Vehicle Description
Vehicle to be offered for Auction sale WITHOUT RESERVE and SOLD to
the highest bidder August 17th - 19th, 2017 at Russo and Steele's
17th Annual Monterey, California Auction. Please contact us for
more information. In 1977 Pontiac began production on a Le Mans CAN
AM package which included the Pontiac 400 or Old's 403 engine,
Turbo 400 Hydromantic transmission, Grand Prix dash and a Radial
Tuned Suspension. The cars were then sent from Pontiac to ASC to
receive a rear spoiler, window levers, Shaker hood and the Stripe
badging package. After ASC completed 1133 cars, the mold for the
spoiler broke and Pontiac was informed it would take 90 days to fix
the spoiler. At which time Pontiac cancelled the contract with ASC
and did not send them any more cars. However, there were still an
additional 244 cars on the production line. As those cars came off
the line, instead of being sent to ASC, they were sold to dealers
without the ASC package and not sold as Can Ams. However, 90 days
later, the mold was fixed and nine additional cars from dealers
were sent to ASC to finish the Can Am conversions. This makes a
total of 1142 Can Ams converted by ASC. The remaining 235 cars are
Le Mans with the Pontiac portion of the conversion and not the ASC
portion. This is why Pontiac records indicate there were 1377 made.
Even though these 235 cars never saw the ASC conversion and are not
Can Am's nor were they sold as a Can Am. Of the 1142 true Can Ams,
it is believed that only 42 were equipped with the Olds 403 engine
in order to pass the California emissions. Even though the 403
engine is rated with less horse power, it has more torque, which as
we all know is most important when getting off the line. This
example is one of the 42 equipped with the Olds 403 engine. The
ONLY items on the car that are on the car that were NOT shipped
from Pontiac are a new battery and one belt. Even the tires are
original. It is a multiple show winner with Best in Class and Best
in Show trophies. It will most likely win any show into which it is
entered. There are only 4858 original miles on the car. It is
believed to be the most original and lowest mile true Can Am in
existence.
