not long after I bought my '67 Firebird in June 2003. I started researching Pontiacs, figured out who John DeLorean was and what he did, and came to appreciate the GTO. That, and my 'bird was such a nightmare!
If she didn't have so many friggin problems, I don't think I would've been looking for another car. Decided I wanted a GTO, was looking at 70's first, then 66's. I bought my LeMans cause GTO's were getting too expensive, but that just DIDN'T DO IT!!! I decided I had to get a GTO, nothing else was going to satisfy that want, so I got my 68 in Jan 2007. I sold two guitars and an amp, that paid for 1/2 of the car, I was stoked! I was walking out of a vintage guitar show this past January, I had just sold my gear and bought my GTO, I was bummed, cause some guitars I had sold years ago were now worth a lot of $$$, I'm kicking myself in the ass while walking out to the parking lot, all bummed out.
Right when I saw the front end of my GTO, I lit up like a Christmas tree, THAT'S why I sold those guitars!!!
I call her RED cause that's what she is, Solar Red w/Black vinyl top. No major problems with RED, she was turn key, and I can finally appreciate a 350hp Pontiac engine! I'm entertaining the thought of selling all three, that would put me in the reach of a NICE convertible 4speed or a Judge, but unlike my guitar collection (I had 16, now have 12) which I couldn't really play all the time, I can and do drive my cars ALL THE TIME, and I love em all, but RED...she's pretty bad ass!!!