Rare 1987 Pontiac Tojan Pops Up For Sale In Florida
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A 1987 Pontiac Tojan popped up for sale on Craigslist in Florida this week, representing a rare opportunity for General Motors fans to own this obscure piece of Pontiac’s past.
The Pontiac Tojan might look like a custom aftermarket creation or some kind of kit car, but this was actually an official GM product. The automaker, looking to compete with high-priced exotics from Ferrari and Lamborghini, commissioned a company called Knudsen Automotive to design and engineer a modified version of the Pontiac Firebird GTA with svelte European styling, upgraded suspension and a mildly upgraded 305 cubic inch V8 engine. The result was the head-turning Tojan – a maximum of 300 of which are believed to have been built between 1985 and 1991.
This Pontiac Tojan Convertible is being sold with a salvage/rebuilt title for $25,000 OBO. It seems to be in decent condition, showing no body damage or major paint imperfections – although the gloss yellow exterior, along with the Tojan hood badge, are looking a little bit faded from all those years spent baking in the Florida sun. The seller says the LB9 Tuned Port Injection 305 V8 engine runs good, though the 700R4 Turbo Hydramatic automatic transmission has a slight hesitation in it. This car will also need a new compressor if the new buyer wants the factory air conditioning to work, although the fact this is a convertible could negate the need for working A/C for some owners.
The owner of this rare Pontiac Tojan convertible is not accepting trades for it, so readers looking to get their hands on it should expect to show up with cash in hand. We think $25,000 is a bit steep for a Tojan, however, seeing as a much nicer example with the optional Gale Banks-built supercharged engine sold at a Barrett-Jackson auction back in 2010 for just $16,500.
Check out the Craigslist ad at this link (while it’s still up) for more information and photos of this seldom-seen Pontiac Firebird variant.
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LOL Asking $25K for what looks like an ugly kit car with a salvage title?!!?! Some dummy will buy it because people equate rare with being worth lots of money.
Funny thing is they won’t answer emails or text messages and to leave a message if they don’t answer, but there is no phone number. Smoke signals maybe?
Go through the Captcha on Craigslist and the phone number will come up. If you can’t go through the trouble of doing that then you must not be interested. BTW I am the owner of this car!!!
Are you sure this wasn’t called the Toe Jam ! UGLY, the ad must mean 25 cents.
I can see why GM didn’t have many made. And then ask 25 grand on top of it. Good luck with that.
Mud Duck.
The ad also says it is in South Carolina. I’m calling shenanigans.
The ad is legit. The car in in SC. I am the owner of the car!
Come to johnson city and let us know when you get johnson city tn
Come to johnson city and us know when you want to come look at our collection my buddy I work with has talked to the guy that designed these cars
Is the car still available?
There was 136 of these cars built and it is not a kit car it was done under the pontiac name with a company that had the rights to build it is a factory option pontiac would send the stripped car to the company and they installed the body thus not a kit its a Fibre glass body I have 5 of them and think of buy 1 more it’s a true tojan call nightmare so anyone want to race anyone of mine ill teach you knot head how good these are. The body is in the shape of the ferreri and that is the reason there will never be more they sued the company that build and designed it the u had to stop building them and I have 2 convertibles and 3 t top cars 1 convert has a 57 ls1 old style it’s for sale