Super Rare 1973 GTO
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2022
- This is a super rare 1973 Pontiac GTO. It is 1 out of only 544 made.
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1973 was the last year for the 455 in a GTO. In 1974, the last year the GTO was available, it went to the Pontiac Ventura body and the biggest engine was a 350 Pontiac. That 73 is a very unique car, it was the only GTO in the 73-77 "Colonnade style" A body, and it was the last year of the 455 in a GTO. In 1974 Pontiac went with the new Grand Am name in the A body "colonnade style" body. It was basically the same car the 73 GTO was but with a different name and front facia.
73 was the first year for the Grand Am. Pontiac promoted the new 73 Grand Am more than the 73 GTO, so they sold only 4806 GTO's in 73, while they sold over 40,000 Grand Ams. Both cars were based on the 73 Lemans body of course. However there were more differences between the Grand Am and the GTO than just the name and the front nose. The GTO was basically a Lemans, keeping the Lemans nose, but with blacked out grilles, and GTO emblem and decals. It still had the Lemans interior and dash, but with little GTO emblems on the upper door panels. The Grand Am of course had the more aerodynamic soft nose, plus it had an upscale interior including special front seats that reclined with lumber support adjustment, along with more luxious door panels, and the Grand Prix dash. Grand Am also got the headlight dimmer on the steering column, which was something new for American cars at the time. The GTO got the scooped hood as standard equipment, whereas it was only optional on the Grand Am. The Grand Am got "radial tuned suspension" and was one of the first few GM models that came with radial tires as standard equipment. The GTO still came with bias ply tires, but it did come with a bigger 1" rear sway bar, while the Grand Am had a 7/8" rear bar. And the Grand Am got some extra chrome trim on the tail light lenses, while the GTO got the regular Lemans lenses.
I thought the 455 in the 73 was with an automatic only
Beautiful Ride! Unique is the word. I recently purchased a 1973 Pontiac GRANDAM 4 speed Muncie bored out to a 455 . I just added headers and an aggressive muffler with an H pipe. Florentine Red color. Took it out Sunday with my 2 sons and they loved the feel of the big muscle sound plus the power they never felt before. I’m glad I found one in a 4 speed. Thanks for sharing
I'm glad to see these 1973-1977 GMs come into their own now! This is a rare treat! Thanks for the shout out of Guthrie, Oklahoma! It has some great history!
Yea it sure does. I only about 10 minutes from Guthrie.
This guy speaks my language. I also love Pontiac's ,and have always wondered why the SD 455 was not an option for both the 73 & 74 GTO's. What a great 73 GTO, in the video. Triple black 455 4 speed with ac. What a great car.
I used to be a Pontiac collector.
68 Firebird 400 convertible 2nd owner.
70 Formula 400
69 Bonneville convertible 428
This 73 GTO is super clean and beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.
I believe you could only get the 455 option with automatic trans , if you wanted a 4 speed you had to order the 400 . Check Hemmings for info .
You are correct....
When he was asked about the build sheet he said he's working on it you could not get a 455 with a 4-speed in 1973 you had to get the 400 so something's very fishy
@@jeffreyhall2136 I don't know, I saw it at car show. It's a hurst monte carlo that was very impressed
@@jeffreyhall2136 I don't know. I saw a car show not all of September 26, 2023. Babe it looked nice visual honor that was very impressed
455 Super Duty engine was on the order form for the 73 GTO. A friend of mine ordered one, It arrived at the dealership with a 455 engine but not the Super Duty. He refused the car. Pontiac took the Super Duty option away after cars were already ordered with the SD option.
Love the black in & out with the sport tires & chrome rims definitely a classic.
It def kept that classic look. Thanks for checking out the channel.
In the early 80s, my uncle had a 455/4speed grand am, in his body shop. I loved that car.
455 4 speed was NEVER available from the factory
@@jamesjoslin7586 In the Grand Am it was. I knew someone who had one.
