1967 Pontiac GTO, was it best muscle car of the 60s?
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- This car belongs to a viewer of the channel 1967 Pontiac GTO. History of Gto period ads specs we get to drive this one and it was epic.. hope your enjoy this episode =)
The song is Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin
You got it =)
Fitting song right
Have you ever figured out why there is a stairway to heaven and a highway to hell.? The GTO wrote the book... it's a dream car that's a total sleeper but sent a lot of youngsters to their death. Fast wasn't the word . Stupid fast for the time.
Come on, is there really anyone who doesn’t recognize that song ? I guess the theme here is a little facetious. I shouldn’t take things too seriously.
One of those songs that you can never forget. ❤
@@tommyp6808I rolled a 67 GTO in 1969 at about a 100+ that's 100mph I guess I got lucky
"1967 Pontiac GTO" For me the most beautiful American classic muscle car of all time!
Late 60s and early 70s was a great time for American muscle cars.
Thanks! For a great 1967 Pontiac GTO video.👍
Thank you so much for watching and digging this video..
I agree the gto is a great muscle car possibly the best muscle car ever...
I bought a 67 GTO new, factory order. I was twenty years old. Mine was 4-speed, Safety Trac axle, ratio 3.55. Lots of nice options. Kept it 43 years. 67 GTO was the best looking GTO in my opinion.
Your car sounds awesome how long did you keep it
I agree. '67 the best looking GTO. I had one only mine had the Pontiac 428. I wish it had the factory 400. The 428 was a bit of an anchor if you know what I mean.
Jay, the '66-67's were the absolutely BEST looking years!~ My mom had a '67 Le Mans, back in '72, and same beautiful body style.....wow, what a "looker"!
Totally agree this car was a huge hit
The basic design started with the 1963 Bonneville/Grand Prix/Catalina, all beauties.
I bought my 67 LeMans convertible in 1972 also . Of course I loved it and wish I still had it.
i was jr in high school my neighbor had a 67 with tri power. Great car, always wanted one but never had one. I think it was the best looking of the GTOs.
There were no 67 GTOs produced with tri power. GM institued a ban limiting multiple carb set ups to only the Corvette part of the way through the 66 model year. All factory 67 GTOs came with 400 ci engine but no tri power configuration.
The 1966 GTO was much better having the awesome 3X2 carb intake. I bought mine brand new. The sound and performance of the triples was mesmerizing and gave the gave it incomparable personality.
I got my drivers license in 1966 when I was a sophomore in high school. I loved the 65 GTO - nothing better ! Loved those cars for decades and not too long ago I started appreciating the lines of the 64 GTO - the one that started it all ... and I don’t know why but lately the 66-67 GTO’s are turning my head, more refined and pretty stylish ! But then again the 62 Catalina ... hahaha, funny how taste changes !
Totally agree
Ward Montgomery You do remember that there WAS a 1962 Pontiac Grand Prix don't you?. The sharpest Pontiacs that I ever saw were two generations of Grand Prixs, 1962-64and ofcoarse 1969-72!!!.
Ooooh , ooooooo , Oooh, comes from the land of the ice and snow..............."
Stairway to heaven live MSG lol
The Impala was built on a larger platform then GTO, Skylark, and Cutless. The comparable Chevrolet would be the Malibu. The Chevy Impala would be the same size as a Pontiac Ventura in 1967.
Thank you so much for that correction
@@What.its.like. The Impala was a "B" body, like Rick has mentioned.
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving, great video.
Thank you hope you had a great thanksgiving
The '66 or '67 GTO s have always been my absolute favorite muscle car of the '60s, with the '68 and '69 GTOs running a close second. I love everything about them but lines are beautiful, the interior is fantastic, I even love the steering wheels! I'm a big fan of the stacked headlights also; I love them on the other '60s Pontiac models that had them also. Great video 😃
Thank you I totally agree =)
‘65-‘67. Really didn’t like the ‘68 body style change.
My favorite car of all time.
Once, back in 2000, just before 9/11
I was staying at the Areg* Hotel in San Jose. I was staying there for work for about 5 months. I woke up one morning and looked out the window down twards the front , off street parking area and I saw no less than 6 Primed GTO's. Of course I had to run down ( beagle from the continental of course) and not touch a single car. I did how ever get real close and get down on my hands and knee's geeking out. That was on the Orange Judge. Original decals. Original every thing.
