73 Pontiac LeMans GT

[Will Digg 44]

Hey Guys, New to the forums here. I have a question I am hoping someone here has an answer for it. Back in my younger days I had a 1973 LeMans GT, I loved that car. It had everything I ever wanted in a muscle car. It had a 350 3-speed in the floor and a Hurst shifter. It had factory dual exhaust and I added Cherry Bomb glass packs that sounded great. I put HiJacker air shocks on the back to raise the rear up. I had 60s on the back and 70s on the front. She was a head turner especially through the gears.

Anyway here is my question. I have noticed that most pictures I have seen of these cars have the louvered rear windows but not all of them. Mine was not a louvered window in the back. Was this a certain designation like a Sports Coup that had these louvered windows? Mine was a GT and had the stripe down the side in the center. I have noticed that some have the stripe and some don't and some have the louvered windows and some don't. I was curious on why that is or just what designates the difference in the louvered and non louvered windows?

Thanks in advance for any response on this.

 

[melsg5]

Looking at the 1973 LeMans you had three different versions to start with, LeMans Luxury, LeMans Sport Coupe, and LeMans. The last two were available as 2 door and had the GTO and GT option packages but only the LeMans Sport Coupe had the louvers. As far as striping, that could have been a dealer or owner addon or RPO code 631 Vinyl Accent Stripes. See the brochure link below.

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[92 Sunbird LE]

Grand Am 2 door also had the louvers...

Doug in P.R.

 

[Will Digg 44]

Thanks for the reply. According to the brochure the sport coup had the louvered windows. Mine must have been the GT package. I noticed in some pics I have of it it also hade the front bumper guards on it. I'm not sure if the GT package was the only ones with the stripe down the side. I do know that out of all the pictures I have seen of these cars that mine is the only brown one with a lighter tan colored stripe. There were some brown ones I have seen but they didn't have the stripe. The ones I've seen with the stripes down the side have been blue with white stripe, white with a darker brown stripe, a rose colored with a white stripe and a gray one with a dark brown stripe. I'm sure there are plenty more color variations out there but I thought it was rare that I never seen another brown with tan stripe.

I read somewhere that you could get a GT package in a sport coup but mine wasn't a sport unless someone removed the louvers that may have been on it.

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[melsg5]

Do you have the VIN?