 as well.
American cars really had style back in the day
Thank the "regulators" for screwing that up for everyone.
@@hendo337 It actually appears lack of pressure from regulators and cheap fuel just lead to lazy design and a lack of innovation in American cars.
Style is always subjective to the viewer.
@@hendo337 Well its called evolution.
Those whom stand still will forever miss the future.
@@hendo337 Yep you got it brother, not to mention the libtards as well.
I love the front end styling of this Pontiac. Stacked headlamps look great, as do the grille pattern.
It's good looking, but the 65 is better. The 65 was more proportional, the 66 got bloated.
Okay, I didn’t expect a Joey Diaz impression.
You get a like. 👍🏾
I thought he was doing a Carl from ATHF lol
@@roddydykes7053 wow ATHF. You and Mr. Regular are on point this morning. You get a like as well.
@@roddydykes7053 friggin' John DeLorean man.
I wish Pontiac had improved their straight six, they could of easily cast a dohc head and block from aluminum and bought turbos from Oldsmobile's supplier, coupled to a factory close ratio 4 speed I think it would of done well. Another great video guys, keep it up.
Love the aesthetic of the front end...shark nose and the stacked, quad headlights.
Reminds me of my childhood and my father's '66 Pontiac Parisienne 2 door coupe with 283 c.i. V8...so sweet.
This is where I think Australia picked up the torch when it came to the straight 6 engine and Ford Australia perfected it with the likes of the Barra series, if you ever come to Australia you need to drive a turbo version of it
Why do you have my last name?
Are you or your parents from Chicago?
I wonder is Sajak, Pat Sajak's name is a corruption/anglicization of your name?
@@hendo337 I've wondered. I can't tell you how many times over my life when I've had to give my last name, how many people would say "oh like Pat Sajak" like yeah but a completely different letter and pronunciation
These were neat cars. The Sprint package you mentioned (which added a factory 4-barrel carb and other perks) was even available on the Le Mans 4-door hardtop, making it a sort of primordial American M5 (albeit a really, really, REALLY rare one, like only single digits made IIRC).
I too have wondered how the OHC 6 would have evolved over time, but also the turbocharged 301 V8 in the '80 and '81 Trans Am, the last all-Pontiac performance engine. Using the Buick turbo V6's progression as a guide, EFI, an intercooler and other upgrades could have easily turned the Trans Am and Firebird Formula into 300+ hp Corvette shredders...which of course would have gotten it cancelled the nanosecond Chevrolet brass threw a tantrum in front of GM corporate...
The older I get the less and less I can even stand corvettes. Not only how GM treated it but the fact that every person I've ever known that owned a Corvette is an insufferable prick.
That engine got cancelled because in the 1982 and later Firebirds (they were significantly lighter) it would have been faster than the Corvette. GM always killed their best cars so they could say the Corvette is the fastest. The 301's biggest issue is the thin cylinder walls, thicken them up and that engine could have been amazing. But GM gonna GM...
@@TheTardis157 It's saddening when you realize that there were a ton of cars that were outright crippled or even killed to protect the Corvette over the decades. From Pontiac you had the Banshee Concept, the third generation Firebird Trans-Am, the Fiero, and the two captive Holdens the GTO and the G8. From Buick you had the Wildcat, the GSX and the Grand National GNX. From Oldsmobile you had the Aurora. From GMC it was the Syclone and the Typhoon. From within Chevrolet themselves you had the Chevelle SS and Nova SS get nuked. And most of this was because GM didn't want to put effort into making upgrades to the C3 Corvette and wanted to bottom out the price of the C4.
I just realized that I subbed for not cars but stories tied to these cars. Actual vehicles of history and often anecdotal lore. Like one of the hardpoints of life itself.
Deep, bro.
Valiant effort on the Joey Diaz… I think he’d be proud. I remember seeing one of these in a wrecking yard when I was younger. Man I wish I knew better back then.
That talk about parents/grandparents refusing to let their kids even sit behind the wheel was so good, I had to replay that part again just to hear the truth spoken again.
I’m always sad when I hear of people who won’t let their family ride in or drive their cars. If you want the next generation to be interested in keeping these machines on the road, they need opportunities to experience them and understand why these things are worth caring about. Thankfully I have heard some stories of car meets that are specifically set up for people to get to drive the cars, and of Ford Model A clubs setting up programs to introduce high school students to automotive repair using classic Fords. In those cases even if they don’t end up wanting a Model A, a lot of them discover an interest in car repair which they wouldn’t have otherwise gotten to experience.
