10 WEIRD GM Muscle Cars You’ve NEVER Heard Of!

[@HomerJ1964]

I have a 74 Grand Am with a 455 sitting in my garage right now.

[@akrocuba]

👍👍👍👍👍👍💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@duckmangooo7376]

Dad had a 73 Pontiac Grand-Am, four door, Blue ,white interior, white vinyl top. Automatic, 455 ,650 four barrel carburetor. Great car, great memories. Bought it in 1977.

[@johnmarshjr928]

Those grand am’s were cool, half trans am half boat 😂

[@falcon4548]

Right! With 2 175 horse outboards mounted on back 🚤

[@danrandall794]

I was a car guy and never heard of a Can Am until I made a new friend. Went to his home town and there it was. Only one I had ever seen. On my way back home I saw one in a parking lot of a restaurant. I was convinced his was stolen. I used the pay phone at the restaurant, way before cell phone days, and called him. He ran out to the out building and said his car was still there. Never saw another one other than his.

[@TheOldGord]

My father had a 1976 Laguna. Loved that car.

[@gregbarhorst3986]

That blue Stage1 4speed 73 used to be my brother Doug’s car

[@American.legends]

oh, really 🤯💯

[@jmWhyMe]

Not an A body, but we had a 74 Delta 88 Royale with the 455 Rocket. That sleeper hauled some serious you know what! 😂

[@SpynCycle57]

You don't know that c.i. means cubic inches?

[@bobbitchun8659]

It's a computer or AI reading it. Not a real person.

[@martyreaves4955]

Someone had to teach you, too. No one is born knowing everything. Don't be so quick to criticize.

[@demontrain4438]

It's an A I voice so annoying

[@SpynCycle57]

@@martyreaves4955 You claiming that a newborn with zero education was doing the narrating? When narrating a video about cars the A.I. should be programmed to use common automotive terms. Whomever released the video should have proofed it and caught this error.

[@martyreaves4955]

@@SpynCycle57 Sorry you didn't understand the context . I don't think about AI.

[@bewilderment9268]

I had a 1974 Pontiac LeMans Sport Coupe. Bucket seats, console shift and an aftermarket, non leaking, sunroof. When l bought it in '81 it didn't run very well, it had crossed plug wires. Got that straightened out and it ran better. While cleaning under the hood l came across a factory sticker that read, Notice: This engine is designed to be run on 98 or better octane. I then realized it was a factory high performance engine. At that time l could still get 105 octane, put about 1/2 tank in it and BOY HOWDY, that engine was a runner. So much so that the transmission gave up. Got that rebuilt with a good shift kit and 2nds were easy. Should never have sold it.

[@darrelkinney9856]

Badass es 73-77 I’ve got a 73SS 350 chevelle They have been called the Busch grand nationals in the day.

[@thisisShedEra]

Colonnade A-Body cars were truly underrated! While everyone goes crazy for '64-'72 A-Bodies, these ‘73-’77 gems have so much potential! From the NASCAR-banned Chevy Laguna S3 to the rare Pontiac Can-Am, these cars were ahead of their time. Imagine picking one up for a fraction of the cost today and turning it into a beast that stands out at any car show. Time to bring these forgotten muscle machines back into the spotlight! Who else thinks these need more love? 🔥💯

[@1RAYGC]

These cars were never muscle cars, they were just pretenders.

[@kingjames1586]

Mandatory bumpers ruined the look of every car since “74”

[@David-j1x]

A lot of people heard of some of these. I hate it when a video says you've never heard of or seen or don't know, etc etc.

[@erickort1987]

the 1973 Baldwin Motion Phase III SS 427 Chevelle was the most expensive baldwin motion car ever built,the baldwin motion cars were built to drag race

[@BluRadoZ71]

I would drive any one of these all day everyday over any of the new trash.

[@BobbyTucker]

I took care of a lady's '77 Pontiac Can Am in Las Vegas, Nevada, numbers matching 403 Olds engine, pristine condition too, she wasn't having anything to do with selling the car, it was her 'Baby', lol. Identical to the photo @6:14.

[@cyclonepsycho330]

I've heard of and seen all of these cars except for the pace car at the end. I knew about the pace car but had never seen one before this video. I also just saw this past week a Can-Am for sale less than a mile from my house.

[@joequillun7790]

Well, I know that when-ever I'm looking for a performance car, the 1st concern I have is, "does it have roll-over protection?" And of course the 5 MPH bumpers are 2nd on my list. Then there's the EGR system. Always a must have. 🤮

[@vicv.2720]

3:40 - That is one bad ass car. Simply sinister.

[@ed9603]

Absolutely loved these particular year models beautiful 😍

[@axjason]

Yeah, I had an uncle who owned a Pontiac Can-Am back in the 80s. I thought it was pretty cool.

[@DouglasEvans-v1r]

My cousin had a either 75 or 76 Skylark with a big block. Can't remember the cubic inch but that sucker would light up the tires.

[@MrLeftfootlouie]

Proud ex owner of 73 Pontiac LeMans.

[@debbiebermudez5890]

Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍. Am a Oldsmobile guys I both models 70 442 Convertible-76 442 both models give a different ride and those who do not respect the Colonnade , built right these vehicles are fast & handle like on rails ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍

[@gearshifterg9756]

I didn't think you could provide any WEIRD G.M. muscle cars that I have NEVER Heard of!...... And you didn't.

