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Originally Posted by Lightfoot
Were you ever on the grandamregistry website?
I'm such a huge fan of the 2nd Gen Grand Ams, it's been my fantasy to go back in time to 1980 and tour the Pontiac dealers to ogle as many brand new '80 GAs as I could find. Granted they were spread pretty thin, but I lived in Michigan at the time, so they were bound to be lurking at the big dealers.
It's amazing how many '80 GA original owners I've seen pop up on the internet though. You just added to the list. 
Please share the nitty gritty of how your '80 Grand Am was optioned. 
If I could go back and order one, it would be Agate red with black cloth; tilt wheel, manual windows, Rally IV wheels and A/C delete.
But I'd really like to pull some strings and get one built in Peidmont green, which wasn't (supposed to be) available on Grand Am. |
Lightfoot, I LOVED that car, not just because it was my first brand new car,but I ordered it exactly the way I wanted it.
It would probably be an oddball today, It was bright silver (can't recall the name) with the charcoal bottom trim, black int, tilt wheel, power cloth bucket seats, full gauge pack, manual windows, NO AIR (I wanted to be able to work on it).
It had the best suspension you could get with the beefiest sway bars available, the "rally" wheels, tinted windows, best sound system, the HP 301 4 barrel motor, lowest gear, I believe a 3.42 posi.
I added 15" rally's, chrome valve covers, dual splitters on the exhaust, and a hood tach, IF I remember correctly there was some issue about not being able to get the tach in the dash with the better sound system, something like that.
Along with adding the 15x7's I lowered the car about an 1.5 it already had bilstein shocks on it if I remember correctly.
Great car, my ex got it in the divorce and a year later wrapped it around a bridge pillar, can't tell you how much I loved that car.
Stan