@@Thinginator Well written, shame that it would fall on old deaf ears.
"Fuck the kids, I'm taking my Lincoln to the grave, you soft cunts! HAHAHAHAHA-!" *suicide by WWII bomb from a bomber plane.*
I'm the inverted case. One of my nieces is about to get her license soon, and I'd be happy to let her drive my old Dodge pickup...
Problem is, my dad is the only member of my family who isn't absolutely terrified of it! X3
My grandmother truly swore that I wasn't insured for her to drive her bland Ford Tempo. I had to explain to her that, unless I am listed as an "excluded" driver, I could drive her car legally. I still never did.
@@JL-sm6cg She was just saving you from having to drive a Ford Tempo.
Oh man this reminds me some of the earlier regular car reviews. Had me howling lmao
I always genuinely appreciate and end up learning from these classroom format reviews.
Had GM continued to develop this overhead straight 6 design, we very well could have has an American 2J engine in the later Pontiac Prix of the 1980's. Maybe a twin turbo edition would have ended up in the Buick Grand National. Growing up with a gearhead dad and always hearing "There's no replacement for displacement" I was attracted to big v8s all my life, but as I've gotten older I've started to appreciate tuner culture more and more. Making smaller blocks output the most power you can squeeze out of them is fascinating, and I'd like to think this old straight 6 design, if it has been fleshed out a little more, would genuinely have as much of a cult following as the 2JZ. Fantastic write-up on this forgotten gem.
Watch Jay Leno’s video on his 67 Firebird with the 6 cylinder. It’s really cool because he rebuilt the car. And the same engine that is in the Tempest is in his Firebird.
I found myself with a '67 one of these with the 326. It needed a ton of work, and I was only in my early 30s with zero time and money to fix it up. I also couldn't give up the amount of space this land yacht took up. I might have kept it had it included this engine though. The stacked headlight/split grill of this era is always going to be my favorite.
Facts
Mr. Regular would you put a camera in front of you while you do "v8 guy" and "York guy" and splice the good parts together? I feel like this would be hilarious 🤣
P.S. I got a hall pass first and I even did all of this weeks homework!
Great story, and one of the best looking cars you've ever reviewed.
These are some of my favorite RCR videos, when the owner has a history with, and a genuine emotional and sentimental interest in, their vehicle. The Pontiac Le Mans is a special vehicle, but this particular Le Mans is now more special than the rest. We know that it exists. We know WHY it exists. And now, we can love it too. :)
After you finished the Joey Diaz impression Roman should've asked you in a Joe Rogan voice "you ever done DMT?"
With all of the channels showing mills and lathes, and CNC equipment I wonder how close we might be where some parts for these classic cars might be manufacturable. I remember years ago Jay Leno showed using a 3D scanner to scan in a part which they then printed and had a casting made.
I had a 1967 Pontiac "Sprint"OHC "6" with a factory quadra jet carb( Junk) 4 speed, and duel exhaust, was a ton of fun.
When you “channeled your inner Joey Diaz,” I nearly died of laughter.
The rest of your review was just as spot on as well. If DeLorean had stayed at Pontiac, and stuck to his guns, Detroit could have been putting out normal cars with all aluminum overhead cam straight sixes with rear transaxles, and independent rear suspensions when Johnson was still in the White House.
To channel my own Joey Diaz, I actually kind of prefer reverse flow heads. Yeah, they don’t breath as well as crossflow heads, but they’re torquey as hell.
This is the type of content that keeps me coming back for more. The historical information, coupled with the literary theory, pointing to why the particular car is important, and what it says about us as a society. Brilliant. Simply brilliant.
My old man had a 66 Tempest hardtop back in the day, which he bought new for himself after settling in with his promotion at work. I have seen a couple old photos, but got more of a "picture" of it in how he would talk about that car; I think it's safe to say he really loved and appreciated his Pontiac and what it symbolized for him. With thanks to Mr Regular's review today, I got a sense of going back in time and seeing what it was like to take a ride in that car with him. The track footage gave me a hint of the excitement he must have felt when driving it, and recall the heartbreak as he lamented over the day he was broadsided in an accident that left him nearly dead and in the hospital with basically his entire left side broken and shattered. The car was obviously destroyed in the accident, and he eventually recovered from his injuries. I'm thankful he survived, and that we have the crash protection that we do today, but saddened by the fact that many of these and other cars of that era simply aren't around for today's generations to appreciate anymore. Nice review, thank you for this :)
That blue is such a good color for these cars. Hope this LeMans and it's straight six last a million more miles, it sure is awesome.
