[Diego]

Originally Posted by SD455DJ

Diego, No, the (post coupe - 3327) coupe stayed Tempest...no T-37 badging until 1971 when PMD dropped the Tempest name.

Dennis....thank you!

So the only way 1970 3227 was a T-37 was if it had the GT package?

[Tempest T-37]

Originally Posted by Diego

Thanks, gentlemen, but there's nothing here that shows whether 3327 went from a Tempest to a Tempest T-37 in 1970.5.

It's kinda interesting how confusing the T-37/GT-37 thing is. I wonder how confusing it was in 1970?

Very confusing.

This question came up for me because I have a '70 Tempest built 03B, shipped 3/17/70. The original bill of sale from the dealership lists the model as T-37 when it sold 10/2/70. The PHS just says Tempest.

So for me the question is if it's a Tempest or a Tempest T-37.

This led me to start a thread a few years back here, https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...d.php?t=775602

and in continued research I found this post:

Originally Posted by gtoric

The entire 33 body style line was refered to as the Tempest for the entire model year. The Pontiac Accessorizer effective September 18, 1969 lists:
Tempest Coupe (3327)
Tempest 4-Door Sedan (3369)
The Pontiac Accessorizer effective February 24, 1970 lists:
Tempest Coupe (3327)
Tempest T-37 Hardtop Coupe (3337)
Tempest 4-Door Sedan (3369)

There is not a listing for the GT Sport Package (GT-37) in this later edition of the Accessorizer, thus adding further creedence to the May intro date.

There were no post (3327) T-37s built in 1970, no such animal, but the GT Sport Package was available on both 2-door body styles of the Tempest. As JLP states, a V-8 was a manditory option.

I'd like to get ahold of or see scans/prints of the original accessorizers with those dates. My car being a 3337 I believe points me back to Tempest T-37. But there is all sorts of conflicting info about it, and any discussion is inevitably derailed by GT-37 talk, or "this is how it was in '71."

[SD455DJ]

Originally Posted by Diego

Dennis....thank you!

So the only way 1970 3227 was a T-37 was if it had the GT package?

Yes, only from the GT-37 option package name (and they were only decals in 1970 for both the T-37 & GT-37 callouts). Yes, it is really confusing to call a 23327 post coupe a GT-37 (when so equipped), since the '37' references the hardtops in the A-body line-up (Tempest, Lemans, Lemans Sport, & GTO). Make sense??? I didn't think so...

Dennis