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MCACN SHOW 73 GTO
My 73 GTO ended up getting bronze in concourse judge in the show. I figured it would land in silver or bronze.
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what no pictures
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Sorry it won't upload now. Will try l8tr.
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Is that the Pewter-lookin' one?
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Yeah ascot silver
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Looked sweet, especially with the green stripe.
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Thanks Diego!
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This one? Beautiful car!
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Yes that's it it. Thanks for posting pic pic. I could not get it to go thru.
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A couple more...
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Nice looking 73 GTO , the gold one but the dash plate is wrong it has a RTS badge on it. That would be correct for a 74 but not a 73.
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But, I think Rex is correct. In 73, the Grand Am was the only Pontiac that came standard with Radial Tuned Suspension and radial tires. And even though the 73 Grand Am came standard with RTS, even it did not have an RTS badge on the dash. The RTS badge didn't appear on the dash of a Grand Am until 1974. RTS was not even offered on 73 GTO's. They only came with wide bias ply tires, because they felt the tried and true bias ply tires would handle better than the radials, considering radials were still fairly new technology at the time. So a 73 GTO would not have an RTS badge on the original bezel. So, that bezel would have to be from a later year Lemans. Many times a damaged or deteriorated original bezel would be replaced with a new one or a better used one from a later model. Only other 73 Pontiac that could have RTS was a Trans Am, but it was an option and didn't come standard on them, as it was on the Grand Am.
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Not sure but this is a late build. I know this is a #s matching car and I have another nos dash. And its the same.
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Somebody always has to find fault - great car, loved seeing it at the show, thanks for bringing it.
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I hope to get to see it someday in person, but it looks to be a perfect example in the pics.
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I'm not finding fault with it. It doesn't bother me either way. Looks nice. But, the owner seems to want to be correct, and might not be aware of the RTS situation in 73. So, I was just making him and others that don't know aware, for educational purposes. Maybe it's something he didn't know.
77 Canamman, you have a 73 GTO and are an expert on these cars, so if I'm wrong in my analysis, please correct me, since I'm all for accurate information being shared on the forum.
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1974 GP dash:
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Grand73Am I'm sure rick was again pointing his finger at me for pointing out that the TRS badge was incorrect for the 73 GTO, but I to was just pointing it out so if the curent owner didn't know or wasn't aware that it was incorrect as he has a great looking car. But htere for some reason seems to be som friction between myself & rick (77canamman) Although rick is & has in most of the posts is the 1st one to jump on anyone when they post something that is not correct, he has in the past made sure everyone knows that he knows EVERYTHING about the 73-77 A-bodies. Yes he does know a lot of info for these cars but in the past few years he has made it a point to let all know that he does know more then some. Plus his post about the same somebodies I'm sure refers to me but It's him thats is most always the 1st to point out when someone else has made a mistake. But when someone else does what he's so quick to point out he has to make sure that they are tried to look foolish. But all i can say to that is grow up & look yourself in the face before you correct someone for doing the same thing that you do.
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Thanks boss, yeah until you have worked on a assembly line you really are only going off of b.s. I have worked a few and I put **** on wrong a few times lol.
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Sweet car. I can tell you that getting a Bronze with the judges you have would mean more to me than a silver or gold with people who are not as versed. Great car and nothing to be ashamed of.
Jody
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