[giles]

sd455hota, Is there any indication on the build sheet that this car was special, other than the comments that you mentioned? This is not a car that would have been built for dealer stock. It was very likely made specifically for someone that had some clout with Pontiac. I could be way off here, maybe you could plop down $62 and run the plant through all those hoops but that seems improbable. Might have been a dealer with some influence or an influential GM retiree or for a relative of a GM exec. Was the original delivering dealer listed as a conventional dealer? Temple, TX does seem like an out-of-the-way place for anyone that would have been employed by GM or an ad agency at the time. Any info that you can provide might give some insight into the car's history.

[Lloyd-TX]

Originally Posted by giles

sd455hota, Is there any indication on the build sheet that this car was special, other than the comments that you mentioned? This is not a car that would have been built for dealer stock. It was very likely made specifically for someone that had some clout with Pontiac. I could be way off here, maybe you could plop down $62 and run the plant through all those hoops but that seems improbable. Might have been a dealer with some influence or an influential GM retiree or for a relative of a GM exec. Was the original delivering dealer listed as a conventional dealer? Temple, TX does seem like an out-of-the-way place for anyone that would have been employed by GM or an ad agency at the time. Any info that you can provide might give some insight into the car's history.

No doubt in my mind that this car was built for someone special. Definitely a GM executive or similar deal. That's why I remarked earlier about the cowl tag date vs. the invoice date. My money's on a long lag time between the cowl tag and invoice dates. Meaning it was driven with an open MSO for some period of time.

Let's hear more about that invoice - dated significantly later than the cowl tag?

[sd455hota]

Originally Posted by Lloyd-TX

No doubt in my mind that this car was built for someone special. Definitely a GM executive or similar deal. That's why I remarked earlier about the cowl tag date vs. the invoice date. My money's on a long lag time between the cowl tag and invoice dates. Meaning it was driven with an open MSO for some period of time.

Let's hear more about that invoice - dated significantly later than the cowl tag?

Build date on cowl tag is 03D. Ship date on invoice is 04-03-72. Selling dealer was Friendly Pontiac GMC in Temple TX

[Lloyd-TX]

Originally Posted by sd455hota

Build date on cowl tag is 03D. Ship date on invoice is 04-03-72. Selling dealer was Friendly Pontiac GMC in Temple TX

Well, I was dead wrong.

Still had to be a VERY special order car. I wonder if there might have been a retired Pontiac or GM exec living in the area around that time?

Hmmmmm . . .

[Baron Von Zeppelin]

Thanks to Ransom, i just got directed to this thread.
Had no idea this was your car (sd455hota) when it was discussed in other posts - in other threads.

Dynamite unique Trans Am !!
Had to have been ordered with some heavy clout behind it.
I would have kept the interior blue accents intact too, which way did you restore the interior ?

Any chance you can post a copy of the PHS Invoice ?
Maybe even the partial Buildsheet ?

Or email me copies if its classified info ?

Thanks man