This was a great one. Every once in a while, we just need a chill review of a nice car.
Did you guys not see these engines in the Firechicken of '67, '68 and '69? They came in 3 states of tune and mostly with standard transmissions.
I am in love with straight six engines, and I now have a new engine to adore from afar... This engine is special, to me.
Almost got bored for 2 seconds, but alas again, brought back in to full focus by a solid "lecture" by Mr. Regular. He sure has a way with words.
John Delorean really was shit on from every direction from every manufacturer he worked for, and even more so by the ones he didn't. And when he was finally pushed so far that he had to break the law to keep his dream going, all the other companies burst through the door to shout, "A-HA! We knew you were a naughty boy!"
The Pontiac 230 I6 was the first mass-produced overhead cam engine to use a fiberglass reinforced timing belt.
Huh? The 326 was a pushrod V8.
@@dclipper8052 you're right, no idea why I had 326 on the mind. Thanks for the reply, I fixed my comment.
So cool for me to see this video. My dad and I just bought a 66 Tempest Custom in October last year. It happens to be a 326 V8 car, so not directly topical for your video. But, boy was I blown away to see someone covering this car in a new video. Very cool.
The '66 Lemans is just a really well-styled car. Could look at it all day.
GM did have another stab at making the American 2J with the Atlas/Vortec 4200/LL8 engine...
Was just getting ready to share the same. Hot Rod Garage slapped a turbo on one and built another to see if they could build a better Barra. Just watched the episode again yesterday.
Dope video you bought the magic back of having a literary arts major reviewing cars much appreciated.
I am now imagining the trans am turbo with this engine
GM did go back to this idea in a way with the 270hp 4.2L Atlas I6. Granted, it was only used in trucks.
And as of 2020, they have a turbodiesel I6 in the Silverado family, which I thought was pretty cool.
We do have an Ameri-Berra, the Atlas 4200, NIVLAC57 "LS Calvin" is in the Ohio area and is friends with Matt Happle and the Sloppy Mechanics crew. You should check him out and link up to check out some of his cars. Yes, I agree that the OHC Pontiac six should have been developed more, the Aussies could have at the least used it instead of using the Redtop I6 for so long and eventually using the RB30 when unleaded fuel became mandated, before eventually using the Buick 3.8, which is a nice engine but, no comparison to the Barra, the fuel crisis would have been the perfect time to resurrect this design since they were stuffing the 250ci I6 in everything, the main issue was the camshaft not having replaceable bearings making the heads nearly disposable, it would have been incredible if the 292ci six with a cross flow version of this OHC head would have been used in say...GMC trucks as the base work engine and then the Pontiac V8s could have been the big power option. An all aluminum version of the 250ci OHC six in Firebird, LeMans, Catalina in the 70s and 80s could have really been something especially if it got sentential multiport EFI live the Buick V6s got, boost could have been even better. This OHC six is certainly a better idea than the quirky Trophy 4, 194ci half of a 389ci V8, that it replaced spiritually. I would imagine a 292ci with this head that has been tricked out a bit with porting and a valve job, with a performance intake manifold, sniper EFI, with tuned length pipe tube headers that scavenge corresponding cylinders, wide band O2s, mean cam timing spec'd out by David Vizard and hooked to a 6 speed manual transmission would be an insanely powerful, interesting and unique resto mod/protouring build in a sea of V8s. It would be really cool if a company like Clifford had some OHC heads cast that fit GM I6s with modern cross flow, cam bearings, specially designed ports and valves that is belt driven just as this is, I think they could really sell if the labor.of love was given to them that is lavished on SBC, SBF, BBC, LS and so on engines. There are tons of the old sixes around and they're treated like scrap. Oh, well, a guy can dream.
I like that dream...
I second this recommendation. I'm actually surprised he hasn't met Calvin in passing, due to both of them knowing Sloppy crew. I guess being a state apart and Mr Regular probably knowing Justin more than Matt caused them not meet yet. But yeah, Mr R and Roman should make the trek out to see the Studebaker, he'd piss his pants at what Calvin has done with his turbo 4200.
