Met Don Garlits at his museum in Ocala. Super nice guy.

Great Looking 71 Pontiac T-37 455 H.O. anybody would be proud to own the Car..

A truly impressive piece of very rare Pontiac history. Thumb way up for this one. 😀

KEEPS REMINDING ME OF THE FRENCH CONNECTION MOVIE.

My neighbor had a 70 Tempest with a 400 and a 4 speed that won a bunch of street races on Airport Road back in the day. It was a beautiful car.

I had a ‘71 Sport Lemans. 400 M22 posi. Bought it in ‘81, for $800. It was rusty and abused. Owning that car taught me a lot about car repair. At the time I always thought the other A bodies were more appealing. Now I appreciate the understated look. Thanks for the video!

Pontiac truly did build excitement! Accelerating hard from a dead stop would have been cool to see!

That old car in retirement is finally getting the love it deserved back when it was new

When I was growing up my friend’s father used to drive me to elementary school in a brown T 37

It was great looking at the car today in Clearwater. Beautiful car. Thanks for taking the time to talk to me Kevin.

MCC, you amaze me with your finds. Another Pontiac jewel. A single booster QJ. Wow. A 3.55 12 bolt, perfect for a street Pontiac. The rarity is extraordinary. Fantastic job on the resto. Altho I understand the need for originality, I'm a stickshift guy, and sad to see a column shifted auto. And also the P/S, and 4 wheel drums. Just goes to show, you can't have your cake, and eat it too. Good to hear this car is still being driven and enjoyed. Thanks.

Ahhhhh.. It sings. Thanks for giving it a microphone.

This car comes from my generation, and I can tell you from experience, they were some of the best that ever came out of Detroit. In fact mid 60S until the early 70s, only American big 3 produced the most beautiful, durable, and powerful cars for the money. No one came close when it comes to mass produced automobiles. The styles of that era look better than anything being produced currently by anyone.

I would definitely prefer that over a GTO. No question. When I was 21 years old and had just joined the Army the year before they brought the Holden Monaro over as the 2004 GTO. I wanted one something awful, besides the fact they cost $33,xxx and I was only bringing home an E3 salary by late 2003. I was in Germany and AAFES wasn't allowed to import them and sell them to us. I finally got one, with a 6 speed, in 2017, I had a horrible stroke of bad luck and the engine was siezed and it sat in storage from 2019 until last month I finally towed it from TX to TN. Now I am saving up to put together an engine for it and put it back together in my driveway. I am probably going to build a 408ci iron block stroker with 243 heads, 238/242 cam, headers and a tune. I expect to see 550hp+ out of it and would like to see just under 500whp.

Very nice car!!!🇺🇸

I liked that smile on your face when you fired that beast up.

i saw this car at Mid Michigan Plex at Stanton .Mi back in the day . I have took my 69 Berger 427 Camaro to the pure drags . Also i have a pepper green 70 Judge ram IV 400/4sp have had for 23 years Love these old PONCHO'S

Awesome car and awesome story! 🏁

Awesome car !!! Hope one day my early 71 GT-37 would look as good as this car!!!!

Some of the coolest looking exhaust manifolds ever cast.

Beautiful car Kevin. Great video too.....

My girlfriend has her dad car, same as this but came originally with a 350 Chevy 2bbl and Powerglide. First time I saw it, I commented that the motor had been changed because all the cars I had seen were Lemans and they came with the 350 Pontiac. Here father told me it was the original motor. Found out that the Canadian T37s came with Chevy motors up to 350 cid, the Lemans had Pontiac motors. Nice video. Best Regards - Mike

i remember a wrecked T37 coming into the junkyard i worked at in 74 .. barely damaged .. also a T5 ford ..

That hood tach!! Beautiful car!!

Very nice ride! I own a 1971 T-37 and I am also in Florida. If the owner reads these comments, I would love to connect with him!

Stock is the way to ROCK!

Badass ride!!!👍my father loved goats he had a 65,he mentioned t-37s to me before w/455 ho but had never actually seen one,neither have I til now,I fuckin love it!!!

I had one. Metallic brown, 350. I miss that thing

That guys smile said it all.

My first car at 17 years old was a '71 T-37, 250 cu. in. straight 6, 2 speed auto. Bench seat was great on dates. Always hoped to find another one that I could restore.

Yep that's the rare 335hp version of the 455. They used parts off the 400 ram air motor like camshafts etc to bump it up. NICE car!

A friend of mine bought a new 71 Lemans in 71...white with buckskin interior, 350 auto...one of the nicest cars I ever sat my a$$ in.

I see someone welded the axle tubes to the housing, a great and effective old school racers trick

Gr8t car, gr8 story. Thx 4 posting.

To further complicate the mystery, there was also a GT-37 package I believe

You have to put the Original Steering Wheel back on!!! 👍👍👍

Very nice beautiful car. My first car at age 16 was a 71 Pontiac Lemans GT. It was gold with black reflective stripes. It was only a 350 two barrel and three speed manual. It didn’t have GT37 on it, just GT. I totaled it one night. Sure wish I had it back.

