CdnGMfan wrote:

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WOW! I'm not used to seeing any big figures on these cars. This one sure is a beauty though, a prime example of a '73 Grand Am. That one looks as right as rain.

Hey Ray, this bodes well for your '73 if you haven't sold it yet.

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 Well this would explain the $55,000 price tag on the LeMans ON kIJiJI right now.

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I was discussing the 73's with an insurance appraiser a couple of weeks ago and he said these 73 Pontiacs are catching on and escalating in value, especially  the special models.

I am going to get my car back on the market soon but my goal is to get rid of it not hold out for large money. 

a421cat wrote:

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Had a 73 Grand Am back in 82-83. 455 car with all the options available. Only problem was too many doors. Yes an optioned out 455 4 door. Same colour combo as this car. Lent it to a friend to go camping and he ran it low on oil. Developed a wicked bottom end knock then bang. Con rod through the side of the block. Through a 400 in and sold it. Never saw another like it.

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 In this case 4 doors was not a problem IMO. A 4 dr. 73 455 Grand Am was a very rare bird and I'd say way cooler than the car shown here. I image it had buckets and console with floor shifter, too cool. 

My 73 Grand Am did indeed have buckets drivers power with manual lumbar adjustment. Full console and shifter, cruise, automatic air, power windows, dual exhaust, rally 2 rims, posi, in fact everything except intermittent wipers. Go figure. Possibly a brass hat car. Bought it in Brampton for $1200.00 certified. At 0.35 a litre it was $50.00 a week in gas. Coolest things on the car were the stripes and the script on the deck lid that said 7.4 litre.

I seem to recall seeing bucket seats and console shift in some '73-'77 Cutlass 4-doors back in the day.  Only noticed them because that configuration wasn't popular like it is now.

MC wrote:

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I seem to recall seeing bucket seats and console shift in some '73-'77 Cutlass 4-doors back in the day.  Only noticed them because that configuration wasn't popular like it is now.

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 The Cutlass Salon was introduced mid-year '73 as a 4-door with reclining buckets and a nice radial tuned suspension. The coupe was added for '74.

Pontiac still offered a 4-speed manual in the LeMans wagons in '73.

Chevrolet discontinued 4-speed Chevelle wagons for '73 but made an SS wagon just that year (and also a 1-year Laguna wagon), then 74-76 you could get swivel bucket seats & a console in the wagon.

Only in 73/74 did Buick offer a 455 in the Century wagons.

The  Cutlass Salon model had the beauty seats and console and shifter in all body styles. Good friend's family car , which he was the only driver at age 17, had a nice 75, 350 Rocket. We set it up with the dual exhaust system from the '75/76 454 Caprice which was a direct bolt on converter back, much like the 84-88 Monte Carlo SS system. 

GM decided to go with the European styling cues and handling due to BMW and Audi  taking market share so the Grand Am and Salon were suppose to address that marketing segment. The Grand Am got the 6.6 litre and 7.4 litre badges and The Olds got the emblem below on the front fender.

 

Got the "accelerated" driving course in this 77 LeMans Sport Coupe. It was my parent's car. I got my beginners license in fall of '84 and dad had a brain anurism that December. Mom was too distraught to drive so I had all the driving duty going forward. Trips to the hospital in blinding snow storms. At least we had snow tires on the back! On the bright side it looked cool crusing around on a Friday night. 350 4bbl