1977 Pontiac "Can--Am spotted today

[Joe]

Re: 1977 Pontiac "Can--Am spotted today

http://www.angelfire.com/wa/angryclo...AmHistory.html

Thanks, did a quick search and am on that site now :D

[truckpuller]

Re: 1977 Pontiac "Can--Am spotted today

Made a fast trip to Clarinda Iowa and back .. Business related , wow..you have lots of snow :o

I graduated HS from Clarinda. I live 8 miles east of there currently. If you can answer, what kind of business were you doing? You can pm me if you dont want it over the forum.

[IRONHEAD]

Re: 1977 Pontiac "Can--Am spotted today

a guy in abington had 2..
and one 73 grand am..
and a 76 g/p
and 3 64-66 g/ps afew 50's pontiacs and one or 2 40's

[DanStokes]

Re: 1977 Pontiac "Can--Am spotted today

There were several I used to see in the Michigan area back in the day. Seems like most were 4 doors but maybe that's because my buddy Norm's friend Brendan had a moredoor so I saw that one fairly often. Quite a bit of Pontiac Engineering staff was still headquartered in Pontiac and Warren then so you would see quite a few if you drove in that area. Few 4 speed cars, though. Seems like a lot of 'em were black with either orange or blue decals or white like the one in the photo.

Dan

[Joe]

Re: 1977 Pontiac "Can--Am spotted today

There were several I used to see in the Michigan area back in the day. Seems like most were 4 doors but maybe that's because my buddy Norm's friend Brendan had a moredoor so I saw that one fairly often. Quite a bit of Pontiac Engineering staff was still headquartered in Pontiac and Warren then so you would see quite a few if you drove in that area. Few 4 speed cars, though. Seems like a lot of 'em were black with either orange or blue decals or white like the one in the photo.

Dan

Ive never seen a Can Am other than white 2 doors. As far as I can tell so far, GM only made them with the turbo 400 auto.

I did own a 1973 Chevelle 4 door with the Laguna package however. Bought it from the GM employee who had it since new. Unusual vehicle right there.

[IRONHEAD]

Re: 1977 Pontiac "Can--Am spotted today

all are 2 doors..
all 400 pontiacs/autos
and all white..
the low # of them are because the mold for the deck spoiler broke..

[Joe]

Re: 1977 Pontiac "Can--Am spotted today

all are 2 doors..
all 400 pontiacs/autos
and all white..
the low # of them are because the mold for the deck spoiler broke..

I've read in California some cars received the 403 Oldsmobile motor? The decals on the shaker hood said '6.6 liter' as opposed to the Pointiac 400 cars that said 'T/A 6.6'. Have you heard this as well?

Looks like 1377 or so were produced. Word is there are only a few hundred remaining? I'm just getting up to speed on these.

[1988montecarloss]

Re: 1977 Pontiac "Can--Am spotted today

i posted one of these in the "check it out" section a few weeks ago

[Joe]

Re: 1977 Pontiac "Can--Am spotted today

i posted one of these in the "check it out" section a few weeks ago

1988, last year for one of most fun cars I had in the 80s. Had a black 86 and a silver 87. Miss the looks, but not the lack of performance :D

I like the different rear spoiler the 87.5/88 cars had.

[1988montecarloss]

Re: 1977 Pontiac "Can--Am spotted today

i posted one of these in the "check it out" section a few weeks ago

1988, last year for one of most fun cars I had in the 80s. Had a black 86 and a silver 87. Miss the looks, but not the lack of performance :D

I like the different rear spoiler the 87.5/88 cars had.

thanks, i wasnt aware of the different spoiler ???

the lack of performance has been taken care of (somewhat) with a 350 ;)

[Joe]

Re: 1977 Pontiac "Can--Am spotted today

Nice motor swap. You have two of the coolest cars of the 80s already. Maybe round out the trifecta with an 87 Grand National LoL 8)

[DanStokes]

Re: 1977 Pontiac "Can--Am spotted today

Brendan's was definitely a Can-Am, definitely a 4 door and definitely black. What I don't know is the year. Not sure where you got your info. If I could track down my old friend Dan Hardin I could get more info as he was an engineer for Pontiac at that time (later came to EPA).

Dan

[Joe]

Re: 1977 Pontiac "Can--Am spotted today

Brendan's was definitely a Can-Am, definitely a 4 door and definitely black. What I don't know is the year. Not sure where you got your info. If I could track down my old friend Dan Hardin I could get more info as he was an engineer for Pontiac at that time (later came to EPA).

Dan

Was it a company mule or purchased of the showroom floor? There have been hundreds of one-off mules running around the Detroit area for decades :D

[DanStokes]

Re: 1977 Pontiac "Can--Am spotted today

Pretty sure he bought it outright but our friend Norm may have set him up with the purchase. He was an engineer for Fisher Body. I should call Norm and get his input - he was around the PG in those days.

Dan

[IRONHEAD]

Re: 1977 Pontiac "Can--Am spotted today

Brendan's was definitely a Can-Am, definitely a 4 door and definitely black. What I don't know is the year. Not sure where you got your info. If I could track down my old friend Dan Hardin I could get more info as he was an engineer for Pontiac at that time (later came to EPA).

Dan

again all pontiac can am's
are one color WHITE
ALL 2 DOOR
ALL AUTOMATIC
no black/no maroon/ no red/orange
400cid/auto orange/red strips