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Red 1968 GTO convertible, interior view. There's a bench seat in here. CLICK->
Red 1968 GTO convertible, engine view. The horn is for the alarm system - this car isn't getting stolen again! CLICK->
Red 1968 GTO convertible, VIN tag view. Let's decode it! 2 is for Pontiac, 42 is for GTO, 67 is for convertible, 8 is the model year, B is the assembly plant city of Pontiac, 1 is for a V8 engine, and 42475 is the sequence number of how many V8 equipped cars came off the assembly line in the city of Pontiac that year. CLICK->
Labor Day weekend in 1990, This 1968 GTO convertible is seen at the 5th annual GTOAA Western Regional Meet. It was held at the Torrance, California Marriott parking structure. I find the lower Rally stripes interesting on this car. They are not often seen on cars, especially not in the color red. In my experience, these stripes are often left off when repainting a car. And the build sheet does not specify which
color the stripes are to be. This car appears to have a red interior, so the red stripes make some sense. I'd guess that a car with the typical parchment and black interior might have a black Rally stripe. Photo from Bruce Niemietz, who attended the meet. CLICK->
Super shiny red 1968 GTO convertible found for sale on the internet fall of 2001 from Southport, Connecticut. This car features a red interior, black top, hideaway headlights, hood tach, Rally II wheels, a 389 Tripower engine, and a 3-speed automatic transmission with the Dual Gate shifter. CLICK->
Four more shots of this super clean red 1968 GTO convertible. There's a shot of the 389 Tripower engine. CLICK->
Red 1968 LeMans covertible owned by JD Clampitt from Rockville, Maryland. JD says, "It's almost completely original including factory a/c and power windows, except previous owner replaced the 350 with a 1967 326 engine. The car is a dependable daily driver, my kids love it, and I hope to pass it on to my son once he is old enough." CLICK->
Blue 1968 GTO convertible owned by Frank Kodadek. It has the 400ci 350hp engine. CLICK->
Endura Delete black 1968 GTO convertible found for sale in Malibu, California in 2002. This one had all the documentation too! CLICK->
Endura Delete black 1968 GTO convertible, right front view with the top up. Pontiac offered the chrome bumper in 1968 as an option for those people who didn't want the new rubber (Endura) front end. Most people went with the Endura front bumper. CLICK->
Black 1968 GTO convertible, right rear view. This one has a power antenna. CLICK->
It's easy to get good pictures of the interior with a convertible. CLICK->
Closer view of the dash in this black 1968 GTO convertible. Notice the three chrome slider controls under the top edge of the dash over the 3 instrument pods. The left one is the the Verba-Phonic (reverb) control. The middle one is the power antenna control. The right one is the Separa-Phonic (stereo) rear speaker control. CLICK->
6.5 Litre 400ci engine with a 4-barrel carb and factory A/C. Very clean! CLICK->
Here's the data plate. Let's decode. The 03D is the date code in month then week - so this one is the 3rd month (March) and the 4th week (D is the fourth letter in the alphabet). The other two 6 digit numbers are assembly plant internal numbers which are not usually on all data plates. The 68 in the second line is the model year of 1968. The 24267 is 2 for Pontiac, 42 for GTO, and 67 for convertible. BAL is for the Baltimore assembly plant. 02095 is the unit number off the line at that assembly plant. 233 in the third line is for the black interior. A is for the external paint color of black. 2 is for the black convertible top. PICTURE SET CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE ...
Here's a comment from a recent visitor...
Says Jace T Venable (fickstigure.@militarynow.com) - "I'm 25 and was born well after the GTO days but when Dazed and Confused came out I fell in love with the 1970 Judge. There's something really neat about older Detroit Muscle that will always be immortal. I'm scoping for a Goat and hope to add one to our collection."
