<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 1969z280</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The sport of criticizing cars on that website has gone beyond any useful purpose. "Shark Tanking" of cars has moved to a juvenile level. I had a 73 Formula with an absolutely 100% original interior (it was nearly as nice as my 4,000 mile Formula) on ebay. After the esteemed panel finished their criticism of every aspect of the interior and exterior, I spent the next week trying to convince potential buyers that the interior had not been re-dyed, the glove box door was original, interior components faded at different rates, etc. Because they read it on PY, it must be true.
After the first Bloomington All Survivor Show, my 4,000 mile 73 Formula was given an award by the judges so, they got on their soap boxes and started writing the different ways that they could tell it wasn't original. Well, Steve Shauger was one of the judges and said the car was in "As Delivered Condition". I won't even try to describe the pounding my Yenko TA took.
While I agree that everyone on the PY site doesn't operate in this fashion, many, many of them do. It makes for an unfriendly environment. I don't post there anymore.
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Sorry to bring this here and I will not post on this after this.
1969z280, Here are links to the PY threads that are upsetting to you for all to read. I hope that people here read them. As I stated before the PY group is overall the most knowledgeable Pontiac group on the web, and yes they are a fickle bunch and they do love to find faults but they also give a good car its due. I can see why in your business of buying and selling these cars that you would want to steer people away from web sites that may hinder one of your sales, but they can also help in a sale as well. In the end it is the buyer that needs to decide if what he is looking at is real. Keep flipping them you seem to be very good at it.
As far as the Yenko goes you need to remember that on PY you are dealing with PURISTS for the most part. How many Camaro guys would compliment the instalation of a 455 Pontiac into a Z/28, not many I think. I loved the yenko and did get a good look at it in Rosemont.
Original thread on white car
http://forums.performanceyears.com/f...d.php?t=608218
Second thread on white car
http://forums.performanceyears.com/f...hlight=formula
This is the tread that you say hurt the sale of your white car, your kidding right?
http://forums.performanceyears.com/f...d.php?t=661386
As you may remember I had the opportunity to see and drive the 4000 mile car a few times so I do know first hand about this car, did I question it? I think any smart person would, I take it all with a grain of salt,
unless I know the car from new. Way too many people out there telling stories to make a buck.
Here it is in my Driveway sporting the wrong wheels, trim rings and center caps.
original thread on 4000 mile gold car
http://forums.performanceyears.com/f...d.php?t=539064
second thread on gold car
http://forums.performanceyears.com/f...d.php?t=568461
Steve I'm sorry but you might do a little Shark Tanking as well
http://forums.performanceyears.com/f...d.php?t=658090