This low mileage 1971 Pontiac GTO is located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The car is listed at no reserve and is receiving lots of bids. The GTO is listed here on eBay and the current bid is $34,750 with 1 day left in the auction. There were only 357 GTO Judges built in 1971 and this is not one of them. This car has Judge striping on it but those were added by an owner along the way. The odometer on the GTO reads just 27,695 miles and are said to be original.
The base motor in the 1971 GTO was the Pontiac 400 cubic inch V8 engine with 8.2 to 1 compression ratio. The net horsepower rating was 255 horsepower. I have this same engine in my 1972 GTO and it is responsive but not overly powerful. This two optional engines were the L75 455 cubic inch V8 engine and the LS5 HO 455 cubic inch V8 engine. The L75 455 cubic inch V8 engine was rated at 260 net horsepower and the LS5 HO 455 cubic inch V8 engine was rated at 310 net horsepower. This engine was available with Ram Air induction.
The black interior looks to be in great shape and contrasts well with the Code 11 Cameo White on the exterior. The carpet, dash and seats look practically brand new. Someone has added an aftermarket steering wheel. For some reason, the consoles in these cars do not hold up well over time. This car is equipped with an automatic transmission and air conditioning.
The exhaust are correct and the car is riding on 15×7 Rally II wheels. A buyer in 1971 could also opt for the 15×7 honeycomb wheels. The seller states that this car would be a great investment and he is probably correct. The car has been given a great restoration and unfortunately the prior owner passed away and is not able to enjoy the car now.
I’d want to see mileage and PHS documentation. To say the least, this is an oddly optioned car, power windows, AC and manual drum brakes. Whoever owned and restored it was not married to the idea of originality since it has an inexpensive wood steering wheel, aftermarket aluminum intake manifold with rubber fuel line and an in-line metal fuel filter, Judge stripes, yet they didn’t do easy things such as replacing the steering wheel, upgrading the brakes and getting the radio and AC working. Those are red flags that corners were potentially cut. Smart buyers would make sure they performed a hands on inspection before finalizing the transaction.
Steve R
First off, I’m no Pontiac expert in any way, shape or form. I was around when this one was new and even had a chance to drive a similar one once. The car looks good but for some reason doesn’t look right to me for some reason but I can’t put my finger on it for some reason.
Never understood why any one selling a Pontiac does not show the PHS for these cars. Seems like a no brainer to prove what you have is real. Not to many cars have this luxury of documentation.I had a 71 4-sp 400 GTO and it was a fun car but after finding out it was 1 of 79 built it was sold for a nice profit.
The Judge decals and stripes set off an otherwise….dull(?) looking GTO. I dont really mean that in a bad way, and straight up white with those Rally II wheels would be more to my style, minus the ram air hood. Nice car.
The station wagon 455 makes only 5 more hp than the sw 400? Ridiculous.
This is probably the finest GTO in existence.
I would think the GM heritage center/GM itself may have/be hiding a goat as nice or nicer.
The car located in Ohio is a red flag. These cars would be rusted out by the 1980’s even if garage kept. Throwing down coin I would want to inspect and see exactly what was done to merit a 27,000 mile car why it needed a restoration.
PHS document would certainly break it down. (The Sloan museum has info on Buick which I had to consult for my 70 GS.)
Going through all the work in restoring without the available factory document spelling out the options etc. is taking short cuts. Unless you simply want to hide what the car really is. Adding incorrect Judge decals to a base GTO is and would be a problem to me.
Mastercraft tires on a driver is fine. Adding them to a claimed 27,000 mile GTO is an indicator the owner cheaped out on a car that otherwise presents itself very nice.
Rusting IN a garage, depends on the garage construction, location, & height of the water table(dampness). My friend has a 1945 garage attached to his house with a chimney going thru it, & a always dry cement floor, walls & ceilings! He bought a ’74 firebird in ’78 with 43k miles on it. Now it has 205k miles – still in the same gerage. No additional rust. No bad weather driving.
I bet a vega wouldn’t rust in there either.
He wanted to move to PA & looked at homes/garages & most of the basements were damp – not good. Because of that car, he didn’t move there. lol
I bet the owner of this GTO did not want to have to look at the BROWN “white” letters on you know what expensive name brand tire these days.
Actually, ALL raised white letter tires TODAY are expensive.
You can, however, get a weird overseas brand blackwall for 215-60r-15 for as little as under $55 – now that’s cheap.
Wow! Tough crowd here tonight.
Professionally refinished ? they painted the door switches and latches ! Doesn’t sound to professional to me