1973 Grand Am NASCAR: Team Associates Nascar Grand Am racer

Hello!

Does anyone know about the current where abouts of the 1973 Grand Am NASCAR: Team Associates Nascar Grand Am racer?  Any help would certainly be appreciated.  Thanks!

as according to the the tachrev.com website...

1973 Grand Am Pontiac Grand National sedan racer ILLUSTRATION BY KENNY YOUNGBLOOD

1973 Grand Am NASCAR: Team Associates Nascar Grand Am racer

Herb Adams was known as one of the extreme engineers at Pontiac, as an independent contractor, who successfully pursued racing applications, performance upgrades and modifications for various Pontiacs throughout the 1970's. Some of these engineering pursuits became original equipment on Pontiacs, such as the original WS6 Performance Handling Package option on the 1978 and 1979 Pontiac T/A's. Illustration by Kenny Youngblood.


According to the October 1996 Collectible Automobile article by Michael Lamm:

From the article text - "Now, with the Grand Am, they had their sights on the big time, notably NASCAR. They qualified and ran at Riverside in January 1973, starting and finishing 14th with no brakes at the end of that race. They then tried Daytona after jumping through a an inordinate number of NASCAR inspection and qualification hoops, only to have their car blow a head gasket after qualifying at 169 mph; its 366-cid V-8 had too much compression. With that, and no major sponsors in sight, the team retired its gloss black Grand Am #69."


From the image text - "A group of competition-oriented Pontiac engineers known as Team Associates wanted to turn the new Grand Am into a NASCAR racer. They nearly made it too; qualifying the car for Daytona at 169 mph before the special 366-cid engine blew a cylinder head gasket. This phantom drawing shows the Grand Am was outfitted for stock car racing." Illustration by Kenny Youngblood.

 
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1973 Pontiac Grand Am 400 4bbl Auto

1952 Chevy Truck 3 window 5/8 ton walnut bed- Hot Rod Power Tour 2008

Hey Midnight, I certainly can't confirm if this is fact, but I think the car was scrapped. No background on how or why, but here is what I know. There is a guy that I dealt with back in the 80's who was the local source for Pontiac parts. He made trips all over the US looking for cool cars and parts to resell. One day while at his shop I noticed this radical exhaust/header set-up on his wall.  I asked him what was it off of and he told me it was the Herb Adams 73 NASCAR car. Knowing about the car even at that time I was surprised. I asked what happened to the rest of the car and HE said it was parted out and the rest scrapped. I had no reason to doubt him and he was not a storyteller by nature. Are you going to build a tribute car???  

I heard from another guy on a blog where Herb Adams was the guest presenter.  He asked Herb of the car who seemed to recollect that the chasis was used by another team.  I bet the sheet metal is forever gone.  What a shame.  Yes a tribute car would definitely be in order.  I simply love the way everything looks.  
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1973 Pontiac Grand Am 400 4bbl Auto

1952 Chevy Truck 3 window 5/8 ton walnut bed- Hot Rod Power Tour 2008