@@user-rv3cm7hv3l It must have been a transplant. The 4 speed was only available with the 400.
I mean come on, just look at it, those lines and sharp angles along with the classic Cragar S/S's then the fact that it's a 455 4 speed factory car in black, hot damn!!!!!! What's not to love except that its not parked in my driveway!?!
What a beautiful gem!congratulations!
Thanks for sharing your beauty with us!!!!!
I hear you about why Poncho didn't put the 455 S.D. in it nor celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Goat either at the time. But as you said, the muscle car then,was unfortunately dead and dirt getting shoveled on the coffin lid.
From what I've read, the Super Duty was hand built in house and another unfortunate happening was Pontiac couldn't keep up with the demand for the engine, the expense of it and also the theft from the employees in the factory of all of the engine parts!!! Finally Poncho heads said Enough!!! And pulled the plug on the Super Beast,and the rest is history. Thanks again for sharing this with us and delving deeper into the history of the breed and our beloved hobby,sport,love,life!
You're welcome. Glad to hear that you enjoyed the video.
The 4spd was not stock at least not with the 455. The 455 only came with the Turbo 400. The 400 was available with a 4 spd though.
Great find! My first car was a 73 LeMans sport coupe with the 350. The car was so cool that my girlfriend had to buy it.
thats funny , I had a 74 Lemans sport coupe that nobody liked.
Love it. My first car in 1983 was a 1975 LeMans Sport Coupe. I loved that car and the way it looked.
Gorgeous, I had a 73 lemans & loved it
I am a Pontiac fan myself having owned a 68 GTO for 15 years.. and also had a 58 Chieftain bad in grade school that I drove to school (country school) .. fun and fast car.. thanks for sharing this story with us.. I am a Mopar fan and drive old Mopars daily..
You're welcome. What kind of classic cars do you get to cruise around?
Jonathan, are you both Mopar, "and" a Pontiac fan? What about Ford, Chevy, and AMC?
I miss my 73 Grand Am 400 4bbl 4 speed.
It wasn't wicked fast, just wicked COOL!
I had a 73 Lemans and a 75 Grand Am with the 455. Love those cars
I am blown away high ironic is that finally someone on the same page as me Pontiac is my favorite of the brands of GM I too was extremely disappointed when GM decided to end the Pontiac division of General Motors. I have owned three Pontiacs which I don't have any of them now. I owned a 1965 Pontiac Bonneville with the 389 cubic inch had the original Carter 4 Barrel on it and this car for 65 was loaded it had power windows power locks power truck power seats AC power antenna this car was loaded for 1965. I also owned a 1972 Pontiac GTO and a 1988 Pontiac GTA with the 350 TPI engine which is hard to find because most of them were produced with a 305 TPI I miss all my rides.
sweet car!, mine was red and white beautiful cars!
Being an owner of older GTO’s , this is pretty cool . 👍
It has to be a beast. I had a 72 Grand Prix with a 455 4bbl auto and it was insane.
Standard wheels on the 73 GTO would've been plain steel wheels with "moon" type hubcaps. Rallys or Honeycombs were optional. Also the bumper guards and rubber bumper strips were optional accessories. Standard was just plain chrome bumpers. Or you could get the bumpers with just the rubber strips only, without guards.Or you could get the optional guards to go with the strips, like this car has. They make the bumpers look much better. In 73, the front bumper was the 5 mph impact bumper that was required that year. It uses bumper shocks. The rear bumper was a 2.5 mph bumper...no bumper shocks. In 74, the rear bumper was upgraded to a 5 mph bumper with bumper shocks too. Also, I noticed somebody mentioned it already, but the 455 didn't come with a 4 speed in the 73 GTO (or other Lemans bodied cars) from the factory. The best you could do was a 400 with a 4 speed. So, the 455 only came with an automatic. The previous poster (josephswiderski8755) must be the owner because he said his research has revealed that the car was originally an automatic.
