1973 Pontiac Pontiac Grand Am | Grand Am, the first model year of the Grand Am

For 1973, Pontiac restyled its personal-luxury Grand Prix, mid-sized LeMans and compact Ventura models and introduced the all-new Grand Am as part of the LeMans line.

GM introduced rebadged Vega hatchback variants, the 1973 – 1977 Pontiac Astre and the 1978 Chevrolet Monza S.

From 1964 until midway through 1973 it was closely related to the Pontiac Tempest / Le Mans and for the 1974 model year it was based on the Pontiac Ventura.

1973 Pontiac GTO sport coupe

The overall styling of the 1973 Pontiac A-body intermediates ( Le Mans, Luxury Le Mans, GTO and Grand Am ) was generally not well received by the car buying public.

Chevrolet had proposed a third generation ( 1970-on ) Corvair, essentially a re-skin of the 1965 – 69 model resembling the 1973 GM A Body intermediates, particularly the 1973 Pontiac Grand Am, retaining Corvair proportions.

In 1973, Bonneville was the only full-sized Pontiac to offer a " Radial Tuned Suspension " option package which included the steel-belted radial tires along with an upgraded suspension with Pliacell shock absorbers and front and rear sway bars.

The Supreme Colonnade sedan was available in 1973 as the Cutlass Salon, which was an option package that included radial tires, upgraded suspension and reclining bucket seats upholstered in corduroy or vinyl trim along with color-keyed wheelcovers-designed as sort of a European-style luxury / touring sedan similar to the Pontiac Grand Am of the same period.

The Omega was one of 2 more X-body Chevrolet Nova clones introduced in 1973 ( the Buick Apollo being the other one ; the Pontiac Ventura was introduced in 1971 ).

Originally planned but never materialized was the availability of Super Duty 455 / 4bbl that was originally set to be available on several 1973 Pontiac models including the Grand Am, Grand Prix and GTO along with the Firebird Trans Am and Formula.

This basic suspension tuning also came standard with the Grand Prix SJ option in 1973 and optional on two other Pontiac models that year including the full-sized Bonneville and the sporty Firebird.

Pontiac also produced a single 1973 Grand Am station wagon as a feasibility study.

Furthermore, the Grand Am's Radial Tuned Suspension ( RTS ) package that was unique when the Grand Am was introduced in 1973 would become optional equipment on all other Pontiac and GM models in 1974 and made standard equipment throughout most car lines by 1975, ( around this time the automotive industry was switching to radial-ply tires ) so the Grand Am's lost yet another bit of uniqueness.

The GMC motorhome was produced by the GMC Truck & Coach Division of General Motors for the 1973 through 1978 model years in Pontiac, Michigan, USA.

The Buick Apollo is a compact car based on the GM X platform and manufactured from 1973 to 1975, meaning it shared its platform with the Oldsmobile Omega, Chevrolet Nova, and the Pontiac Ventura.

The 1973 six-cylinder Ventura was the last Pontiac model to offer the two-speed automatic, a badge-engineered Chevrolet Powerglide, which was dropped completely from all GM cars and trucks after this model year in favor of the Turbo Hydra-Matic.

The Ventura SJ was marketed as an American rendition of a Euro-style luxury sport sedan that Pontiac created with the larger mid-sized Grand Am in 1973, as well as a competitor to the new-for-1975 Ford Granada and Mercury Monarch, both marketed as luxury compacts designed to compete with the more expensive imports such as Audi and Mercedes.

In 1911, the hospital changed its name to Pontiac State Hospital and was renamed the Clinton Valley Center in 1973.

It was available primarily on Chevrolet from January, 1950 through 1973, although some Pontiac models also used this automatic transmission after the fire at the Hydra Matic factory in 1953.

* 1973 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am

* In 1973 Menzies was awarded Japan's Order of the Rising Sun, Grand Cordon, First Class ( other Australian Prime Ministers to be awarded this honour were Edmund Barton, John McEwen, Malcolm Fraser and Gough Whitlam ).