Wow! Never heard of one. Had a '70 with the 400 and 4 speed.

It's refreshing to see a super rare Pontiac or Oldsmobile or Buick for that matter.....Instead of some dime a dozen Chevrolet.👍👍👍👍

My dad and mom had Pontiac T-37. It wasn't one that had a 455. It had a 350 in it. It was a nice car with plenty of power.

I am 60 years old and lived the muscle car era, and I don`t remember seeing a T37, these are GTO`s with no frills interiors, but they are rarer than a GTO nowadays, it`s a beauty.

In fact, it is in essence the Tempest lineage continued. As the 71 base model Pontiac A-body, the T-37 replaced the 70 Tempest as the base model Pontiac A-body. Love the car. I am a factory sleeper fan.

Stunning!

That is a nice sleeper of a Pontiac and the price of it back then was a GREAT deal! I used to see T-37 's run around my area back in the early 70's but not with the 455 HO. That engine had the old 288/302 HO/RA cam I believe? I had a 1977 Pontiac LeMans Can Am with the T/A 6.6 back in 1977. I should have kept that one.

That car is beautiful my dad had a ‘70 Pontiac Tempest with the straight 6 bare bones interior clothe bench seats am radio no power accessories inside it even had the factory hub caps on it he bought that car new in 69 he loved that car unfortunately in 79 a lady ran a stop sign and totalled the car

Oh how I loved the Formula steering wheel . Best looking wheel of the 70's and early 80's . I had two 77 T/A's. One was a Y82 hurst hatch special edition . The first T/A i built a 69 Ram Air III for to race . I still love Pontiacs today . My brother had a 65 GTO hardtop with the 389 4 speed . Pontiac people are really cool .

Being a Pontiac fan I love the sleepers, I had a 56 Canadian Pontiac fact is there on a Chevy frame in Canada not Buick frame which makes that much shorter. It came with a blown engine 396/ 360 hp which I rebuilt with L88 cam blueprinted boy was this thing was crazy after 5000 grand as I had a Muncie 4 speed and 456 gears in 1970. I had to sell the engine to schooling and drop in my done out 301 and I still beat out everything on the track that day except a 69 Chevelle with 307 stickers but actually had a big block 396. That combo was a perfect quarter miler as took out 440 GTX and my buddies 56 Chev with a 327 that he said he could take me out, he lost all 3😅 . Unfortunately it was stolen strip and burnt!! This is a Pontiac Laurention top of the line in Canada as it was a two door hardtop and have never seen another since, boy do I ever miss my baby as I did all repairs by myself with no training. Caio The Mouse

That is one very impressive and rare poncho! Your a fortunate man

My older sister had beautiful baja gold/black interior t37. 350 v8 2bbl. Car was mint til she hit a tree and totaled it. Used to roll down the windows and blast the 70's rock while barreling along country roads at outrageous speeds it seemed. I miss my sister, the 70's and that beautiful car.

I swear GM must have had so much money back then, the development guys were just doing all sorts of things. Must have been a fun time to be a car designer.

I believe this was a way to get GTO performance without the GTO name on it as a loop pole to avoid paying high insurance premiums at the time.

T stood for Tempest and 37 was the Pontiac internal code for any and all hardtop coupes across the line. The initial '70 Pontiac GT37 was indeed the fastest Pontiac muscle car produced when equipped with the Ram Air III 400-inch engine that put out a conservative 345 horses.

I'M GLAD BACK THEN THEY PUT A LOT OF TORQUE ON THOSE ENGINES. BIG CHIEF ON STREET OUTLAWS HAS A 482 ENGINE IN HIS 70 GTO.

What a great story. intelligent owner. intelligent interviewer. Outcome an exceptional report on this rare and unique car.

In truth, it's all about one wird: shopping. You have to shop. When My Dad bought his '64 Tri-Power Bonneville there was an options folder 4 pages long, single spaced. There were a LOT of things on it. Most people never asked to look at it and when they did it was cursory. This car is an example of shopping. By the way: shopping? At the end of the folder there was a box; "special paint". Haven't heard that one? for $22 - yes, $22 - you could have your Pontiac painted ANY OTHER GM COLOR.

Sweet rare ride!!

I had a ‘71 T-37 with a 400 and GTO wing on the back! Miss that car!

Pontiac has always been my favorite car I had a 76 Bonneville Brougham it ran & sounded so sweet with dual exhaust Bavarian cream color with a peanut butter top people used to always give me compliments on the car

Very nice. I love that interior color!

Man maybe never seen one that nice, do remember T 37 running the roads growing up

Nice; especially for the correct tires.

What a COOL find! This is one I'd never heard of. I owned a 70 442 in 1973. I was 19 when I got it. The ride, the torque of those cars was killer. Wide track that's really cool, hadn't heard that for a long time. Love your channel!!!! Can't wait to see more!

