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by Sean Mattingly. 1968 GTO Hardtop Parking Lot Biggest GTO image collection anywhere! |
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by Sean Mattingly. 1968 GTO Hardtop Parking Lot Biggest GTO image collection anywhere! |
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Bill shows us what his 1968 GTO looks like with the panels removed. This is a view people seldom get to see unless they hang around a body shop. Note in the picture you can also see some black panels leaning against the wall.CLICK-> 
Here is what the '68 GTO looks like when you weld the new panels into place.CLICK-> 
Bill shows us the engine compartment of his 1968 GTO. He says it was done by Jim Butler who bored it 60 over and also ported and polished the #62 heads.CLICK-> 
  
Frank's 1968 GTO was our Picture Of The Week for 10/11/98. Frank tells us: "I hope you like the way it came out. It took almost 5 years. It is the first time I've been involved in such a project and I'm glad it's over. I have shown the GTO 3 times in the 3 weeks it's been done and I have 2 trophys including one today from the Nutmeg chapter of the P.O.C.I. I have been looking for a 68 GTO model. If you know where I can obtain one please let me know." Frank's whole restoration can be seen in the frame-off restoration pages.Looking back at history, this was a busy week in 1998. This was the week that Britney Spears' recording career took off. It started with her first debut teen pop hit "Baby One More Time" going straight to #1 on the Hot 100 chart. CLICK-> 
This was our outstanding Picture Of The Week for 11/22/98 from Eddie Byas Jr. It's a 1968 GTO.CLICK-> 
Here is another picture of Eddie's 1968 GTO hardtop.CLICK-> 
This was our Picture Of The Week for 4/25/99. It was sent in by frequent photo contributor Stanley Kaminski. You've got to click on this one!Looking back, April of 1999 was a busy week for musical artists. On April 28, 1999 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Also, the band Aerosmith visited Columbine High School shooting victim Lance Kirklin in a Colorado hospital before a concert in Denver, Colorado. Kirklin was one of 28 wounded in the April 20 shooting, 13 others were killed. CLICK-> 
This was our Picture Of The Weekfor 7/11/99. Patriotic bikinis for July. It was sent in by Jeff Mott. The car belongs to Steve Austin. It's a 1968 400 C.I. 350 horsepower with Hurst 4-speed and 3:55 Safe-T-Track. The original color is Verdoro Green.CLICK-> 
This was our Picture Of The Week for 1/23/00. It is from Michael Quick in Corpus Christi, Texas. He bought this car in 1991 for a grand total of $250. It had an Olds 455 engine and Turbo 400 transmission. The same guy had a 1970 455 with a short shaft Turbo 400 that he bought for an extra $200 (running motor). Michael says he did a ground up restoration on the GTO, which only showed 98,000 miles at the time. He kept the original glass (except windshield) and the original door panels and headliner. The body was rust free and solid. It had been a Montana car. Michael's dad owned a Pontiac dealership from 1966 to 1992, so he virtually grew up in the shops there. Current specs on the car:Bored .030 over 455 with TRW pistons, large Crane cam, Eldebrock Heads and Intake, Holley 850 carburetor, Holley electric fuel pump, hi-volume oil pump, HEI distributor with MSD-6AL box and Blaster coil, built Turbo 400 (using J.W. Racing parts), 2000 rpm stall converter, 3.90 12-bolt with Richmond gears and Auburn posi, Hop-Stop bars, 2 ½ inch exhaust all the way back with crossover tube, 1970 4 core radiator and shroud, 15x7 Rally II wheels, Hide-Away headlights with blacked out grilles, open hood scoops, Rally gauges and tach, power steering and power disc brakes. GM Torch Red paint with black interior. CLICK-> 
This was our Picture Of The Week for 2/27/00. Imagine if the year was 1968 again. You could walk into this new car dealership and choose from any of the cars on this lot.CLICK-> 
This was our Picture Of The Week for 3/19/00. It was sent in by
Steve Hill.CLICK-> 
Silver 1968 Tempest Sprint as shown in the 1968 Full-Line Dealer Catalog. This was our Picture Of The Week for 11/5/00.CLICK-> 
Blue 1968 GTO hardtop drawing by Dave Jeffries. We've got his drawings for each of the 11 GTO years! This was our Picture Of The Week for 3/25/01.CLICK-> 
1968 GTO hardtop owned by Lee and Kathy Stagni from Minnesota. Yes, this car has some 1969 parts on it. This was our Picture Of The Week for 8/5/01. According to Lee, "The Pontiac engine is built on a reinforced 455 core that is bored and stroked to 474 cubic inches. Custom aluminum race pistons and R&R aluminum rods keep the rotating mass light allowing safely running the engine to 7200 RPM. The engine dyno reported 685hp on the motor that is equipped with a fogger system that routinely injects nitrous oxide that provides an additional 300hp bringing total horsepower near 1000. Torque is generated through the custom-ported Edelbrock Pontiac heads that flow over 340cfm through the titanium valves and shaft rockers."CLICK-> 
Blue 1968 GTO hardtop owned by Steve Pietryga. It's pictured in front of the Superstition Mountains at sunset in Arizona. This was our Picture Of The Week for 8/26/01. |
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