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I saw a '73 GTO 455 SD 4 speed today.....
..........at Performance World, a custom car and trade show going on in Toronto. I also post a few pictures. I did not speak to the owner but did speak with someone who knows him. Apparently he built the car to match the GTO pictured in the 1973 dealer brochure. I checked the VIN and it was originally a Y engine code car built in Pontiac Michigan. Anyway it was done very nicely, he even had put in a tilting wheel from a Grand Am with the Grand Am steering wheel, and the fender decal did read GTO 455 SD. It also had the full gauge package with tach and the engne appeared to me to be a SD version right down to the proper engine decals etc.... While I was looking at it another show attendee said to me "I never knew they even made a 73 GTO". I am also putting up pics of a couple of other rare Pontiac A bodies from 64 and 67 that were there.
Last edited by BR57; 03-16-2008 at 12:01 AM. |
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Man,That 73 is cool!!Any more pics?
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I expect to see Imran's GTO in some magazine coverage this year.It was just completed.
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Only two photos...
....sorry that is the extent of the photos, always tough with so many people about, but you can see that the car is very very nice. As CDN2PLS2 says it was just finished. Irman is the President of the GTO Club of Ontario and his inspiration was the brochure car along with the perfomance Car of the Year magazine article I am sure most have read. He has the article hugely enlarged and leaning up on the front bumper as you can see in the photo.
I am told he did meticulous research and is an expert on the 73's. In this regard I am pointing out he painted his scoop inserts Black, which has been a question on these forums before. Black or Body Colour? |
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Yeap, been saving parts to do the same thing but I always heard the demo car produced was an automatic not a manual?
Cool and wish there where more pictures to view! Maybe will see it a Norwalk, or another 08 show? |
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I think you will....
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Cool, will be trying to make that one for sure!
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Here are some pics of the car being restored. post is from abodysite.com
http://users.boardnation.com/~abodys...d=5407;start=0
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I think most Pontiac people would feel much different about the '73 GTO today if it had been available with the 455 SD and a 4 speed!
Gorgeous car. A local guy here has a '73 Grand Am with the 455 SD decals on the fenders just like the promo pics. In fact Johhny Lightning did a die cast of his car with his name on the packaging.
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BR57, since this car was built the way Pontiac should have built it back in 1973, could you tell if it had ram air?
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Not Yet.
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The first thing I looked for.......
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Another post on this thread suggests that the 73's might have earned greater respect if this car was built, I would agree but also wonder how history would look on them if they were released as 72's as originally planned. No one is ever going to convince me that the stripe on this car was not intended for a Judge model. |
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Yes, the car will be in Norwalk.
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Ray , I have some pics and i will try and post later today . I almost fell over when imran told me he was doing a factory style ramair to go with the SD theme. mike.
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Did you attend the show?
Did you make the drive into Toronto to get the photos at Performace World ?
A bit off topic but on the One of None theme and with so many Canucks on this thread, In the planning stages of a "Pontiac" Beaumont El Camino. Friend found a solid El C in Thornhill putting it up on the hoist for a better look tomorrow. It's a 65 327/300 car so he'll be looking for Beaumont grille and name plates soon. Can use real Beaumont or the Tempest GTO dash and other Pontiac interior pieces depending on what we find. Bert in Bracebridge already repops the rally wheel centres among other Beaumont trim and emblem pieces under license from GM Canada. Promises to be a big scavenger hunt much the same as Imran experienced putting the SD 455 '73 GTO together. Last edited by BR57; 03-17-2008 at 09:54 PM. |
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'73 GTO
That is a great looking car. I always liked the side stripes, but could not bring myself to put them on my Grand Am. The original hubcaps with the bias ply tires really look terrific. I wish I could get both of our cars side by side for some pictures.
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Yes Ray i did go to the show , we are just having trouble sizing them down to fit .
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I'm heading past Imran's tomorrow morning. I'll stop by and get some more pics if he's not busy.
CONGRATS, Imran on another 1st place project.
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Helpin' with the stripes
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