This one really resonated with me, as I had a choice to make when powering my 59 Studebaker Lark VI resto-mod.
There just weren't any US made inline sixes that aren't agricultural in nature, and I didn't really want to go Euro, ala Mercedes/BMW.
The Barra is just too damn big and isn't sold here, the Atlas 4.2 was a serious contender, but I was wary of its issues and also wanted a 5-speed without customizing.
The RB is cool, but also not sold here and the exhaust is on the wrong side......that left just the 2JZ. It's pretty light, exhaust is on the correct side, it looks good and has tons of support and is easily junkyard available. Yes, it sounds wrong, and I get lots of weird looks but mostly positive reactions.....and it moves out, even just N/A and mostly stock.
We all have to channel our inner Joey Diaz every now and then. Guys a Genius. Another great video guys👍
Am I the only one Anticipating his retirement video when it’s time for the 4Runner 😂😢 like he put me through all my emotions with the Subaru and now ever 15 mins you hear me say “love, it’s what makes a Subaru a Subaru” 😂 works for any situation.
I was forced out of my bed this morning by the extreme need to void my bowels. I sat on the toilet let go. It was glorious. After I was finished I saw that I had nearly filled the bowl completely and looked on with pride and a sense of accomplishment. It would be the last time today that I felt anything
The moment you him me with the Joey Diaz impersonation, my face lit up. The realization that my favorite car reviewer knows my favorite comedian just absolutely made my day! Thank you Mr. Regular! I love you dude!
I am Happy to hear that you had alot of enjoyable experiences in making this Review.
This is my fav kind of video - a classic with an unusual engine. The valve cover is the upper half of the cam bearing too.
The time I became aware of the Delorean 6 was over 20 years ago at my speed mechanic's shop. A customer of his had this beautiful cherry condition 1968 Pontiac Firebird with the 6 cylinder in the classic sky blue Pontiac engine paint and the words "overhead cam" on the valve cover. Apparently that was the base engine for the 1st Gen F-Body for Pontiac. The engine was is great condition but the owner insisted on engine swap to a 350 Chevy smallblock for trouble free cruising and repair. I was amazed that GM had such a high tech engine in the '60s that seemingly very few knew about.
Funny thing is, GM did make a modern american 2JZ, aka the Vortec 4200. Theres an excellent channel on here, Nivlac57, that shows the true potential of it.
I had one briefly not long after I finished high school, purchased for the grand sum of $800 in the mid-90s. It was a white hardtop with a 3-speed manual transmission. It was languishing for sale for months as in those days nobody wanted the “poverty row” grade transmission. It ran and drove well enough, and was surprised at how spirited the six cylinder engine was.
It was without question one of the funnest cars I’ve ever owned (and I’ve surpassed the 400 mark for cars owned to date). It launched wonderfully, handled well and looked great. I was the butt of so many jokes in the muscle car crowd as the Pontiac’s potential was being constantly overlooked. I only had it a few months when I caught wind of one of my dream cars coming up for sale… a Garnet Red ‘66 442 that was 4-speed equipped.
I advertised the car for sale for quite some time with no takers or interest. Eventually, I did sell the Pontiac for $3500 to an older gentleman who made me a cash offer upon seeing it parked outside of a bank we both happened to be running errands at.
They sure as hell don’t make them like that anymore!
Outstanding review!!! What a gorgeous car! My dad had a '66 LeMans with a 326 in it. Same color as this car. I loved that car. Had a friend with a Firebird with the OHC 6. What a fun car. I'm with you, what a lost opportunity for Pontiac/GM.
I'm just swaping a Pontiac ohc6 230 sprint into an 1973 Oldsmobile Omega here in Austria!
Hey man! Love watching your progress on Facebook on that build!
The '67 Firebird Sprint had the OHC 6 as well, I think you could get a 2-barrel carb with it and many folks were known to put 4-barrel carbs on it. I think Leno did a review of it. Lighter vehicle, better handling than with the more nose-heavy V8. Great review of this one.
The Sprint version of both the firebird and the Tempest (Le Mans) came with a Rochester Quadrajet.
This car can drive faster than my suburban that was built in 1989 lol. That’s awesome!
"Congradualations!"
Wow, Mr Regular has delved so deep he is now quoting Neil Young. Great car, love that Monkees mobile front end. Just perfect.
Lullabies, look in your eyes
Run around the same old town
Doesn't mean that much to me
To mean that much to you
- Neil Young
I never thought a domestic classic with an I6 would evoke so much love in me. Who needs a V8? :D Fantastic car. Really like the colors, too. Great machine!
