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07-07-2014, 05:06 PM
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1972 GTO Coupe - 455 H.O. 4-speed
Posted on Tim Dye's Pontiac Museum website, this GTO was from the GTOAA Convention. Stated to be 1 of 3 built, and the car won several awards. Love the "battle ready" color and no nonsense interior!
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07-07-2014, 05:20 PM
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i saw a black post 72 GTO, 455 ho 4 speed real x code..back in the 80s at the car craft nationals in St Louis 85 or 86 maybe...may have been earlier
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07-07-2014, 05:26 PM
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Truman Fields owned a 72 GTO Hardtop 455HO, 4 speed hardtop, bench seat, heavy duty suspension, transistorized ignition. White exterior, green interior. Ran as super stocker.
A rare car? It's somewhere in New Jersey now...supposedly...
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07-07-2014, 06:00 PM
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I also heard that this car won the "long distance" award, driving a few thousand miles to the show....very cool!!
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07-07-2014, 06:19 PM
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07-07-2014, 06:33 PM
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The best part of the story has not been told here yet. I believe the owner's first name was Joe and he is around 70 years of age. The car was DRIVEN from Washington state to Monroeville, PA. It is unrestored from the firewall back. Front end was replaced/repaired at some point from collision damage. Besides the aforementioned 455HO stick combination...the best part in my opinion...piloted well over 2000 miles by an older gentleman with no air conditioning, bias ply tires, manual steering, and manual brakes! Joe was given the "Mike Nixon Memorial Award - The Ultimate Road Warrior" by our POSI chapter. The cars are fun, but it is the people and stories that make these events GRRREAT!
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07-07-2014, 08:45 PM
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John deserves the BIG BALLS award for that trip! I heard he is 72 yrs young.We looked at his trip log 3,000miles.He even has the Unitized distributor in it.He was on his way to Dayton last year when he had Engine trouble in Nebraska.Great Guy.
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07-07-2014, 10:46 PM
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One of the holy grail's of 72 HO cars.......sweet car!! Would love to see an engine pic. Great story too..
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07-08-2014, 07:27 AM
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Excellent choice for the award!
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07-08-2014, 07:30 AM
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I believe I saw that car in person at the GTO convention in Colorado
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07-08-2014, 09:24 AM
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I believe he found the car in a junk yard left for dead with the front end smashed but complete. Talked to him for a while in Colorado. Great guy, great story.
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07-08-2014, 12:17 PM
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What type,name are the front seatbelts?
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07-08-2014, 02:03 PM
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those are the stock belts..AKA exploding seat belts
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Mark.. The Goat whisperer "I spent a lot of my money on booze, crazy women, and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."
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07-09-2014, 08:01 AM
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That GTO has to be rare being a sedan.
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07-09-2014, 11:57 AM
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07-09-2014, 11:44 PM
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Is that DeMauro taking pics? Does that mean it'll be in Hemmings?
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07-10-2014, 03:58 AM
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Great story and congrats to him!
Might be the only 455HO you'll ever see with vent windows! Very Cool!
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07-10-2014, 08:08 PM
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Yes,he told me Muscle Machines.Now I just have to get Mine done.
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07-10-2014, 10:21 PM
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I have seen 2 more w/vent windows.
Only they were '71. Sorry but could not resist. Great looking GTO. Since I am in WA I would like to meet him.
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07-10-2014, 10:34 PM
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arent both of Jensens cars 71s? a t 37 and a GT37 both sedans and both HO cars?
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Mark.. The Goat whisperer "I spent a lot of my money on booze, crazy women, and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."
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