It seems that most of the Pontiac Can Am road tests in 1977 were done with a prototype that had the base 400 engine and highway gearing. Some of the tests included here indicate pretty lame performance as a result. (A W72 400 Can Am was capable of a mid 15-second quarter mile.).
This rare Pontiac Can-Am was only produced for a partial year in 1977. They are pretty unusual to find, but we’ve covered one previously. The modifications were performed for Pontiac by Jim Wanger’s (instrumental in the original GTO) shop to regular LeMans coupes. This particular one is located in Western Georgia and is listed for sale for $2,000. Thanks to Chuck F.
For this great find! (and Chuck, if I can’t get up with the TF wheel soon, I’ll have to buy you one!)Building off the successful Trans-Am name, the Can-Am was supposed to be evocative of the “unlimited” race series of the 60’s and 70’s. In reality, under the shaker scoop was a pretty run-of-the mill 400 cubic inch V-8 rated at 200 horsepower. All Can-Am’s were painted Cameo White, and featured “tri-tone” light orange/dark orange/red stripes and a fiberglass rear spoiler.The seller tells us that vandals broke out the driver’s side window, and although there are no closeups of the interior, one can tell from this picture alone that there’s going to be a lot of work restoring this to original condition. Believe it or not, that seat was white when the car left the factory.It’s pretty hard for me to judge the extent of the rust on this car–there’s certainly a lot of surface rust, but exactly how deep does it go?
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Since there were only 1,377 produced (this number is approximate), you don’t have that many to choose from. Pontiac had originally planned on producing 5,000 Can Am’s, and actually took orders for close to 10,000 from hyped-up dealers. However, the tooling for the rear spoiler broke and there wasn’t a backup; it was going to take 90 days to replace the tooling.Unfortunately for Poncho fans, Pontiac killed the program instead. Do you remember the Can-Am when it was new? A big-wig in my hometown bought one, and parked it in front of his business for everyone to ogle. I liked it then and like it now, but I’m not sure this would be the one for me. How about you?
I am glad it is too far away to mess with. Well, that and my wife would shoot me if I brought home another project. I “almost” had a 76 Black on Black on Black. My Grandad was a retired GM line super in the Atlanta plant.
77 Can Am Pontiac
He got every two years (even years after retiring) his choice of what ever came down the production line for costplant cost.Well, it was April of 75 and it looked like I was going to make the A honor roll graduating from high school. He offered me choice of anything that came down the line so we put in the order for a 76 Grand LeMans “with modifications”. Mine was a COPO for 76 – 455/4 spd out of the Firebird, Grand Prix honeycomb wheels and a few other odds and ends from both cars.I ended up with a 89.6 GPAI didn’t get the car.Got to see it, got to sit in it, and actually up until we walked out of the plant door without it I thought he was still going to give it to me. Someday I am going to build myself that car. Ya, much better to go with the ebay one although it appears to need more than meets the eye. Still the featured can-am needs a lot!!I like the looks and the fact that not many are around.
I seem to notice them at times and they seem to pop-up a lot for such a rare car. I know of one that is really in a barn,very rough and beat-up. Its a long ways from me now because of a recent move,but I would love to put it on this site because its cool looking and that’s what we all like to see. It really is in a barn!!!! Okay, Last thing first.
GM allotted 5000 car become a Can Am. After the spoiler mold broke GM cancelled the project and sold the remaining “as is” with Can Am suspension, posi and TA 6.6 – 400. So, 3623 people bought a great handling, fast for it’s day plain jane sleeper.
Pontiac Can Am Road Test 2016
It is just as rare as the Can Am. I saw one parked at the airport in Houston in 1990. It was white stock body. No stripes, shaker or rear spoiler. The give away was the big rear sway bar, posi tag and te Grand Prix dash.I have owned my Can Am since 1980.