Any Pontiac Fans here???

[DeltaV]

Unless, of course, someone opted for the 400 2bbl 'economy' engine option in the GTO.

Was that even possible?

Anyway, my brother's goat was 400-4V with a 4 speed.

 

[Photon440]

Was that even possible?

Anyway, my brother's goat was 400-4V with a 4 speed.

Yes, in 1967, '68 and '69 the two barrel was an option, with a 265hp. rating.

 

[Kern Dog]

Here is something that is little known. The famous Car & Driver test of the 1964 GTO with 389 engine v the Ferrari GTO. The Pontiac won the acceleration test.
In the late 90s/early 2000s, an eagle eyed enthusiast spotted something in a photo of the engine in THAT car. A transfer lug. The 389 & 421 are externally identical.....except for the TL on the 421. It was there so the engine could be easily identified on the production line. That car had a 421 & Pontiac cheated.

Sorry man, your news is about as timely as the warning about Y2K ! Read on...

The Pontiac didn't exactly 'win' the acceleration test, because Ferrari never showed up for that staged trial. However, the Pontiac's 13.1 quarter still made all the news. Pontiac's ad man, Jim Wangers, put the show together and admitted in his 1998 memoirs that he had Royal Pontiac swap in a 421 into the test car. Definitely more than 6.5 litres.

 

[SteveSS]

My aunt had the '68 Tempest. Looked like a GTO with a chrome nose. I had a GTO hood on it but the 2 speed Power glide killed the performance.

 

[Photon440]

You could also get the GTO without the body colour Endura nose and have a chrome bumper instead. It was the Endura Delete option and would give you back $26. Without the heavy rubber cladding, it was also lighter in weight.

 

[matthon]

When I was in high school my friend's brother bought a 69 'LeMans with a GTO interior.'

I said, nope, it's a GTO, had the GTO taillights, rear side marker GTO lights, full GTO interior, hood, emblems, everything, except chrome front bumper.

No one believed me.

Had a wild paint job too.

When the wrong people buy musclecars.

 

[Photon440]

The Monkees drove a Pontiac.

 

[YY1]

Learned something.

I had previously assumed all those chrome bumper cars with gto badges were clones.

 

[Hey-O]

 

[Hey-O]

 

[Hey-O]

409, Dual Quads, Four-Speed: 1964 Pontiac Sports Rare Factory Option Impossible To Buy in the US - autoevolution https://share.google/BEa5GnHFS8wH6PB3Q

 

[Photon440]

Nice round exhaust ports on the 455HO I rebuilt for my 1972 LeMans convertible, back in 1983.

 

[Hey-O]

 

[Hey-O]

 

[Hey-O]

 

[Hey-O]

 

[DeltaV]

Bandit Dream Giveaway

 

[wahya]

I'm trying to clean up my garage and came across my collection of old National Geographic magazines. Found this.

 

[Hey-O]

 

[SteveSS]

I love the 70's Hey Oh.