Then I heard a chuckle from the umbrella tables eating.
I was then informed that was Judge 00002 off of the Pontiac production line. One of the top designers personal car. Less than 500 miles, or so I was told.
Dream car....67 with an original bobcat conversion kit. tri power and full of oooh la la !!!
Great story thank you so much for sharing that memory =)
Great year, 1967 for great muscle cars. Good to be alive. I wish I could turn back the hands of time. The GTO was beautiful, this is a man's car.
It definitely is born the sexiest and most beautiful muscle car ever made - drive trains were awesome as well.
Love your show Jay!
Thank you it means the world =) if everything goes good we are in for an epic dec =)
Yeah Jay!
yeah, the '66 had the back tail lights like about a 40% of a broken off "Life savers" candy............. so cool!
My mom had a 326 V-8, in her Maroon, on Black Le Mans
Led zeppilen, stairway to heaven
You got it someone beat you to it
"S" for super? Not for "S"econd gear? , and L, for "LOW"?
For the hydra matic automatic
Our family lived next door to the Pontiac dealer when I was a kid and he told me that S is Super or Second.
Excellent evaluation and appreciation of the styling.
Thank you so much
happy you dig this episode
there's no WAY I could begin to hear/understand whatever the music you played was!
It’s weird when youtube compresses it it becomes hard it’s an easy song early 70s from a power house of a band
Stable Mable is great.
I used to use the kick down accelerator pedal for take off. Then ease off when you want to change gears.
Thanks, Jay.
Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven.
Your welcome man the owner owns both this and the rivera Idk which was better the gas pedal is better in this hands done it’s a cable and has excellent response and super light
I enjoyed your video. I have a couple thoughts. The GTO shared its underbody with the Chevrolet Chevelle, not the Impala SS as mentioned. Also, notice that the top fender contour that you pointed out does not continue into the door contour ( 5:23) . That is because the door was shared with the Chevelle body. Even though a 4 spd manual has one more gear than a 3 spd hydramatic they both feature a 1:1 top gear ratio so top speed may be similar (with similar rear final drive gear ratio) except for the small difference because of torque convertor slippage. Good job featuring a beautiful GTO with the relatively rare column shift automatic!!
One of my old high school buddies had a 67 GTO that he hopped up (his dad owned one of the biggest mechanic shops in the town where we lived [Huntsville Alabama] so he could afford to buy all of the latest and greatest hop up gear). It had well over 400 hp which was practically unheard of back then. Besides being one of the fastest cars in town, it was also one of the best looking cars in town (Navy Blue).
As a fellow Huntsville native, just curious do you know if that car is still around town? I use to go to all the car shows around here and I distinctly recall a navy blue 67 gto that was at several of them. I was always in a mustang but took particular notice of the gto and any Pontiacs that were at each show as my family was heavily into Pontiacs when I was a kid. My grandfather worked at what was once Bentley Pontiac for decades and my stepdad owned a solar gold 78 trans am when I was a kid
No Jay,,,, not the Impala , the Malibu,,,,,,,,,,,it was a MID-SIZE, not a full size like the Impala!
Hand slap to forehead thank you fir catching that mistake
Love when you show the keys--you didn't show them but I could see in passing that they were incorrect. GM had the same key (with a few exceptions) from '35-'66. In 1967 they started using a rotating system of keyway for the trunk/glove: A/B; C/D; E/H; and J/K. In 1967 they began the rotation with the new keyways but kept the old hex/pear head shapes. Beginning in '69 they kept the new keyway system for the blades but moved to a square/oval head to accommodate the look of the new column ignition switches. The correct key for the '67 GTO is a hex head with "A" keyway. The ones in the video with the square head, while they have the correct blade for the '67, did not come into use until the '71 model year.
He has the original keys he sent me a picture of them the keys used in the video are his spare set =)
We met up from lunch yesterday and brought that literature owners manual.. totally glad he did he sent me a picture of the real keys I forgot to add it =) thank you for pointing that out
I'll guess : "Something" from Led Zepplin, ?
