1972 Pontiac Grand Prix SSJ Hurst 455 in Black / Gold on My Car Story with Lou Costabile 

Hi, If you like this video, please click on SUPER THANKS ❤ with the $ in the middle which is the SUPER THANKS button under the video. Thank you! Lou

1971 and 72 Grand Prix is one of the most perfectly styled cars ever

What a beautiful Grand Prix! You can't beat black and gold on a Pontiac. 👌👍

WOW!!!! I remember when I was a kid, whenever I saw a Grand Prix, had to look at the badging to see if it was a Model J. On only one occasion, did I actually see an SSJ. It was a '72, and it was white and gold. I never forgot it. Never saw one again. What a thrill to see this today!!!

Now that's a Pontiac !❤ Thanks for posting Lou!

Another reason GM should of discontinued Buick instead of Pontiac, Pontiac had such more memorable models, this is a classic , thanks Lou

Gorgeous. Back in the day there was a famous ad campaign with Linda Vaughn paired with SSJ's...I think all white ones tho to compliment Linda's white miniskirt and boots. Fun times. Either color, it's a spectacular car. Thx Keith and Lou for showing us this amazing car

Nice to see Mr. Vrabec again with another fantastic Pontiac! This one looks gorgeous in the Hurst livery and all of the other goodies that make this car unique, and certainly a head turner whenever it arrives on the scene. Thanks, Lou!

Thanks Lou for making and sharing this video. Keith is a wonderful caretaker of his cars and so happy to see this stunning SSJ get displayed!!!!

Hi Lou, what a great looking Pontiac, that guy is a lucky man.👍👍.

Goodday Lou, What a Pontiac Grand Prix. This Hurst SSJ is something you wouldn't forget seeing it drive past What a magnet you definitely will not forget it. Thank you for sharing Lou. Cheers Louis Kats your number 1 Fan in Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺 🇺🇸

Oh man! I love GP’s! Hilarious description of the XXL front overhang. Great job Lou!

We hope he gets many, many more, too!!👍 Thank you

My #1 American dream car. A pinnacle for design, style, luxury and power.

What a gorgeous car! Suddenly I want to drive across the country.

2 very cool and different black and gold cars in a row. Thanks, Lou!

Wow Lou thanks!!

🙋‍♂️THANKS LOU,KEITH , I MHHO…THIS CAR BACK IN 1972 WAS THE EPITOME OF PERSONAL LUXURY AND THIS COLOR COMBO IS OVER THE TOP 🤗❤️‼️

I have a 1972 Pontiac Grand Prix model J. I've added the SJ badges and have a 455 engine to put in it at some point when I retire in a few years. I added factory guages, power windows, power locks, tilt wheel , power seat and power trunk release. It was green, now it's black with red pinstripes, dual exhaust and repainted Rally 2 wheels. One of the best driving and handling cars I've ever driven!

Thanks for this, what a swell showing.

Wow….. I worked in the body shop of a large Pontiac dealership throughout the 70’s and 80’s. Loved the Grand Prix!! I noticed how meticulous the owner handled his amazing car. When he shut the trunk lid and drivers door, he very carefully put his finger on the trunk lock and door handle. And, when opening the hood, he was very careful to only touch the very edge of the hood as needed. The owner “gets it”! My compliments to the owner!

Friggin’ Saweeeet!

Lou this one of the best cars you have ever done a show on thank you so much love it

Nice car and dont see that many. Nice it stayed in the family. Thanks Lou!

Love the Pontiacs love the Hurst edition and the 455 engines beautiful car Lou thanks for the video.

What a beauty. ✅

I just love the black and gold. Beautiful ❤❤

Love color ✌️tone👍😎

Top-notch, gold and bold. SO AMAZING CAR!!!

Love the Grand Prix 👍👍

Very nice Grand Prix! I never knew that there were Hurst editions. This is a beautiful car and looks spectacular. Thanks Lou!

Black and Gold WOW!

