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New 1984 Pontiac Grand Prix

So I'm making payments and maintaining my 2002 black Cavalier Z24, and I like driving it... but I keep getting the urge to soup this thing up.  I keep seeing nice Z24's on the road, with chrome rims, bodykits, etc.. I look up some wide deep-dish chrome wheels and tires online and find that I can actually afford to do this... but then again, I really miss my Pontiac Grand Prix.

The problem is, I can't get my current 84 Grand Prix on the road because I don't have the Title of the car, which my ex-ex Jennifer is supposed to send me (for the last 3 years!).  I'm sick and tired of waiting for this by now.

I think to myself, instead of wasting money on the Z24, why not look for another Grand Prix?

I look around online (kijiji.com, ebay, autotrader, livedeal) and I came across a few 80's Grand Prix's.  I look around and finally came to this green 84 Grand Prix in Stratford.

It was in great shape, came with a hopped-up 305 with a mild cam (choppy idle), true dual exhaust.... the main features that convinced me that THIS is "the one" was the fact that it had the factory T-roof (which didn't leak!), soft top (albeit, it was silver -- yuck), and bucket seats.  The guy selling it was liquidating his brother's estate.  He was asking $6700 with appraisal papers to back it up. 

I thought about it, and decided to just leave the Z24 as is, and pick up this baby.  After some wheeling and dealing I got it for $4600.  Insured it, licensed it, and drove the UGLY, GREEN thing home some time around the end of July 2007.