’70 Le Mans Proves You Don’t Need A GTO To Have Fun In A Pontiac

Pro-Touring cars continue to come out of the woodwork in all forms. We’ve featured countless of them here on Street Legal TV, and we’ll continue to bring them to you as time, and the trend, continues.

Pontiac purists might not like it, but this Le Mans is packing 388ci. of Chevy power!

To carry on the tradition, we bring you this super sultry ’70 Pontiac. No it’s not a GTO, but rather, the midrange model intentionally aimed at the performance Pontiac buyer on a budget who couldn’t swing the extra coin needed to buy the Big Bad Goat.

It was called the Le Mans Sport Coupe, and that didn’t make it any less cool, however. It just meant that they buyer had more money in his pocket for a trip to the speed shop. Although many of these cars have succumbed to the elements and the car crusher, there are several of them still out there for today’s enthusiasts to gobble up.

Case in point is this example that you’re looking at on this page. It belongs to Frank M. from Pro-Touring.com, and features all of today’s aftermarket accessories while maintaining it’s old school appeal. It has a bored and stroked small-block Chevy motor, stuffed with goodies from Crane, Lunati, Harland Sharp, Wiesco, and Weiand.

The old Pontiac is Frank’s first car – a purchase he made over 12 years ago. It relies on Wilwood brake rotors measuring 12.9-inch in the front and 12.2-inch in the rear are clamped down by 6- and 4-piston calipers, respectively, while a master cylinder from the same company ensures that the stoppers are working properly.

Frank whips this Poncho around the bends – depending solely on an Eibach spring kit, double-adjustable Afco shocks, and an assortment of parts from Moog, Howe, KRC, Edelbrock, Spohn, BMR, and SPC tie the suspension all together.

Inside you’ll find a mostly stock interior that has been redone with larger stereo speakers, fresh upholstery, a new dash, and a few Auto Meter gauges nicely attached to the A-pillar. The car sits on a set of ET mags measuring 18×9.5-inches in the front, and 18×10.5-inches in the rear, and are wrapped in BFG G-Force rubber.

We think Frank’s Pontiac demonstrates just what can be done with the right balance of time, imagination, determination and a drive to make your first car into something truly special.

The super rare '72 GTO ducktail spoiler has found its way onto Frank's Le Mans.

About the author

Rick Seitz

Being into cars at a very early age, Rick has always preferred GM performance cars, and today's LS series engines just sealed the deal. When he's not busy running errands around town in his CTS-V, you can find him in the garage wrenching on his WS6 Trans Am, or at the local cruise spots in his Grand National.
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