73 Formula SD455
 

Does anyone know this car or any of the previous or current owners? Thanks, Ed (847)809-8022

73 Formula SD455 at Mecum

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----I like non-TA SDs a bunch, especially 73s without any air-flow enhancing additions!!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/drool.gif With that said, this car, while very nice, would be a keeper for me if only it had a clutch pedal.........Bill S

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Hey Bill, I feel the EXACT way! I just absolutely LOVE the SD455 Formula 'Birds but that wide brake pedal down there below the dash just sorta kills it for me.

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----I like non-TA SDs a bunch, especially 73s without any air-flow enhancing additions!!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/drool.gif With that said, this car, while very nice, would be a keeper for me if only it had a clutch pedal.........Bill S

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I agree; I think I like the SD Formulas; especially the '73's, better than the TA's although a nice Brewster Green 4 speed wouldn't suck.

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Very rare car, 1 of 33 Formula SD-455's (auto trans) made, and 1 of 3 that were Florentine Red. Definitely a sleeper back in the day. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif

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I would take in a heartbeat https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif

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I can live with the clutch pedal delete... LOL

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I could learn to love it!!!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif

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----I like non-TA SDs a bunch, especially 73s without any air-flow enhancing additions!!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/drool.gif With that said, this car, while very nice, would be a keeper for me if only it had a clutch pedal.........Bill S

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I'll make you a deal: You buy this car and I'll trade you for my 72 (it has the extra pedal you're lookin' for!) https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif

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-----Everybody on the sight knows that you are just anal enough to restore the 73 just like you did the 72, and I wouldnt want to put you through that, Steve. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif.........Bill S

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Thanks for looking out for me. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif
It's nice to know you have my best mental health in mind. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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What did they make, something like 10 4-speeds? With a car like this, you guys can't be so picky!

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----I like non-TA SDs a bunch, especially 73s without any air-flow enhancing additions!!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/drool.gif With that said, this car, while very nice, would be a keeper for me if only it had a clutch pedal.........Bill S

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I'll make you a deal: You buy this car and I'll trade you for my 72 (it has the extra pedal you're lookin' for!) https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif

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Is that a real offer? I love your car and I need a 3rd pedal.

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This was the previous owner, the cars left CT about a month ago.

http://www.nydailynews.com/services/real..._where_oth.html

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I'd sell my ex-mother-in-law to get that SD https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

Nuch

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I'd sell my ex mother in law for a double cheese burger!!

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I'd sell my ex mother in law for a double cheese burger!!

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I'd sell my current mother in law for a single cheese burger!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif

Dan

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I'd sell my ex mother in law for a double cheese burger!!

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I'd sell my current mother in law for a single cheese burger!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif

Dan

[/ QUOTE ] I know that feeling!

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I'll give you my mother-in-law and I want nothing in return...

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I don't have a mother-in-law! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif

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Now this one is cool - a survivor SD with 49,000 miles.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Pontiac-T...=item2c548c8abd

This was the one on youtube a few years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKZwq23O7vM

If I only had the cash. This is the one I'd want.

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Wow...I like that as well! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

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Yeah!

Looks like it has that monsterous 80-amp alternator too. I
had one of those in my '71 Formula 400. I remember having a
hell of a time getting a replacement due to its rarity. That car had every option available. Wish I never sold it.......

This one has an automatic to boot! This car is the cats meow
as far as I'm concerned.

Beautiful!

Nuch

Re: 73 Formula SD455
 

Looks like it sold for $61,000, a bargain if it was a good car up close. I would venture a guess that this was because of the terrible lack of any info in the auction catalog, on the car. I guess if the bank owned them, they did not know enough to put up a decent amount of detail on it.

I did see Charley and Colin there bidding up a storm. Looks like Charlie bought one of the two RAIV 70 Trans Ams at the auction.

The HDTV channel coverage sucked. Every, single car I was interested in seeing was cut away from for the commercial breaks. My bad luck was comical. It got to the point where I thought my wife pulling a practical joke and had somehow rigged the remote control to plug in a commercial whenever one of the good cars came up (like the 73 SD Formula, or the other 70 RAIV T/A). I would call out a lot number to her and she was actually laughing when the number before it would finish and the music would start playing signalling a commercial break.

It was also rather shocking to see the auctioners actually caught on camera saying there were no real bids on certain cars showing the fact that the auction company was calling out phantom bids. Watch the coverage of the 69 T/A convertible that was &quot;bid&quot; up to $1,100,000. The camera was up close on the auctioneer when he leans over to the seller and says no real bids when the guy tried to drop his reserve. I couldn't believe my ears.

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BTW, I know it's legal for the auction company to phantom bid as it is in their contractual language to let the auction house bid up to the reserve amount, but it still is a frightening concept if you are an interested prospective bidder.

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Steve...from experience I find it better to just watch the live internet broadcast....no commercials, and you'll never miss a car that you're interested in. Also, the coverage on the internet begins when the first car crosses the block...TV starts in the evening during prime time only.