[MikeNoun]

An original pic of a 1968 GTO on the showroom floor. You can just make out the window sticker on the opposite side of the car.

[MikeNoun]

There's a lot to see in this picture of a speed shop. I'm guessing this pic is from the late 1970's, based on the Rocket Racing Wheels and the script used for the Holley Carb banner.

My favorite part? The "Keep On Truckin..." and "Let's Boogie" floor mats.

[barrierblue66]

Awesome! Reminds me of what I'd see walking into a few of my local speed shops in NJ all those years ago

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

An original pic of a 1968 GTO on the showroom floor. You can just make out the window sticker on the opposite side of the car.

Notice the quarterpanel decal placement. I think (if I recall correctly) that it's generally accepted practice nowadays that the 'G' should be about one letter's width (give or take a half inch or so) from the marker light.
BTW, My first '68 still had those same hubcaps and whitewall tires when I bought it in '82.

[Sidponcho]

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

Notice the quarterpanel decal placement.

First thing I noticed. I really like the decal up-high like that.
I'm sure these questions can't be answered, but: Was this an early car? From which plant?

[Greg Reid]

I don't think you can really be 'wrong' on the placement as long as it's fairly near the upper half and no more than a couple of inches from the marker. The originals I've seen in person and in print seem to vary.

[muscle_collector]

is that Oakley out of Bartlesville ok ???

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

Notice the quarterpanel decal placement. I think (if I recall correctly) that it's generally accepted practice nowadays that the 'G' should be about one letter's width (give or take a half inch or so) from the marker light.
BTW, My first '68 still had those same hubcaps and whitewall tires when I bought it in '82.

Originally Posted by Sidponcho

First thing I noticed. I really like the decal up-high like that.
I'm sure these questions can't be answered, but: Was this an early car? From which plant?

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

I don't think you can really be 'wrong' on the placement as long as it's fairly near the upper half and no more than a couple of inches from the marker. The originals I've seen in person and in print seem to vary.

Those decals washed off our new '68 GTO the first time we went through a car wash.

The car wash guys were pretty tense but Dad was pleased because he was going to peel them off anyways.

K

[Greg Reid]

The car wash guys were pretty tense but Dad was pleased because he was going to peel them off anyways.

K

Well, I hope he tipped 'em good...lol

[MikeNoun]

Here's a 1968 GTO getting a different kind of car wash, courtesy of Hot Rod Magazine.

[MikeNoun]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Those decals washed off our new '68 GTO the first time we went through a car wash.

The car wash guys were pretty tense but Dad was pleased because he was going to peel them off anyways.

K

Many people didn't embrace the use of stickers on cars back then, feeling that they cheapened a car. I recall reading some of those 'letters to the editor' segments in car magazines back then where enthusiasts spouted off about their dislike of stickers instead of emblems on American cars.

I think the 1968 GTO may have been one of the first GM cars to use them. Strange, but they did away with them for 1969, but stickers returned in full force for 1970, being used on the sides of the car and on the trunk lid of the 1970 GTO.

[Pat68HO]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

An original pic of a 1968 GTO on the showroom floor. You can just make out the window sticker on the opposite side of the car.

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

Notice the quarterpanel decal placement. I think (if I recall correctly) that it's generally accepted practice nowadays that the 'G' should be about one letter's width (give or take a half inch or so) from the marker light.
BTW, My first '68 still had those same hubcaps and whitewall tires when I bought it in '82.

I never thought about the decal placement on my '68 since I bought it already restored. It looks like mine is placed almost exactly as in the vintage photo. Thanks Mike for the photo (I now know where to tape my window sticker at shows!) and Greg for pointing out the decal placement.

[Greg Reid]

That's a great looking 68 Pat.

[Pat68HO]

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

That's a great looking 68 Pat.

Thanks Greg!

[MikeNoun]

Yes, an excellent looking GTO!!

Hideaways? Auto or stick?

Mike

[Pat68HO]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

Yes, an excellent looking GTO!!

Hideaways? Auto or stick?

Mike

Thanks Mike!

It is a 4-speed and standard headlights.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

There's a lot to see in this picture of a speed shop. I'm guessing this pic is from the late 1970's, based on the Rocket Racing Wheels and the script used for the Holley Carb banner.

My favorite part? The "Keep On Truckin..." and "Let's Boogie" floor mats.

I've burned up a few sets of those Firestone slicks in my day...



K

[MikeNoun]

And on the 7th day, God created sway bars.

[Lightfoot]

A split second before the ass end comes around.

[Jeff Hamlin]

I would consider the '66-67 Sprint Side body stripes an early use of decals.

Below are some pre-production design pictures showing different layouts on a '67.