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by Sean Mattingly. 1968 GTO Convertible Parking Lot Biggest GTO image collection anywhere! |
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by Sean Mattingly. 1968 GTO Convertible Parking Lot Biggest GTO image collection anywhere! |
 
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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.CLICK-> 
Here's an uncommon picture. It's a shot of the engine block code which is found on the front right (passenger) side of the block. There's a 6 digit number which is the consecutive unit number for the plants. The YS part stands for the extremely common 350hp 4-bbl automatic transmission combo.CLICK-> 
Here's another important piece of documentation for a car. It's the original build sheet. This can be found in various places in the interior of the car - typically in the springs of the rear seat or under the carpet. All sorts of info can be found here, take a look.CLICK-> 
Here's the original dealer invoice. It was sold in Glendale, New York for $3973.97 with tax! Included is the list of factory and dealer options. There's also an interesting note about a big scratch found in the paint upon delivery. So... For a true restored look, does that scratch have to be reproduced in the new paint?CLICK-> 
Solar Red 1968 GTO convertible owned by Doug from Eastern Tennessee. Here's Doug's story, "I found this car thru an online auction when I responded to an NOS 68 converitible 1/4 panel ad (yes, NOS). I pulled this car from coastal Florida, near Pensacola, back to East Tennessee in July of '02 along with a '69 hardtop (got the 1/4 too). It is a highly optioned convertible out of New York, but was sitting in someone's back yard for 10+ years. It came with a YS engine, turbo 350 transmission, safe-T-trac rear end, air conditioning, tilt column, cruise control, power windows, power top, power antenna, power trunk release, power disk brakes, power seat, and some more stuff. Plans are to restore it 'some day'."CLICK-> 
Home of the Pontiac GTO. A temporary home, anyway. Here's a shot of this Solar Red 1968 GTO convertible on Doug's trailer. Some people will look at a tattered car such as this and see a mess. Others will look at this photo and see POTENTIAL. I'm staring at this and seeing much potential. The rear wheelwell usually is rusted badly, but this one doesn't look that bad at all. The bottoms of the doors are usually rusted away to nothing. But again, this one does not look bad. If the car has metal in the places where rust usually attacks, you're on the winning side of the restoration equation. For a convertible, you want to look at the structure to see if the body panels are twisted around, or if they line up properly. The door appears to be in good alignment. That's a real plus. See the front fender? It has the uncommon cornering lamp option. That alone, makes this an interesting candidate for a restoration. Notice the lack of a "GTO" sticker back by the rear marker lamp? That usually indicates that the car has been repainted. So check extra carefully to see if there's a bunch of body filler underneath the paint. You may see a wreck here. I'm seeing a reason to start spending folding money on a dream! |
  
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