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Flareless Formula(s)
Formula's look much better with the full flare compliments. easy removal if concerned with the originality thing. this is a nice one. never liked white interior though.
look like somethings missing without em. Last edited by JUDGE3; 12-20-2023 at 10:56 AM. |
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This looks great Pontiac should of had this as a option
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I prefer the more sport/ bling look I guess. Last edited by Formulabruce; 12-06-2020 at 09:37 PM. |
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"easy removal"?? Sure, if you don't mind dealing with all the drilled mounting holes to have to deal with. Can you say 'new paint job'?
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Started life as a 72 Esprit my father purchased new. He wanted to buy GP, but I talked him into the Firebird...tried to pull him into a white TA sitting on the showroom floor, but he wouldn't go for it : ( Anyway, fast forward to '77, I got my DL and Pop gave me the rusted Esprit after my Sister got done beating the hell out of the '72. I'll make a long story short.....she had a 350 / auto. I put in a junkyard 400/400turbo trans out of a 70 GP. My Pop always got a posi rear in all his cars. So when he ordered this '72 late in 1971. It ended up with a 3.42 posi out of a Formula/TA from the factory. The car was always fast, even with the 350. Now with the 400, she really came to life! I loved the look of the flairs, so I ordered a complete set from the Pontiac dealer. I got a rear spoiler from the same JY that I found the 400 from. Had the body all repaired and flairs installed, and painted her midnight blue metallic. The interior I replaced with a complete take out from a wrecked '78 TA. The parts that wouldn't fit, because of the rear window difference, I spray dyed to match the saddle color. Oh yeah, I put a Formula hood on her too. I found that in a different JY for $30 ! I changed the dash, gauges, radio, and ended up with gold snowflake rims found, yeah...you guessed it, the junk yard...lol As a 17-18 year old, I was so proud of what I had created. So when I look at that pix, I can see myself flying around the streets of the Jersey shore back in the late 70's, early 80's I ended up selling her to my roommate in college. I received a call months later while on break, he smacked her up. |
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If you want the wheel spoilers you buy a TA. If you don’t you buy a Formula. Simple, Pontic got it right.
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The only thing Pontiac didn't get right is if you wanted a flat hood, you had to like single exhaust 2 barrels and I am the lone flat hood fan this side of the Rockies I think.
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Did I mention its a 2bbl? Oh, I forgot... ESPRIT too......Yeah.. Touring car !!
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"The Future Belongs to those who are STILL Willing to get their Hands Dirty" .. my Grandfather Last edited by Formulabruce; 12-07-2021 at 02:16 PM. |
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Or, you painted and mounted full flare fiberglass units.
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If Pontiac made TA's in pink you'd say they got it right.
Evolution of the 69 Trans Am? |
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i guess if it was on the option list someone would have ordered a pink t/a
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I love the spoilers and flairs. I am going to do that to my plain jane Firebird. It is hard to find a nice formula hood. It seems all of the ones I have seen have had the grilles broken out and the rear corners broken.
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The original design for the 2nd Gen T/A hood was the Formula hood, so Pontiac did have a plan for a "Formula w/ flares."
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That is true. I can see it as being a continuation of the 69 TA hood "look". Which makes me wonder if they had used that hood on the TA, what would have become of the Formula design. I have never read of that aspect. I think Pontiac made the right choice, as the shaker became part of the TA mojo.
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I think history shows Pontiac got it right......
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No argument that the shaker conversion to a formula hood is always horrific.
And we are all happy with how these things came out, hence having one and being here. But these things could just as easily have been options on different models since they work, but look odd at times as non-standard, and we'd have supported those options too. But the only options I wished my 78 Formula featured was a front skirt of sorts and fender vents for heat extraction, and of course the smaller scoops were ramair functional rather than die-cast blanks. The flares are what I still don't care about, on my car anyway. They are one of the All or Nothing options. |
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I still have the thing sitting there, waiting to come to life one day : ) |
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Butchered mess.
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that's goldmembers car....
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Current Pontiacs - 1973 Formula SD455 - #'s auto orig paint 1972 Trans Am - 4 speed orig paint 1974 Formula 400 - Ram Air automatic 1966 2+2 convertible - 421 4bbl automatic 1967 Grand Prix - 4 speed orig paint 1967 GTO - 4 speed orig paint 35k orig miles |
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