Hey Pete welcome here. Is it true that  some cars were blue and white for the Quebec market? Do you know how many Pontiac Cup cars were sold?

All the documents from GMVVS show number of GT options at just over 1,700 but never break out 9Z7. I have always thought that each GM Zone office area could order one or two. The number I heard is 48 with 3 being Pontiac 400 4bbl the rest being 350 Chevy 2 or 4 bbl.

This could be the only 400 in opearting condition in Canada. That car is known to the 73-77 guys especially the Cup car guys.

Oh its super rare, as close to a GTO as possible in 1975 plus add in the Canadiana theme. Is it Valuable ? By the sounds of your description likely well under $10K until this era car takes off then he'll have a prize. Photos would be great to see, especially of that big blue engine.

Bob,

  There was the Lemans in white and red in '78, "Cup" car. There was one for sale in southern Alberta a while back. The GT ended in '77 and then there was the one for '81 which was for the Canadian market only. Black and gold or dark red and gold.

That is a super post there Carl.

When I look at the cult status the American Can Am has garnered I think we should be promoting these Pontiac Cup cars at every opportunity we get. These are definitely rarer and performamce wise with the 400 and even the LM1 350 4bbl they must have been darn close to the Can Am. They have the basic look of the last A body GTO and anyone who has ever driven a 73-77 LeMans know they are very good handling cars despite their size. With the distinctively Canadian paint and trim they are truly one of the last if not last of the "Performance" oriented Canadian Ponchos.

OK...the more I read the more I believe this is a Quebec version of the red Canada cup or as pointed out "Pontiac cup". It's just blue instead of read and white.

That is a very neat car indeed. It is so easy to find out what you have by asking GM Vintage Vehicle Services to run your VIN.

My opinion (and I  dare say I am as close to an expert on this era LeMans you will find on here)  based on looking at the photos is that your car is not a GT and not a Quebec market cup car because the blue is wrong. I see no signs of GT identification either. That doesn't matter because the GT was really a decal package and not a performance package.  It is a interestingly optioned LeMans Sport coupe with the formal roof, NASA type scooped hood and Pontiac 400. The 400 was the top engine in 1975 for LeMans cars. (Safari still could be ordered with the 455) In many ways your car is nicer than a GT in my opinion because clearly whoever ordered it knew about cars and got the top performing LeMans. By the way no GM car came with factory dual exhaust in 1975 as this was the first year for catalytic converters and that 400 was choked off rating 180 HP.

The plan is to restore back to original. I purchased the car from it's second owner in Barrie ON....which was a family sale...father-in-law to son-in-law. I've sent to GM for more history on the car. It has the original 400 4bbl with all the numbers matching on the car. I've been told the dual exhaust is not factory but there are no after market headers as the dual exhaust system is connected to the original manifolds.