My first draw to Pontiac were the ads and posters for the '64 GTO. For the next few years I collected GTO ads & posters, and stuck 'em all over my walls, like GTO "wallpaper".
From '64 thru '68 I saw & heard several GTO's "makin the loop" in our little country town. A friend took me & 2 other friends for a ride in his brother's '65 4-speed GTO.
Didn't get my own GTO til early '69. But I was already a Pontiac guy, before I had a Pontiac.