Vehicle Description
Sunnyside Chevrolet of Elyria, Ohio in conjunction with Greg's
Sports, Classic, & Muscle is proud to offer for sale this beautiful
1964 Pontiac Lemans
This one is a helluva story so please be patient as we go through
the known history of this beautiful Yorktown Blue Lemans purchased
new by David Blair on January 11th 1964 in California and used as a
daily driver until 1972 when she was retired from daily use and
became a part of the Blair's Pontiac collection.
As the story goes, David was an engineer at Pontiac in 1964 and he
bought this beautiful Lemans as a long-time keeper. Over the first
few years of ownership David went on a mission to turn his 326
4-speed Lemans into a GTO just as would have come off the line in
64. He sourced parts directly from the Pontiac factory- power
windows, air-conditioning, a power antenna under hood light, GTO
hood and emblems, split exhaust, air shocks, a GM fire extinguisher
and more. Already in from the factory- beautiful dark blue buckets
and console interior, power steering, power brakes, and so much
more.
The story goes that when the car was about 4 years old David had
the original paint on the Lemans clear coated. It's as it remains
today. The original interior is still present and stunning, the
original engine compartment is unmolested save for disposable
replacement items. The chrome is as original as is the underside of
the car.
David was an avid Pontiac collector through the years as we
understand and had amassed a fair number of cars and truckload
after truckload of NOS parts- it's our understanding that he was
well known in the California Pontiac world. This is his first
Pontiac.
Look at the amazing paperwork- Protectoplate, owner's manual,
registration, warranty paperwork and even an advertisement from the
selling dealer. An 8x10 photo of David with his car as he built it
is a testament to how he must have felt about this car. When he was
done with it the car was a GTO in his way of thinking. Period. We
have a 1978 magazine article about him and his collection- he
refers to this as his 64 GTO. Nuff said...
When John and I first saw this car, we knew it was coming in the
fold. Period. There are hundreds of reworked versions of 64 Pontiac
Lemans and GTOs out there. Cars with history, patina and
originality like this come by very infrequently and we will always
be proud to own examples like this. Is it a Lemans, is it a GTO?
You decide, we decided it was too important a car to worry
about.
Drive it, show it, keep it in a bubble and polish it as a prized
possession, the choice is yours once you make it yours.
We stand behind our thoughts on this car by offering our travel
expenses guarantee- come see the car and if we have materially
misrepresented its condition we will gladly pay half of your travel
expenses up to $500.00- this offer had been in place since we sold
our first classic and we haven't paid the money yet.... We pride
ourselves on having good cars and representing them properly.
Additional pictures and video are available, please call
440-365-7311 for more photos, information or to schedule a test
drive.
