Once the “pride and joy” of its female owner, this 1971 Pontiac Le Mans Sport Hardtop Coupe in State Road, North Carolina rested “under trees” for 33 years. Now the lost-title LeMans comes to market after its rescuer revived the engine, stating the claimed 70,000 miles classic runs “beautiful.” Rust issues abound, but the nicely appointed Pontiac could offer its parts up for another project or be rejuvenated if someone sorts the paperwork.
The white interior shows split seams and heat damage, especially across the ruined dashboard. The bucket seats and console add flash and style to this Le Mans, the starting point for Pontiac’s GTO.
The 350 cid (5.7L) Pontiac V8 has seen a carburetor rebuild and other fuel system updates, otherwise expect nothing newer than 1991. Engine options for the Le Mans Sport ranged from an economical inline six all the way to a ground-pounding 455. Thanks to lov2xlr8 for some details. Air conditioning and tinted windows helped counteract the southern heat before this ride’s long slumber. The 1971 brochures are interesting as they show both the outgoing gross horsepower numbers and the 1972 and later net power numbers, a handy reference for decoding how much power was lost on paper.
Pictures of the car’s rear section escaped the listing here on eBay but here’s one of the trunk. Rubber gaskets succumbed to seasonal weather cycles long ago, and rust appears everywhere on this 53 year-old coupe. Zero takers on the $3,379 opening bid as we go to press highlight the difficulty of selling a long-parked classic of marginal rarity or special interest. The trailer hitch, historically a red flag to buyers indicating above-average wear on the powertrain and springs, stands only as a footnote compared to the heavy load a restoration will put on your credit card. Undercarriage pictures don’t look horrible, but anyone looking for a financial upside would do better on a GTO. Is this one too troublesome to restore or does it deserve the effort and expense required to get back in the wind?
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Fixed. Thank you Rob. Guess I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue.
Lol!!! My problems is old age and I need all the help that I can get.
This is something I would have looked at as a parts car, it’s complete, has bucket seats, console, disk brakes, AC and other related parts. The asking price isn’t shown, but it looks way to rough to be a viable project.
Steve R
Was given same color car , same hubcaps, 350, one owner, was cutting people’s lawn, said do you want the car, I said yes, no where to put it, gave me the title, called a couple friends, said first guy with 200.00 takes it, it was 1988, car sat since 1984. No rust, just 4 flats. He took it, saw him driving it next day, illegally but it ran great and he was doing burnouts, he flipped it or 1000.00 after cleaning it and used tires. This car here is not worth 3 grand.
Contact Dalton at Pole Barn Garage. This looks right up his alley.
Excellent Rustomod candidate.
good parts here the seats along somebody will give 1500.00. shame but lost titles are 9 out of 10 times the kiss of death especially in nj.
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