What a beautiful car! I was thinking that the last year for the 455 was '75 or '76.
You would be correct. The last year for the Pontiac 455 engine was 1976.
but in 75 and 76 the 455 was a dog.@@myclassiccarstory
@@peterhogan9537 Yea most everything was pretty much gutless by 1974. The 73 Super Duty Trans Am was the last big horsepower muscle car for that time.
I had a 1973 GT lemans, Ive never seen another. It was a bench seat 4 speed car from the factory, with a 350 All black with the white stripes that followed the body line down side. Had a red pin striped down the center of the white stripe. GT badging on the rear of the front fender. I know its low production as well.
I believe that car was found and purchased through StreetSide Classics.
Amazing what sticks in your mind after decades. I remember as a kid in the early '80s seeing a black one like this going the other way on Route 8 in CT. and thinking how cool it was. My dad had a black '65 he bought new.
On any warm Sunday afternoon rte 8 is a car show, I figure car shows, cruises and just folks having fun,
@@ronchase1673 I know it well! 🙂
@@AMCmachine live right off rte 8 I’d be the guy in the clean low miles one owner 5.0 thunderbird sport coupe
@@ronchase1673 Awesome, maybe I've even seen it! I live in western MA part-time, hopefully full-time one of these days, also have friends and family up there, so I am on 8 quite often. Been traveling that road my whole life pretty much. 🚗🚗🚙🚙
It is amazing how many beautiful and rare cars that we tend to see in our life and never realize it till way down the road.
Def a rare care. Beautiful
Pontiac last used the 455 in the '76 Trans Am, 75 in the Grand Am and officially 74 in the LeMans. That said I was the second owner of a '75 LeMans Sport Coupe with a 455 that according to the emissions sticker was stock. I bought it in '77 from a Pontiac dealer in Florida who took it as a trade in on a new car. A couple of years later it got totaled in a head on collision and the 455 ended up going into a GMC pickup.
Actually you could still get a 455 in a Grand Prix in 75 and 76. I have one in the garage that I pulled from a 75 Grand Prix. That is a rarity that you had one in a 75 Lemans Sport Coupe. The 75 Pontiac dealer brochure only shows up to a 400 as available. But they could've changed their mind after production began. I have a 75 Lemans Sport Coupe myself with its original 350 Pontiac engine. Still runs good.
@@grand73am Yeah, I forgot about the Grand Prix. On my 455 LeMans, I always just figured it was probably a very early production '75. I've been told by numerous Pontiac guys over the years that it just could not have existed. Wish I still had it.
Read an article about a SD version the press got to try out. Shame they never made it.
Yea too bad. That would've been exciting to get that engine in one. I'm sure someone out there swapped one into their GTO at some point.
Hi-Performance Cars magazine picked the '73 SD-455 GTO as their car of the year and got one to test. In the end the car was not produced with that engine which was embarrassing for the magazine.
If I read it correctly somewhere, they made 2 or 3 73 GTO’s with the SD 455
One unique machine. 455, 4 speed, in a 73. Would be nice, if someday you could find a 455 SD motor for it, then it would resemble the factory prototype that Cars magazine road tested back then. Sweet.
(Ooops, did you mention the SD? Didn't watch the whole video)
'73 "Goats" were 4-speed-available ONLY w/the 400.
I love my 06 gto with an ls2 400 horses brazen metellic orange
Owned a 73 Le Mans coupe 350 cube, 3 speed floor shift posi track. Lot of fun to drive and rather quick for the times.
Gorgeous!! Pristine condition!!!
Yes indeed!
Pretty sure that's my old car,I did the resto and 4sp conversion.also supposed to have baby blue stripe and red carpet.i also put 71 gto 96 casting heads and ram air manifolds.nice to see it's still around,last I knew it was in texas.
That's a nice paint job on her too. The car is just beautiful, nice work if she is your old baby.
