Judges

[StealthBird]

Well, let's take a stripped 71 T-37 with a 455 HO, and then we have a car that a friend of mine owned, a bare bones 71 GTO post coupe, 455 HO, dog dish hubcaps, and a painted top. The color combo would make a billy goat puke, but it was light, and fast. So where would the weight difference be? The Endura front bumper is all I can come up with between the T-37 and GTO, and by 1971, the Endura nose wasn't very big. If the 455 HO was ordered, a HD battery and HD cooling would be in both cars, so no weight differences there. And I would still give the nod to the GTO because it could have Ram Air, which of course you could not get with the GT-37 or T-37.

Overall, most GT-37's and T-37's were purchased as a cheap alternative to the GTO, with cheaper insurance premiums, and very few were built like Dan Jensen's 455 HO car. But there are oddball 70 RAIV GTO's and 71 GTO 455HO's out there with no options, perhaps ordered by a dealership to go racing.

Hey, who hosed up this thread? It's gettin' hard to read!