'70 R/A III GTO Oshawa Production numbers

Bill C · Newbie

'70 R/A III GTO Oshawa Production numbers

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

this is all the 70 gto info i have seen from GM documentation

1866 1970 24237 G.T.Os made in canada (442 WT1 judges) (526 with L74 Ram air III)(269 with L74 RAIII/M40 combo)

288 judges imported into the US from Canada
133 455's produced in canada

1003 hardtop Judges with M40

233 W73 (VOE) GTOs (54 automatics)

http://canadianponcho.activeboard.com/t25983399/cp-post-1970-canadian-pontiac-registry/

-- Edited by 68sd on Thursday 7th of July 2011 07:03:33 PM

-- Edited by 68sd on Thursday 7th of July 2011 07:04:54 PM

Pontiacanada · A Poncho Legend!

Welcome Bill from PEI. Are you able to take pictures of your car ... we'd love to see it.

Bill C · Newbie

Thank you for the welcome.

Does anyone know if the "269" number includes production from plant(s) other than Oshawa?...and if that number includes hardtops, convertibles, and Judge cars ? Granted, it appears that this a pretty low production number already...thank you very kindly for you input.

Pictures are not available at this time...I need a new digital camera.

Get this...I asked the previous owner (since 1999) what was under the primered places on the body ... "I don't know, I haven't touched the car" was his reply. So, when I reached the owner previous to him (since 1991) and asked the same question, he tells me "I don't know, I drove the car from Pennsylvania home to Ohio and parked it". So the car hasn't been messed with for twenty years.

I am still trying to track some history on it. I have a copy of old title from Maryland, but have been unable to reach that previous owner. One of the PHS documents for this car was printed in the June, 2002 issue of High Performance Pontiac magazine (which I would love to have a couple more copies of) where Jim Mattison was being interviewed regarding avoiding auto fraud.

enough rambling...thanks again for your help

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

hardtops only built in Oshawa only ,the only plant here that produced them

i believe the ragtops came from the US plants for 1970

alot of the 1970 SS chevelles and GTOs were built here and exported to the upper east coastal US

-- Edited by 68sd on Friday 8th of July 2011 09:54:17 PM

65Camino · Uber Guru

Guessing since the Auto Pact came in it was easier to export as well as import .

the70judge · Guru

68sd wrote:
this is all the 70 gto info i have seen from GM documentation
1866 1970 24237 G.T.Os made in canada (442 WT1 judges) (526 with L74 Ram air III)(269 with L74 RAIII/M40 combo)

288 judges imported into the US from Canada
133 455's produced in canada
1003 hardtop Judges with M40
233 W73 (VOE) GTOs (54 automatics)
Here is a cool document I got from a guy on the Performance Years site

http://canadianponcho.activeboard.com/t25983399/cp-post-1970-canadian-pontiac-registry/

-- Edited by 68sd on Thursday 7th of July 2011 07:03:33 PM

-- Edited by 68sd on Thursday 7th of July 2011 07:04:54 PM

Goatboy · Veteran Member

I also have a '70 Ram Air III built in Oshawa. My GM documentation from George Zapora indicates that the number produced for sale in Canada model 24237 was 1,866 (269 with L/74 & M/40). Ram air III V8 & 3-speed automatic (THM 400). Hope this helps. Good luck on the build.