[gtohurstjudge]

There's going to be a huge market for those bolts......better stock up
now while you can still get them! The first time I had to pull the starter off my GTO was in 1973. It took all day, and honestly if I hadn't been able to come up with a better way
of installing the starter and routing the wires to it, I probably would have gotten rid of the
car over that problem it was such a pain in the ass. With the factory setup you can pull
a starter off a 69 SS396 Chevelle in about 15 seconds. The money Pontiac spent on that bolt and bracket and heat tube would have been a lot better spent putting a real metal
hinge on the glovebox door or putting a place on the console to stow the seat belts. I
love my GTO but honestly it has the most engineering deficiencies of any car I have ever owned, and I've owned a lot of cars.The
worst offenders that a three year old could have designed better:
Endura bumper with endless paint cracks
console door
glove box door
hood release
hood that buckles in the middle
dash cluster that requires removing the whole dash to service
Judge wing that bolts only to the outer skin of the decklid, pulling the skin away from the lower framework
tail light bezels that corrode horribly in three years of daily use
horrible panel gaps from the factory
6 inch wide wheels on a muscle car......really?
a muscle car with standard manual drum brakes.....really?
Endless rear main seal leaks
Ridiculous rear end that requires pressing the rear wheel bearings on the axles
No place to stow the seat belt buckles when not being used
starter mounting and wire routing
studs on the A/C box with nuts you can't get to when they could have been eliminated with no issue whatsoever.
Foam caulk in the body panels that caused rust outs when three years old even in Texas where they don't salt the roads
An aluminum timing gear with plastic teeth.....really?
A fan shroud that requires removing the whole radiator to remove