I know the car is currently for sale if you are wanting to get her back. Look up 1973 Pontiac GTO for sale on the facebook marketplace around the Lawton, Oklahoma area.
Nice to see a classic car with real wheels and tires.
Yea you won't see any classic cars in my videos with big wheels on them, unless the owner has a unique story. Nothing against the owners who like big wheels it just isn't my thing and it's hard for me to get excited about it.
Good Looking 🍁🦃🇨🇱
Automotive bad assery at it's finest.
Thanks for checking out the channel and the video.
It's beautiful, but the best looking GTO is the 1969. But also extremely expensive.
Not only that but they also are extremely nice driving cars. I'm actually shooting a video of a 69 GTO here soon. It belongs to a buddy of mine.
@@myclassiccarstory Very nice, didn't know they drove well too.
Beautiful
That car looks sick!
It's defitenely a sweet ride. Thanks for watching!
I saw super rare Monte Carlo 73455 4-speed Factory car never saw one till that car show original owner
Imagine having the 455 Super Duty in that. . .
Right with it having a heavier rear end to help it hook up better than the firebird. It would've been a great engine option for it.
The 74 GTO not only look like the Pontiac Ventura but it had the style of a Chevy Nova also I was not aware that they made 7000 Pontiac GTOs in 1974 that's not a lot but 7,000 still makes them just as rare if not more rare than the 73 I've only seen one 1974 GTO and that was some years back in Wilmington North Carolina it was red in color and it look like to be in almost excellent condition when I saw it a number of years ago.
Yea I've never seen one either, only pictures of them.
They made 7058 74 GTO's. They only made 4806 73 GTO's, so the 73 is rarer, and is the lowest production year for GTO in history. I like the 73 much more, since I prefer the Lemans body style. I've only seen one 74 GTO in person, in a junkyard. And I can only recall seeing one 73 GTO in person, which I pulled from that same junkyard and now sits in my garage 🙂. But as you know, there are plenty of pics of them on the internet.
Interesting, apparently either 74 GTOs were sold a lot in Illinois or ended up here. I know of 2 within a 30 minute drive today. 40 years ago and I knew of at least 6 within the same radius. Unfortunately the last 2 that are still around both have 455HO engines, obviously not original.
73 GTO on the other hand, I only remember one and a friend of mine had it. I always told him "if you ever want to sell it, let me know ". Unfortunately when he called me I had just built my garage and bought a new truck so I had to let it go.
@@justanobserver530 I know in some cases that to be true where one car is sold more in certain location than another. I think we all have those stories where we have let a car get away from us. I have had a few I've let get away that I kick myself in the butt for.
I have a 1974 GTO, 30,000 original miles dark pine mist green all factory except a different cam. I actually owned a 1974 bought brand new dark green, white vinyl top and white interior. I’ve loved these cars, sometimes I get rude comments about the down size , they look good with the shaker hood scoop.
Awesome
Great video,man!
Thanks glad you enjoyed it. It isn't easy getting people to let me film them or their cars.
only seen one each of the 73 and 74 GTO's. the 73 was identical to the one in this video and the 74 was white. both are pretty much unicorns
This was the only 73 I've seen besides the one that someone back home turned into a dirt track car in the mid 90s. I've never seen a 74 GTO in person.
Had 5 GTO s one was a 73 4sp car miss that car
GTO was a option package on the Lemans.
Yes and no. The 64 GTO was based on the Lemans platform and GTO was a performance package option. Then in 1966 the GTO got its own platform and broke off from the Lemans.
Nice triple black
Nice lookin' cars. I had a chance at a 75 Lemans Sport coupe a couple years back. Black with red interior. 400 4bbl auto with 3.08 posi. Pretty solid for 5gs Canuck money. Stewed on it too long and was sold when I called back. My bad... Actually, Pontiacs ran the Borg Warner t10 or Super t10, no? That's what my 77 T/A had...
