[lancesjudge]

U47, yea I saw that car, was Bruce Fulpers IIRC. Here's a more in depth article by Roger Huntington from Cars magazine, April 68. Hopefully the pics come out ok.

[trishieldchief]

Lance
I cannot see in article.
What et and mph did each car do as delivered and after they did super tune

[lancesjudge]

Sorry about the earlier post, hopefully this is better.

[lancesjudge]

And here is the 2nd half. Again, sorry I'm so smartphone illiterate.

[red1975pacer]

Anybody out there have a better 68-69 Lemans or Tempest then this one , that were talking about here?

[trishieldchief]

Thank you Lance, great article.

[U47]

Originally Posted by red1975pacer

Anybody out there have a better 68-69 Lemans or Tempest then this one , that were talking about here?

Yes! but not for sale

[nytrainer]

Originally Posted by U47

Yes! but not for sale

First dibs? lol

[red1975pacer]

I imagine better ones don't come up for sale very often. How about some pictures for conversation sake

[U47]

Originally Posted by nytrainer

First dibs? lol

Would be very hard to Part with. It's my third car, but my first NEW car. I still have my second car too. My first car I sold to buy the Lemans--that was a mistake I still kick myself for doing. This is all before graduating from H/S.

[lancesjudge]

Glad you liked the article Rich. Btw, the lemans on ebay that started this thread ended at $12851. far short of his craigslist price.
i also probably have the original roadtest for the 69 royal firebird 350 car. bear with me, it might take me awhile to find it. i'll post it in the firebird section.

[dataway]

As a run of the mill 68 GTO owner, I'd rather have a 350 HO Lemans or Tempest any day. Same block, few less cubes, way more rarity and bragging rights.

With a few exceptions ... the GTO will still always seem like an option package on the Tempest to me. I had a 66 Tempest with a 326 and a power glide ... just and awesome car to me ... in fact, I think I'm going to sell the 68 and look for a Tempest

[300deluxe]

I have a 68 Lemans HO, and now I'm looking for a 68 GTO. I know of a 68 GTO about 45 mile drive from me...its numbers match, 4 speed, parked since the 70's...the guy says I get first chance at it as he is not advertising it for sale. Not sure what he wants for it yet, he wants me to look at it first.

[U47]

Originally Posted by dataway

As a run of the mill 68 GTO owner, I'd rather have a 350 HO Lemans or Tempest any day. Same block, few less cubes, way more rarity and bragging rights.

With a few exceptions ... the GTO will still always seem like an option package on the Tempest to me. I had a 66 Tempest with a 326 and a power glide ... just and awesome car to me ... in fact, I think I'm going to sell the 68 and look for a Tempest

Actually, unlike Oldsmobile when the GTO first came out and before it was a series of it's own ( 1966) the GTO was a option on the LeMans, or as we called it a LeMans GTO. All 64-65 GTO have a LeMans vin tag. With Oldsmobile it was different. You could order a 442 option on the Cutlass or the cheapest model the F-85.