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Old 11-24-2019, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by MikeNoun View Post
Yes, the wheels and tires were swapped out. Redlines were no longer going to be promoted for 1970 models, so notice in the road tests and promotional photos this GTO was wearing 14x7 Rally II's (not available on the 1970 GTO). The new for 1970 Firestone Wide Oval white letters were an option they definitely wanted to promote, so I believe they simply swapped in a set of 14x7's with new white letters from a Firebird. It's funny how people don't seem to notice those 14x7's wheels in the promo photos.
I dont now why they didnt offer the 7". I put 14x7 's on my 70 gto back in the 80's cause they look so much better. Wonder what happened to the guy driving the car in the commercial? Probably would be in his 70's now. Get him to drive the car again.

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