Wow. Is that body original? Where did you find that car?

 

Yeah to my knowledge it is original, there's some rust. Nothing major though. And the body is not perfect by any means. Definitely needs to get worked over. But there are no panels that need to be replaced aside from part of the trunk pan, which is actually small enough to be patched. And the paint is pretty bad. I actually found it in Denver of all places. I couldn't believe how good the body was.

 

nice car me and my pops are working on a 66 tempest with a 350 in it. wish we had that motor in it though. my buddies dad just picked up a 66 with a 389 in it an then they are working on a 67 tempest with your motor but built. cant wait till mine and his are finished.

 

The 428 will be up for sale this summer probably... just sayin'

 

Please don't put a Chevy in this car.

Looks nice, though. I'd personally...
-428 with Hillborn
-Huge Isky cam
-Rock Crusher
-Ford 9
-15" Ansen Sprints (10" rear, 5" front)
-Pro-Stock headers
-Purple Hornies
-Locker
-Lakewood slappers

 

Please don't put a Chevy in this car...

Why on earth not?

 

Wow, my desk just went off-balance.

 

Man I am not a big stretch and poke person although I own one but this photo I think this car has the lines for some BIG stretch and poke. Steelies or salt flats with BIG lips. Leave it as is. No bags.

 

If he stretches and pokes the GTO I will leave FocalJet.

 

x2.

and i did it to my focus.

just... no. you dont wreck a piece of american car culture history with the fad of "stance".

it looks good on a focus, s2k, 350z, etc.. just.. please.. not muscle cars..

-gabe

 

Who needs that crap carburated old school low gas mileage all torque no horsepower big block anymore? I would understand if the car was all-original, but it's not even the same color as it was when new. LS that beast and stroke it with some lopey cams. *Old Spice whistle*

 

^Like.

 

Ls power plant would be hot.
And the only stance for of school muscle is Rake!

 

I love this car. A friend's father had a 1965 GTO convertible 4 on the floor with a white interior. SO nice.

 

I understand and respect your LS ideas; the bottom line is that it will be wicked pisser either way. The 400 would also be a great place to start. I'm just a bit of an addict when it comes to big, snarling, world-turning big-blocks with a trillion ft-lbs of torque and a massive cam. Call my tastes antiquated. They are. :lol:

 

Actually all Pontiacs are the same size externally, from the 326-455, so they should not be called big blocks, although they are by folks because they are compared to Chevy / Ford or Mopar. When compared to themselves, they are all the same size.

I will be following your build. "Technically" I own 4 '67 GTO's right now, at least on paper. But I had a disagreement with my storage guy about fees, who is my uncle and he owns a junkyard, and he won the disagreement by crushing my 2 hard tops and my coupe, which had some rare options on it. I had the options off, but really needed the vin number for value.

Anyway, I still have my '67 Convertible, plus have owned another 4 GTO's and many more Pontiacs to boot. My first "driving" car was a 1970 Judge in high school. You are speaking my language. I'll add a few more post tonite probably, so not to make this one a book.

 

I might do something like this, haha. Mix it up... the intake, not the bling. With a direct port nitrous setup.

 

Cool project.... I think any path you take will be a good one.

 

If thats original paint I wouldnt repaint it but then again I cant see how bad it is. Its only original once, however if you do and that is factory color I would leave it red. Looks great and can be worth a boatload of money too.

 

Nope, used to be blue, then it was red, now it's faded red. Motor isn't original. There's really no reason to not change anything to my liking.

 

****ing beautiful car - a couple of my friends in HS had goats back when they were affordable. My vote is white for the body color. I don't much care what v8 it gets so long as is has a wicked cam. Goats with smooth idle shouldn't exist.

 

I'm thinking LS2 with a Texas Speed Magic Stick 3... should have a nice lobe to it. I got a reply for the price of the ITB intake... $5,700 so I probably won't be doing that haha. It's still sexy though.

 

Yeah, I couldn't see that work of art being cheap.

 

ITBs are always silly expensive - ESPECIALLY when copius amounts of carbon fiber is involved.

 

Yeah... and they don't need to be, but small volumes keep cost high.

 

I was expecting 3-4k... not almost 6.

 

"Little GTO" by Ronny & the Daytonas FTW!

 

NICE car man! Can't wait to see how she turns out!

 

Purity versus technology will always be an interesting battle.