With production lasting between 1975 and 1987, the Chevrolet Chevette was quite popular, with millions of units produced over the years. That includes a multitude of rebadging efforts sold worldwide, offering that golden combo of simple mechanical bits, an affordable price tag, and economical fuel consumption. One of those rebadging efforts was the Pontiac T1000, later renamed as the Pontiac 1000, which was produced between 1981 and 1987.
The Pontiac T1000 and Pontiac 1000 were virtually identical to their respective Chevy counterparts, with a front-engine, RWD layout, and small, economical proportions. Although powered by an underwhelming four-cylinder engine, some enthusiasts made the effort to shove a Small Block V8 under the hood to take advantage of the car’s low weight. Regardless, it’s rare to find a well-kept example of the Pontiac 1000, especially compared to the more popular Chevette.
That said, this example from 1986 seems to be an exception to the rule. While it’s certainly far from perfect, it’s surprisingly clean, especially after nearly three-and-a-half decades.
This single-owner vehicle sports just 64,470 miles on the clock, and was originally bought in Beaumont, Texas, then subsequently found home in a garage in Houston. The exterior is covered in the original paint, and comes with a prominent black stripe down the flanks. There’s also a dent on the driver’s side rear, but there’s no real indication of rust either.
The interior of this Pontiac 1000 also looks pretty good, and gets a blue color that matches the exterior. Unfortunately, the A/C is inoperable, but the seller says everything else works just fine.
The seller also says that this 1986 Pontiac 1000 was recently serviced with a new battery, tires, engine oil, an air filter, rear shocks, spark plugs, wires, brake rotors, and windshield wipers. Everything else appears to be original.
Now, this Pontiac 1000 is listed for sale in Houston at $4,900.
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Source: craigslist
Comments
oh Lord. so ugly its cute.
Love it for all the wrong reasons!
Had a Chevette once. Dad had 2. They were good commuter and around town. At least it had rwd.
Just not enough power to do anything about being RWD unless the rear tires were pumped 10-15 PSI over spec and you roared into a turn at 15 over the marked speed limit. Handling characteristics of a countertop toaster oven.
The most it could do to acknowledge it’s RWD configuration was bust loose and spin a measly tire on a dew-damped incline, turtling the cursed appliance until the sun evaporated the moisture.
There’s enough space in the engine bay for a small block Chevy V8.
Chevette was not a bad car. But where are you going to find parts. For that reason $4,900 no, $2,500 yes.
A/C out $1000 Max just an old piece of junk no cool factor at all
I never owned one of these, but I do remember them. Don’t “quote” me, but parts…shouldn’t be a big deal to find. I see people are scoffing at the price. Something this unique and well cared for…is “gonna cost you”. Period!
Still can get parts easily. I just had my 83 Chevette engine rebuilt. Parts came From two sources: Rock Auto and O’Reilly.
Wow what a throwback to old times. It looks to be in very good shape for its age.
Badge engineering at its finest.
One weird detail: really small oil filter. Do-it-yourselfers had to buy a different filter wrench.
Just look at the sales figures for the 1000 and Chevette and you will see how successful they were.
A 2.4 L out of a base solstice would probably wake this little car up quite a bit. should require much less fabrication than the V-8 conversion. just a thought.
These comments show just how spoiled rotten U.S. car buyers are. All they care about is “how many second from 0-60” and how they can impress their friends. Go live in France, England, Germany etc. and you will see that economy and basic transportation are still important.
My first car was a ’86 T1000, my friend wrecked it when they borrowed it. Want another one so bad. It is now been 23 years since that day.
I work on GM line an I had a opportunity to per delivery these cars in 1984-86 an repaired them from removing the starter to everything else they were Pontiac T-1000 I think they they were a little bit better looking to me than the chevette; most people bought them for price so they didn’t the right maintenance this is my thoughts I hit many parts of my body because everything was crowded ,but I was ok with that because I also had a lot of fiero to fix