The 1974 GTO was a Ventura option, not a GTO line on its own anymore, came with Pontiac 350 and on the Ventura you could have a smaller engine, not sure if they had choices of Chevy motor ?

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The 1974 GTO was a Ventura option, not a GTO line on its own anymore, came with Pontiac 350 and on the Ventura you could have a smaller engine, not sure if they had choices of Chevy motor ?

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In the mid 1970s I had a part time high school job as a car jockey at my uncle's Chrysler dealership - they took a 1973 Ventura coupe in on trade - it had a 4 speed and a V8 in it - I think it was called a Sprint 

That car actually has a 74 GTO grille and bumper. parking lamps are in the bumper on a regular Ventura. 

The GTO also had some equipment that you could not obtain on a Ventura or a Ventura Sprint. 

The GTO 350 4bbl with Duals was rated at 200 HP while a regular Ventura could have a 350 2bbl rated at 155 HP.

Three speed heavy duty floor shift was a GTO standard as was a 3.08 axle and large front and rear stabilizer bars with firm rated shocks, these things not available on regular Ventura. 

Pontiac played around with the Ventura as early as 1971/72 before releasing the GTO on this platform, the Formula X prototype never made production:

Thank goodness I was right.