[JKrull66]

My friend in OK City has pictures of a grand am he had in the mid 70's. White with SD emblems and a SD engine. Old pictures.... he sure thought it was the real deal, looked stock under the hood. He got rid of it after awhile had problems blowing up Balancers and had to carry a spare. It was just a car to him at that time. said it was quite a runner.
John

[se428bandit]

I have that same picture somewhere around it was a white GA with honeycombs with fender emblems on the front of the fender above the side marker lights.

[77 Canamman]

There were '73 GTO/ Grand Am/Grand Prix engineering mules and press cars with the SD-455 engines, but they were destroyed many years ago. The famous white SD-455 Grand Am was crushed in April 1978 or 1979 per Tim Claremont at the GA registry, since he has a copy of the factory crush order. The VIN ended in 00232. Over the years, people have mated the SD-455 engine to a 1973 A-Body, such as the gorgeous example originally bought by Jack Hoffman, now owned by Phil Griffith, but none were available from the factory to the general public.

[poncho-mike]

I know of a white 73 Grand Am that was running around the Jacksonville FL area several years ago that was equipped with a SD455 short block, SD455 heads, and 72 HO aluminum intake. It was for advertised for sale either in Hemmings or on the internet. I talked to the owner at length about it as I had a white 73 455 GA that I was considering installing my spare SD455 into.

Mike

[johnta1]

Lynn, I would be interested in the VIN if he has it.