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

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.

1971 judge
 

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?

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

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

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.

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

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!

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

69 trans am convertible
 

The second ta convertible I owned was originally from Mississippi and I Took a trip down there and picked it up in New Orleans 1983 . Automatic / gauges And both of my cars had rally twos

Super rare western New York muscle cars
 

A very good family friend of ours back into the 60s owned one of the few AC Shelby cobra 427 cars and 67 GT500 with the 427 side oiler

Mr. Nichter?
SCCA racer and Shelby enthusiast! It’s a shame what happened to that 427

Yes, him and my father were very good friends and they did a lot of construction projects together. I still remember the night that my dad got the call from Paul Nichter telling him about what had just happened with the car on the scajaquada expressway .

What exactly happened?

Shelby Cobra 427
 

Mr Nichters mechanic and friend took the 1967 cobra out on a test ride on a Saturday night leaving from their construction shop on the west side of Buffalo along the Niagara river , they took the scajaquada expressway eastbound , they only made it a couple miles and we’re traveling at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control rolling it over into a concrete abutment along the side of the expressway near Grant Street and both guys were killed . This was 1969

I’m not 100% sure on the story but I believe he gave it to 2 of his friends to go out driving with in the south towns in Buffalo and the car crashed into a concrete pillar of some kind and burst into flames. CSX3326 was his and the parts they could take from the wreck went into its brother car CSX3327 in its later restoration. Sad story but it goes to show how careful you must be when dealing with these high power tiny cars.

Shelby cobra 427
 

Here it is

Soon after this cobra was destroyed he purchased another one and drove it quite a while

1969 Boss 429 Mustang
 

Here’s a couple pictures of the 69 black Boss 429 that started at a Rochester New York Dealership , then came to Buffalo and was sold out of Delaware sports car on Delaware Avenue in the early 70s. The car ended up in Elma New York purchased by a friend of mine named Charlie , eventually the car disappeared around 1978 for a while . Resurfaced about a year later and another friend of mine took possession and kept it for over 30 years

Do you remember the CSX on that car? Buffalo had a ton of cobras. I might post those some day.

No, I don’t but when Nick (paul Nichter) would drive it from his work shop off Niagara street in Buffalo out to South Wales where he lived , occasionally he would stop on Seneca Street in Elma at a local farm and a friend of mine that worked there at the time remembers putting bushels of sweetcorn in the trunk.

The previously mentioned '69 RAIII GTO Vert was sold new at Culligan Pontiac and I happened to have lived in Williamsville.
Another WNY car that my friend owned is a '70 Buick Stage 1 'vert auto (1 of 164) that was found in a farmer's field in Lewiston. He restored it in the late 70's as a yellow GSX clone. Later restored to original factory colors, Aqua Mist poly Black/Black and it was a gorgeous car. Last I knew, the car was in a collection in PA.

Was this the car parked on the side of Huberts (?) Machine shop under a tarp? I remember the 71 Judge, where did that car go?

https://www.mecum.com/lots/495643/19...1-convertible/ One of 2, can’t be far off from the car if it’s not this one!

1970 raiv judge
 

Picked up this car in Syracuse, New York 1978 not quite western New York but close and it’s one of the very few raiv Judges you’ll ever see with the original drive train in it. Cardinal red with a red interior ,nicely loaded with power steering ,power brakes ,hood tach, Formula steering wheel , power trunk with 390 gears

First picture is 1979 back on the Homestead summertime and the second picture is several years ago, putting all the ram air cars in storage .

Love the 68 birds!!

RA II Firebirds
 

All 3 of the 68 firebirds that you can see in that picture are RA2 four-speed cars. There’s a black one and a green with gold vinyl top in the middle and then to the right is a Ageena blue with black interior and a black vinyl top car ! nothing but round ports .
These three Firebirds are not from Western New York, but very cool nonetheless.
The black one is from Long Island, the green/gold vinyl top car is from Brooklyn, New York Myrtle motors and is the lowest VIN FIRST RA II Firebird and the third one ageena blue is from Boston

You have quite the collection! do you still live around here and keep these cars around the buffalo area? RA Pontiacs are all very special cars indeed, incredibly rare, very very cool stuff, Thank you for sharing!

I live in WNY and my business is right down the street from Steve Battaglia's shop. Last I knew his niece got all his cars when he passed? Not a "supercar" but I did rescue a 68 Chevelle SS 396/375 4sp out of the Eastside 8 yrs ago from the original owner that was sold new at Bokman, it needed a full resto so I sold it. If I knew how to post pics of that I would. 2 cars in my collection worthy of this page but aren't supercars are a 68 L34 4sp and 70 L78 auto Nova's.

I had no idea Steve passed away, thats very sad to hear, his collection was legendary. I still am not sure which superbirds he had besides one white one (which I believe is the last superbird made) but he had some wild stories ive heard.
I think you can add attachments in additional options when you quote to reply or reply. We'd love to see your Novas! Supercar or not, L78 Novas are super cool!

Yeah about 2 years ago if I recall correctly. I'll try tonight when I get home with the pictures.

I have enjoyed so much reading the posts in this thread. I started driving in 1965 and over the next few years had quite a few muscle cars and still do. This thread brings back a lot of memories and the sharing of stories by those posting makes for great reading. I live in Ontario and we often crossed over to, I think it was called Niagara Raceway, in the late 60's to watch drag racing. It's great to here about all muscle cars, not just GM's, even though thats what I have. I hope people do not get tired of this thread and keep contributing. Have a great day.

he sold the white one years ago. he still had 2 blue ones( a B5 and a Petty blue), a yellow one and a limelight one. the limelight one was sandblasted and the panels were warped really bad, so steve put it on the back burner and never got to it.

Yes his neice Shelby inherited the cars.. His brother Daves daughter.

where on the East side was the chevelle? i knew of a garage that had a chevelle and a 69 camaro in it right on Bailey by Walden..seen them once when the door was open and never saw them again.

Yes in the snow belt

Yes, Niagara Raceway and they had a great commercial “Sunday at Niagara.”
Enjoy. https://youtu.be/p-BabhMuH68?si=X_STyNTX8eOAGY9i

I bought it on Herman St off Best. I had to remove around 60 screws from the door as he screwed it shut haha. Car was last registered in 71 and it was rough from being in a damp garage, none the less I saved it and a guy from Ohio bought it. No idea what his plans were with it.

We grew up around the block from Steve and Dave Battaglia. Spent a lot of time with them playing sports then cars and just hanging around with them as kids.

Thats awesome! do you still own all those Ram Air cars? Love to see a collection local. have you ever brought out cars to shows around here before?