My first car was a 67 Lemans tempest it came with a 326 a two-speed automatic and power everything it was a beautiful car and I loved it when the two speed burnt up I put a four-speed manual in it
My dad had a 67 Firebird and he said that the two speed powerglide automatic is a vastly underrated transmission he would always say that’s what the driver racers wanted because it shifted only one time
@@What.its.like. I never changed mine until I destroyed it everyone laughed at me for having one but it was fine right up till day it wasn't and then I replaced it with the four-speed that non-california cars could get
Most Cameo Ivory GTO's in 67 had vinyl tops and black interior. My parents had one of the rarest of the time, and didn't even know it. Cameo Ivory with Turquoise interior , 400 HO, with a/c. Not many manufactured.
Great information thank you so much for sharing =)
I think the owner told me to find one without the vinyl top is rare
White are turquoise would be stellar one of my favorite color combinations
One of a number of perfect automobile designs in history, and this one very handsome in black over yellow.
Not only do I know about the 67 GTO, I owned one for almost 4 years. A ragtop, 400ci, 360hp, 4 speed, 3.90 posi rear. Had a lot of fun with this car for the time I had it. Traded it with 68K miles. Wish I still had it !
The 67 GTO was definitely one of my favorites, But there were literally hundreds that were as good. No way I could choose!
My first car was a 67 GTO!! Post sedan 400/Turbo 400 his n hers. Bought it in late 78 while in HS. Great video!! Thanks for the memories!!
What did you like about your car what didn’t you like about the car
What was your favorite memory or story about the car? =)
Oh my!!! I believe that the 67 GTO is the best looking model!!! My cousin had a 67 Le Mans that was gold with a black vinyl top & interior & redwall tires!!! It was gorgeous!!!
This car belongs to the same guy that owns the rivera he was telling me the rivera is a foot longer than this car which is crazy because this car looks long where as the rivera doesn’t
alright,,,,, "SUPER", not "Second"..........
One of my Favorites Jay! Fuel Injected SMART!
Mine too
I rolled a 67 GTO
in 1969 at about 100 mph I am surprised I 'm not dead oh! Well
I'm glad you lived please it you don't have PSTD tell the story
Groovy for sure!
Had one in gold color. Wish I had it back now. It had the "his and her" auto shifter in it.
Those wipers? Non OEM. Anco-anti-wind lift, very popular in the 60's and 70's. I sold a lot of them. Much better than Trico from the factory. (Anco by the way is now owned by Trico as of 3/21/19. They also now own Fram filters, Raybestos brakes and other) Found a pair on Ebay 15" they wanted 49.99 for them. Good review, nice example. That said? My favorite was the 64 GTO. A nice ad to your info would be what rear end ratios were avaliable. For example: 64 GTO. 3.08-3.23-3.36-3.55-3.90 all avaliable as options. Today? You pretty much get what you get. You sure caught up from last week!
Thank you so much for the insight I think I only have two more episodes in the pipeline I’m traveling today so probably won’t get posted.. I told you it would be worth it =)
I know 3 people with fist gen goats and they absolutely love them! One of them is a 64 ragtop that just recently received the AACA Senior award winner. The 67 seems to be the most popular, and you found a really nice example!
His car was stellar he was a really nice guy as well told him we could hang out next time I go back to Georgia.. hoping to go to NJ sometime next year I might go to the auto mall in Morgantown soon they have a ton of cars that the views of this channel would love to see
@@What.its.like. Do you mean Morganville?
Yeah It’s west of Philadelphia
@@What.its.like. I got confused with NJ, sorry.
First car I got to drive was dad's new '66 GTO, tripower, close ratio 4 speed, 4.33 track gears, no power steering, AC, or power brakes. I used to power shift it, I was 17 years old, wild kid in a fast car. And to us, GTO stood for Gas, Tires, and Oil. In 1966,they were fast cars used for racing.
Awesome thank you so much for sharing those memories with us =)
I love zeppilen and this channel so I wanna get pinned !! Stairway to heaven
You missed so close though perhaps next time I love zeppelin as well =)
You're right on the "Shifting the automatic transmission". I've done that in my Toyota Rav-4 in the summer time. I find the automatic wants to shift naturally around 2000 rpm's, but if you shift it manually, you can lock out the tranny and shift it when it hits 4-6000 rpms. Thankfully I have a Tach built into the Toyota so i can see those shift points.
I love shifting automatics it gives you the driver control over revs it’s more fun and get more out of it in my opinion =)
@@What.its.like. I did it today in the snow. Not sure if it improved traction, but it did feel better.