WE HAD A 1974 PONTIAC LEMANS 4DR WHITE TOP BLUE BOTTOM 350 PONTIAC MOTOR 2BRL FENDER SKIRTS THAT WAS AWESOME.

my uncle owned a 71 t37 with a 455 325horsepower

Nice

What a cool car! You are a class act my friend. Take care of her.

When I was in about sixth grade my older neighbor got a '71 Lemans Sport, in burnt orange with a black vinyl roof and saddle buckets/console interior - and Honeycombs! He had the rust and got painted it brown, and put Cragar SS on it. When he went off to college though, he put Ralley IIs on it. Dunno what happened to those beautiful Honeycombs.

I have a 72 gto I’m putting back on the road . I wasn’t sure where the heater hose bracket went until I saw it on your car . Thanks lol

GTO without decals ….

It's surprising you could get the T-37 with a 455 (or for that matter as a hardtop coupe) rather than it being limited to a 4-door post with the Chevy 6 or the 350 V8.

Wow. Thanks to the owner and the great video you made!

That’s exactly why the W32 oldsmobile is my favorite car

Great video ! Thank you!

What a amazing Pontiac & owner! Outstanding interview.

That car is more rare and quicker than a 1973 or 1974 Pontiac Firebird Formula 455 Super Duty. Only two other cars at Pure Stock had taller axle ratios, 3.42 vs 3.55s in this car, both were significantly slower, he ran better times than a few 426 Hemi and LS6 454 cars with 4.10 gears. That car is extremely cool, I would almost bet that it might like more gear like a 3.42 or 3.23 so it could take better advantage of it's 500tq, mph higher in 1st and 2nd gears and hook cleaner. The only problem I could see is that because the car is so rare and valuable it would be frightening to drive it and really enjoy it a lot. It makes me very it exists and wasn't turned into a GTO clone by someone who didn't know what it was and unappreciated for what it is by an unsuspecting owner, sold cheaply because it was a stripped car or robbed of it's 455, allowed to rust out or any number of things that could have easily happened in 70s and a 80s to cars like this.

Pontiac used to have a great lineup- miss those cars

I remember the T-37 never saw one this drive train.. I am surprised to hear about it beating the 440 6bbl

I work in a restoration shop in California, and this year we had seven GTO pass thu the shop 68-71 cars. Great story!

just 2 with a hood tach!! rare indeed

Pontiac’s version of a type T Regal

A very nice well put together car apart from being so rare. Ended up in good hands 👍

What a fantastic car, thanks for sharing! I actually have the exact steering wheel that goes in this car. Came off a '71 Lemans steering column I used. That wheel was the "base" wheel and while it is a little goofy looking I agree it kinda belongs in this car. I actually prefer the "sport" three spoke wheel, which was the mid level option, with the Formula style wheel being the top option. Or at least that's what an old brochure I found online awhile back said.

That is a Beautiful Machine!!! Love to go to the store for a gallon of milk with that. what a monster and a sleeper .

This was the car the Judge was imagined to be. When I first started working for someone other than myself, a manager had a LeMans Sport 2 door he drove to work...I offered to buy it when he was ready to sell but he needed the trade-in value. A few years later a friend i helped with family problems paid me back with a junkyard 1969 GTO, so it worked out ok :)

My Dad has one of these in the backyard 350/Turbo400. It's falling apart, he's disabled now, and I just don't have much time. I'm not too far from Kevin here in Central FL. Hopefully we can start working on it soon. Be nice to have another 37 to park next to at shows!

The vinyl interior and door panels looked awesome. Granted the floors looked like something out of my Dad's 53 Mercury.

My friend Randy has one it’s exactly the same except for the blue exterior white landau top with a white interior. He still has it and it’s a great looking car. He is the second owner and bought it in the late seventies in high school. Thought I would never see one of these again. Great Video Thanks 🙏

I was blessed to have done the dealership prep at the Tigard, OR GM training center as a student there.

Man I’m getting old. I remember seeing these cars when they were just a few years old. They also came with a 350. But nothing compared to the 455. Beautiful car, just stunning. Thank you for sharing and bringing back some great memories.

Oh, dang. Now I got a chubby. 😏 I had 2 '71 Lemans... one "Sport" with a 400, 350 auto & 12 bolt... the other a more luxury pkg with 350. I love the '71 body lines. Had a '68 also but the '71 was my favorite. Miss those cars. ✌️

Beautiful car, to me its a secret project gto, also a work of art!!

Never heard of these thanks for sharing.

13.1 an excellent time especially at 110, i had some fast cars back in the day and if someone had a 13 second car it was FAST, most of them ran high 14's under 100

Dare I say this, but when the time comes for you to pass this car on, make sure it ends up in good hands.

It's always adorable to see GM guys talk about 'rare' when we Mopar guys are used to one of one or one of none.

I had a 1971 gt 37 350 3 speed in floor green in color bought it in 1984 from original owner who bought in TexAs when he got back from Vietnam i paid $ 500

Hope he put a 230 @ .050s duration cam in it. And raised the compression on that 8.5:1 engine.

Awesome car👌👌👌👌

You’re a true gem 💎!

The sound of a gm starter on a big block. Such magic