This 1970 Pontiac GTO hardtop is equipped with the Judge package and is powered by a numbers-matching 400ci Ram Air III V8 paired with a Muncie four-speed manual transmission and a Safe-T-Track limited-slip differential equipped with 4:33.1 gearing. First sold by Freysinger Pontiac of New ...
Pontiac. A brand ofGeneral Motors, Pontiac made vehicles and muscle cars that defined an era, with legendary models such as the GTO and Trans Am. ... In business since 1926, Pontiac was discontinued in April 2009. What does the term Pontiac mean?
According to rumors, they are considering giving this trim level a name: GTO That's right. The Goat may be back. Whether people like the usurping of the classic muscle car name is yet to be seen. At least they are doing it with a car that has an off hand chance of living up to ...
montego_gto said: Hi nickb2, Got it all assembled and running last night. The valve clatter is exactly the same as what it was with the original parts. All the camshaft lobes looked like new as do the valve stem tips, rocker tips, and pushrods. The engine looks great inside. It us...
depending on the carburetor set-up and compression ratio. But that engine is no longer there. What’s there now is a 400 V8 with Tri-Power carbs that sounds like what you could get in the GTO some dozen years later. Or it could be a 350 V8 because both displacements are mentioned in...
and some may contest that claim. But all GM divisions except Cadillac would get in on the action as well as most every other domestic automobile manufacturer. 1966 would be the third year of the GTO (the lettering is often said to mean “gas-tires-oil”) and sold brisky at just under ...
“Bunkie” Knudsen. They had spent the ensuing eight yearsreinventing Pontiac as GM’s excitement divisionwith considerable success. By 1964, however, they were faced with a dilemma. Although Pontiac had some fast, good-looking products, particularly the GTO, even its sportiest models were big, ...
and the GTO will probably require a trip to a media blaster. However, I can’t spot any significant penetrating rust, which could mean that the only cutting and welding required on this Pontiac is to address the exterior dings and dents. It is worth noting that the freshly restored Rally ...
making the GTO a spritely performer. Point it at a ¼ mile, and the journey would be nothing but a memory in 14.5 seconds. The owner says that the motor has never been pulled from the car, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t received some attention. The owner recently removed the cyl...
We have all seen cars found and stored just about everywhere. Some finds like this ’66 Pontiac GTO get so close to being stored safely but don’t quite make it to safety. Found behind a barn, this 389 4-speed car has a sharp appearance but needs some real love to be roadworthy aga...