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1971 Pontiac GTO Hardtop

The 1971 Pontiac GTO Hardtop. Base price $3446. 9854 produced.

Confidence 95%

242371P136432

Engine

Hardtop

Body

Pontiac, MI

Plant

Muscle Car Era

Era

No factory image on file

1971 Pontiac GTO

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VIN Breakdown

Position	Value	Decoded
Series Code	42	GTO
Year Code	1	1971
Plant Code	P	Pontiac, MI
Serial Number	136432	Unit #136432

Basic Information

MakePontiac

ModelGTO

Year1971

Body StyleHardtop

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 (300 HP)

Horsepower300 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.

1971 Pontiac Notes

Engine cannot be determined from the VIN - available engines are inferred from the series (vdata)
1971 Pontiac VIN does NOT include the engine; available engines are inferred from the series
Last year of the numeric-series VIN: 1972 switches to the alphanumeric GM format (series letter at position 2)
Position 6 is year code '1' for 1971 (1961 Pontiacs are 8-10 characters, so no collision)
Tempest renamed T-37 (series 33); Ventura II (series 13) and Grand Ville (series 68) debut; Catalina Brougham is series 58