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Originally Posted by ponchbro
In Michigan there was a lemans package with a spoiler and a screaming chicken on the hood called a lemans sport classic. They came in white and black.
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Good call. 1979 models. I have seen two or three of these specimins. That's what I thought this car was, (with '81 facia added) until I studied the photos.
In 1987, me and my brother looked over a black '79 Lemans coupe that had these funky quarter window louvres and a decklid spoiler. There was a faded hood bird that looked similar to T/A except it was single color pin striped, and more narrow on the hood. I remember thinking the "Sport Classic" lettering was kind of cheesy. I don't recall it having buckets/console either. Pretty sure it was a red cloth bench.
This was in a used car lot in South Haven, Michigan.
The big let down was that it had a 231 V6 from the factory (VIN code A). If my brother hadn't just purchased a '78 Grand Lemans 4-door (his 1st car), we would have bought that black Lemans Sport Classic, and looked for a Pontiac or Olds V8 to put in it.
Years later I spotted a decrepid looking black 'Sport Classic' driving down the road and wondered if it was the same one, or a different one. I had seen a white one somewhere along the line, also.