1972 Pontiac Ventura 455ci Custom *Current Car Craft Magazine Car*

Description

My name is Anthony Pittari. I've been building cars for a long time. My last big build, a 1977 Buick Century, was featured in Hot Rod Magazine and sold at Barret Jackson. My current build is this beautiful 1972 Pontiac Ventura. Inspired by late 60's Trans-Am style cars, I built this car with one major goal in mind, to be on the floor of Detroit's Cobo Hall Autorama. For those that don't know, this is an invitation only show, only the best of the best. The famous Riddler award is bestowed at this event. My dream came true after years building this car, and it won in class at the March 2015 show where the car was debuted! During the show, I was approached by Car Craft Magazine for a photoshoot for an upcoming Car Craft magazine issue. That photo shoot took place in June 2015, and the car is now currently in the July 2016 Car Craft magazine on the news stands now. The car is also featured on HotRod.com Online, under "Anthony Pittari - Maximum Overtime" at the following link (98 Pictures):

http://www.hotrod.com/cars/featured/1603-anthony-pittaris-1972-pontiac-ventura-is-a-perfect-blend-of-vintage-and-modern/

Right after the show, the car was brought back to New York, and two months later we hit the road for the 2015 Hot Rod Power Tour. We drove from New York to Madison, Wisconsin for the start of the power tour. During the tour, QA1 Shocks used our car as their feature car in the manufacture's midway during the length of the Power Tour which ended in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. By the time we got home to New York, we logged 4500 trouble free miles. I wouldn't hesitate to drive this car anywhere. We have since put another 4000 miles on it, bringing the total miles to under 9,000 miles since the cars completion.

The car originally rolled off the assembly line Detroit, Michigan GM plant where it stayed it's entire life. I searched high and low to find a low miles candidate for high end restoration and finally came upon this car. It was rust-free, and only had 42,000 original miles. This car was an original Pontiac 350 Air Conditioning car. The only previous attention that had been paid to this car was the right rear lower quarter panel replacement, most likely done early in the cars life. The car has all it's original floors, doors, fenders, trunk lid, and hood which was all modified for my build. Here's a list of everything done to the car:

Drivetrain

Fully Rebuilt Pontiac 400ci stroked to 455ci.

10:1 Compression Ratio

Carbon Fiber Nascar Aircleaner modified to fit

Mild Cam

Rochester 4bbl Carburetor

Legend LG700 5 Speed transmission

10 Bolt 32 Spline Rear Axle

3:23 Gears

Detroit Speed & Engineering Quadra Link Rear Suspension

Tubular Upper and Lower Front Control Arms

QA1 Coilovers and Springs

3" oval exhaust tubing to side exit Nascar Style Magnaflow mufflers

Reproduction Ram Air IV exhaust manifolds

Wheels

17x9 Centerline Telstars, powder coated with custom one-off CNC'd center caps

Body

Shaved Drip Rails

Elimination of all moldings, emblems, locks, and side marker lights

Trim and Bumpers are all black

Handmade front splitter and rear spoiler

1968 Pontiac Firebird tail lamps

The underside is just as clean as the top

All suspension, lines, fasteners are new

Underbody is coated in black bed liner

Paint

PPG 2006 Toyota Voodoo Blue, used on Toyota FJ Cruisers

Interior

Mostly stock with a racing feel

Scat Pro Car Seats, rear seat recovered to match front

6-Cylinder Style Rubber Matting floor, made by ACC Carpets

Although this car was built as a show car, it was driven and is not a trailer queen. The two noticeable flaws are 2 small rock nicks above the bumper on both sides. One happened during the Power Tour, one during the Car Craft Nationals.

This car was built my myself, and I stand behind it 100%. If you have any questions please feel free to ask, or call at 347-504-2544. Check me out on Instagram at aphotods for pictures of this car and previous builds. Car is sold as is, no warranties implied. Buyer to pay for shipping.