The seller of this 1974 Pontiac GTO must not want to sell this car very much because there are no full size pictures of the car in the ad. It’s as if he or she snapped some pictures with their iPhone after work while walking through the garage to go inside for dinner! This example is located in Harrison, Maine and is listed here on Craigslist. The seller is asking $9,000. The 1974 GTO, based on the Ventura with a shaker scoop and 350 V8, marked the end of the original run. Although many believe 1972 was the last real GTO, the 1973 and 1974 models are now seeing renewed interest. Many thanks to Rocco B. for sending us this tip.
Pontiac produced the GTO from 1964 to 1974, with the model widely credited as the first true muscle car. The nameplate returned on an Australian-built Holden from 2003 to 2006. However, the last year for a Pontiac powered GTO was 1974 and only 7,058 were produced. The interior of this GTO shows that it is a project car and still needs some work including a passenger and rear seat installed along with carpet. The shifter for the automatic transmission can be seen in this picture along with the Formula steering wheel.
From the factory, Pontiac installed a 350 cubic inch V8 engine fed via a Rochester Quadrajet carburetor. It was rated at 200 horsepower which was 25 horsepower less than the base L78 400 cubic inch engine in the Trans Am. For this car, the original engine was replaced with what is described as a 1969 GTO motor. The car only has 300 miles on the replacement engine and the rear end was upgraded to a 10 bolt 3.42:1 rear gear. The seller has also replaced the fuel system, brakes, ignition and exhaust.
As can be seen in the pictures, the paint is dull in some places and shiny in others. The seller states that the wheels and tires were recently replaced. The blue marking is still present on aftermarket Cooper Cobra tires. The seller explains in the ad that the car drives great and it can be driven while the restoration is finished. Some rust repair is still need on the floor and fender. The trunk was repaired but it is said that it still needs more work. This could be a nice driver of a low production car.
Should move out real nice. 3.42 posi
Zzzzzzttt,,Litttttle,,,GT,,Little GT, Little GT record warped and skipping, in 10 measly years, look what happened. Actually, this was about as cool as it got in the mid 70s, without going the AMC route, :), this car was essentially a rebadged Nova, that had unprecedented success, the others, like Ventura and Apollo never shared the zing. Shows what was in a name. This still embodies some of the original, and should be saved for its iconic roots, the end of one heck of an era. Weren’t there? Hard cheese, it was a gas,,,
I remember that in the ’70’s you could buy used cars
for a song that were in nice shape.I’ve owned a lot of
different cars back then that I either can’t afford,or won’t
pay their prices now.
I remember a girl i worked with sold her nice Red ’67-
Chevelle for $700 to a co-worker back then.
Anyone else remember the 3 years of car payments?
Featured on this site in March of this year and November of last year, good deals don’t last, if this has been on the market for a minimum of 8 months that suggests there are problems.
Steve R
I’m always reminded of an experience I had whenever I see one of these. In 1978 or thereabouts, a friend asked me to drive him to see a GTO at a dealership some miles away. When we got to the dealership a GTO very similar to this one was parked out front in a conspicuous parking spot. As soon as he saw it he started yelling “Keep driving! Don’t bother stopping! It’s just a $#%@! NOVA!” So we turned around and went back to his house . . . in my 1970 Nova.