Good. Times . Only! Great. To. Own. The G.O.A.T - own one and understand. my '67 is my first car and my lifetime car - mine has a 428 and a 4 speed - 34 years own ownership and it feels like hangin' out with an old friend every time I drive it... Thank god for the Muscle Car Era!
Awesome =) those are great
Little GTO you're really looking fine three deuces and a four speed and a 389 (in 1967 that became a 400)
Yeah wanted to sing that song with my daughter she’s 6 and that’s her favorite song when we do the first version we will everyone went to bed at 6pm last night didn’t want to wake everyone
No deuces after 1966. They went 4bbl in 67.
I had two 66 389 with 3 2 barrel’s with 4 Speed. With 411 Rears I had a lot of fast cars One of those GTO. Was 2 fasts car I have ever had And the other GTO Yes It was fasts too They were the days And my grandmother had a pontiac Bonneville 455
I purchased a 1966 GTO in 1976 that was rusting away after the original owner died in Vietnam. I paid $300, but as a 16 year old I wasn't going to restore it on a $1.25 hr. 10 hour a week job, so I resold it a year later for $300 to a guy that blew the motor right away. I swear mine had the 389 four barrel with 3 speed manual, now my 1967 Catalina had the 400, and it was a tire burner.
Great story thank you so much for sharing that awesome memory =)
*1967 PONTIAC GTO* 😎👍🏻 💜
=)
Pricing was very reasonable for 1967.
Very, same can’t be said today
Build sheet for this car shows it was $4050 when built ($900 of that was factory A/C)
Great looking car. Excellent video.
Thank you glad you liked this episode =) it’s been a great week in Georgia
Never had a 67 GTO but had three 66 and 68 GTO’s. My favorite car is the 66 GTO just a few differences one in particular that make the 66 and 67 different besides the grill and rocker molding and engine. It’s the taillights in the 66 that makes it stand out over the 67 and also the 68 is a nice looking car as well. My 68 had the 400 with the 4sp with the hidden headlights. If I remember the name of the color was forest green. It had black interior buckets with console and 4sp it was a nice car but the 66 is my favorite. Good old days and memories
Thanks for sharing your cars with us =)
Yeah, this was pretty good. Did you know Jay, that at the same time the fastest four door production car in the world, was the Ford Australia, GTHO Phase III, 5.8 Litre? With a top speed of 140 MPH carrying passengers and camera gear. Ford were going to produce a Phase 4 variant, and the government banned them.
That’s crazy
@@What.its.like. The only thing crazier, is the price to buy one now. People were buying them
(for homologation) they had to make a minimum of 500 for public sale, but of course they sold a lot more. Family cars loaded with the kids, and a big black shaker sticking out on the bonnet. (hood) They sounded like they had eaten bears at idle.
They were still called the 'Falcon' of course.
Is there a video of it, if so I would love to see it.
@@CJColvin A search on Ford Australia, Falcon GTHO should get you the results
@Steven Homan I actually did research it and man its one badass muscle sedan.
Ferrari history with the GTO name was always a bit sketchy because its a description not a trademark, so really anyone could use it. Ferrari built the 250 GTO to race in FIA's Group 3 Grand Touring series, but had to make enough production cars to qualify or be 'allowed' (i.e. homologated, or Omologato).
BTW, Ferrari never made enough cars to meet the letter of the rule, but it was Europe and this was Ferrari, so everyone shrugged and let it happen.
Far as I know, only the leather driving glove, Road & Track set had their speedos in a twist about Pontiac using the name. Ferrari never had grounds to sue.
Awesome insight thank you so much for sharing all that =)
Ronnie & the Daytonas -- Little GTO
Good guess not that song
Was the 67 Goat, the "best" MC of the 60s? 1st you need ta define.."BEST". If you're a Mopar, Chevy, or a Ford fan, the answer would probably be different. Amongst Pontiac lovers, would it be the "best" GTO? To me, I would like a 67, with a 66 nose. Not a fan of the 66 tail. 67 looks much cleaner. Plus, it would need-ta be a stick shift Preferably a 360 HP RA motor, with a 3.90 rear. The Goat in the video is for women. And thanks again for posting.
Great video!
=)
My Fav !
The flying buttresses, at the rear window, are similar to the XJS Jaguar V12. Which I had never realised before.