[@giff427dg]

With government regulations this is why they didn't really take with a 455 ci putting out 170 hp is just stupid talk

[@jasonrodgers9063]

At 4:04- My stepson's first car was a 1973 Grand Am.

[@dwh5512]

I owned the 1973 Grand Am and out ran a Hells Angel on his hog. It was a screamer.

[@TomUlicny-gx6hs]

I have a 1977 Olds cutlass Supreme, bought new. Then found a '76 Salon with t-tops and 5-sp.

[@edwardpate6128]

They were great looking and driving cars.

[@tomcherry7029]

The Pontiac super duty 455 was only offered in the Firebird Forumla and Trans am . Again do you research.

[@robroy6158]

TRY AGAIN - A five second Google Search makes your statement ridiculous. I had 1973 Grand Am 455 Super Duty 4 Speed.

[@kingjames1586]

73” Pontiac GrandAm…

[@mikee2923]

⁠​⁠@@robroy6158 Guess you should’ve kept that car because it would be priceless. The EPA only certified the Super Duty 455 for use in the F body only. Any production Grand Am was available with 3 engine choices a 400 2bbl a 400 4bbl and a 455 4bbl. The 455 was a standard D port head 455. Selecting the 455 option in a Grand Am mandated the Turbo 400 automatic transmission. Same with the GTO in 1973. The Grand Prix was only available with the Turbo 400. No manual was offered.

[@joequillun7790]

@@mikee2923 Absolutely correct Mike. There was a proto-type 73 GTO that cars magazine tested and had it on their cover for "Car of the Year", but also never made it into production. But if you were lucky enuff to have a "dealer installed" SD, you maybe could get it done. I contemplated a 455SD, backed with an M-22, and a 4.10 12 bolt posi in a 75 Astre, but when the dealer said it had-ta have a cat. converter, and single exhaust, I had-ta pass. But Bob Maxey took it to another extreme, and few years later. 👍

[@AlbertRael-cg4zx]

67 Thru 72 were the best muscle cars made.

[@user-ch6lc1gs9x]

There was NO REAL REASON why gubamint motors ceased production on the Can Am because of a rear spoiler mold breakinng? Thats garbage! I"d bet a million bucks that if theyd had the foresight to use one of their REAL REAR SPOILER MOLDS, from the Pontiac Firebird, Firebird Formula, or Trans Am models, - Hell, if worst came to worse, they could have pulled one of the TT spoilers from a Buick Skylark GSX, or the Pontiac GTO! If the issue was the downforce produced by the pathetic excuse for a spoiler they had dezigned for the Can Am, any one of the above mentioned spoilers would have made that rear end stick to the asphalt so much better than that strip of plastic they probably had to glue to the metal trunk, becasue those things were too skinny to screw down!

[@markg7030]

The broken spoiler mold has been the excuse for many years. Pontiac could have deleated the spoiler and charged less for the car.

[@IMEMINE.]

When the electronics were MADE IN JAPAN y’all

[@edwardbright9434]

Yes

[@timothyyoung7114]

I had a friend that had one of those Pontiac Can Am's. That thing was really sharp. I had a Camaro Rally Sport.

[@Karl-cf1hy]

That's the beauty of Chevy's that scared me away. Not a sexy look. ☠️👎

[@donwest5387]

"muscle cars"?

[@TreeLeafVoice]

NIce

[@AlbertRael-cg4zx]

The only nice cars of that year is the 76 El Camino 73 74 75 are the ugliest cars ever made I got a 76 with a 350 edge block intake custom headers with x pipes. With class packs.

[@wocookie2277]

Had a 1975 Lemans sport coupe, 400 ho.

[@mikee2923]

Nice car but there was no such thing as a 400 HO in 1975.

[@wocookie2277]

@@mikee2923 ran the code in the microfiche. 400 big block 850 cfm. Turbo 400 auto, GT model with the hood scoops from the 74.

[@mikee2923]

@@wocookie2277 Pontiac engines shared the same block size. All Quadrajet carbs of the era flowed 850 CFM. Pontiac almost always used the Turbo 400 transmission behind 400 and larger engines. Except the 75 and up F bodies were limited to the Turbo 350 because the turbo 400 wouldn’t fit due to the catalytic converter. Most likely reason why all 75-76 455 F bodies were 4 speed manual.

[@wrotenwasp]

Wow, memories of my first car , a 77 "442". Basically a cutlass S with 442 decals. Got it in '79 with 12,000 milies for $3995. Sure, it was a low compression smog motor with a horrible 2.41 gear but at least it was a 8.5" 10 bolt and had a turbo 350. I found a used holly 600 vac sec, Holly street dominator intake and a set of 1969 #5 heads that raised the compressioin to about the low 9.0s. With a W31 knockoff cam, headers a 4.10 gear and 10" torque converter from a chevy vega ($40 at the junkyard in 1980) with Dunlog GT qualifier L60s, I had to roll out to about 10 mph so it wouldn't spin but back in that era , a 14.04 at 98mph wasnt too bad. Never ran it with slicks but 98 mph should have been good enough for maybe 13.60s-70s. And that was just an Olds 350