1967 Pontiac GTO Hardtop

The Pontiac GTO became known as "The Goat" due to an interpretation of the letters that make up its name.  Figuratively speaking, the car's "defiant, stripped-to-the-basics personality" also had a hand in cementing the moniker, according to Edmunds.com.  It is speculated that the acronym GTO, which stands for Gran Turismo Omologato, was taken from the Ferrari 250 GTO.  American consumers have a history of shortening the names of cars with multiple syllables, and this likely influenced the nickname of this Pontiac brand.  "The Goat" is catchy, easy to remember and was essentially born out of convenience.

We often say here at Classic Auto Mall you never know what is going to show up at the door on a daily basis, and when this beauty arrived we all just smiled and pushed each other out of the way to do our test track drive!  A frame off concours level restoration on a 1 of 24 built 400ci HO powered car, draped in special order Tiger Gold, now that's some serious WOW factor!  It is an original date verified drivetrain car, and comes to us in better than factory condition.

Exterior
This writer's favorite version of the venerable GTO, the Pontiac division got it all right this year.  Stacked dual headlights framed with pristine mirror-like bezels flank a woven wire chromed grille with signal lights and GTO badging, and a lower bumper with nary a mark or dimple on it.  Looking down the line towards the rear we can see only straight steel, well minded gaps, and miles of special order Tiger Gold paint broken up by a black pinstripe and a lower stainless rocker cover, again with the GTO badge up front next to the wheel well.  A long straight scooped hood backs up to clean glass all around, all framed by shiny polished trim.  Moving to the back, a long laser straight trunk lid curves downward to the foursome of horizontal thin rear tail light clusters, and more gorgeous framing of chromed trim and a snappy rear bumper.  There are paint jobs and there are PAINT JOBS, and this is certainly the latter, just buffed out to a luxe gleam and smooth as glass all around.   Lest we forget, a perfect vinyl top in black covers the roof and you've gotta love those flying buttress B pillars that frame the rear glass deep set within them.  14-inch Tiger Gold painted steel wheels with Pontiac Motor Division dog dish caps are all around and sport some red stripe F70-14 rubber.

Interior
You can take this interior to the bank in black…the vinyl is just beautifully preserved and pristine.  The door panels, front buckets and rear bench are like new.  A wood appliqué covers the center console which races through the front buckets making room for a Hurst chrome armed shifter and goes forward hiding under the original dash.  More perfect wood appliqué for the gauge cluster, and center panel which houses the airflow levers and the factory AM radio with 8 track player in a black and wood applique pod underneath.  To add more wood for the wood rimmed steering wheel fronting the appliqué.  Black carpet floods the floors, a crack free padded dash top in black and blacky tighty headliner floats perfectly above all this interior beauty.

Drivetrain
A lift of the hood, and we are being stared at with the steely blue gaze of the resorted engine block and intake manifold, and its chromed valve covers.  An original to this car, (we cannot use the term numbers matching due to a lack of stamping in this era of manufacture, however based on stamping code, casting number and casting date it is highly likely this was the engine that came with this car from the factory), 400ci HO V8 pumping out 360 horses.  It is topped by #670 heads and has a 4-barrel Rochester Quadrajet  carb atop.  On back is a date-correct Muncie M20 4-speed manual in use to push power back to a 10-bolt 3.55 rear axle.

Undercarriage
Up on our lift we literally could turn this car upside down, and run it around and everyone would be just as impressed with first and finish under here as well as you would be for the topside.   No rust and sexy dual exhaust, (yes, exhaust can be sexy), snakes rearward to turn down tips after passing through stock replacement mufflers, all the while running past perfect black floor pans and frame.  Giving this goat its grip in an independent coil sprung front suspension working hand in hand with a 4 link and coil spring rear setup.  We note the rear coil springs have moved from their perches and are now sitting at a forward 45 degree angle.  Drum brakes are all around and all is very well underneath.

Drive-Ability
As mentioned, myself and my decoder/muscle car expert/all around good guy were clamoring to take it for a test and it certainly did not disappoint.  This baby lit right up, had an awesome exhaust tune, and ran just fab!  It handled nicely, showed great acceleration, and all functions were functioning as they should with the exception of the charging system light being on.  It was worth the fight to get in!

A true highlight and if you are even a lukewarm fan of the GTO a must see when visiting the ever-changing halls of the expansive and very impressive Classic Auto Mall.  One of the nicest paint jobs in our halls, and a well buttoned up restoration worth its weight in muscle car, (Tiger), gold!

242177Z125447

2-Pontiac
42-GTO
17-2 Door Hardtop Sport Coupe
7-1967
Z-Fremont, CA Assy Plant
125447-Sequential Unit Number

TRIM TAG

05D-4th Week May
ST 67 24217-1967 GTO 2 Door Hardtop Sport Coupe
BODY BF08955-Fremont Body #
TR 223-Black Vinyl Buckets
PAINT 1 2-Special Order Paint, Tiger Gold, Black Vinyl Roof
B80-Drip Rail Moldings

Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special interest automobile showroom, featuring over 850 vehicles for sale with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle barn find collection is on display. This vehicle is located in our showroom in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, conveniently located just 1-hour west of Philadelphia on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The website is www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888) 227-0914. Please contact us anytime for more information or to come see the vehicle in person.