So many could-have-been's and almosts in GM history.
Your Joey Diaz impression was amazing. It came across so natural. Great video!
God Bless Brandon's Grandfather........and God Bless Brandon for cherishing and maintaining and glorifying this beautiful '66 !!
What a tale of legacy !! My very first car was a 1965 Lemans, given to me by my late Step-Father in 1978 as a sophomore in high school . He was a car salesman for an AMC dealership in Pasadena, CA ( remember those interesting vehicles -- the Matador, Hornet, Gremlin, Pacer. And of course the AMX if you were lucky enough to get one of those rare muscle cars ) . Anyhow...... my Lemans had the 326 / 2-barrel - 2- speed slip n slide. Gosh.............. I loved that car !! Those vertical head lights and beautiful body styling just couldn't be beat !! Cruise on brother Brandon !!! Don't ever sell it !
This engine, the Corvair flat 6 (AIR COOLED!! EVEN A TURBO!!) The F-85 olds V-8 Turbo. Off the shelf. In the 1960's. FROM GENERAL MOTORS.
Let that sink in.
Man, I've always wanted to put this engine in a phoenix after watching your video on it. Shame it never came with one, I would've scooped one up haha
I've always held the 1966 GTO as my first choice muscle/antique car. But this video has changed that. That is one amazingly beautiful car.
My first car was a 67 Tempest Post Coupe with the 326 and a 2spd powerglide. Bought it running and driving for $1500 in 1997. This was the car that started it all for me.
I f****** love Joey Diaz dude he is honestly one of my new favorite comedians and just listening to his Coke stories are great I can sit there and listen to that man talk for hours his podcast and s*** are what play when I get ready for work in the morning LOL and you wasn't doing a bad Diaz impression Mr regular LOL
Damn this is one of your best reviews.
That's a beautiful machine! I love the color, the interior, everything 😍
I love how these 66-67 Pontiacs and chevelle look in the A pillar I like that smooth look to it
66-67 was the best year for GM A bodies. Most people like the fast back design but I'll take these over a fastback any day.
Only car I ever left a “sell me your car” note on, was a sprint6 3spd firebird. I used to walk past it on my way to school. I never got a call though.
Really Cool 😎 that he has kept it and cherishes it!!
Beautiful. Love the design. That said, Lemans? It's a GTO with an engine bay that could fit two of those straight six engines and gearbox fit for station wagon.
Welcome back to Atlanta! Gotta catch you out here next time you're down
A guy I knew like 30 years ago had one of those Pontiac OHC Sixes, stone-stock, in a (kit) T-bucket, of all things. Definitely got looks everywhere it went, and when it came time to scoot, it surprised a lot of people.
The cylinder head is cast iron only the valve cover which houses the camshaft is aluminum, I have one stuffed under my work bench and it’s heavy.
My grandpa had one. I'd sit in the back without a seat belt as he took that thing through windy mountain roads. I was rolling one side to the other as the car shifted its mass. It really was fast for an old car and quiet.
Oh hell yeah, I had a '72 Lemans in Highschool (2010). My favorite car to date
The intro already makes this good
The cars are wicked
But is anyone noticing Mr. Regulars decent into madness through his voiceovers
These videos/reviews are the absolute best! Excellent writing with just the right about of silliness. Best way to describe it is Dennis Miller writing car reviews with a little bit of Adam Sandler thrown in.
That was such a beautiful video
Every once in a while Mr. Regular makes my English degree worth it lol
That is the best Joey Diaz impression I’ve ever heard
Dude at 2:35 I’m fuxking dying 😂😂 giving me vibes of trailer park boys, Phil collins 😂😂😂
Philadelphia Collins, RIP Mustard Tiger.
What a great review on a beautiful car!
Maaaan, what a beatiful car, I'm crying.
Atlanta Motorsports Park go-karts are absolutely amazing. True 55mph+ karts with real kart chassis. Great track too.
Dude's grandfather made me weep a tear. My grandfather had bought a small selection of some classic 50's and 60's cars that we were told were projects to restore with and for the grandchildren. Then the prices for good bones to restore took the fuck off and he just sold them when the first car was half finished. So not really the same situation, but I have felt the rug-pull on that.
Yes you can’t do Diaz but we appreciate the effort
This was a good one. Solid!