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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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NEW POST Joshua Shultz is also building this 1968 GTO. Joshua tells us, "I bought this GTO when I was in the Army at Fort Riley Kansas in 1995. The car was going to be crushed but I picked it up for $800. 4-bbl 400 disassembled in the trunk, 4-spd manual tranny missing. The interior rough but complete. Very very little rust on exterior. It has hideaway headlights, power steering, and power brakes."CLICK-> 
NEW POST It has LeMans taillights.CLICK-> 
NEW POST Joshua tells us about the engine, "The engine is a 1970 400 Ram Air III full race modified. All ARP fasteners, 0.646' lift Ultradyne roller cam, Harland Sharp roller rockers, TRW forged flat-top pistons, MSD ignition, Offenhauser 2X4 tunnel-ram with two 500cfm Carter AFB vac-secondary carbs., NOS Dual Cheater kit. Dynoed at 489hp on 93 octane & 695hp on nitrous oxide. Tranny will be M21 4-spd if it don't explode first."CLICK-> 
NEW POST Another shot of the engine.CLICK-> 
NEW POST Check out this old Polaroid shot of a 1968 GTO hardtop. There is a 69 in the driveway as well. The owner says, "This was my first car I ever owned and unfortunately The first car I ever sold. I got it when I was 18 as a birthday present from my Dad. I sold it about six years later. I am 40 now and still kicking myself. It had a lot of problems but getting it running and legal with mucho help my Dad are some of the greatest memories I have."CLICK-> 
NEW POST Orange 1968 GTO hardtop owned by Sam Humble from Batavia, Iowa. Sam shares, "I've been waiting for about ten years to fix up this car. My Dad about 25 years ago blew up the engine. So there sat this great looking 1968 GTO H.O. My Dad always told me he went through tires like oil changes, and now I can see why. When I turned 18, I finally had enough cash to do something about it just sitting there. Plus the gentleman who was renting the house where my GTO was stored just so happened to be a guy who fixes up old muscle cars for a hobby. It was like it was meant to be. I first put $1,500 to rebuild the engine and I bored over 60. There were a lot of really small things that needed to be done, but first off it needed brakes. I finally got to turn the key and just sit there while it popped and clanked for a while."CLICK-> 
NEW POST It has fixed headlights.CLICK-> 
NEW POST Here is a shot of the engine.CLICK-> 
NEW POST The interior is black.CLICK-> 
 
NEW POST Turquoise 1968 LeMans sport coupe owned by Dave from Waterford, Wisconsin. Dave says, "It has 87,000 original miles, It is 95% complete and was retored to appear original. What a fun car!"CLICK-> 
NEW POST Turquoise 1968 LeMans sport coupe, left side view.CLICK-> 
 
1968 GTO. The very first Picture Of The Week car was this GTO! The picture was sent in by Chuck Potter of Washington who writes: "I spent two years restoring this car I bought for $1800. It was in need of total restoration, but I found it easy to get parts for. The engine is a 400 HO bored .030 over with 428 heads and a high performance cam. The original color was green, but I decided to try white with six inch blue stripes. It has Rally II wheels and Superlift adjustable shocks. The hood mounted tach is an aftermarket part from JC Whitney. I am considering making it a functional Ram Air GOAT in the near future. Thanks for the hard work. Your site is great."CLICK-> 
Wheelie time! This was the Picture Of The Week for 3/8/98. I have the (almost secret) details on this 10.4 second car. (If Darrin reveals his camshaft specs he then has to kill you) The engine is a Pontiac with a 455 with stock crank. The block is bored .030 over. It is topped with self-ported 1969 Ram Air IV heads. It has 12:1 compression ratio flat-top pistons. The intake is a home-modified Dominator. The carb is a modified Holley 850.CLICK-> 
Whoa! Let's see Darrin's 1968 GTO light 'em up!CLICK-> 
Darrin is in this shot. The car has headers with 2" primaries dumping into 4" collectors coupled to a full-length, home-made 4" exhaust (that's right - 4"!). It's equipped with Flowmaster mufflers. Darrin also built the TH-400 transmission and the 12-bolt rearend. The car has 30 x 12" tires in stock wheelwells. The suspension is also stock. Darrin relied on Nunzi for machine work and valvetrain parts. Darrin has started a small side business called Nightmare Performance. According to Phil Penketh (philip.penketh@yale.edu) who emailed the photos to me: "I hope this is sufficient information because (Darrin) won't even tell me the rest of it! I've ridden in this car and it has mind-blowing performance. When it leaves the line (on barely street-legal tires) it feels like you got rear-ended by a dump truck going 50mph. Darrin's car, aptly named Nightmare, gives all the local Chevy nuts nightmares."PICTURE SET CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE ... |
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