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Candyapple Brandywine 1966 GTO hardtop, making smoke in the parking lot.CLICK-> 
Red 1966 GTO hardtop owned by Ben Schwipps from Osgood, Indiana. Ben tells us how he got it, "I bought this car from a friend of mine who decided he didn't want to take on a project (he wanted to buy one done instead). I gladly bought this car for $2500 in December of '04, and just got it home to my garage where as you can see it awaits a restoration. The car was originally Nightwatch Blue with a Parchment interior. This car was found under an army tarp in a closed up automotive garage. The owner died many years ago, and the son covered it up hoping to get to it someday."CLICK-> 
Another shot of Ben's project 1966 GTO. Ben tells us about his plan, "Currently, the interior is out of the car, and there is no motor or transmission in it. Where once sat a 389 4-bbl 3-speed drivetrain, a very healthy 400 4-speed will reside. It came with a tri-power setup, but one for a 65. Since it wasn't original to the car, it will not be installed. This car is a couple of days away from being stripped to the shell and taken to a sandblaster for a complete stripping. All rust will be dealt with accordingly and new metal installed. My goal is for completion next summer (May '06)." CLICK-> 
Front end shot of Ben's 1966 GTO Project.CLICK-> 
Barrier Blue 1966 GTO convertible owned by Ray Falcoa from Bristol, Rhode Island. He lost it to a fire. You might call this the "BEFORE" picture. Check out the rest of these pictures.CLICK-> 
Barrier Blue 1966 GTO convertible, left side view. The car looks fine. This is also a "BEFORE" picture.CLICK-> 
Ray lost his GTO in this house and garage fire this past Valentines night on 2/14/05. The firemen are hosing down the garage which is attached to the house. See the car with flames coming out of it? Ray's GTO is further inside this flaming garage, directly in front of the car you see burning.CLICK-> 
Here's a shot of Ray's garage after the fire. That's what is left of his Barrier Blue 1966 GTO convertible on the right.CLICK-> 
Ray's cars are pulled out of the burnt garage. His 1966 GTO is on the right. The GTO was sent to the crusher in Massachusetts. Fires warp and weaken the steel of a car. All the soft metals, plastics, rubber, etc are gone. As far as insurance goes, Ray wanted to remind everyone to keep the values up to date on their cars.
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Here's what is left of the interior after the fire.CLICK-> 
Erik sends in these pictures of his 1966 GTO project car. Erik has this story to share as of 2005, "I bought this GTO close to three years ago. Believe it or not, I found it on-line at a classifieds page and it was only three towns over from me. When I arrived at the person's house, I saw it sitting at the back of a 100 foot long driveway. At that distance it looked like I found the car I have been waiting to find. As I got closer, all the flaws started to become visible and the closer I got the more there were. I am originally from upstate New York and I know how much damage rust can do to a car. I asked all the usual questions about the car and looked it over real closely to see if the answers fit the condition of the car. The car was just about every color of the rainbow. Someone tried to paint it yellow but stopped in the middle of the job or ran out of them. Then was the blood red paint that was sanded down somewhat that showed the gray primer. Then you saw some blue and green and so on and so on."CLICK-> 
Erik tells us more about his 1966 GTO project, "The car came with the original 4-speed, 3.55 12-bolt rear, and a replacement 1966 398ci motor. All of these have been rebuilt. The interior has been repaired with aftermarket parts from Ames Pontiac Performance Parts. The car is almost finished. I did all the work myself with a lot of help from my friend Harry who is sending it out to be painted. I took it down to metal and found it had a total of six coats of paint - not including the primer."CLICK-> 
Erik tells us about the condition of the body, "The exterior of the body was in great shape. There was a small rust hole in the left rear quarter panel behind the tire about the size of a quarter. There were the usual dings about the car, but for the most part, it looked solid and I could not find any bondo anywhere. There were a couple of holes in the driver's floor pan and also a couple of holes in the rear floor pan. The worst was in the trunk. It had one large hole where the spare would lay."CLICK-> 
Erik tells us about the interior, "The interior was totally shot. The seats were all torn up. Even the back seat was torn to hell. There was no rug and the headliner was hanging. No need to tell you where the sound deadener was... but to my amazement, it was all there. Even the 4-speed console was intact and the plastic wasn't broken."CLICK-> 
Here is the progress on the engine compartment. Erik concludes, "I must say that there is nothing like a 4-speed GTO. Back in 1994-98 I owned a 1966 Pontiac LeMans convertible. Now that I am in California, I wish I still had it. But I sold it just before moving out here. With the money I made, I put down a payment on a house. So it wasn't a bad trade off. I was thinking about selling the GTO and listed it in my local paper. I injured my back and started to lose interest in the car. The day it was published, I received a call from the same guy I bought it from. He told me that he had been looking for another 4-speed GTO ever since he sold me his and that he wanted to buy it back. He then told me that he was going to check his finances and call me back. After I got off the phone with him, I realized exactly what I had and how hard it was to find an original 4-speed GTO. Well, needless to say, I took it off the market ang gained the interest that I had when I first bought the car."PICTURE SET CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE ... |
 
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