[67Lemons]

I just acquired this car & while waiting for it to be shipped I wanted to start a thread for it since I haven’t seen many documented 72 WW4 GTO’s. This car was a special paint ordered car in starlight black, still mostly original, one repaint about 6 years ago & only having wearable items like the clutch & brakes replaced. No accidents, not molested & the seller purchased the car from the original owner in the next town over about 25 years ago, I’m proud to be the new caretaker of a special car like this & will post plenty of pictures once she gets here next week.

[camerjeff]

Congrat's on the purchase, I have always liked 72 GTO's but I have never actually owned one, and a WW4 car also! Nice!
Special paint order 68-72's are always interesting, So it was delivered with Starlight Black paint and a Wilderness Green endura bumper. Interesting. Does it still have the green bumper?

[67Lemons]

Originally Posted by camerjeff

Congrat's on the purchase, I have always liked 72 GTO's but I have never actually owned one, and a WW4 car also! Nice!
Special paint order 68-72's are always interesting, So it was delivered with Starlight Black paint and a Wilderness Green endura bumper. Interesting. Does it still have the green bumper?

No, I believe the dealerships had to paint the bumpers in house on special paint cars so I guess Pontiac threw on one that was dark?

[67Lemons]

Another observation is that if I’m reading the build sheet correctly it was built in March which is why it has the 120 mph speedo, I haven’t verified the seat belts warning light but will when the car shows up next week.

[Rvolberg]

Sorry to have to ask - but what does WW4 mean?

[johnta1]

Here's a blurb:





Also describes the GTO option.

[Gator67]

Nice find!

[gto4door]

1972 is a good year for Pontiac A-Body. You got a good one with a very nice combination of options. Whoever ordered that car knew what they were doing with the WW4, W62 and Special Order Starlight Black Paint. They could have not gone without the W62 GTO option and save some money by ordering the $49 T41 Endura front end option to get that GTO look, but I'm glad they opted to spend more money to get those magical three letters "GTO". Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to see photos of your new find.

[Held for Ransom]

Originally Posted by Rvolberg

Sorry to have to ask - but what does WW4 mean?

If you look at his shipping manifest (2nd photo, 1st post), it lists the option WW4 and what it includes.

[Held for Ransom]

Originally Posted by 67Lemons

No, I believe the dealerships had to paint the bumpers in house on special paint cars so I guess Pontiac threw on one that was dark?

They added a Wilderness Green Endura nose at the factory because no noses was painted in Starlight Black (I'm surprised it wasn't raw like the late build '71 OO Judge was) and I thought the mirrors were in primer, not body colored beforehand. They included a quart of 926-96459 (Starlight Black) paint in the trunk (no reducer added) to have painted by the dealership once it arrived.

[ponchjoe]

Very cool car Carl, excited to see it!

[camerjeff]

I wonder if you got any credit when ordering an option group that either included a option that another selected option already had, like the 400 4bbl engine that was included in both the GTO option and the WW4 option? Or a price break on the Y80 Decor group that included a Custom Cushion steering wheel, when the NK3 Formula Steering wheel was purchased separately?

I have always wondered as my 1977 Astre Formula had the Custom Cushion steering wheel added for around $12 when the W66 Formula package included the Formula Steering Wheel at N/C on the package. In my cars case I think who ever ordered the car did not know that the Formula Wheel was included with the Formula package. Its funny as the Formula Wheel required the purchase of both power steering and a tilt column that were not included in the formula package but were added cost mandatory options with the W66 Formula option that increased the Formula option by over $200. And my car has both of those options but came with the 3 spoke Custom Cushion Steering Wheel.
The car was Built on the 1st day of Formula Astre production, and has a couple of irregularities, it should have charcoal outside sport mirrors, and it had body colored mirrors, and it did have the black out paint on the upper door window frames, but had the bright stainless trim added over the black out paint? So errors do happen in the assembly process

Eagerly awaiting Picture of the new to you 72 GTO!

[Held for Ransom]

WW4 pricing.

[camerjeff]

It looks like you did get a discount on the WW4 with the GTO option, thanks for posting that. That is one question answered

[67Lemons]

I’m really looking forward to getting the car & I’m not a collector so my intent is to drive this car like the previous two owners did, the car has almost 117k on the clock so it’s been loved like it was built for. Funny how this car came into my radar, I put a post up in the various FB groups looking for a driver GTO in my limited budget range. Of course there were plenty of comments about how it will never happen or I should keep dreaming, blah, blah, blah, my favorite comment was how it will be a “bondo buggy” But while all of that was happening I had plenty of people reach out with cars that were nice respectable drivers, some were over my budget of course but there was a few quality cars to choose from. When this owner reached out & mentioned that he had a black on black four speed I was immediately interested & asked if he could prove it was a GTO, he showed me the documentation & the rest is soon to be written history. As we all know the WW4 package doesn’t make it a $100k car but it does add to the unique history of this car for me making it the car I was obviously looking for but didn’t know.

[67Lemons]

She finally arrived last night after a terrible experience with the transport company, took a while but I’m glad she’s home finally. Wasn’t expecting the seller to send what he sent but he sent the original sales order, window sticker, protector plate & original prep sheet from the dealer.

[ponchjoe]

Originally Posted by 67Lemons

She finally arrived last night after a terrible experience with the transport company, took a while but I’m glad she’s home finally. Wasn’t expecting the seller to send what he sent but he sent the original sales order, window sticker, protector plate & original prep sheet from the dealer.

Congrats, very cool original looking car there! And transport companies always take twice as long as they sell.
Glad you finally got it!

[kingbuzzo]

what a beauty...you must be so relieved

[Sport71]

That's a great '72! Love the color, documentation, and the pedigree ...

[johnta1]

Congrats!
Very good looking car!