[north]

What makes it a “Spirit of America”?

[Baron Von Zeppelin]

Originally Posted by north

What makes it a “Spirit of America”?

I think its some ad-lib creativity

A good friend in high school had a 75 or 76 White Nova with R-W-B striping accents and it was a factory Spirit of America edition (had R-W-B call-out decals on fenders and maybe the trunk lid too)
Don't remember if all the GM brands copied that for the Bicentennial ,,, but I do remember several of those Nova's running around town. fwiw

[jamesq]

Buick had bicentennial cars for sure. One of my high school classmates' family owned the local Buick store, he drove a new (1976) Spirit of America Regal. I didn't care for it then, but they would be quite unusual now.

I really like the Grand Am!

James Q

[north]

I remember seeing a 1976 LeMans in a scrap yard in Vermont. It was white with red guts and it had some stripes and such denoting it was an Olympic edition. It even had a hood ornament with the Olympic logo. The Olympics were in Montreal that year so maybe it was a Canadian car?

But I don’t think Pontiac did a bicentennial edition? I know they had a 50th anniversary of Pontiac thing on a GP that year.

[1965gp]

I’m pretty sure that was a car offered- or at least a concept car.

[Baron Von Zeppelin]

At minimum ,,, 74-75 Grand Ams did have RWB stripe package option available from factory , on any color G/Am.
But if Pontiac did any of the Spirit cars , seems like they would have been 1976 models .
No G/A's in 76

[1965gp]

I want to say it was a show car that had a custom spoiler- very similar to a Can Am spoiler.

[DanC]

Originally Posted by GTOnly70

Sorta interesting...1975 Pontiac Grand Am Spirit of America - $4,500 (Haltom City)

Interior looks pretty nice, especially for a Texas car.

https://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/cto/7563836567.html

I never realized how nice and fluid the Pontiac design team dealt with the 'stupid impact' bumper on the front . :

[kingbuzzo]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...tory_type=post

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Baron Von Zeppelin

I think its some ad-lib creativity

A good friend in high school had a 75 or 76 White Nova with R-W-B striping accents and it was a factory Spirit of America edition (had R-W-B call-out decals on fenders and maybe the trunk lid too)
Don't remember if all the GM brands copied that for the Bicentennial ,,, but I do remember several of those Nova's running around town. fwiw

Chevy had Spirit of America cars in 1974 - there was a Nova and a Vega, not sure about other models. I don't think Pontiac ever did it.

[Baron Von Zeppelin]

Thanks Stuart.
I would have bet a dozen donuts it was a 75 or 76 just because of the "theme".
And then owed somebody some donuts.
74 was a bit early of a release
He came close to getting us both killed in that car , closest near death experience I ever had.

The Buicks were 1975 and called Free Spirit (Red White Blue)
Said to be Century's (maybe the same thing as a Regal idunno)
They look WAY Cooler than the SoA Nova
I had never seen one before until I just googled it

They did the FreeSpirit again in 76 but it was Silver with Red Orange Black decals
I do remember seeing 1 of those around town back when.

[Stuart]

The Old Car Brochures website has a flyer for the 1974 Spirit of America Vega: http://oldcarbrochures.org/United%20...der/index.html

[jamesq]

I have also seen 74 Impalas (Caprices?) in SofA trim and a 74 El Camino, but I think it was a dealer tape job,

BVZ, you made me look back at my classmates Buick, it was the 75 and I agree with you, much more attractive than the 76.

James Q

[1965gp]

https://houston.craigslist.org/cto/7568818854.html

[1965gp]

https://houston.craigslist.org/ctd/7569995248.html

[66sprint6]

Interesting engine for a Chevelle

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/404029295993...Bk9SR9Sf_7irYQ

[Hikin Mike]

Originally Posted by 66sprint6

Interesting engine for a Chevelle

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/404029295993...Bk9SR9Sf_7irYQ

Cool!

I had a 66 Chevelle after high school and I always wanted to get another one, but drop a Pontiac 455 in it "just because".

[Drag Star Le Mans]

This looks pretty good...
https://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/7566953643.html

[Drag Star Le Mans]

I like this one also. Bet it stinks
https://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/7570993715.html

[242177P]

Originally Posted by Stuart

Chevy had Spirit of America cars in 1974 - there was a Nova and a Vega, not sure about other models. I don't think Pontiac ever did it.

Pontiac kinda did, if you picked the right options...