Lou Please accept my apologies as I haven't been able to keep up with your recent videos. What an awesome Pontiac! I'm a big fan of the boattail Riviera of the same era. I do believe this Pontiac is a similar look but done much more tastefully. Thanks for this one. Stay well Lou and I'll try and keep up

Fabulous car and colors. Interior is beautiful. I had a '72 Olds 98 with the 455 in the late seventies, but t 9:53 this is so much more.

I agree with the gentleman 's dad on the 1971 and 1972 Grand Prix as being the most beautiful. I owned a 1971 J Model back in 1974 with a 400 and a factory Delco Cassette tape player, plus many options. You literally had to lay on the engine when changing points! Another wonderful video Lou.

A really beautiful Grand Prix. I love the color scheme and the wheels. The engine sounds great. Thanks for sharing, Lou!

My favorite car’s were my Pontiac Grand Prix.I had a 1976,1982 still have but not running but my favorite was my 1996.How I miss that car😢Love your video’s Lou🥰

Another great car Lou, nice to see a son honor his Dad and keep the car in such fine shape.

Absolutely beautiful 😍😍😍😍😍 Thanks Lou!

That's a rare Pontiac Keith has...thanks Lou

Agreat urban ride. Thanks big Lou

I remember seeing the ad for this when they were new but I have never seen one ln real life, and I'll bet this is as close as I'll ever get. I love these GP's but every time I see one I'm reminded of the loaded '69 low milage 'little old lady' owned 400/4-speed GP that I had pass on (FOR $2,800!!!!) in the early '90's. I'm still kicking myself but with 3 little kids at home what are you gonna do. Priorities! Love this video Lou!

Stunning. Never saw one before.

That is 1 spectacular vehicle right there! I would look really good behind the wheel of that ride cruising down the roadway for sure...

what a beauty!!!!!! wow!!!

I envy you bro. I owned a '72 myself that was white and gold, and now miss it dearly. That was 40 years ago!

Big Pontiac guy. Nice job Lou. Very rare

Beautiful Pontiac...!

Yeah Lou, I'm glad John DeLorean redesigned the Grand Prix for 1969-1972. The '68 design didn't do much for me anyway. This style always was my favorite for this period in time. Great in depth video on this - Thanks Lou!

Lou it looks like brand new. A 54,000 mile car. Sweet. Video ❤️👍

My 73 SJ was triple green, British Racing Green Imron paint, green interior, and green landau vinyl top, with the 455 and positrac. The lady that sold it to me said, "It will scoot!".

The engine was not set back, DeLorean back in the day and another exc, wanted gm to have the longest hood, they did. So the shroud on 69 thru 72 have elongated shrouds. I have the twin to that car, honeycomb, tilt, power-trunk. They are fantastic cars. Great job as always Lou. I need to get ahold of you ,do some segments on my toys. Thx again for doing the black 72 stage 1 car with Bill so I could buy it. It drives great. Too bad weather is bad tho.. cheers sir..✌

That's a beautiful car!

My favorite Pontiac!

My favorite. 🥰 i prefer these wheels over the honeycomb. I want one so bad. I had a 1973 in high school and loved it. 71 n 72 were my favorite design years. I just wished they'd kept the 428 option. Georgous car.

Gorgeous car tkx

I like this color better than the other one.

I had a great 73' white GP with the 400cu turbo 400 trans i was only the 2nd owner it was ordered brand new from the factory in Detroit ...beast car i have ever had and i out run some SS Chevells with it it had way more horses under the hood than advertised...

Beautiful car.

Дуже чудове авто! Салон, кольори кузова, форми кузова! Супер! Дякую!

My first car was a 1972 SJ-455. Picked it up at a dealer in Galt Ontario in 1973 as a theft recovery. It was at the back of the lot and the dealer helped with getting it from the insurer and as it had some damage and an engine issue it was pretty cheap. However by the time I got my licence in 1974 she and new paint and the engine was rebuilt and ready to go. It was the coolest car in the lot at high school for sure. I resent years I've been thinking I should get one again, maybe one day. I do know one thing & that is while these have great style and lines ETC. They are a body mans nightmare... It's also to bad the the SSJ's never actually had a Hurst shifter - would have looked so cool with a set of Lightning Rods....

