1973 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 CI, 4-Speed Canadian built at Mecum

bjburnout · Uber Guru

1973 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 CI, 4-Speed Canadian built at Mecum

65Camino · Uber Guru

Thats what Canadian Paperwork will do !

65Camino · Uber Guru

Great price. Way out of my budget, though.

Prefectca · Poncho Master!

A friend of mine had a similar car. 1973, 454 auto, blue with white stripes and blue interior. Pulled the 454 and put it in his dually and put a 250 six in the Laguna. His wife liked the gas mileage after swapping in the six.

Paul

cdnpont · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Now even the big bumper Colonnade's have become the rich mans fancy.

Good for those that own them!

73SC · A Poncho Legend!

cdnpont wrote:
Now even the big bumper Colonnade's have become the rich mans fancy.
Good for those that own them!

Every Dog has it's Day.....and I just happen to have one of these big bumper dogs.

MC · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Very cool! Love those oddball 1 year only cars.

Friend of helped junk a '73 SS 4-speed car about 30 years ago. Even then, he was saying what a shame that they were junking it, being such a rare car...

cdnpont · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

I happen to really like them Ray. They were of a time of when I really started thinking about cars. Everywhere you looked, there they were.

It's nice to see they're getting their due.

gparis7 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

There used to be a couple of these 73 SS 4 speed cars in my area back in the 80s.

My 27 year old son loves the 73 SS. It's not my favorite of the colonnade coupe era but I do like some of those cars. The 73-75 Grand Am is number 1 for me, followed by the 73-75 Cutlass, then the 73-75 Laguna Type 3. But they all have a certain appeal in hindsight.

MC · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Back when I had my '73 Lemans, I wished I had an earlier car that was a hardtop. In retrospect, I really appreciate the Lemans now. The styling was a radical departure from the earlier cars and really stands out, even among other old cars (IMHO 1973 was the best iteration for all the '73-'77 A-bodies).

Another thing is that GM made chassis/suspension improvements for that generation of A-body, and after driving some earlier examples, my opinion is that they are a much better car on the road than the 1972 and before. Not that my opinion is important, because it's not. biggrin

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

Dad's 77 LeMans Sport Coupe was a great driving car. I wouldn't say the handling was spectacular but it was better than the earlier generation of LeMans. It was also pretty good on fuel and extremely reliable.

CDN2PLS2 · Uber Guru

There was a Beauty 454 SS Wagon at the last MCACN.

65Camino · Uber Guru

Actually that price is reasonable considering the 72 and earlier go for even more.

gparis7 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

My 77 Lemans Sport was a great handling car. By the mid 70s GM had worked out the handling and braking to a much higher standard than even 5 years before IMO.

bjburnout · Uber Guru

gparis7 wrote:
My 77 Lemans Sport was a great handling car. By the mid 70s GM had worked out the handling and braking to a much higher standard than even 5 years before IMO.

Some 1970's GM cars had a dash plack 'RADIAL TUNED SUSPENSION'

73SC · A Poncho Legend!

There is considerable interchange of suspension parts between the F body and 73-77 A body so in some respects you are getting a Camaro/Firebird similar suspension.

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

Our's had that plaque.

bjburnout wrote:
gparis7 wrote:
My 77 Lemans Sport was a great handling car. By the mid 70s GM had worked out the handling and braking to a much higher standard than even 5 years before IMO.
Some 1970's GM cars had a dash plack 'RADIAL TUNED SUSPENSION'