You can actually still buy these 73 & 74 GTO's for a reasonable price. Pontiac used both the Muncie and the Saginaw in their performance cars. The Borg Warner was brought back for the 77-82 Trans Ams. Ford, GM, Mopar and even AMC used the Borg Warner transmissions.
The Grand Am was supposed to get the SD 455 as well, but like the GTO it didn't transpire.
Blame it on the EPA, CAFE. 455SD only for the Firebird.
That was my first car mine was with fully operational ram air hood
They put the “bumperets” on cars for many years before and after your car they were a option
I have a correction while doing my research. This Muncie transmission is not stock. Originally this car had the automatic.
Thanks for letting me know man.
True that....in 73 you could only get the 4 speed manual with the 400 engine.
Let me get this. Too 🤣 It does happen to be unique in it own way . Sounds good to me in another video.Bigger motor than most LeMans Sports had. Paint is done nice + Like the Hurst 4 speed . But loved the automatic transmission with the shift kit a lot too. My thinking was if you lost a race by second's It may not have been the motor. It was the seconds in changing gears that would make the difference. My granddad would say that darn light comes on and says shift. 😤 I know when to shift !! 🤣🤣 I want to say ,it all in the timing . But he would have said that's right on the money. Ha I head the vale's rattle a second . He said it was the low octane gas. Us old timers learned even when we didn't know it. How do you teach a old dog new tricks when they already know them all. 😂😂😂
My aunt had a Pontiac similar of that year black n black red pin stripes fender skirts , think it was a Can- Am , 400 th 400 at . Swivel seats.
The Pontiac Cam Am only came in white. Now it could've been repainted at some point.
When he was asked about the build sheet he said he's working on it you could not get a 455 with a 4-speed in 1973 you had to get to 400 so someone put the four-speed in themselves or it's not a gto
A friend of mine had a 73 Grand Am in the early 80's just like that one. Black and all.
Had a black ‘74 with red/white interior. I beat the shit out of that car. Too stupid and too young to realize the value of it. Ended up junking it. 😢
Very scarce car indeed. Back in '73 I bought an Olds 442 with 455 under the hood. It is also quite scarce today. These big block GM cars were a lot slower than those a few years before. But if you compare them to other 1973 cars they were pretty quick. The fastest was the 455 SD in the trans-am , formula firebirds. A 250 hp 455 was available in the grand prixsj. '74s had a bit less hp. Then starting in '75 the hp kept getting lower for quite a few years ahead.
Yea and good luck finding a Super Duty Trans Am. If you do be ready to give an arm and a leg for it.
I own a matching #s '73 SD 455 Formula. Bought it in 1980. Had 40,000 miles on it. It still has it's original red paint but kinda faded from sun. Paid $3500. I also have an 18,000 mile 455 '76 Trans. It's black and loaded but no t-tops. But quicker than those 2 is my '70 Formula 400. 4 speed,just PS & PB. Those pre smog cars had some pep!
@Ted Lawrence You, sir are a lucky man to own such amazing pontiacs. Which is your favorite one?
My '70 Silver Formula. First, it is, pretty quick. Second: I bought it brand new when I was 21! Well,my grandma,paid for half of it. I still have a nice '73 Caprice coupe that I bought new since I just got married and wanted a family car in addtion to my pon-pon.
@@tedlawrence4189 that's awesome that you still have it. Not many people can say they still own their first car.
Im 57 and thats the first one Ive ever seen.
It's kinda cool 😎
I dig it for a couple reasons. One it is a Pontiac which is my favorite vehicle brand and two it's something you don't see on the road often. You go to a car show and you'll see tons of Mustangs, Camaros, Tri Fives but not that many Pontiacs, especially a 73 Goat.
A buddy has a '74 gto, shaker hood etc. 4sp , with an older 428. Looks like nova or apollo
Yea they were built on the same platform, and of course the GTO was a the cooler one of the 3.
