[Lightfoot]

I was looking at that '80 Grand Am on cardomain recently as well.

It has two features that I have never seen on any other 1980 Grand Am:
Column Shift,
Rally IVs instead of Snowflakes.

Allthough I have seen three 80s with factory wire wheel covers.

[Pontiacdaver]

Originally Posted by Lightfoot

I was looking at that '80 Grand Am on cardomain recently as well.

It has two features that I have never seen on any other 1980 Grand Am:
Column Shift,
Rally IVs instead of Snowflakes.

Allthough I have seen three 80s with factory wire wheel covers.

I agree with you on the column shift, but according to literature I've read, the Rally IVs were standard on the G/A in 1980 (I think buckets seat were std. too). Pontiac made the G/A package better for 1980 with more standard equipment. -Dave

[Lightfoot]

Originally Posted by Pontiacdaver

I agree with you on the column shift, but according to literature I've read, the Rally IVs were standard on the G/A in 1980 -Dave

I'm quite aware of that, but I was just saying that this is the 1st actual example I've seen that had the Rally IVs. I may have seen one dealer brochere photo that showed them, along the way somewhere, but no 'real world' examples.

I remember reading that Randy W's car was ordered with standard Rally IVs also.

I agree, the 1980 Grand Am was the best of that generation. Too bad the public didn't catch on.

P.S. I would estimate that probably 85% of them were delivered with Snowflake wheels.
Probably less than 50-100 out of 1647 had the bench seat.

[jims80grandam]

I bought the 80 Grand AM in Seattle. It's in great shape but needs TLC. The only thing I wish it had was bucket seats and a console. If any one has one let me know. Does any one know what trasnmission came as OEM in this car? Does the trans. have a vin number on it the same as the engine? And finally, where can I buy parts like chrome, wiper switches, dome lights, etc.