Yes the sunken rear window or buttress was nice looking . The 68-70 Charger had a similar design rear window. Of course, it wasn’t great for airflow at high speeds and that’s why the 69 Charger 500 and Daytona Charger had flush rear window , as they were required homologation for using that body design in NASCAR. 66 or 67 might be best looking GTO . Definitely a looker and iconic.
Thank you so much for sharing all that information =)
@@What.its.like. thx for your videos .
Awesome video. Very detailed information. 👍
Thank you glad you liked this video =)
The stacked headlights and the grill partition were all Pontiac of the 1960/70s. The sail pillars in the rear of the roof line were indigenous to GM cars, the 1966 Malibu/Chevelle; 1966 Olds 4-4-Deuce; and the 1966 Buick GS up until 1967, as stated the body style changed in 1968 the 1966/67 Dodge Charger sail pillars were not as prominent as GMs, furthermore, the Chargers had a pure fastback design. The Coke bottle design usually meant the short deck lid and long hood designs of the 1960s and '70s... examples: The 1967 Camaros first generation; 1971-74 AMC Javelin; 1970s Plymouth/Dodge Hemi Cudas/Challengers; 1968 Dodge/Plymouth Chargers/GTX 2nd generation; 1967-68 Ford Mustang GT 500; and 1968-72 Pontiac GTOs, et al just to name a few! In my youth I use to read automotive journalists such as Uncle Tom McCahill of Mechanix Illustrated; Brock Yates of Car and Driver; Robert Cumberford of Road and Track et al. To me... it's just no fun driving an automatic- unless you're drag racing! Bor-ing! I've never owned one!!!
It’s boring to drive an automatic car the way that it’s intended to be driven but if you shift it manually it’s pretty fun…
Not being an expert. I have been told that there was a HO and ram air option for ‘67 and also the first year for a tape deck and auto trans . The hood mounted tack was a dealer installed option although ordered . Car came with F 70 redline wide oval tires originally. Again ..... this is info I’ve been told by someone that supposed to be a GTO expert.
Thank you so much for sharing that information I’m not an expert either just a car enthusiast =) love seeing these cars on the road driven like they were made to do
I have a 1966 GTO i did my self
Awesome =)
My neighbors had a '67 Tempest coupe that is basically the same car, but with a 326 small block instead of the 389 big block. Always thought it was a pretty car. Reliable too.
Yeah it’s amazing how many versions Pontiac look like the GTO
326- 389- 400 - 421- 428- 455 all were the same blocks. Pontiac didn't make a Big Block or a small block.
The 1967 Chevy Impala SS was a "B-body" (along with the Charger and Plymouth's GTX) and the GTO was not in competition with them. The Chevy B body had a 119-inch wheelbase and the GTO had a 115-inch wheelbase until 1968 when all GM A-bodies went to a 116-inch wheelbase. I owned a 1966 GTO 389/335-hp 4-Bbl., A-body, I brought in 1969; a 1969 Buick GS-400 Stage-1 A-body, brought in 1970, wheelbase 116-inches after I sold the GTO/Buick, I then bought a 1969 Plymouth GTX 440/375-hp in 1972, wheelbase 117 inches. I have no brand loyalty- I'm a muscle-car enthusiast. Today I drive a 1998 Ford Mustang 4.6L convertible- at 71 years of age it's not your average '98!
I've had a few A bodies a long time ago, so I used to be into this stuff. If I remember correctly, GM had a 117 inch wheelbase for the 4 door cars and a 113 inch wheelbase for the 2 doors from 68-72. This gave GM a small weight advantage over the Fords and Mopars, which shared the same wheelbase between 2 and 4 door cars. It's been a while, so I hope my memory serves me correctly. 🙂🫡
GM A bodies got shorter in '68, not longer.
Yes, thank you I meant 112 inches in 1968.@@kellynestegard5208
I have 2 67's and 1 66. They are awesome in everyway
Awesome =)
I have a hardtop, convertible, and a post. Doesn't get any better than that
I was going to ask which one was your favorite but since you had to of one year I figured that was your favorite.. that’s crazy that you have a post car those things are so rare.. I honestly have never seen one in person I’ve seen a convertible I’ve seen the hardtop but I’ve never seen the post car
The 66 is going thru a frame off restoration, The post car is just a nice driver and a 4 speed to boot , you can romp on it without any fear of stone chips, interior is mint as well as the engine bay, the convertible had 1 repaint but could use another but cleaned up you can hardly tell, took me 8 yrs to get this car off my friend's mom and at an unbelevable price.
