1972 Pontiac Grand Ville Convertible - Great Driving Car!

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This nice driver quality car has been owned by the same caretaker since 1981, n assistant superintendant at the school system I attended. He is the third owner. He has cared well for the car but does not drive it as much as he used to and getting ready to downsize, o the car has to go to a new owner. The car runs and drives very well and he did just install a new starter and had a tune up and oil change performed. There is some minor rust that I think would be easily attended to, uckily the car was Ziebarted early in its life. The front bumper could use replating. The AC is not operational, ut everything else worls well. We have the original build sheet, nd all maintenance records during his ownership. This would make a great car to restore over time while driving it on sunny summer days in the meantime.

We have many more photographs of this car, lease click on any image to be taken to our full-size image list! The Pontiac Grand Ville is a full-size car that was the top-trim model in Pontiac's full-sized line from 1971 to 1975. It displaced the Pontiac Bonneville which had served as Pontiac's top-trim model since 1958. The Bonneville itself was not discontinued during this period, ut was demoted in status, n effect replacing the discontinued Pontiac Executive. The Grand Ville and Bonneville shared a number of trim and design elements that distinguished them from the Catalina, ut the 1971-72 Grand Villes were built on a stretched wheelbase version of the GM "B" platform that nevertheless had identical interior dimensions to all other full-size Pontiacs. In addition to more luxurious interior trimmings, he Grand Ville had distinctive chrome up front and taillight trim at rear to set it apart. For 1974 only, he Grand Ville had its own parking lights, hich wrapped around the corner of the front fender. The car was often seen with deluxe appearance options, uch as sport wheels and vinyl tops. Rear fender skirts were featured on the 1973 to 1975 models. Standard equipment on Grand Ville models included a 455 cubic-inch V8 engine (for 1971-74 models, 400 cubic-inch V8 was standard and the 455 optional for 1975), urbo-Hydramatic automatic transmission, ower steering and power front disc brakes. Popular options included air conditioning, ower windows and driver's seat, ilt steering wheel, ruise control, M/FM stereo with tape deck and much more. One of the rarest options available on Grand Villes and other full-sized Pontiacs during this period was the adjustable brake and accelerator pedals offered from 1974 to 1976. The Grand Ville enjoyed moderate success from 1971 to 1973. However, he Arab Oil Embargo of late 1973 and early 1974 led to gasoline shortages, ong lines at filling stations, nd skyrocketing pump prices. These factors would sharply cut into full-sized car sales in 1974 as Americans were shunning big gas guzzlers in favor of smaller more fuel-efficient cars. For 1975, he Grand Ville became the Grand Ville Brougham and included more standard equipment than in previous years, uch as power windows and a carpeted trunk. This would be the final year for the Grand Ville series, hich also included Pontiac's last convertible until 1983. For 1976, he Grand Ville nameplate was dropped and the lineup was renamed Bonneville Brougham, eturning that nameplate back to its former flagship status. Grand Ville convertibles were rare in the years from 1971 to 1975, ever topping 5,000 per year during the model run. From 1973 to 1975 the Grand Ville was Pontiac's only full-size convertible offering, 971 and 1972 full-size Pontiac convertibles were offered in both the entry level Catalina line and the posh Grand Ville line. There were no convertible Bonnevilles after the 1970 model year. The rarest of the rare Grand Ville convertibles was the 1971 model with just under 1,800 examples built. The final year 1975 proved to be the most plentiful with just over 4,500 cars built, s word had gotten out that this would be the final year of production. The Grand Ville convertible had the lowest production amongst its corporate cousins, he Oldsmobile 88 Royale, uick LeSabre/Centurion, hevrolet Caprice Classic and Cadillac Eldorado convertible lines. Our Ebay Policies: Significant Cars is one of the largest Collector Car Brokers and Dealers in the Country.  Since 2003 we have worked hard to "change the way collector cars find new homes" by providing unparralleled web presentation of the cars we are representing.  Most of our cars have over 30 photographs, nd these can be viewed by visiting our website (our eBay handle dot com), r by clicking on any of the photographs in the black background area of our EBay listings.  We welcome your call with any questions about any of our listings at anytime at 800-837-9902 and certainly encourage your personal inspection of any of the cars we are selling-just call us and we will be happy to set up an appointment for your to see and test drive the car. We realize that eBay is a difficult venue to properly evaluate an item as complex as an automobile.  You can feel secure bidding with confidence on any of our cars since we guarantee your satisfaction!  Should you win the auction and come to see the car and decide you do not want it for any reason, o negative feedback will result, ny deposit you may have paid will be cheerfully refunded. Description images and copy © Significant Cars, nc.