[bob d]

Jeff. That photo is from Syracuse N.Y. I recognize the Westvale sign and the Gettis Bank sign. Plus N.Y. plates. Love the 65 & 66 posts.

[Andre]

Originally Posted by JSchmitz

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

I was fortunate to find a set of those hubcaps- NOS with no box for my 1966 GTO. That was in early 2017, thought I eyeballed them for a year on ebay

[400 4spd.]

Originally Posted by Jeff Hamlin

Not real old...

Any chance that picture was taken at the old Suffolk dragstrip?

[Jeff Hamlin]

This is a group of negatives that I have never seen used in an ad before.
Very dark low light images, not sure if that's how they were originally shot but still cool.

Set with a Tiger tamer/Circus Theme and somewhat racy compared to any of the "normal" Pontiac ad campaigns of the day.
One could possibly surmise these may have been a shoot for a men's magazine of the time?
Anyhow, Here KITTY KITTY

[Chief of the 60's]

Meeeow! Here kitty kitty kitty!

[Greg Reid]

I've got a couple of those pics saved from when they were posted elsewhere. To me, those have to be the best photos of a '66 I've seen as far as showing the attributes of the front-end design.

[JSchmitz]

Originally Posted by Andre

I was fortunate to find a set of those hubcaps- NOS with no box for my 1966 GTO. That was in early 2017, thought I eyeballed them for a year on ebay

Nice! Congrats!

[Chief of the 60's]

[Jeff Hamlin]

[60sstuff]

Good idea, removing the hood latch.

Dang, I bet the pinstripe got scratched.

[Chief of the 60's]

Originally Posted by Jeff Hamlin

Is that a reflection or did that cat give cat scratch fever to that left fender?

[Chief of the 60's]

Originally Posted by 60sstuff

Good idea, removing the hood latch.

Dang, I bet the pinstripe got scratched.

No radiator or fan shroud either.

[MikeNoun]

Original car was Montero Red with a red interior, 4-speed. Under the hood they kept the power brake booster and master cylinder (no vacuum hose), voltage regulator, and trim tag intact in order to give the appearance that it was a running car when the hood pops up revealing the tiger. One of my all-time favorite Pontiac ads!

[Hammertime Mike]

I'd like to see how they got that cat in there. That's no kitten !!

[Chief of the 60's]

Heeeere kitty, kitty, kitty!

[Jeff Hamlin]

They sure look like scratches on the fender, if not it could just be mass amounts of Tiger Drool


For anyone to young to remember here is the commercial the images above are from;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBBQmG4nVPE

[MikeNoun]

The handler threw meat into the engine bay to lure the cat, but they still had difficulty getting the cat to pop his head up when the hood was opened. In the days before CGI, these folks did a remarkable job capturing the moment when the tiger was looking straight ahead. From what I recall, kitty also jumped into the interior (the convertible top was down) and managed to chew the seats and gnaw on the steering wheel.

[GT182]

Well Mike, ya gotta feed the Tiger to make it purrrr.

[Jeff Hamlin]

FWIW here is a very worn COLOR version;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6ERkjvhJhY

[Jeff Hamlin]