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01-17-2014, 08:19 PM
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Straight axle GTO out of Chicago early 70's
This 1966 GTO was bought by a guy in my neighborhood in the early 70's - it came from the Chicago area. A girl was supposedly driving it at the time. It had a 396 Chevy with a close ratio 4-speed, Sig Erson cam, Weiand intake, and big tube headers with very large boxy collectors. It had a straight axle with American S200 Daisy wheels all the way around. Beautifully done black lacquer paint with a custom paint job on the rear sail panels that went up over the roof (consisted of blue floating bubbles). You can imagine what it was like being a teenager seeing this street freak flying by your house all the time looking for someone to stomp on. I eventually came to own this GTO when it was all used up (see picture) and brought it back to life a couple times. It was a real handful at both ends of the quarter mile. When new this car was burgundy with a rally dash and reverb. I sold the car many years ago but if anybody here knows the history behind this GTO from the early 70's I'm sure it would be very interesting.
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01-17-2014, 08:35 PM
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Way cool
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01-17-2014, 09:51 PM
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01-17-2014, 10:51 PM
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Posted this '67 earlier. Love those straight axles!!
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01-18-2014, 12:13 AM
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Not taking anything away from the Ram Airs, Judges, 455 HO's, 400 HO's, or early Tripower cars but the fastest GTO's back in the day were always 66-67's. Why? I don't know but they were.
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01-18-2014, 10:56 AM
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Lets see more 60's styling. Instead of cloning a lemans to look like a stock GTO, how about making it into a 60's style street racer or strait front axel car. Heres one for sale in the Bay Area. Kinda cool seeing something different
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01-18-2014, 01:59 PM
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01-18-2014, 03:38 PM
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This picture shows what it looked like it when I drove it. 427 Chevy with a tunnel ram and L88 gear drive solid lifter cam. It sounded great at 2AM with open headers.
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