Thanks!

Pontiac realized shortly after its introduction that the Grand Prix was not going to be successful on a full sized platform. The decision was reached to give it its own unique platform for the 1969 model year. Bill Mitchell was very impressed with Duesenberg automobiles, especially the styling of the boattail roadsters, thus the front and rear styling you pointed out, Lou. It also influenced, actually Pontiac outright copied model designations, Model J, etc. The results were quite striking, and successfully rescued the Grand Prix, as sales more than doubled in 1969. This is a beautiful example of an extremely rare car. Thanks for capturing it.

1972 is the beginning of the end of Vintage Muscle cars. Chrysler put a few big blocks but car manufactures started detuning engines to meet new Federal emission standards and pressures from the insurance industry. To replace the horsepower, some manufacturers started dressing up cars. This one here is a beauty.

I really like the 1970s Pontiacs especially ones with Rally II wheels.

Lou, another gr8 Pontiac! Its interesting that [I believe] AMC was the only other car company to adopt [copy?] the wrap-around style drivers cockpit-dash for the '71-'74 Javelins. Quite similar to the Grand Prix front interior.

Another example of an already fine car turning to "gold" when granted the Midas Touch of Hurst. (White Gold or Black Gold in this instance.) I recall reading that the GP hood of this era was one of the longest, or the longest, single stamped pieces in the entire auto industry. Thanks Lou, this Grand Prix rocks!

That's a sharp looking interior - and I'm sure a comfy one too - to match the sporty personal land yacht exterior. Nice car! Thanks for video guys.

If they brought this car back to production, it would easily resurrect the Pontiac brand...and the matching 72 style Firebird and Trans Am too...plus that 455 is the ultimate ❤

Gran Prix, another Pontiac great

I’m not really a Ford guy but this T Burd is pretty! Love the color and the name Goldie

Wow. Now that's a classic beautiful car. It'll be nice to own one. But I know at least I think it's got to be expensive.

IN CHICAGO..WE USED TO RUN THAT..with olds..mustang...buick.etc.

Nice 😊

Had a 71. Best car ever. Should of kept it.

Absolutely beautiful and rare GP,and in black with a 455. I wonder if any Hurst GPs had manual transmission?

nice car

I have always liked the 69-70 GP but the 71-72 is even better looking

Little bit of work you be surprised how fast these cars can be. My uncle had one in the late 70s while in the Military and spent tons of his officer pay on it and man what a fast all black ride It actually did seem possessed by something evil especially at about 150 and screaming 😱 like a banshee. Actually scared me plenty of times

That's one loaded up Pontiac. Great car Lou. Did John Delorean design the Gran Prix?

I'm pretty sure that the '71 Hurst GP was the first car to have a factory landau or half vinyl roof. The Eldorado's followed in '72; in '73, the Colonnade formal-roof coupes got them, and then they were everywhere. The black exterior is much better than the white. I had a plastic GP model in brown--so 70s. To me, these are Peak Pontiac.

wow!

Exceptional go blue

Those GP's were influenced by the Duesenbergs of the 30's

Hey Lou U are the man... This is one sexy machine... The GP of this generation were the hottest muscle cars in the game... Tell me that things doesn't look like it's gonna fly or like it's hovering like a B52 or something... Did DeLorean have any influence in this design because I see hints of genius...

MY DAD WOULDENT CO SIGN FOR ME. WOULD HAVE LOVED RIDEING TO HIGH SCHOOL IN ONE! 👍

That a black and gold Pontiac not as famous but a lot sharper than one that is can't blame him for keeping Dad's car

LC finds exceptional classics, and this is one fine example - wonder if that paint is original? . . :>/

Stunning car but I prefer the 73 Olds in white. Im thinking the white would be nice on the GP SJ as well. The rotating bucket seats and dule-gate shifter were a couple differences on the Oldsmobile. Maybe its due to Shelby using the blk/gold combo on the hertz Mustang abd Olds doing the white/gold combk since 68.

