Rare Muscle Car, 1971 Pontiac GT37

Buy American Muscle Cars, Rare Muscle Car, 1971 Pontiac GT37 For Sale

Price $44,000
Location Tiffin, Ohio

Found this one a red 1971 Pontiac GT37 is rarer and faster than a GTO Judge, hides 400 V8 muscle under the hood. When we ask American muscle car enthusiasts, "What is the best muscle car ever built by Pontiacs?", All will agree, the GTO Judge will be first.

Despite its shorter production year than the Ford Mustang or Chevrolet Camaro, the GTO is widely regarded as the car that popularized the muscle car segment and is therefore still very popular among muscle car enthusiasts today.

No car gets as much love as the GTO, and thanks to a huge muscle car cake in the 70s, insurance companies didn't want to miss out on that cake, so they charged pretty high insurance fees on all kinds of muscle cars back then, and the GTO was no exception.

Then Pontiac built this GT37 to trick the insurance companies for so long. Similar to the GTO, which comes from the LeMans lineage, and was introduced as an option package for LeMans in 1971, the GT37 comes with a wide choice of engine sizes, such as 350, 400, and the highest spec 455. Some units sold carry the 400 M22 Muncie V8 engine mated to a 4-speed manual transmission, as one of them offered here.

It would be one of the most desirable Pontiac classics out there, It's rarer and faster than GTO, and it also overshadows one of the coolest muscle cars that left the Pontiac assembly line during the golden era.

On paper, the GTO is the top caste from Pontiac cars, but what you see here is a 400 V8 same spec as GTO Judge had. Backed by dependable 4-speed manual transmission, has been driven for about 38,000 miles. This machine is believed to run a quarter mile almost half a second faster than a Judge GTO with the same powerplant. Very impressive!

The cabin features front bucket seats and a rear bench upholstered in black vinyl, a center console with a handle shifter, without self-belts. No words about renovating or replacing the interior side, but look decent for its age despite shown wear. Hard to find imperfections from here, should do a closer inspection for the actual condition. The carpeting and headliner are not shown clearly here hopefully nothing is rotten inside.

As we know, the GT37 wasn't popular as the GTO. The GT37 sales only accounted for less than 10 percent of total LeMans production, with only 6,589 GT37s compared to 10,532 GTOs sold in 1971.

What is offered here is one of the 718 units ever built, equipped with 400 V8 engines. Mostly GT37s left the assembly line with a 350 V8 under the hood and only 69 units were ordered with the 455 V8. How many of those had survived to see today in one piece?

Yes is hard to see today, a Red example you see here is for sale on Craigslist and is a beast on the bunny robe, a rarest opportunity. It would be a remarkable example of the GT37 fitted with one of the range-topping V8 mills for 1971, its uniqueness and rarity certainly making up its value.


Detail by owner
1971 Pontiac GT37. Rare car. Pontiac sold these cars to fool the insurance companies who had all the high-performance goodies of a GTO. But without the insurance cost of a GTO. These cars were quicker than the GTO of the same package. Also lighter weight than the GTO. Has the original born with Factory ordered 400 M22 Muncie 4-speed manual transmission. Have all the original documentation with this car. Including the original sales receipt. The car runs and drives great. No rust. Has one repaint. The paint is very nice. 38,000 actual miles 44,000.00 or the best offer. Willing to trade for American muscle cars, pro street cars, microcars, 59 Caddies, Ford Mustang, charger, Chevelle, Nova, Camaro, or ?.call four19934597two. located in Tiffin, Ohio.

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