Interesting video but it gives the impression that hot cars were common in the sixties. They really weren't that numerous back then. In total maybe one car in twenty was capable of going from 0-60 mph in under 9 seconds. The GTO was one of those hot cars and it was the most common one because it was probably the cheapest. The Tempest was an affordable compact car and the GTO option only added about 10% to the base price. Basically anyone that could afford a Tempest could also afford the GTO but the cars still weren't all that common. The vast majority of GTO buyers were single men under 25 years old and they only had their goats until they got a wife. As soon as they were married with a kid on the way things changed. It did not take long before the wives forced them to trade in their exciting hot cars for boring but more practical vehicles like station wagons. No woman would tolerate competiton from hot cars for their husband's affection so it was one or the other. Men that chose to keep the hot car soon became extinct. As we used to say in the sixties, "Children are hereditary. If your parents didn't have kids neither will you."
Stairway to Heaven. 1971, Led Zeppelin
Yep someone got it before you =)
My favorite body design.
You missed an opportunity @13:39 to say "Here's what the owner looks like." 😂
Yeah I could’ve said that we became friends he might end up on the channel one day =) he’s a really cool guy
@@What.its.like. Nice.
This is a very vanilla review of the 67 GTO. while I agree that it's the best looking of the muscle cars, most of them were either 4 spds, or the Hurst "his and hers" dual-gate console mounted turbo 400's. I owned a 67 400 HO YZ block (360 HP car dynoed stock at 410) for 33 years with a 3.55 rear and the Hurst dual-gate. The best way to demonstrate it's ability is to jump it from a dead stop. That car would plant my 105lb. fiancée, now wife of 40 yrs, against her seat and she couldn't even reach the "Jesus bar" on the glovebox. It hooked up extremely well, leaving a Posi patch for about 3 ft. and just launching as the front end pulled the slack out of the springs and shocks. Yet, it also handled remarkable well in the corners. I should have kept it, but it needed about $15k of restoration, before they took off. I sold it and bought a 96 Porsche 993 Targa, which is a blast of a different sort and then bought a new 2009 Pontiac G8 GXP with the LS3 that does a 13 second qtr. off the showroom floor and handles like it's on rails with 415HP. Despite all of that , I miss replacing the accelerator pump in the Quadrajet every spring since the rubber plunger went bad over the winter, and the 20 minute replacement of the spark plugs every few months because they fouled off in traffic every holiday weekend while cruising at the park ( 20 mins= no power steering, brakes or AC). Those were the days. BTW the song it ran best to was Stepping Wolf " Heading out the Highway, lookin for adventure" although that's probably not the title.
Hi Justin, I mentioned that in a previous video that on a GM 3 speed automatic that "S" stood for "second" as in second gear. It is apparent that I stand to be corrected, GM calls it "super". The 1966-1967 Pontiac Tempest/LeMans/GTO was a Coke bottle design, meaning that the door area of the body is narrower than the front fenders and rear quarter panels. The wings you see on either side of the rear glass are called sail panel extension's, as on a 1968-1970 Dodge Charger. The windshield wiper blade air deflectors on the car is "aftermarket". The column shifted automatic transmission and the power window option on this GTO is VERY RARE. Please reply. Dave...
I wasn’t sure if super was an olds term or if it was a hydra matic term.. seems to be a hydra matic term thank you so much for adding all the insight =)
The wipers came on some 66 and 67 cars Anco Trico red dot wipers. My 67 Buick has them.
Pontiac and Oldsmobile, had Super. On the 3 speed automatic. My 76 Grand LeMans, had S, and mom's 72 Cutlass had S for Super.
I owned a 67 Pont. GTO and it was a 389 325 or 335 hp. c.i. NOT a 400 c.i. automatic. My engine air filter cover top said 389!
look it up
66 = 389
67 = 400
either the motor or air filter was changed
The "Grand Tempest Option" name is much better. What a beauty.
Totally agree I also like groovy Tempest option
02:30: The Chevy Impala was a full sized car, built on the B body chassis; the Chevy Chevelle wa built on the A body chassis.
