My friend just acquired this 73 GTO. I love this car. I told him to give me right of first refusal after the resto. I am starting to acquire an affinity for this GM body style. Maybe it's because the previous generations are all out of my price range.
By the way this might be the wrong forum, I guess I just posted here because I thought you guys would like to see it. Anyway, mods can move to the Bench or wherever.
That is a rare GTO and will look great restored. My first car was a 1977 Pontiac Lemans which was the last year of that body style - loved that car.
Nice find. I am partial to 73's. LOL. 3 speed? the last pontiac with a manual 3 speed I drove was a 66 lemans conv. that a uncle in law owned in B'klyn.(too many years ago!) Really a 3 speed?
Lets not forget the 70 Stage 1 Convertible with a 3 spd! I remember it ran a little quicker in the quarter than the same car with a 4 spd . Same driver in both too. Just might be because of the torque
If you like the '73 GTO, you'll like the Grand Am, too. I'm not sure of all the differences, but I have a cousin who had one while we were in college. Pretty cool car.
I had a new one in 73. 400, turbo 400. Column shift with buckets. Had to fight with Pontiac to NOT have a console and floor shift. Liked the car although it had Quality problems (like everything alse in that time period.)
Is that a Framingham car? If it is, I probably worked on it.......:beer GMAD employee number 009436, UAW Local 422 Framingham assembly line worker, 1972-1974......:laugh:
Supposedly it came with 15 inch rims but someone put on '68 14's. I think it's code 26, Regatta or Medium blue or something. He said the only rust is a little below rear window that's it. Oh and a funny story is he found some papers in the car, searched the net, and got in touch with the the son of the original owner! He's passing my friend's e-mail to his dad. When my friend looked at the car 3 years ago, he was cringing to see a pile of papers thrown in the wet trunk. They were still there! So he layed them out and dried them off. Ssome repair bills... payment books, pay stubs with social security#s (lol)... stuff from the early 70's. Pretty cool.
Paul, were you the one who left the Budweiser bottle cap under my carpet along with a dime from 1972? :laugh: Thats a real nice GTO, hope he gets it all fixed up so us guys with the 73 Buicks can race him in the future!:TU:
Very nice! I like the 73 GTO's too. As for a 3-speed, not many folks know that the standard transmission for the 1969 Judge was a 3-speed manual. Again, cool 73 GTO! :TU:
That's a pretty sweet looking car, Ken. I had a '73 Grand Am a few years back- man, do I regret selling that one. It was the best driving old car that I've ever had! Heck, even my wife liked driving that one. I'll have to stop by and check it out when I'm up in your neck of the woods this summer. Jeremy
Not my favorite body style, but rare just the same!:TU: Speaking of Pontiacs, does anyone remember the 'Can Am' ? Maybe produced in 75?
I like the body style. Wish I hadn't passed on a 455 4spd in Parker years ago. Wonder where it went to til this day.
I stumbled across one in the local paper back in '84 when in high school. Bought it, did a cosmetic resto, drove it and sold it about a year or so later. We scoured the country for some of the last remaining NOS decal bits still in dealer stock until I had a complete set. Came across some of the left-overs I didn't use just the other day as a matter of fact. Drivetrain was all original. Opened up the shaker, dropped in an 068 cam, a set of headers, and true duals. The W72 400 really woke up and it ran pretty well for a heavy car with 3.23s in back. Fun times. Oh, and BTW. The Grand Am was actually the hotter ticket in '73 as you could order a 455 in one which you could not in a GTO if I remember correctly. You couldn't get a stick with the 455 though...
You could get a 455 in the '73 GTO. However, it was auto-only. There were two bodystyles for the GTO in '73. Does this one have the Colonnade louvers or the open side window? The latter is much rarer.
Diego you mean the louvered window vs. a non-louvered window? I think the window is fixed either way right? They did not open?
>>That's correct Ken. I used to have a 1977 Pontiac Lemans with the non-louvered rear opera windows and compared them to the 1977 Pontiac Can Am with the louvers - they have the same windows - the louvers are just an add on appearance option.
