1971 Pontiac GTO

Coupe

455

TH400

Clear

gas

Up for bid is a Real rare (1 of 534 out of 9k total gto's in 71) 242 1971 GTO has been off road for 20 years, car is very complete but in need of a full restoration, I will be very descriptive, but please ask any and all questions or come see the car before you bid! Drivetrain looks to be original, car starts, and moves on it's own but NOT driveable in its current state. PHS docs verify the following options...455/325hp, TH400 trans, 12 bolt rear 3:07 open (gears not verified), factory A/C, power disc brakes, power steering, rally gauge cluster, power windows, tinted glass, rally 2 wheels, buckets and console, and AM radio. It also has rear sway bar and boxed trailing arms, and is in it's original color scheme. Mechanical... TO THE BEST of my knowledge the engine, trans, and rear are original to the car, BUT I am not the Pontiac guru so you be the judge. The block is a YC code (see pic) that verifies it to be a 455, the casting number is 485428, which is also 455, but I havent located the casting date. The heads are #66, which are 71 only, and are dated H 27 0, and H26 0, intake is 481733, carb is a rochester replacement for this ap. I put a Holley on it with a gas can just to show you it runs, it starts and idles, has some chatter, I would rebuild it if I restored the car. The trans goes into forward and reverse. Most of the A/C items are in place. Car has headers and full exhaust in good shape. Engine is orange for some reason, clean inside, and looks to be original breather also included. Body...needs floor pans, and trunk pan, frame is solid and no past repairs, rear crosspart, looks to have been tugged on but should be fixable or changeable. There is rust/rot around front and rear windows, hood may or may not be repairable, core support decent, doors, fenders and 1/4's can be repaired or replaced depending on your level of resto. Doors open and shut nice. Car was delivered to City Motors Sales Co in Passaic, NJ and looks to have spent most it's life there. AGAIN this car needs a FULL resto and may be too much work for a rookie. Please be serious if you bid, bidders with less than 10 good feedbacks contact me before you bid or be cancelled. Title is clear and car is sold AS IS Where is. Mileage shows 48,xxx, may not be original. Total payment due in 5 days, car to be picked up within 10 days unless other arrangements are made. $300 deposit by paypal in 48 hrs, prefer cash balance at pickup. Car and title not released until paid in full and funds are clear. Low Reserve, no buy it now, but open to offers, auction may end at anytime. On May-29-14 at 10:07:23 PDT, seller added the following information: Code on rear end is WT K 252.On May-30-14 at 12:43:29 PDT, seller added the following information: FYI...The engine block casting date by the distributor looks to be D 9 0, which is April 9th, 1970, which may be too early to be the born with block. Car was built in January 1971.On Jun-02-14 at 05:13:31 PDT, seller added the following information: I've had a few QUESTIONS about rocker panel and floor cross support condition... both inner and outer rockers seem solid and original, I will add a few pics if Ebay lets me, also floor cross supports as far as I can see solid and were undercoated some time ago. Floors also have under coat but as previously stated floorpans need replaced.