Re: Pontiac's SD 455
 

I saw that clone '73 SD GTO in the above link advertised for sale last fall here in Ontario Canada..

Here's another cool article worth reading...

http://www.tachrev.com/GrandAm1973Nascar.htm


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Re: Pontiac's SD 455
 

I tell 'ya the car that SHOULD have been built........the 1974 GTO SD-455. Now that would have been one heck of a car! I've always had a soft spot for those much-ignored Nova-based '74 GTO's. My father actually purchased a very nice '74 GTO with it's standard 350/Auto drivetrain and Shaker hood that was to be my first car for me when I was 16 years old. It was actually much too nice of a car to be handed over to an in-mature driver such as myself as I was wanting something faster and not quite as nice. Anway, it would have been neat for the last year of the GTO to possibly have been the fastest factory one ever built! The '74 GTO DESERVED that SD-455 and it should have happened!

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I tell 'ya the car that SHOULD have been built........the 1974 GTO SD-455. Now that would have been one heck of a car! I've always had a soft spot for those much-ignored Nova-based '74 GTO's. My father actually purchased a very nice '74 GTO with it's standard 350/Auto drivetrain and Shaker hood that was to be my first car for me when I was 16 years old. It was actually much too nice of a car to be handed over to an in-mature driver such as myself as I was wanting something faster and not quite as nice. Anway, it would have been neat for the last year of the GTO to possibly have been the fastest factory one ever built! The '74 GTO DESERVED that SD-455 and it should have happened!

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Right on Mark!.
I always wanted to build a '74 Olds Omega w/ a 455 Oldsie and/or a '74 Buick Apollo w/ a 455 Buick lump too...both stick cars of course!.

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Re: Pontiac's SD 455
 

The SD-455 would have been WAY too much for the 74 GTO, but it's a shame that Pontiac didn't drop in the standard 400 that was being used across nearly the entire Pontiac line. Just with the extra 50 cubes, the car would have been a high 14 second performer.

I like the 74's!!!

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Re: Pontiac's SD 455
 

I remember seeing a Pontiac Grand Am ad in 73 bumping the soft nose with a SD455 badge over the fender side marker lamp.

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If anyone is interested, I know of two '73 SD cars for sale as a pair for 200k.

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------I ordered a 73 Grand Am SD. Obviously, even after a loooong wait I didnt get it. Would have been sweet. Rather than get something cool I then went and ordered a new 73 Riviera with the Gran Sport engine and package. What a load. I still, to this day, dont know why I went down that road. Kept the car about 5 months and traded for a 72 TA from a rather famous Akron Oh. Pontiac dealer (Knafel). It was actually his wifes driver for about 9 months. Still think about what might have been with the Grand Am SD........Bill S