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The pinstripes circle the trunk lid and rear glass - bobcat like. CLICK->
Solar Red 1968 GTO hardtop, left front view. CLICK->
Question: Will it spin? Answer: Yes! CLICK->
Here is some wet sanding after paint application. CLICK->
Some sanding on this side too. CLICK->
The interior during restoration. CLICK->
Royal Blue 1968 LeMans hardtop owned by Derek Thomas from Valparaiso, Indiana. Derek shares this information, "I got the LeMans in July 2004 from Utah. Previous to that year it spent in Utah, it was an Arizona car. It has a very clean body and very little rust. Not bad for a 20 year old and his first classic car." CLICK->
Royal Blue 1968 LeMans hardtop, right rear view. CLICK->
Royal Blue 1968 LeMans hardtop, interior view. CLICK->
1968 GTO hardtop painted a 2004 GM color called Millenium Yellow. It's owned by Adam Young from Windsor Ontario Canada. Adam tells us more, "I have owned the car for seven years now and have just recently completed a body off restoration. The car is an original 4 speed car. It has been lowered 2 inches at all four corners. It wears BF Goodrich KDW all around and has numerous subtle modificatons."
The air dam was custom made by Adam. It is fiberglass laid over a steel frame. CLICK->
Aaron Rutan from Marion, Indiana has this 1968 GTO in storage awaiting a restoration. Aaron tells us, "After I left the submarine in Pearl Harbor in '99, we moved home. While we were out there a buddy of mine took me for a ride in his "goat" (which I sadly had never heard of before). It was a '72 and my pucker was then acutely aware of a new experience! It blurred my vision at WOT. Short story, I now have
my own project." CLICK->
Aaron is not afraid to display this work-in-progress. Many of the world's finest automobiles were once in this state of disrepair before they were restored. This GTO has the fixed (non-hideaway) headlights and a pretty spiffy hood stripe. Aaron is considering joining a GTO club someday. Closest to him would be the Indy GTO Association in Indianapolis. CLICK->
Blue 1968 GTO hardtop, left rear view. That is not a stock GTO spoiler. Looks like it might be a Mustang spoiler. The stripes continue onto the trunk lid. CLICK->
Blue 1968 GTO hardtop, right side view. This car must have some lift springs installed. It's pretty tall. The body appears to be in good shape, but you have to get under that primer to see for sure. CLICK->
Blue 1968 GTO hardtop, rear end view. The rear bumper is rusty but straight. This bumper may be a good candidate for rechroming. In fact, it's better to rechrome an original '68 bumper rather than buying a reproduction (new) bumper. The new ones are often not built to correct measurements (they don't fit) and the chrome is of lesser quality than the originals. See how this bumper has more rust at the bottom near the bottom bumper bolts? That's a frequent problem area. Bumpers will suffer some pitting here. The rechroming shop will want to take a close look at that area before beginning work. Since Aaron is from Marion, he'll probably want to take it to the good plating shop in Portland, Indiana. I highly recommend J&P Custom Plating at (219) 726-9696. PICTURE SET CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE ...
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