I have a 73 gto with the 400 in it
My dad bought a,1974 Pontiac GTO new and gave it to me I'm the second owner and it won't leave the family
That is a rare car for sure. You never see them, and come to think of it I've actually never seen one myself and I work for a classic car shop. Hold on to the car man and keep it in the family.
I got news for you, the 455 was not available with a 4 speed, only the 400 was .
Looks like a lemans I had years ago bro a little different
74 GTOs were Nova bodies.
They were based on the Ventura body. The Nova and Ventura looked a lot alike but it wouldn't make any sense for Pontiac to use a Nova for a GTO.
@@myclassiccarstory
N-Nova, O-Omega, V-Ventura, A-Apollo. (NOVA) They're all X bodies those years.
@@joequillun7790 I like the looks of the x bodies. Very rare to see a 74 GTO along with the others. There were plenty of 73 and 74 chevelles made. We currently got 2 of them in our shop right now under restoration.
Last year for the BOP 455s was 1976.
ram air was not available on 73;s.
That's nice I have a 72 olds cutlass 442 had it restored it has a 455 4 bbl had it restored candy apple red it's automatic console
Oh I bet that is a beautiful ride. I have a soft spot for candy apple red.
@@myclassiccarstory it is I had it professionally done motor and trans also been over hauled I'm 63yrs old I take very good care of it
@@josephwatson2711 Very nice. Those 442's are starting to bring some good money if they are done right. We currently have a 72 Olds 442 W-30 in our shop right now getting a full frame on restoration done. The car is very solid so that it is always a plus. Usually these old cars are full of bondo but not this one.
@@myclassiccarstory my was frame off also when they started I was surprised they found very little rust surface rust no floor pans was needed
@@josephwatson2711 That saved you a ton of money there then. We tell customers you may pay more upfront for a solid car but it will save you on the back end compared to a car with lots of rust and bondo. What made you choose a 442 to restore?
What wheel size are those?
I have no idea, not my car.
Front or rear?
steelies and dog dish...right away
Everyone has their own taste. Personally I don't think those wheels would look good on this vehicle but that's what makes the world go around.
Mine was white
Not a SD 455 but an HO i guess?
No HOs in 73.
The base 455 was the L75 250 hp 455. That, and the SD455 (LS2), were the only 2 455's available in 73. Of course, the SD was only available for TA's and Formulas. So, anything else with a 455 got the 250 hp one.
@@grand73am thanks man. Very cool
Prob a cutlass dollied up
Old guy the car show 1970 442 Oldsmobile Hurst convertible he bought a brand new 4-speed car
You couldn't get the 455 with the 4 speed stock in '73!!
The last Year for the Pontiac 455 was 1976 , last year for the 400 was 1979, last year for the last Pontiac V8 was 1981 a 301.
Yeah, and altho I'm not a 301 fan, (and have 1) at least it was a Pontiac.
@@joequillun7790 the 301 had its place light weight engine placed in the right car an it could be fun . When I was getting my Automotive Service Technology Degree we played with a few engine body combos that were pretty fun. putting a 301 4bbl into a 1979 Sunbird was a oddly fun car. Going fprm the 231/3.8L 105 hp 190 ft lb to the 150hp 240 ft lb and the engines where both about 452lbs made it pretty fun and cheap to do.
@@tomcherry7029 The sunbird does sound kinda cool. 'Specially if it was a hatch.
My latest is an 84 T/A, putting in a 301T from an 80 car I cut up, (about 30 yrs ago)
Backing it with a T5, and 3.73s. Gut a thread going right now on it, in the "projects and resto" category. Titled "84 301T". The forum is called TAC, or (Trans Am Country)
@@joequillun7790 the 301 turbo was ment to go into the 3rd gen F-body that is why the 1982 Trans am had the same type hood bulge as the 80-81 Trans am . Woth the 3rd gen being about 500 lbs light with the right gears it would of beat the Vette and that is why it was killed off. You should look up the Grand am CA. 1978 301 with 190hp at 4400 and 255 lb ft at 2600 , it was the bases for the 79-80 W72 301 170hp . The 301 turbo was killed off to soon. If it would have been able to benefit from fuel injection and intercooling Etc like the Buick 3.8 it would have been a monster of an engine.
