This RARE Pontiac Was The Last True Muscle Car - The Pontiac Can Am

The year is 1977, and you have to buy a new Muscle Car. Would you choose the Can Am, or something else? 🤔

I lived through the fake energy crisis of the seventies. I lost almost everything i had including my land. This was awful for the great cars we loved back then and our country hasn't been right since. I had a 71 Grand Prix 455 that was a beast.

This is one of my favorite cars. One of my brother's friends became the 2nd owner of a Can Am in 78 or 79. He still has it, all original & garage kept. He brought it out for a memorial service for my father & took me for a rip like he did when I was a kid. It was a nice distraction on a difficult day. Thanks for a great video.

In 77 I tried to talk my dad into a Can-Am. He just got rid of 74 formula 400 firebird. Instead he went with the Monte Carlo which was nice. I would rather he would have bought the Can-Am 🤗 I did take my driver's test in the formula 400 so there is that 😳

I enjoyed the video. Thank you for sharing. My first car back in '86 was a '74 Pontiac Lemans Sport Coupe. 350, 2bbl. Before I got rid of it years later I upgraded to a 400 4bbl and a shift kit in the turbo 350 transmission, complete exhaust replacement to headers/glasspacks, and a dozen other budget mods. That car SOUNDED so good it was ridiculous and for as heavy as it was it represented itself well. Horsepower? What's that? But the car would get off of the line pretty quickly. I had lots of fun in/with that car and your video helps to bring back those memories. 👍

I was there! I can remember the exact location last seeing that Pontiac. It was considered slow, uninspiring, unattractive and NOT a muscle car!!

I know a fella who has 2 white Can Am's. He's been rebuilding the one for about 5 yrs. Also remember the Laguna in that time frame. Swivel driver seat.

The Price Is Right had these as 'A Brand New Car'

Up until they went out of business I drove Pontiacs. They had a lot of sleepers. My first was a 68 Executive (a Bonneville less trim) 400 ho in that one. But the fun one I miss was a 73 Bonniville. was my Father's he was a police officer and he somehow went to the police garage and got the codes for a pursuit car. He knew the local dealer and it had a 455 sd! It was a beast. Used to drive the Smog people nuts as was not supposed to exist. Only way to tell was no idiot lights and true dual exhaust. No smog pump and huge carb!

You're doing a great job with this channel. I was born in 1968 so I grew up in the 70's and 80's and these videos really take me back. Keep up the excellent work!

I remember here in Detroit in 84 on Gratiot while cruising. There was a gang of can ams about 5 of them cruising. Quite a sight even then.😊

Had one since new. Mine had black interior and only a sport steering wheel. Drove it for work as a rep in west Texas and Colorado and parked it in 1986 when it had 110,000 miles. Kept it garaged till 2008 and sold it for big money !

Never understood that reason for ending production. If the dies for the spoiler broke, why not just keep offering it without the spoiler? Or have an aftermarket vendor supply one?

My uncle had one… he had it from 79-82 it had the black interior. As a little kid I remember the car. Dad had a 1969 SS and Uncle Andrew had the Pontiac. Great times! I wish I had bought cars today😢

Rare Cars is one of my favorite YT channels. I watch almost everything you produce. Having said that, you danced all around the direct predecessor of this car and didn't mention it. The Can Am was a Grand Am with a Trans Am hood and a rear spoiler. Everything else about it was a direct copy of the first gen Grand Am, produced from 1973 until 1975. I'll admit I have a soft spot in my heart for the Grand Am, since a 1973 Grand Am was my first car. White car with maroon interior and vinyl top, 400, auto trans, and the stripes were red, white and blue. The 400 produced a few more ponies in '73 (230 hp) than it did by '77. Then in '78 they came out with the downsized version of the Grand Am built on the Grand Prix platform.

I walked by a Can-Am every day for a couple of years in the late70's. What sticks out in my mind, was that I swear it had 7.9L metal badging, a white leather interior, and that it had Recaro seats with graduated orange inserts. For some reason, I thought that it was perhaps a Canadian car as this was in Binghamton, NY and the car didn't look like it came from Detroit. I'm kicking myself for all the opportunities I've had to acquire one of these when they were ignored. Alas, that is no longer.

I could "almost" see this as being the last muscle car, but the muscle is missing from the drive-line. Pretty sad.

I’ve seen a few of these over the years, mainly into the 80’s. The stripe and the interesting typeface of the Can Am logo are what caught my eyes back then.

This is a very beautiful car. I have a customer who has one. He had me build a 400 Pontiac that lays down a little over 425 horsepower. It is a beautiful beast.

Have owned mine since 94 Still mostly original