[bru65]

i just bought a 74 grand am but has no nose.car isnt worth buying a new one,anyone have or now where i can get a lemans nose? is the bumper the same?do i have any other options?

[Grand73Am]

The bumper is not the same. But the GA uses the same energy absorbers as the Lemans, so you can bolt the Lemans bumper onto the GA with no problem. I suggest you just find a junkyard Lemans and pull everything off the front to use on the GA. You can use parts from either a 74 or 75 Lemans.

[Grand73Am]

It just dawned on me that you could go to www.abodysite.com and look in the classifieds forum where there are parts listed for sale. That site specializes in 73-77 Pontiac a-bodies, so there are often cars there being parted out. Just remember you need a 74/75 front nose and bumper, so it will match up to your hood and bumper absorbers.

[billygoatii]

Very hard to get a used nose in good shape. Over time, most have them have become hard and brittle. That is why so many of them are crumbling. If the car is not worth a new nose from Indesign, then it would be best to get all the necessary pieces from a Lemans. If you use a 76-77 Lemans front, you will also need to change hoods and adapt from dual headlights to quad headlights. If you install the Lemans front end, post the GrandAm specific pieces. There is always someone looking for them.

[bru65]

thanks for the replies-i found a 76 and a 77 complete but dont care for the square headlights.i'll keep looking

[mike nixon]

the last i looked the indesign peice for a 74 was around 500.00 has it went up much?

if the car's not worth that why bother putting it back together?

just curious.

mike

[Grand73Am]

They're a little more than that: $689.00
Shipping typically $75-$95 within USA (includes insurance)

I agree that if it were me and I had the money, my first choice would be to put it back like a Grand Am, since it would be more interesting that way and worth more too.

I had to do the same thing and more on my 73 Grand Am. Previous owners had replaced the GA nose with some Lemans parts and thrown almost all the GA nose parts away. So, I had to get all the parts to redo my 73 GA nose, not only the InDesign fascia, but the grills, headlights, brackets, bumper, pretty much everything to make it look like a Grand Am again. The nose is the distinctive part of a GA, so I had to have it . I still have to do the work though.

[squirejohn]

I have a 74 facia grills and filler.
If you get to that point.
too bad I let the rest of it go last fall.

[bru65]

the car is complete-runs and drives-has tilt wheel,buckets,console,hisnher shifter,rear defrost,posi,ralley wheels,am/fm 8track,a/c -blower motor doesnt work but clutch pulls compressor on-only thing missing is the deteriorating nose and three wheel well moldings-they might be in the trunk but i need to get a key made.body is a little rough around the edges but fixable for a driver,headliner is perfect,driver seat ripped,one crack in the dash,door panels nice,only paid $300 not sure what to do with it, i have other projects only bought it cause of price and oddity.do these cars bring any money?

[77 Canamman]

Do not restore these cars if you are in it for the money. You will have a tough time recovering your investment. Restore the car because you like the cars.