Featured on AutoHunter, the net public sale platform pushed by ClassicCars.com, is that this restored 1972 Pontiac LeMans GT two-door hardtop. This Poncho receives energy from a rebuilt 455cid mated to a wide-ratio four-speed guide transmission. Offered new at Jim Simmons Pontiac-Buick in Harmony, North Carolina, the LeMans GT you see right here is supplied with energy steering and entrance disc brakes, copy ducktail spoiler, Rally II wheels, and GT sword stripe. Completed in special-order gentle blue over a black vinyl inside, this LeMans GT is obtainable with Connecticut registration within the vendor’s title.

This automotive is fascinating on a number of ranges. First, it’s a 1972 LeMans with the GT bundle, which was an evolution of the 1970½-1971 GT-37. The GT bundle, obtainable on the Hardtop or Coupe, included a HD three-speed guide with Hurst shifter, twin exhausts with side-splitters, G70 x 14 white-letter tires on Rally II wheels sans trim rings, body-colored facet mirrors (on hardtops), and sword stripe.

However this LeMans GT additionally was special-ordered in a coloration not ordinarily obtainable on the LeMans — a coloration that’s come to be often called “Carolina Blue.” It appears there’s handful of vehicles which were ordered in a coloration reminiscent to that of the UNC Tar Heels, and this is among the few.

Lastly, it encompasses a ducktail spoiler, one thing that was new for 1972 however solely 2-3 have been constructed by the manufacturing unit, plus not less than one dealer-installed magnificence exists. Somebody started reproducing them a number of years in the past, in order that’s what you see right here. Seems nice, proper?

Throughout its 2014 restoration by 2014 by Muscle Automobile Designs of Joliet, Illinois, the outside was repainted within the authentic college-inspired hue. Options embrace black GT facet stripes, color-keyed mirrors, the aforementioned spoiler, and twin exhausts.

Manufacturing facility Rally II wheels with trim rings are wrapped in Firehawk Indy 500 raised-white-letter tires.

The inside is fitted with a black vinyl inside, with the entrance being a bench seat. Options embrace woodgrain dashboard trim, AM radio, Tender-Ray tinted glass, and energy steering.

Instrumentation features a 120-mph speedometer and aftermarket auxiliary gauges. The five-digit mechanical odometer reads 42,775 miles.

The rebuilt 455cid V8 that changed the unique 350 two-barrel was put in throughout the 2014 restoration. Energy is distributed to the rear wheels by way of a Muncie M20 wide-ratio four-speed guide transmission and three.55 rear gears.

Entrance energy disc brakes and rear drums help with halting the movement.

The public sale for this 1971 Pontiac LeMans GT two-door hardtop ends Monday, September 18, 2023, at 12:30 p.m. (PDT)

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