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A GTO in Newfoundland...
I've been streaming old TV series, and came across one called "Republic of Doyle", which takes place in Newfoundland, and is it's version of Magnum PI. A guy and his dad are PI's, and the younger one has a Nordic blue 68 GTO which is super nice, with redlines, and he uses it as his everyday beater! One of the first episodes some kid "tagged" it with graffiti!
Kind of a show you can't watch much of though, as the story lines are weak.
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Column shift. You will cringe later in the first season, not just from the story lines. Been watching it lately too.
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sounds like a copy of the Rockford files LOL
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72 Luxury Lemans nicely optioned These cars are meant to be driven, so enjoy the hell out of all of it - not just look at it when it's clean. |
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Prior to the oil patch, St. John's claim to fame was Signal Hill where Marconi received the first transatlantic telegraph. The folks there were great, still a hell of a culture shock for a Texan and nary a Pontiac, let alone a GTO, in sight.
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Fort Worth/Dallas TX area 1966 GTO Fontaine Blue 389 CID Carter AFB Muncie 4 speed (orginally an automatic car) |
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These screen shots are from this video of some street action on a sunny sunday afternoon in 1978 at the Memorial Stadium parking lot - note cop car hanging out. Good times. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ-Y0r57Gx0
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"Spend all your time and money on that Pontiac GTO pile" - The Go-Gos, 1981 |
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I can remember two movies with GTO's in it. Day and Knight and The Punisher. Probably much more. Someone should start a thread for movies and tv shows which feature GTOs and Firebirds, (Bandit, Rockford, etc.)
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Frank M. 75 Firebird 68 Firebird 400 RAIII 66 Chevy II 461 Pontiac in AZ |
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Didn't see many sunny days those first few months and when operations were in full swing it was mostly dawn to dark with many late nights. It would have been a pleasure to have seen the GTO you pointed out, but it would only have been pure chance anyway. Shout out to all Newfies. Thanks for posting
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Fort Worth/Dallas TX area 1966 GTO Fontaine Blue 389 CID Carter AFB Muncie 4 speed (orginally an automatic car) |
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I will have to check it out, I wonder if it was originally a Canadian car? this picture shows not only Column shift automatic, but it has a A/C dash as well
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Jeff R 60 Jaguar Mark 2, 3.8L Automatic 67 Sprint Firebird 230 OHC-6 4-Speed A/C 78 Catlina Safari, Pontiac 400 powered 77 Astre Formula, 215 Buick V-8 T-5 73 Lemans Safari, 400 4bbl 4-speed 71 Catalina Enforcer, 455 4bbl 06 Mallet Solstice #024 LS2, Now with a Tremec 6060 6-speed! 2012 F-150 Echo Boost (My local Ford Dealer SUX!!!) 2020 Dodge Charger Scat pack (recovered) |
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It's a clone made from a Texas LeMans, I know the car. The other car (there were two) "might" be real GTO.
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"Spend all your time and money on that Pontiac GTO pile" - The Go-Gos, 1981 |
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I just watched 3 episodes. They move along, car is nice, neat scenery. But the main character is such an arrogant jerk I had to stop watching. In real life, somebody would clean his clock the way he behaves.
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He gets punched in the nose about every episode and usually deserves it.
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1970 GTO 400 Atoll Blue, PS, PDB, A/C Was M20 4 speed, now has Keisler RS600 5 speed. |
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