First off the car looks very nice, that blue is great on these cars.

The GT-37 appeared in 1970 on the Tempest. The body style of the plain jane Tempest was code T37 so that's where the GT-37 came from.

Pontiac product planners had wanted to introduce a low cost alternative to the GTO for a number of years but John Delorean refused. Once he left Pontiac the package surfaced.

Any V8 available on the Tempest was required, you got hood pins, GTO style dual exhaust through rear valance cutouts, 3 speed heavy duty floor shifter, rally wheels less trim rings and big white letterd tires.

This carried over to 1971 but the Tempest name was dropped in favout of T-37 so the option was availble on the LeMans.

For 1972 the Option was GT so there was no 1972 GT-37, sorry to be bearer of bad news. I don't think it really matters to the look of your car, only perfectionists will tell you and give you a hard time. The vast majority of GT-37 and GT cars are indeed 350 2 barrel cars. In 1970 Tempest offered a 350 & 400 but nothing bigger, in 71 you could oreder a 455 as well, same in 72 but few did.

 

-- Edited by 73SC on Monday 31st of October 2011 03:38:52 PM

Wow, not much doubt you have a first day of production car there if the VIN is #30.  Very cool even if it's not a genuine T37. Nice looking car!

im very happy with this car drives, runs,stops great an cant believe the sound the deep rummble

car was built in pontiac mi. on 4/6/1971

sully123 wrote:

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car was built in pontiac mi. on 4/6/1971

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 Where dd you get it from ? I have to agree, a Pontiac V8 with duals makes a distinctively pleasing sound.

Maybe I am missing something, does not the build date actually verify the car as an earlier production '72 model ?

ok just got back from an apraiser, he looked over my car top to bottom he is 98% sure that the car is a GT-37 being that it has all the same options being that it was built the first day for 1972 they had used up what was left over from 1971,and get this the wood steering wheel was an option in 1966 on the gto but was orderd on my car as an option, he did say that no matter how hard i looked would never find this car as a GT-37 on documentation but the fact is this is one that was built for 1972

PHS said that it was a lemans ht cpe extra equipted but that the micro fish was in to bad of condition to read correctly

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That would be amazingly early though, even if it's day/month instead of month/day. Seldom you'd see a car built in June for the next year.

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 Wonder if it was a pre-production prototype, or some sort of press or show car?  I would think that April '71 would be too early for a regular production '72, unless it was some special introduction (like the first Mustang, for example).  IIRC, typically production for the current model year goes into July with factory changeover in August and early production rolling off the line in September.  Correct me if I'm wrong on that, but I seem to recall seeing a post here about the last '69 Beaumont being built in July of '69...

Now I remember reading about the '73s being delayed one year due to a strike at GM... could that have screwed up regular production dates of '72s?

wow    you are very smart    thanks

-- Edited by 427carl on Tuesday 1st of November 2011 09:32:09 PM

do you have the info from the cowl tag for this one?