Kelly Graves'
1976 Pontiac LeMans sport coupe
Kelly Graves tells us..." Hey ya Pete!! First off, Happy A-Body Site's 6th Birthday! It is and has always been a great site. Thanks a million for the work that goes into it.
Here's the only pic I have of my 1976 Lemans Sport Coupe. (Sorry 'bout the quality, junky scanner.) I was still in high school, driving a 74 LeMans SC, when a fellow in my school came into town (Franklin, KY) driving this Imron silver metal-flake beauty and I flat fell in love with it. I tried to buy it that day, but he wouldn't even discuss it. A few years and a few cars later, I saw it on a local lot and traded my 77 Honda Civic + $1500 within the hour. Talk about trading up!!
It still had the original 350 Pontiac w/2 barrell and TH-350. There was an old timeslip in the console that said 10.08, not bad for a 100,000 mile engine. I kept the 350 till it jumped time, then swapped in a .060 over 400, Quadra-Jet, and a big ol' lumpy cam. Talk about howlin like a wild Indian!!. (story continued below picture...)
I think I put 4 (FOUR) TH350s in it till I found a TH400. I never raced the car at a track, but a buddy and I did turn 6250 rpm in Drive on the interstate! The car got traded for a motorcycle in the eighties, but I recently saw it in the local Wal-Mart parking lot. It was the same car but man she had been rode hard and put up wet A LOT it looked like.
If I catch it again, not only will I try to buy it, but it might qualify for the Graveyard. I always loved the twin vortexes the car made behind it when I drove it in the rain.
Anyway, thanks again for the site, keep up the good work, & keep the faith!!
Kelly Graves "
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