[importsmasher]

Originally Posted by Bob with the 66

So who won the drag race, the 66 or the 68?
It had to of happened at least once. lol

Well my GTO is all stock. Back then, his Road Runner wasn't, so it was much faster. It was the fastest car at our school (my GTO was 3rd, narrowly beaten by a 55 Chevy with a 327). Now, he's restored the Road Runner, and the cars are pretty well matched. Sometimes he'll win, sometimes I will (we haven't raced in about 10 years, since I moved to Utah and he moved to Seattle).

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[Jeff Hamlin]

[SR-71]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

Pontiac (and nearly every other manufacturer) always had a custom car placed on the main turntable. Production models were scattered around the rest of the exhibit. It was all about pulling people to your display, and a custom car usually did the trick. Even today it's common for a manufacturer to have a concept or custom as the focal point in their exhibit.

The '66 GTO custom at the Chicago Auto Show had a few girls, with GTO sweaters, as models. Recently donated to the Pontiac-Oakland Museum were the original GTO letters used at that auto show, donated by the man in charge of Pontiac exhibition displays back then.

On the West Coast, Pontiac used a chestnut brown-colored '66 GTO ragtop with wire basket wheels and brown interior.

They also had a custom '66 Grand Prix called the Grand Corniche on the show circuit that was light blue color with a half-roof.

Mike

Not a fan of the red painted door handles.

[importsmasher]

Here are a few more pictures (scanned in a PDF) of my GTO when it was new. That's my dad washing it in the pictures....

I still have the original license plates too.

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[Jeff Hamlin]

Originally Posted by importsmasher

Here are a few more pictures (scanned in a PDF) of my GTO when it was new. That's my dad washing it in the pictures....

I still have the original license plates too.

Importsmasher

[importsmasher]

Thanks, Jeff! I'm technologically challenged and don't know how to do that!

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[Jeff Hamlin]

...Holiday Traveler

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by SR-71

Not a fan of the red painted door handles.

I don't see any red door handles....?

[SR-71]

Click on the thumbnail in my above post. You can see the door handles appear to be painted red and the push buttons are chrome.

[Jeff Hamlin]

It appears to be lighting/reflection clearly chrome handles.

[JSchmitz]

Here's my Dad and Grandpa in August 1966 by the Gateway Arch.

[Chief of the 60's]

Originally Posted by JSchmitz

Here's my Dad and Grandpa in August 1966 by the Gateway Arch.

If memory serves me correctly, '66 post models are one of the rarer GTO's.

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by SR-71

Click on the thumbnail in my above post. You can see the door handles appear to be painted red and the push buttons are chrome.

Apparently an illusion...the pic I posted is of the same car, probably the same day.

[JSchmitz]

Originally Posted by Chief of the 60's

If memory serves me correctly, '66 post models are one of the rarer GTO's.

True. They are also lighter than hard tops. This was 389, 4-barrel, 4-speed, 3.89 gears, manual steering and brakes.

[Jeff Hamlin]

[Greg Reid]

Interesting how few of these cars seem to have come with Rally wheels.

[Jeff Hamlin]

Stumbled upon these and knew they had to be added
They were all found together so I think it's safe to say it's all the same car.

[60sstuff]

More 66 GTO’s from the past.

[Jeff Hamlin]

Not real old...

[Jeff Hamlin]