2000 Pontiac Grand Prix F.1 GTX

A little back history to explain The Last Indian’s progression. I’m not that guy that does car shows. So I just do cars for me! To please me! For the pleasure of seeing an idea live! But in 1984 a Swedish magazine, (Start & Speed) was here in the Cleveland area and was told of my custom 1969 Z/28 by a friend of a friend. They approached me for a cover piece so I allowed it. Most of the car was custom designed and handmade, including the full frame with an OEM suspension front and rear, not coil overs in the back like you often see with full frame conversions, but it was so much more than that! For a myriad of reasons I sold it and a “74” Z/28 that was custom as well in 2004 after 35 and 30 years of ownership! I had bought a brand new 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix, so after selling the Camaros I decided to take the GP for a summer only car and for a FWD it wasn’t bad. It wasn’t good mind you, but I did love the updated Coke bottle shape and styling. So I decided to embark on a new path, a path that I didn’t know would become that of The Last American Indian! With the “97”-“03” Grand Prix being the last American designed & built Pontiac and the end of Pontiac as a car company occurring just a few short years later! I had always owned RWD cars until the GP, but I found myself realizing all I had ever seen anyone do with a FWD, was either cosmetic things or on the engineering side, power or drifting. Yet no true performance handling, no true blend of drivetrain performance, handling and style! Especially not in an American car and not in the vein of the old muscle car era ground pounders and most assuredly not performance handling. I remember when the first gen Camaro was called the poor man’s Porsche and that was what inspired me to make mine better than a Porsche. Why not a similar mind set with FWD I thought? Drifting isn’t powering thru a corner and it certainly isn’t handling, so l thought, try something different! What followed was a complete restructuring & development of a modern day FWD ground pounder in the vein of the muscle car era ground pounders, but with an emphasis on sports car handling as well as an aggressive look! 95% of the Indian is modified! Either with aftermarket pieces or custom made. This includes virtually most all suspension pieces, engine, transaxle, interior & body, tire & wheels. This included lowering the CG, raising the RC & changing the weight distribution from 65/35 to 54/46.