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Ha, if those window sweeps are any indication of how nice the rest of that car is, that is one awesome car!
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. Mark S . Who needs nice and pretty, when you can have mean and nasty? KRE Aluminum headed 463CID 73 LeMans. Used to run 10.6x @ 124.55. 3700lbs . So much for 2020...shootin for 9s in 2021...and in 2022 apparently.....looks like 2023 as well. >>My 73 Build thread |
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Just a couple from my HD, Herb adams & H P Baily Nascar GA's
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Jeff R 60 Jaguar Mark 2, 3.8L Automatic 67 Sprint Firebird 230 OHC-6 4-Speed A/C 78 Catlina Safari, Pontiac 400 powered 77 Astre Formula, 215 Buick V-8 T-5 73 Lemans Safari, 400 4bbl 4-speed 71 Catalina Enforcer, 455 4bbl 06 Mallet Solstice #024 LS2, Now with a Tremec 6060 6-speed! 2012 F-150 Echo Boost (My local Ford Dealer SUX!!!) 2020 Dodge Charger Scat pack (recovered) |
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This '73 was built as Pontiac should have done it- Super Duty 455 with the ultra rare functional Ram Air and a 4 speed, all done as if it were factory correct. I thought I had more pictures of it, but all I can find right now are the above and this one with my kids blocking it, You can see the Ram Air setup at least.
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1966 GTO 1969 Lemans Convertible- F.A.S.T. legal family cruiser. 12.59 on G70-14 Polyglas tires. 1.78 60' 1969 Bonneville Safari- cross country family cruiser. . 1979 Trans Am 400, 4-speed, 4 wheel disc. View from the drivers seat racing down Atco Raceway- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhYDMdOEC7A Ride along in the other lane-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIzgpLtF_uw Last edited by goatless; 01-23-2020 at 06:40 PM. |
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Here is Mickey Thompson's Funny Car
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Jeff R 60 Jaguar Mark 2, 3.8L Automatic 67 Sprint Firebird 230 OHC-6 4-Speed A/C 78 Catlina Safari, Pontiac 400 powered 77 Astre Formula, 215 Buick V-8 T-5 73 Lemans Safari, 400 4bbl 4-speed 71 Catalina Enforcer, 455 4bbl 06 Mallet Solstice #024 LS2, Now with a Tremec 6060 6-speed! 2012 F-150 Echo Boost (My local Ford Dealer SUX!!!) 2020 Dodge Charger Scat pack (recovered) |
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Looks good. Interesting that it looks like it's actually a Luxury Lemans with GTO grilles put on it. It has all the LL body side moldings and trunklid molding...and Grand Am tail lights.
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So what actually makes a Colonnade, a Colonnade?
I'll be honest, until this thread, I've never heard a LeMans called a Colonnade. |
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It applies to all of the 73-77 GM a-body cars. It's a name that GM coined for them because of the thick B-pillar and the stationary quarter window. More sturdy in a roll-over. I have a picture from the 73 Pontiac dealer brochure that I'll put up in a minute.
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Notice under each picture, they have "colonnade" in the description:
COLONNADE 001 - Copy by grand73am, on Flickr
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I may have shed a tear seeing that '73 you speak of in person. I've never see a nicer one in my life. Going out there tomorrow for some more stuff.
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. Mark S . Who needs nice and pretty, when you can have mean and nasty? KRE Aluminum headed 463CID 73 LeMans. Used to run 10.6x @ 124.55. 3700lbs . So much for 2020...shootin for 9s in 2021...and in 2022 apparently.....looks like 2023 as well. >>My 73 Build thread |
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1975 Pontiac Lemans Sport I paid $75.00 for in 1993. The 350CI smoked bad, but the car ran. Nice black body that was straight except for the crunched nose - seems most Pontiac A-bodies of this generation have the nose busted. Never did anything with it as I went through a divorce shortly thereafter and the car, along with a couple others, went to the crusher. Life goes on.
1976 Pontiac Lemans I bought off my brother in Florida with 78,000 around 1995 after my divorce. I drove it for a number of years until one day a car in front of me did a panic stop. I had some good distance between us. The brakes worked fine, but the tires let me down as I slid into the rear of him like sliding into home plate in slow motion, not able to veer off the shoulder because of a 4-foot deep drainage ditch and telephone pole. Messed up the right side nose and bent the frame rail. Still drove it a little before parking it in 1998 with 150,000. I drove the heck out of that car. It sits behind my house in sorry shape because I can't bring myself to scrap it because some day............................... LOL |
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The Grand Ams are a different story of course, with noses that rarely survived due to the bad urethane that cracked and broke up over time. Hope you get that 76 going again someday .
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I have been in a number of scrap yards years ago, always keeping my eye out, most every one had a smacked nose, at least here in the southern region - even several Grand-Ams which I would have used. The cars weigh so much with all the anti-rollover protection, side door impact bars, and crash bumpers that I attribute it to tire choice. The brakes work great for such a large car, but if you run a narrow tire or a low cost tire, the tires just can't hold the heavy car back. I think the old 70 series tires should have been the smallest tire to use. I had 15" tires and they were not very wide compared to a 70 series tire of the day. The only parts I have seen are on complete still running/driving cars and no sense buying one only to rob parts to get my running again. It was a great car. Crappy gas mileage around town with all the stop and go making the 350CI work hard to get the 2.73 geared sled rolling, but on the interstate @ 70 MPH, I could squeeze 20 MPG (no A/C on the car) on my long trips to visit family (with the Q-jet I added). |
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Here is my son's (flashflood) 1977Lemans when he got her.
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73 Green Goat with Honeycombs
Is my dream of a perfect car, LOOKS GREAT with the stripe and white CID lettering....
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1974 Lemans Sportecoupe GT (daily driver) "Well the girls out there knock me out, you know Cruisin' around in my GTO" Rock 'n' Roll High School Ramones |
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Here's my 1974 Lemans GT
Lemans GT
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1974 Lemans Sportecoupe GT (daily driver) "Well the girls out there knock me out, you know Cruisin' around in my GTO" Rock 'n' Roll High School Ramones |
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My work in progress, 74 Lemans GT Honduras Maroon with Burgandy Interior. 350 2 barrel carb with Manual 3 speed on the floor with Bench seat since switched to a M-20 4 speed. P/S with manual brakes, Disc front drum rear 3:23 rear. Have all orig paperwork from dealer, I added the Naca hood.
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1969 Judge, Matador Red, Black, RAIII 4Spd, Owned 33years 1974 LeMans GT Honduras Maroon, 3 speed stick 350 2brl. 1963 Catalina 389 Black with Burgandy Ventura interior SOLD 1970 GTO Pepper Green 400 YS auto Factory A/C 56K orig miles |
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My first car... 75 Cutlass S with white interior with the swiveling front bucket seats. It had the Olds 350; ran great once "de-emissionized" and running dual exhaust with cherry bombs
I will forever have a soft spot for the colonnades, and hope to get a Pontiac version someday when space permits.
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keith k 70 Trans Am RA III / T400 / Lucerne Blue / Bright Blue 70 Trans Am RA III / M20 / Lucerne Blue / Sandalwood 70 Formula RA III / M21 / Lucerne Blue / Bright Blue |
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I am still the admin of the defunct ABodySite, I tried to log into it for the first time today after taking it offline at least two years ago due to overwhelming spam. (All the forum data and posts were still there, just locked in time.) ... Go figure, the site was down -reliability is just like the old days.
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I bought the Admiralty Blue one new in 1974. The Ascot Silver one I bought in June 2019.
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Nice!
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