Here is my 2nd '65 GTO conv. I restored this one after I sold the '68 in prior post. My 1st '65 GTO drop top was totalled when hit hard from behind on Central ave cruising. 2 guys were street racing and one of them rammed me and my girlfriend and destroyed the GTO.
With some diligent searching, I found another '65 GTO in a wrecking yard that had a nice body. The engine, trans, and front end were already sold so it was a perfect car to build with the parts off of my 1st 65 as a donor. I scrapped the 1st one after stripping it out completely to build the second one. Still, I wish there was a way I could have kept it.
This one I restored with Montero red laquer, red int, rally gauges, including a NOS wood dash insert I was still able to buy new at the dealer! Tilt, ralley 1s, tri power, console, ps and pb. It was a 4 speed but, for money reason, built the car with the HD Dearborn 3 speed. Forgot how much I got for this one, maybe $4,OOO in 1981. The only thing I did not do myself was have the top installed.
After this car, I said good bye to 64 to 67 GTOs and concentrated on the 68 to 72s as I liked them much better. By the mid 9O's I was back to collecting the 64 to 67s though.
That is me in the car, 2O or 21 years old.
