GT-37 Pontiac

The GT-37 was advertised as the “Poor Man’s GTO”. The GT-37 was essentially a stripped-down performance car for those on a tight budget. The car was sporty while being insurance-friendly.In 1971 the GT-37 was a package on the Lemans hardtops. It came with some special features such as hood locking pins, Rally II wheels, dual exhaust with rear valence exit, body striping, heavy-duty three-speed manual transmission with Hurst floor shifter, and special GT-37 emblems on the front fenders and trunk lid. The earlyGT-37’s had the '69 Judge-style eyebrow stripes. About mid-year the stripe was changed to the sword style stripe.Driving the rear wheels was a 250hp, 350-cu.in. V-8 three-speed manual; however, there were three different 400-cu.in engines with a four-speed or automatic options available. A total of 5,802 GT-37swere produced with 5,015 350s; 718 with 400s engines, and just 69 with 455s. This car is number 28,121 of 29,466 Lemans made in 1971. Production sequence numbers are not tracked by options and theGT-37 was an option on the Lemans. It was produced the last week of April 1971.

The frame was blasted and painted black, all new brakes and brake lines installed. A fresh set of rubber was mounted on the Rally II wheels. A new gas tank and gas lines were installed. This car has a 350cubic inch 4-BBL with a 4 speed (not a standard configuration). The motor was bored .030 with forged pistons and a Ram Air III cam. The points ignition system was upgraded to HEI. The carb is a Holley 850cfm it sits on an Edelbrock intake. Ram air exhaust manifolds were installed to save clearance issues with big tube headers. It dyno tested at 340 HP without the ram air manifolds. The estimate now is the motor is putting out about 350 HP. The interioris different than the GTO, which had bucket seats, it has a bench seat. The bench seat was lighter and provided more body stability than the GTO bucket seats. The entire interior had to be redone as the car’s original interior color was parchment. A new dash was acquired from Just Dash. All new interior parts were purchased from Original Parts Group Inc. After market radio was installed as original was impossible to find in working condition. The car won Best In Show at a car show in late 2018.