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A very rare and beautiful car. This was the last year before bumpers grew and the last year for this body. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this car off of the midsized Tempest/Lemans/GTO platform and NOT THE full size Catalina/Bonneville platform? It appears to have only the bare minimum speedometer and fuel gage with a clock. There are no other instruments or tachometer, which is a poor decision by Pontiac and Hurst.

Really surprised me when you showed the gauges and it has the idiot lights. My Dad's 72 SJ had all gauges

Super Rare this 72 is worth almost 6 figures real deal personal luruxy sports 455/ with a 400 transmission

Super nice car. One question I had about the car was “Did it have an 8 track player and if it did, where was it located?” I have seen brochures of the ‘72 Pontiacs and they showed the player at the back of the console over the transmission hump in the rear seat. Just curious. Thanks.

Lou, I owned a 1970 SSJ with the 455. That was the last year of the high compression and it was rated 370hp. What is this particular GP rated? It would have the lower power due to the need to run on regular gas as mandated for all GM engines. I am somewhat of a Grand Prix fan and always thought the 71 and 72 were the best style with the upright grille, etc. But the 63 is still my all time best design. Did the Hurst variants have a higher output?

Hey big bro Lou!! WOW! Epic, man. EPIC and 100% a stockin' feet KO for ol' JV Johnny/Robin lol 😂🤪! My floppy sneakers fired offa my quickly KO'd tubesocked stocking 53 year old, 148 lb, chick crazy 🤪JV baseball jock feet and off to Illinois SO FAST to search out you and Keith and that amazing Pontiac Grand Prix....I don't know where to start, Lou-cause you know I am a true blue Pontiac guy since I was a young kid playing Pee Wee baseball in Rockland County, NY 😜. I know one of my persoanal automotive heroes-John Delorean-had a huge hand in this '69-'72 GP and man, does it show. Unapologetically masculine and a man's personal luxury sporting coupe, 100%! Sure, man-chicks are allowed (please!!!!), but in the passenger seat(s). Lol but true 😜. What style and character this car has, and the Hurst package gives it a unique kinda menace. Tho I do think some other colors (not black) may flatter the GP's lines better, this Hurst package makes it truly special, right down to the power sunroof and that wildly thick vinyl roof. Awesome engine and sound. The driver's area is truly like a jet fighter cokpit, and to say I would be behind the wheel in my tubesock stockings with my sneakers hanging off the rear view mirror is an understatement, big brother🤪! WOW. So glad you felt the magnetic pull of this Grand Prix and thanks for bringing him to us! JV Johnny ⚾⚾

Was that bought in Harrisburg, PA area? I knew a guy that had both a white one and a black one in the mid-seventies to early eighties. I wanted the black one, but he wasn't selling it and I didn't have the money at that time, even if he was.

In the 70's I worked at the Henderson Pontiac Dealership on 5151 W. Madison in Chicago as a Gofer! During the summer breaks during High School, Knew The Old Man Mr. Henderson an avid Golfer whose favorite joke was "Old Gofers don't die! They just lose their Balls" he would bring in his Golf buddies, sit them down and make at least 5 bills over retail! they thought?They just received the best deal of the Century! He could still sell! But I've always believed that Pontiac's were GM's most powerful & sporty & luxury models of All the GM line! Only Cadillac made a better luxury car! But believe it or not? The Grand Prix's were the #1 seller in that store! They had the looks, power with many options and you didn't have to fold yourself in two to enter the car! like you did with The Firebird! The Grand Prix's & Monte Carlo's were the sporty/luxury models that had the looks & street cred! Depending on your engine choices! Love your Videos and that Special order Hurst Grand Prix is the Cat's Ass!

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I had A72.