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“… upcycling abandoned ex-commuters for thrill-n-spill perils and circle track stardom begged a question…”
good friend recently told me of a 1978 Pontiac Phoenix he spotted for sale near our Bennington, Vermont, office with an asking price of just $2,200. It was a four-door sedan that boasted just 40,000 miles of movement managed by a then-optional . V-8 and automatic transmission power team. Inside was a standard interior fitted with a vinyl bench seat, along with what was reported to be factory air