06:30: GM's A body chassis two door coupes had that style roof from 1966-67. The Dodge Charger had it from 1968-70. Who copied whom...?
17:31: The rear axle ratio was probably closer to 3:55:1 that 2:56:1
19:03: At 3,500 RPM, the car was "insane?" Why not say the torque and horsepower were very strong?
The ultimate 60s muscle car was the 67 Dodge Dart LO23. There is none other.
I’ll have to find one
One. Of. My. Other. Dream. Cars. Zoom. Zoom
hi Jay I hope your doing good and had good thanks giving and are having a good weekend Pontiac love them the G.T.O is one of my all time favorites the song stairway to heaven I went to the Lead zeplin stairway to heaven tour concert in Los Angeles California where I grew up back in the 70's ok you used Lead zeplin song stairway to heaven for this G.T.O. video when you could have used the song LITTLE G.T.O. by Ronnie and the Daytona's lol :-D have great Sunday and coming week Jay :-)
Yeah the song says three juices in a four-speed in a 39 this one doesn’t have a 389 has a 400 so it wouldn’t go with this car so I thought stairway to Heaven would be a good alternative.. Hope you had a good Thanksgiving as well
Hopefully if everything goes well go out to 50s cars coming in December which is the bread and butter of this channel seems like that is what everybody seems to enjoy the most =) Lost and forgotten Classic Cars off the beaten path
@@What.its.like. hi Jay and good morning and thank you for you're text reply ok I was just joking about the song but at the but same time i thinking about it being a Pontiac G.T.O. which I'm not sure but I think the song little G.T.O. came out a little before this year of the G.T.O. in this video maybe a year or two before I was just little kid when this car was new 8 or 9 year's old but even as little kid i loved car's like my Hot wheels I use to have and yes even as kid i new that some Hot wheels where based on real car's like Hot Rods and custom car's some time a real car got made from Hot wheels no I'm not making that up last time I seen a real car Hotroded and customed up car was year's ago two guy's built a real Hot HONDA CIVIC hatch back to look just like the Mattel Hot wheels civic they painted it and decaled it to look just like the Hot wheels car Mattel put out with of course a custom interior racing bucket seats and role bar etc and for go power they built the motor up with racing parts and added twin turbocharger and two bottle nos fogger kit and those two guy's really nailed it there real car came out to look just like the Hot wheels toy car yes it looked something like out of fast a ferrous movie oh and one more reason I was into car's I come from Hotroder family my Dad as teen raced s.c.t.a. and he raced at the first pro drag strip back when they had flag man before drag strip had tree's and I grew up with his Hot Rods 32 duces with shopped tops his vickys and woody wagons and his other Hot Rods all in southern California close to the beach and surfing yes very blessed and lucky me right time right place oh and one last thing Jay the song little G.T.O I think go's little G.T.O. you'r really looking fine with a duel quad four speed and 389 sorry for going on for so long well have great day and week Jay :-)
Awesome information I had a 92 civic b16A the same time I had a 67 mustang that Honda was great could beat the snot out of it and still get 40 miles to the gallon
@@What.its.like. hi Jay and thank you for you're text reply and kind words it good to hear from you again you're HONDA civic probably had better power to wait ratios for everyone twenty pounds you can take off car (in a safe way) is like adding ten horse power to the motor power to wait ratio is very important I glad you have some real COOL car's for you're self oh well I did forget to add a couple of more things and that Honda civic while Mattel didn't have any thing to do with the civic build Mattel was please as punch with it both the Mattel Hot wheels toy car and civic went in car shows a lot people loved that civic well a exlent day and coming week for you Jay tell next time (voice over) the same Jay (Bat)channel the same Jay (Bat) time and when we last left our HERO lol :-D later gater :-)
@@What.its.like. hi Jay and thank you for all the Heart's :-)
My dream car only a ragtop.
