However, very few were delivered with the radial tires because of manufacturing problems encountered by supplier B.F. Goodrich. The radial tire option was discontinued after 1968. Pontiac did not offer radial tires as a factory option on the GTO again until the 1974 model. Hot Rod tested a...
Perhaps the most famous Pontiac V8: the 389 Tri-Power, seen here in a GTO. By the time it was dropped in 1966, the Tri-Power 389 was rated 360 gross horsepower (269 kW) with three Rochester 2GC two-throat carburetors. Not only is it powerful, the roar it makes when the front and...