Vehicle Description
1986 Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2 Aeroback ?One of only 200 Richard Petty
Editions produced ?One of only 1,225 Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2 (code
Y97) coupes made in 1986 ?Clean CarFax ?305 CID V-8 engine with
four-barrel carb (code LG4) ?Turbo Hydramatic 200-4R four-speed
automatic transmission (code MW9) with 3.08 rear end (code GU4) and
limited-slip differential (code G80) ?Silver over charcoal exterior
plus 2+2 decals and red striping with gray cloth interior and
leather-wrapped steering wheel (code NP5) ?Air-conditioning (code
C60), power steering, power brakes with discs in front, power
windows (code A31), power locks (code AU3), cruise control (code
K34), tilt steering column (code N33), left- and right-hand
sideview mirrors (code D35) and intermittent wipers (code CD4) ?FE2
suspension, Rally II wheels (code N83) and radio delete Do you
remember what Richard Petty drove during NASCAR?s 1986-87 season?
He drove a track version of the street edition car we?re pleased to
offer, a 1986 Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2 Aeroback! This is one of only
200 out of 1,225 examples made in 1986 and all were offered to
Pontiac dealers in the southeast United States as the Richard Petty
Edition. Made in GM?s Ste-Therese factory in Quebec, Canada, the
chosen Grand Prixs were then shipped to Auto-Fab Engineering in
Ortonville, Michigan (now Clinton Township) for 2+2 modifications:
a radically-sloped urethane aero nose, blacked-out honeycomb
grille, a front spoiler to direct more air into the engine bay,
bubble rear glass and a fiberglass trunk lid with integral spoiler.
The back window was developed in the wind tunnel on the race car
before it was applied to the street version. (The Monte Carlo
Aerocoupe SS, on the other hand, had its window designed on a
street car and was made to fit the race version.) The car?s correct
silver over charcoal paint and red trim are in overall excellent
order, the bodywork is straight and solid, the engine bay is very
tidy, as is the cargo area. The battery appears new and the
urethane, body color bumpers with overriders look fantastic. This
car rolls on Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 radials, size 215/65R15 at
every corner. Each one is mounted on a Rally II (code N83) alloy
wheel. The wheels are in excellent order while the tires are in
very good condition and the car rides on the FE2 suspension. Under
that counterbalanced hood is a 305 CID V-8 motor (code LG4) with a
four-barrel carburetor, matched to a Turbo Hydramatic 200-4R
four-speed automatic transmission (code MW9) with a 3.08:1 (code
GU4) and a limited-slip differential (code G80). Driver convenience
features include air-conditioning (inoperable at the clutch), power
steering, power brakes with discs in front, power windows (code
A31), power locks (code AU3), cruise control (code K34), tilt
steering column (code N33), left- and right-hand sideview mirrors
(code D35), and intermittent wipers (code CD4) Inside, the gray
cloth interior is in overall very good ordering, including the
front buckets and rear bench seat. The matching gray carpet is in
good, original shape, while the matching headliner and
leather-wrapped steering (code NP5) wheel look great. The gray
instrument panel and inner door panels are all in very good shape
and their condition reflects that of the rest of the interior but
the horn inoperable. The center console, with shift lever rounds
out the interior as this car has the radio deleted. An updated
taillight design with three sections was the only major change to
the 1986 Grand Prix. A new 2+2 model was offered for homologation
of an aerodynamic coupe body for NASCAR competition, like
Chevrolet's 1986 Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe. (Pontiac never used the
term ?Aerocoupe? but the term ?Aeroback? was thrown around). All
2+2 models came equipped with a corporate 305 CID four-barrel
engine, the 200-4R four-speed automatic transmission and 3.08:1
rear axle ratio. They have a two-tone paint job with silver on top
and gray on the bottom, with 2+2 decals and striping and 15x7 steel
Rally II wheels. General Motors got spanked on the big ovals that
largely comprised the growing NASCAR circuit. Even though Darrell
Waltrip, in a Monte Carlo, won the championship, Bill Elliott,
a.k.a. Awesome Bill from Dawsonville in his aero-slippery Ford
Thunderbird, dominated the superspeedways. The problem: the
squared-off backlight that GM?s G-bodies all shared created
rear-end lift at 200mph. In corners, the GM drivers had to back
off, for fear they?d hang the tail out into the wall?the Ford
drivers, meanwhile, could simply keep their foot in it and squirt
around the ring. The solution: a longer rear window, which would
reduce drag, calm the flow of air over the car, and take care of
that rear lift issue was the answer. Such a thing had been
suggested by no less an authority than Richard Petty, Pontiac?s top
driver in those days, as early as 1983. The results: the window
blended directly into the rear spoiler. The aero numbers backed up
the results: the Grand Prix?s coefficient of drag dropped from a
blocky 0.453 to a slick 0.368, dropping rear lift dramatically. Of
course, there was a compromise. The rear spoiler covered the entire
trunk lid and the resulting opening was so narrow that very few
things would actually fit through the opening. (The actual trunk
volume didn?t change?just the size of the opening.) The gigantic
parcel shelf was constructed of fiberglass. Most of that ordinarily
ample trunk room was unusable since the rear seats did not fold
down. Modestly successful on superspeedways, where its bulbous rear
end earned it a nickname of ?the whale,? the 2+2 design was
seriously flawed for street use. Since the enormous rear glass was
fixed (not an opening hatch), it forced the adoption of a
dramatically shortened trunk opening. Although it had modest
horsepower, benign handling and design compromises, there were only
200 (1,225) Grand Prix 2+2s built in 1986 and they were all
allotted to dealers in the southeastern United States. Coupe
competition to this Grand Prix in 1986 included Buick?s Regal,
Chevrolet?s Monte Carlo Aerocoupe SS, Ford?s Thunderbird, Honda?s
Prelude, Mercury?s Cougar, Mitsubishi?s Cordia, Nissan?s 240SX,
Oldsmobile?s Cutlass 442. NASCAR fans, this is car for you! Stop by
MotoeXotica Classic Cars and check out this Grand Prix 2+2 Richard
Petty edition for yourself. VIN: 2G2GJ37H7G2290307 This car is
currently located at our facility in St. Louis, Missouri. Current
mileage on the odometer shows 32,642 miles. It is sold as is, where
is, on a clean and clear, mileage exempt title. GET OUT AND
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