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Blue 1966 GTO hardtop, rear end view. This car is wearing a sway bar and a chrome rear end cover. As the plate states, this is a historic vehicle.CLICK-> 
Tom Allen sends us a photo of his Barrier Blue 1966 GTO hardtop along with some thoughts on the 2004 GTO; "I really didn't expect to see any lines which would remind one of my 66 of which I've included a picture, but I did expect to see some hints in the body style which would remind people of the Judge years. The biggest complaint I've heard from people of all ages and from all walks of life is that every car today looks like it was
stamped out of the same cookie cutter. Throw them in the wind tunnel and you can only do so much to them. They all look alike. I said the new Thunderbird would fail when it was introduced and I was right. There are a lot of people out there who appreciate the squared up look from the old days. Be bold in your evolution of this car. Do something nobody else has the balls to do. Give the car some real style and you'll have a winner on your hands. At the moment, I don't see much difference between this style and the hundreds of rice burners out there today. [Pontiac,] you will probably ignore what I've just said. But I get to talk to a great deal of "common folk" and the idea of something which hints of the glory days of the muscle car era will sell big."CLICK-> 
Barrier Blue 1966 GTO hardtop, left front view. This one has had a frame-off restoration. Tom told this story, "I puchased this car recently from a motorcycle patrolman in the Cleveland area. It was originally white and was in pretty bad shape. Some of the things that were done during the frame-off were, but not limited to replacing all front end parts, new bushings, sandblating and sealing frame and body before painting, replacing the quarters, driver's side floor and trunk. The seats, headliner, visors and carpeting were replaced. There is a new tach mounted on the steering column, and new water pressure and oil pressure gages mounted under dash below the radio. The 400 c.i. engine is out of a 1974 Trans Am. It was rebuilt with TRW forged and notched pistons, Summit rings, rod and main bearings, Competition cam (292H) series, Summit timing chain and gears, Edelbrock Performer RPM manifold and 750 cfm carb, and Pontiac heads, ported and polished. The trans is a 4 spd Muncie with a Hurst Competiton Plus shifter. The rear has 410 gears. The exhaust system has Hedman/Walker headers, 2-1/4" aluminized exhaust and Turboflow mufflers. The brakes are drum type and are completely rebuilt. I actually drove the 7 hours to Ohio to see this car. I was looking for a nice restore, but I also wanted a racier engine. I fell in love with it frome the start. I have started doing little things to take it to the next level, but I believe I have a great starting point...wouldn't you agree?"CLICK-> 
Barrier Blue 1966 GTO hardtop, front end view.CLICK-> 
Barrier Blue 1966 GTO hardtop, rear end view.CLICK-> 
Barrier Blue 1966 GTO hardtop, engine view. This is a newly rebuilt 400ci/425hp engine. Nice and clean!CLICK-> 
Barrier Blue 1966 GTO hardtop, interior view. This car has a steering column mounted tachometer. Look at the right side of the image. There you'll see the grab handle on the dash. This is the passenger's means of hanging on for dear life under hard acceleration. In other words it's part of the requirements for "Sit down, shut up, and hang on!"
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Tom sent us another batch of pictures of his Barrier Blue 1966 GTO hardtop. Since the first pictures, he has added a 6.5 liter license plate on the front, the antique plate on the back, and the replaced antenna which was damaged when the car was shipped. This Barrier Blue is a nice color. By the way, more and more car owners are telling us the proper names of the paint colors when they submit their car photos. That is a big help. Knowing the color names helps us set up search parameters so the "Picture Searcher" can pull up photos by the color names. That means if someone wants to pull up the Picture Searcher and try and find all the "Barrier Blue" cars, it will work better than just having to search for "blue".CLICK-> 
Right rear view of Tom's Barrier Blue 1966 GTO hardtop. The car has Cragars on it. Through the years, the "SS" model of wheel has been quite popular. Back in the 60's, many owners would remove the stock wheels and put on some Cragar SS wheels right away. If you're thinking about changing over to Cragars, the company has a web page at http://cragar.comCLICK-> 
Barrier Blue 1966 GTO hardtop, with the hood open. GR-RRR! The car appears to have an aluminum intake manifold on it. You can also see the tall valve covers held down with the long holddown bolts. A tiger is guarding the whole setup. Tigers are popular to display with cars at shows since the tiger was the mascot for the GTO in advertising campaigns. If you get in the mood to purchase a tiger, there are some for sale in the "GTO Store" section of this website.CLICK-> 
Barrier Blue 1966 GTO hardtop, trunk view. One of the great things about the 1966 GTO's was the tail light setup. They had a louvered look to them. Also, looking at the car from the rear, the ends of the quarterpanels were upswept, and highlighted in bright trim. Man, what a neat design! The next year, in 1967, they changed both of those styling attributes slightly. They gave the tail lights and the ends of the quarters a different treatment.CLICK-> 
Tom has updated the interior in his 1966 GTO hardtop. Some of the new items are a wood steering wheel, wood grain dash, all new door handles, window cranks and ashtrays, and all new pedal pads with stainless trim.CLICK-> 
Tom has added new valve covers and air cleaner to replace the Edelbrocks that were on his 1966 GTO hardop.CLICK-> 
Black flamed 1966 GTO hardtop owned by Manual from Grants, New Mexico. These pictures where sent in by a friend. The paint job is twenty years old.CLICK-> 
What's under the hood of this black 1966 GTO? Some chromed pieces, but otherwise very clean.PICTURE SET CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE ... |
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