@@tomcherry7029 I think you saw the same video as me from "Old Car Memories". It's been out for years, and I have it on my favorites list. (just for incentive.)
P.S. the hood bulge was on the 3rd gens, for styling only. There's nothing on the 3rd gens to ever indicate the 301 would live there. The dream was killed long before. My car is to be a "tribute" to what could've been.
Why spend 50k on a chevelle when you can spend 20k on a GTO BB
Couldn't agree more but I would love to have a 70 LS6 Chevelle in my garage lol.
Well that car must be 1 of 1 because you could not get a 4 speed from the factory with the 455...all 455s were automatic...
Again, the 1973 GTO option was offered on two models including the base LeMans coupe or the LeMans Sport Coupe. The base LeMans coupe featured a cloth-and-vinyl or all-vinyl bench seat while the more lavish LeMans Sport Coupe had all-vinyl interiors with Strato bucket seats or a notchback bench seat with folding armrest. The LeMans Sport Coupe also had louvered rear side windows from the Grand Am in place of the standard triangular windows of the base LeMans.
The standard 400 in³ V8 in the 1973 GTO was further reduced in compression to 8.0:1, dropping it to 230 hp (170 kW). The 400 engine was available with any of the three transmissions including the standard three-speed manual, or optional four-speed or Turbo Hydra-Matic. The 455 in³ V8 remained optional but was dropped to 250 hp (186 kW) and available only with the Turbo Hydra-Matic transmission. The 455 HO engine did not reappear, but GM initially announced the availability of a Super Duty 455 engine (shared with the contemporary Pontiac Trans Am SD455), and several such cars were made available for testing, impressing reviewers with their power and flexibility. Nevertheless, the Super Duty was never actually offered for public sale in the GTO.
Sales dropped to 4,806, thanks in part to competition from the new Grand Am and the lack of promotion for the GTO. By the end of the model year an emerging energy crisis quashed consumer interest in muscle cars.
Pick the leaves out of the cowl for Christ sake.
There were 4,806 GTO's produced in 1973. Know your shit bro
I'm guessing you didn't watch the whole video. I said there was that many made when I went into my depth about the car. Watch the whole video next time.
That looks like it may possibly be my old car I restored,if so I did the 4sp conversion as auto was only trans avaliable with 455.if it's the car it's also supposed to have the blue stripe and red carpet.was also featured in hemmings muscle machines in 05.
They are correct, the 4 speed was not available in a 455 that year. That's a conversion. I don't know where he got those numbers from. Hemmings is usually pretty accurate.
@@garybishop4030 the 4 speed was available in 73 and in 74 in the Lemans.
@@markdelano9834 I think he picked this car up from some classic car dealership here in Oklahoma. It very well could be your old car. Not many of them are out there especially in that shape.
the tire/rim combo is SOOOO out of style !! ...it looked better with rallye rims THEN - it looks better with rallye rims NOW !!
Each to their own man. I personally like the look with these wider wheels and tires. Some cars look better with the factory wheels and some look better with aftermarket. Perfect example is I love a 1967 Shelby GT500, but I hate the 10 spoke factory wheels that came on them. Thanks for checking out the video and my channel.
73 ruined a lot of car’s with those god awful big bumper’s! 72 was the last good year!
Don't disagree with you on that. Personally 71 was my favorite year for the GTO.
NO.
Man back in the day I came across a 73 GTO for sale not running cheep little rusty remember thinking what a ugly ass car so I passed on it