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Originally Posted by Keith Seymore
I can confirm that when I worked at the Desert Proving Ground (1989 - 1994) that GTO was still in use.
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I was there from '97-'04 and got to see it put to rest. It was running with a 1976 Pontiac 455 when I got there, and when that engine decided to oil down the circle track, it was replaced with an LT-1. Sometime early in this century, it went to the scrap heap.
It was in pretty rough shape after 35 years as a work vehicle; the fenders and quarter panels had been cut out for larger tires, and I don't think the most possible care was exercised with the interior when installing the roll cage.
I believe it had a somewhat NASCAR-style exhaust system, though, and you could hear it fire up throughout the building area of the DPG. You knew when it was on the track, too.