On that 67 GTO another dead giveaway is the horn cap on the steering wheel Tempest only had a two little buttons on the steering wheel the real GTO in LeMans steering wheel horn cap is in the middle beep the horn in the middle not on the sides the steering wheel that's another giveaway been dealing with Pontiacs all my life I know every nut and bolt to a GTO from 64 to 69❤😊
Believe it or not did you know the Lamont's 67 Lemont and also 66 LeMans they had the 326 cubic inch motor but in the LeMans 3:26 cubic inch motor The Factory 4 barrel version had Believe It or Not had 210 horsepower to 225 hp what they call the high output 326 specially if it came with a what a four-speed it had the high output and it was very responding little motor people taking consideration back in the day they they either wanted a 389 cubic inch or a 400 cubic inch but that only came in GTO and Catalina or Grand Prix Tempest only six cylinder or an anemic 326
Add modern sticky tires and a modern 6 speed manual or 8 speed auto trans and these are high 12 low 13 sec 1/4 mile cars.
For sure =)
When I was a kid my dad had a gold 67 safari wagon I thought it was the coolest wagan ever with the same front end as a GTO
That’s awesome what was your favorite memory about the car =)
Ps i’m glad you commented do you have the Jag and from western Pennsylvania I haven’t forgot wife just got really busy I’m still really interested, Facebook wouldn’t let me message you for some reason
Yes I live in Brookline
I still want to do that if that’s still a thing.. nothings changed on my end I just got extremely busy and I’m sorry for not reaching out sooner got really hectic there for a couple months.. But totally understand the car is probably put away for the winter we can do something in the spring
I use the car if it’s a sunny day so any time is good whatever works for you
Love someone put tack gage s in the car. The lights sometimes came on when it was a bit to late. 🙀🥺😳🧐😧😩🤬. 😬🙄🤪
It's Stairway to Heaven from Led Zeppelin.
Yep someone bet you to the punch =)
@@What.its.like. I figured
64 and 65 was the first gen and the 66 and 67 were the second gen, body styles were not the same.
Not according to Wikipedia not saying that everything that’s on there is true but according to them second generation doesn’t start till 68
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_GTO
@@What.its.like. 64 was 1st unique body style, 65 was the 2nd unique body style, and 66 & 67 was 3rd unique body style, 68 & 69 was 4th unique body style, and 70 -72 was the 4th unique body style (except the 71 & 72 Nose clip was changed). This is COMMON Knowledge
The 66-67 GTOs are by the best looking GTOs ever, they look a million times better than any modern GTO out there from 04-06 (which are nothing but rebadged Holden Monaros from Australia 🇦🇺 anyway (which there for not a real true Pontiac)).
Totally agree I never got into the new gt they look like a cobalt with scoops
@@What.its.like. Right or like a bloated Grand AM as well.
That would be "Omologato."
That hist is wrong the '67 GTO did not share the body with the '67 Chevrolet Impala , the '67 GTO shared it's body with the '67 Chevelle instead , the GM intermediates all had the same body style, the Pontiac Lemans GTO, The Buick Skylark,and GS, the Oldsmobile Cutlass and 442,and the Chevelle and SS !
I gotta say, mine was much nicer. Just like this one, but a post, which I like more than the hardtop. I also had the his/her shifter in the console. Carpet was black. Purchased in 1974 with 59,000 on the clock for 800.00. I raced it to death. Oh, and the windows were manual.
Ronnie and the daytonas
The GM A body in 1967 did NOT include the Chevy Impala! The Chevy version was the Malibu. Get it right.
Thank you for that correction miss spoke
@@What.its.like. And mis-pictured
Or the 70 Charger’s Sail fins may look like the 67 gtos.
67 Gto beat charger by three years
The reason the four speed was slower than the three speed automatic was rear gear ratio
That would make sense =)
The downfall of the Pontiac 400, it had a ast crank. Omly the 389 and the 421 had a forged crank. I never had that Daddy/Mommy money to buy a Muscle Car. I drove a '56 Chevy station wagon with a 394 Olds and Hydro.
Great information thank you so much for sharing that
I never had that mommy or daddy money either I bought a 67 Mustang on my own I mean to be fair my mom had to cosign for the loan, but my ass was on the line for that. I paid it off in a year and then only paid 5000 for it.
The cranks were okay. The rods were the weak point.
Some folks bought VW's back in 67'.
True
What is the on/off switch next to the owner installed gauges used to control?
I think that turns ac on he added ac living in Georgia
Well it is for the A/C Comp, the Thurmo switch went out & they are very hard to find replacement, I don't think they make them anymore.
Beauty cat🌠😺🌠💟
the Impala was a B body I think you mean the chev chevelle.
Thank you so much for that correction