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1970 Pontiac GTO Hardtop Coupe

The 1970 Pontiac GTO Hardtop Coupe. Base price $3267. 36366 produced.

242370P144102

Engine

Hardtop Coupe

Body

Pontiac, MI

Plant

Muscle Car Era

Era

No factory image on file

1970 Pontiac GTO

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VIN Breakdown

Position	Value	Decoded
Series Code	42	GTO
Year Code	0	1970
Plant Code	P	Pontiac, MI
Serial Number	144102	Unit #144102

Basic Information

MakePontiac

ModelGTO

Year1970

Body StyleHardtop Coupe

ManufacturerGeneral Motors Corporation

EraMuscle Car Era

Available Engine Options

Engine cannot be determined from VIN. Available engines inferred from series code.

Engine V8, 400 CID (350 HP)

Horsepower350 HP

Displacement400 CID

About This Decode

This VIN does not encode the engine, so the engine details shown are representative of the model as built and not VIN-confirmed. (Most pre-1972 GM VINs do not carry an engine code.)

Vehicle History

Classic VIN Info

VIN Length13 characters

FormatPre-1981

Decoded byPontiac

Note: Classic VINs (pre-1981) used manufacturer-specific formats and may contain 5-13 characters.

1970 Pontiac Notes

Engine cannot be determined from the VIN - available engines are inferred from the series (vdata)
Executive (series 56) is in its final year; Grand Prix is series 76
The GTO Judge option continued for 1970; the 455 V8 became a GTO option
1970 Pontiac VIN does NOT include the engine; available engines are inferred from the series
GTO (series 42) is its own series through 1971; the Judge option is not VIN-identified