Highly Original 1974 Pontiac Grand Am For Sale: Video
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The Pontiac Grand Am was envisioned as a competitor to the increasingly popular Mercedes and BMW imports that combined both luxury and sporting elements in their offerings, a concept not common in American cars. The name for the A-Body model came from a morphing of the luxury Grand Prix and sport-oriented Trans Am. The Pontiac Grand Am was built on the Colonnade body intended for the GTO (the GTO would become an option package on the compact Ventura in 1974), but with the Grand Prix interior and the Endura impact-resistant front bumper.
For the 1974 model year, the Pontiac Grand Am received a revised rear fascia, with vertical taillights, a relocated license plate that hid the fuel fill neck, and alternations to meet the new five-mile-per-hour crash standards. Powertrain offerings included the two-barrel carbureted 400 cubic-inch V8 with a single exhaust, rated at 190 horsepower, two variants with four-barrel carbs that produced 200 or 225 horsepower, and the top-of-the-line 455 cubic-inch equipped with a four-barrel carb that made 250 horsepower. Engine displacement was emblazoned on trunk emblems, expressed in liters.
Pontiac Grand Ams boasted a Radial Tuned Suspension (RTS), radial tires (rare for GM cars at that time), and sway bars front and rear. Interiors could be had in either vinyl or cloth.
Our feature Pontiac Grand Am is painted Cameo White with a white vinyl top and an Oxblood Red cloth interior. The exterior finish looks to have aged well. Panel gaps are fair, but nothing out of line for GM products of the mid-1970s. There is no rust visible on the body panels. The front Endura fascia and painted bumper is still in good nick, but the rear chrome bumper has ample pitting showing through.
Inside the Pontiac Grand Am, the deep Oxblood Red cloth interior presents well, with slight wear noted on the driver’s side seat bottom. The dash features a full Rally gauge cluster between the speedometer and factory tach. The Grand Am is equipped with air conditioning, power steering, power brakes, AM/FM stereo, cruise control, power Strato bucket seats, power windows, power locks, tilt steering, tinted glass, and a rear window defogger.
Under the hood is the numbers-matching 455 cubic-inch V8 topped with a four-barrel carb, producing 250 ponies. The engine bay is tidy, and appears to be largely original. The air conditioning compressor does not currently have a belt driving it. Moving the power from the engine is the Turbo Hydramatic 400 three-speed automatic transmission.
This Pontiac Grand Am is being offered by Volo Auto Sales for $25,998.
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As a 12 year old I always wanted to like this era of Grand Am…on first look it seemed so much more sophisticated than its sister cars. Love the front treatment and the interior. Then all is lost when you look at the profile and see that the back has a chrome bumper that sticks out at the sides. How does the front and the back belong on the same car? Even a zit faced middle schooler thought it was sloppy work.
It was the malaise era. When I grew up, these were rusty hulks still on the road, reminding us of how ugly cars were in the ’70s.
Reminding us of how ugly cars of the 00’s were and still are. There fixed that for ya
No, sorry, this car was ugly in the ’70s and it’s still ugly today.
Everything got dorky in 1973. Mostly cause of gov’t mandates on bumpers. Leave it to gov’t to mess things up. That said, these body styles have grown on me after all these years.
Thanks Joe, I agree with your comment, cars today have no style…….Those cars had a lot of style back then.
I was never that bothered by the larger bumpers but do prefer the slimmer ones from the earlier 70’s. These IMO were better looking than what Ford or Chrysler were pumping out for their mid size cars during this time era bar the odd example of course. And the power figures were certainly a lot better than those two considering it was 1974 when emission systems were coming on strong and lowering output each year. These types of cars had there flaws and MPG in the 9-11 range was pretty much the norm. Still I wouldn’t mind having this car in my fleet.
70s American cars show had been no larger then GM A bodies at the time as seen with the fuel crisis excessive dinosaurs weren’t the way to go.
Another overpriced lump that should be in the boneyard. Why are they featuring these hideous vehicles that are better left forgotten?
My brother had one of these, or similar. I’m not sure if it was a custom job or not (he bought it like that)
It was black with gold cloth interior. T-tops. Shaker hood with the 455. Gold Firebird on the hood, and on the B pillars. Gold honeycomb wheels
It was a beautiful car back then. Anyone have any input on its originality?
Hey Joe, Pontiac had a GT package on the Lemans back in 74-75…..I don’t recall the package having the Trans am package like the shaker hood scoop and eagle graphics
The hood on the GT package had 2 air vents, rally 2 wheels with trim rings and stripes down the sides of the car….Try a Google image and that may help
In 1977 they offered a Can am package on this car that did have the Trans am hood scoop and the 6.6 400 engine and some other goodies……….ULTRA RARE CAR today, as the production for that package was very low…….I have done some research on the 77 Can am Lemans and from what I can see , the car only came in white with red and orange stripping and graphics…….Also do a Google image on 1977 Pontiac Can Am………Hope this can help you some
Sorry Joe and Nate- these were some of the best looking cars of the 1970’s. I own a 1975 Grand Am, also white- near identical to this car. It gets way more attention than Chevelles or Mustangs at car shows and just driving down the road.
I owned a gorgeous Black ’73 with black Vinyl top and burgundy leather? interior. 400 cu in engine. I put a set of Crager Keystone chrome rims on it and it was quite a head turner. Saw it advertised on a late night car dealer commercial and made the deal on it the next day. A friend correctly told me to never sell it and he was correct. Oh how I wish I had it for a weekend cruiser these days.
I don’t know why, but at 20 years old when this car came out, I really liked the looks of it. It did a pretty decent job of hiding the dorky looking crash bumpers required by the federalists. But, come on now, a 455 producing a whopping 250 horse?!? There are turbo charged four bangers doing that now.
How crazy it may sound, 250 H.P was all you got in that car when new.
You can thank the government, and high gas prices and insurance company’s for that.
If you wanted more punch for the buck, you would have to of got the Trans-am with the SD 455, which should of gave 360 H.P.
I would like to find this white Pontiac Grand Am, can someone help me?
Volo auto sales, they are in Volo Illinois, this is an old posting, so the car maybe gone.
You can say what you want until you drive one and judge it according to the other cars of its time . In it’s era it was the best handling boat there was. I owned one and could throw it around a corner like a little MG and it weighed more than double the MG. It cornered flat and had enough horsepower to drift the back out if you wanted to. The dash was real wood. I really enjoyed the car it its day, until a milk truck made an illegal left turn at a light and totaled it. It was big enough to protect my wife and 15 mo old baby girl. I would buy one today if i could afford it.
I bought a 1973 new,first year, I absolutely loved that car. Owned it for 13 yrs. Rebuilt the engine twice. Needless to say it wasn’t stock. Body finally gave out. Want another one.