* 1973, he was appointed a Grand Cordon First Class of the Order of the Rising Sun

This massive concert took place at the Grand Prix Raceway outside Watkins Glen, New York on July 28, 1973.

In 1973, the chain opened an experimental Jewel Grand Bazaar, on the southwest side of Chicago ; a store that encompassed an entire city block at the northwest corner of 54th Street and Pulaski Road.

The Japanese appointed conferred the Grand Cordon, Order of the Rising Sun in 1973.

Australian steeplechaser Crisp is remembered for his battle with Irish champion Red Rum in the 1973 Grand National.

Red Rum became, and remains, the only horse to have won the Grand National three times, in 1973, 1974, and 1977.

* Renzo Pasolini ( Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, 1938 – 1973 )

In 1973 the US Open became the first Grand Slam tournament to award equal prize money to men and women with that year's singles champions John Newcombe and Margaret Court both receiving $ 25, 000.

The Tigers got their revenge in an intensely physical clash in the 1973 Grand Final and went back-to-back in 1974 with a strong win against a resurgent North Melbourne.

A July 4 tradition since 1973, the current version of the Grand Bay Watermelon Festival offers tourists and locals an opportunity to sample locally grown watermelon while enjoying amusement rides, arts & crafts, and informative displays from area merchants and service providers.

It was revived in 1973 by the Grand Bay Junior Chamber of Commerce.

The album We're an American Band topped out at No. 2 on the charts, while the " We're an American Band " single, released during summer 1973, was Grand Funk's first No. 1 hit.

* Grand Caverns, designated a National Natural Landmark in 1973

Among the most notable are the Eagle Mk1 Formula One car, which won the 1967 Belgian Grand Prix ; the winning cars at the 1968, 1973, and 1975 Indianapolis 500s ; and the Toyota-Eagle IMSA GTPs of the late 1980s / early 1990s.

Their follow-up album, Grand Hotel, did fairly well, reaching No. 21 on the US Billboard 200 in 1973.

* Grand Cross of the Order of St Olav, 1973

He was also a runner-up seven times in Grand Slam singles, a doubles runner-up with Năstase at the 1973 French Open, and a mixed doubles runner-up with Chris Evert at the 1974 US Open.

* Grand Prize: 1973

Other chart hits by White included " Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up " (# 2 R & B, # 7 Pop in 1973 ), " Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe " (# 1 Pop and R & B in 1974 ), " You're the First, the Last, My Everything " (# 1 R & B, # 2 Pop in 1974 ), " What Am I Gonna Do with You " (# 1 R & B, # 8 Pop in 1975 ), " Let the Music Play " (# 4 R & B in 1976 ), " It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me " (# 1 R & B, # 4 Pop in 1977 ) and " Your Sweetness is My Weakness " (# 2 R & B in 1978 ).

On December 17, 1973 five Palestinian terrorists, who had taken six hostages at Rome Fiumicino Airport, bombed Pan Am flight 110 while passengers boarded.

In 1973, the publication of his most famous and widely translated book, I Am That, an English translation of his talks in Marathi by Maurice Frydman, brought him worldwide recognition and followers.

On December 17, 1973, Pan Am Flight 110 was scheduled to fly from Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport in Rome to Beirut International Airport in Lebanon and then on to Tehran, Iran.

During the last days of South Vietnam, Pan Am schedules from 1973 showed Boeing 747 service was being operated four times a week to San Francisco via Guam and Manila.

The Grand Am had two separate 3-year runs in the 1970s: from 1973 to 1975, and again from 1978 to 1980.

The original Grand Am was introduced in the fall of 1972 as a 1973 model.

The Grand Am was one of only three GM cars to come standard with radial tires and appropriate suspension tuning in 1973 with the others being the Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon and Chevrolet Monte Carlo S. For a 4200 pound car, it handled quite well, being both predictable and ' toss-able '.

* 1973 Grand Am 2 door 34, 445

* 1973 Grand Am 4 door 8, 691

* 1973 These Dreams / ( Just As ) I Am Festival Records ( Australia )