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03-24-2010, 05:52 AM
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Pontiac's SD 455
 Hmmmm.. Wow.. Pontiac's Trans Am SD 455 all over ebay 100g's+ What's up with that  Well I guess will see what reality is..  
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03-24-2010, 06:24 AM
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Re: Pontiac's SD 455
The 74's don't go for nearly as much as the 73s do, even when they're really nice with 16,000 miles.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Pontiac-T...s#ht_632wt_1167 And the 73's that have appeared on ebay lately have been in need of some major work. Like this one. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=160412003411 They keep dropping their buy-it-now price every few days. Started at $125K in last auction, then went to $95K, this morning is was reset to $89K. If the quarters look that bad in the photos I can't imagine how bad they are in person. And do you really think a Jeep dealer correctly rebuilt the SD455 engine in that car? That's like having your local Autozone rebuild your ZL1 engine.
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03-24-2010, 06:37 AM
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Re: Pontiac's SD 455
My cousin has a white 74 SD. That was the first car I ever drove with an automatic that was bone stock and would tear up 2nd gear!
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03-24-2010, 07:06 AM
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Re: Pontiac's SD 455
I had a 74 SD back in the 80s. In stock form it was a turd. With a true dual exhaust system, 041 spec cam, carb rods,open up the shaker and a distributor re-curve, Hold on.
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03-24-2010, 04:05 PM
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Re: Pontiac's SD 455
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I had a 74 SD back in the 80s. In stock form it was a turd. With a true dual exhaust system, 041 spec cam, carb rods,open up the shaker and a distributor re-curve, Hold on. [/ QUOTE ] You must have had a lemon. My buddy bought one new ( still has it ) That car lights em up at will. The dist is recurved and the scoop opened also, but otherwise all stock
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03-24-2010, 04:44 PM
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Re: Pontiac's SD 455
They are very rare cars,more rare then Yenko/Copo cars.70 thru 73 Firebirds have a rabid following that rivals or exceeds that of their first gen counterparts.The SD cars were the last of the Muscle era Muscle cars,and were legitimatly fast in the road tests of the day,because of the fact that the engines were powerful,combined with the fact that the much wider radial tires gave them much better showroom stock traction then bogblock cars of just a few years earlier that ran on 6 inch tread with bias plys.Mid 13's in off the showroom floor trim with road and track type drivers is faster then the majority of off the floor 454 Chevelles and Hemi Cuda's of that era.In today's market any muscle car going over 100K has to be the cream of the crop,but in all fairness the 73 SD cars are among the best,and are much more sought after then the much more garden variety 454 4 barrel T/A's and Formulas of that year,so I could see them commanding top dollar.Remeber that we are talking about some of the best performing muscle cars with what could be only double digit numbers of remaining examples.
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