1965 GTO, best car I ever had

A guy at my HS had a 66 El Camino that got into a wreck.
I told him the Pontiac/Chevy/Olds parts would interchange.
He bought a front clip from a 66 GTO and put it onto his El Camino.

Wild look of a 66 GTO/ElCamino

PHX in the 60's

Another guy got a 64 Corvair and the engine was bad.
He Put a 283 chevy v-8 with a 63 Pontiac Tempest tranny into the back seat of his Corvair.
Next owner put in a 327
Next owner put in a 396

My 64 Corvair had a turbocharger.
It would almost stall when I punched the throttle then slam us back against the seat with acceleration not to be believed unless experienced.

Hurst, Holly, Edelbrock, Muncie, Posi, ... tire scorcher! Anyone remember, or was that sooo last century?



No! Absolutely not! 59 Metropolitan Nash Rag top

59 Metropolitan Nash Rag top

We discovered a Hudson emblem on a Metro on Reseda Blvd. in So. Cal...in 1967, and we've had respect for Rambler, ever since. But not for the Marlin or the Javelin.. savy?

59 Metropolitan Nash Rag top

We discovered a Hudson emblem on a Metro on Reseda Blvd. in So. Cal...in 1967, and we've had respect for Rambler, ever since. But not for the Marlin or the Javelin.. savy?

SC Rambler 390 was almost as fast as my 440 Challenger
We raced many times.
AMX was a great sports/supercar.

Only car ever came close to beating my 79 Challenger RT was a 429 CobraJet Mustang.
We raced from San Diego to PHX.
We both out ran Ferraris during the race.

Cobra Jet had the wonderful quadra-jet carb on the 429 semi-hemi Ford motor.

Only car I was ever afraid of was my 64 Plymouth 413 rancharger.
Cross ram with a carb over each wheelwell feeding the opposite bank.
If it had disc brakes I would not have sold it.
As it was with drum brakes, it was pray, cause the brakes ain't gonna stop you.

53-4 Hudson Hornet inline six would outrun any car of it's time.
My dad drove one. I rode in the back seat.

Hmm... Beach boys told a really tall tale about their fuel injected stingray shutin down a 413, That Vette was only about 100 lbs lighter than the dart, and about 90 cubes short, not to mention the optional 13 to 1 compression. That Dart was probably the quickest thing untill the L88 Vette. Ps.. My 1st car was a sweet '53 with 308 cubes and Twin H Power! It also had a working spot light for driving up to a house after dark, shinning into somebody's living room... reving it up and .. crirping one ancient tire as we blasted off, mission accomplished!

He and his brothers worked up in the great lakes and their cars had two gas tanks.
One for gas and one for TN moonshine.
Bartenders cut the bottled-in-bond booze with the moonshine and water.

Hurst, Holly, Edelbrock, Muncie, Posi, ... tire scorcher! Anyone remember, or was that sooo last century?



No! Absolutely not! 59 Metropolitan Nash Rag top

We discovered a Hudson emblem on a Metro on Reseda Blvd. in So. Cal...in 1967, and we've had respect for Rambler, ever since. But not for the Marlin or the Javelin.. savy?

Hurst, Holly, Edelbrock, Muncie, Posi, ... tire scorcher! Anyone remember, or was that sooo last century?



No! Absolutely not! 59 Metropolitan Nash Rag top

We discovered a Hudson emblem on a Metro on Reseda Blvd. in So. Cal...in 1967, and we've had respect for Rambler, ever since. But not for the Marlin or the Javelin.. savy?


Marlin and Javlin were shit!

There was nothin'like the Goat. Metro was my first car, $100 and gas was 0.17 per gallon, Cigs 0.35 per pack. ...and let's don't forget the 442

I learned to drive in my mom's 1964 GTO

Tom McCahill of Mechanix Illustrated reviewed the Pontiac GTO in 1964, and commented on it's cornering:
"If it stuck any closer to the road it would be a white line."

My dad and I put a 421cid engine in when the stock 389 got old.
Three deuces and a four speed made it awesome.
Brand new, we pulled the chrome trim off the fake hood scoops and opened them up by drilling and cutting the openings out.
It's stock top speed of 130mph became 145mph via opened hood scoops ram air.
Pop...
He used to let my varsity football and wrestling buddies sit middle of the back seat and put a $50 dollar bill on the console.
"If you can reach and get it before I hit fourth gear; It's yours."
Nobody ever managed to overcome the awesome acceleration that slammed us all back against our seats to grab that $50 dollar bill.
($50.00 then was like $500.00 now)

Unfortunately from 65 on...
GTO's got heavier and slower each year thereafter.

My '70 Dodge Challenger RT 440 magnum 6pack was faster, but that was 6 years later.
Yeah.. after Vietnam my friend bought a 70 440 6pack 'Cuda. With Goodyears and a dynotune, and we ran 13.00 at Lyon's. We just couldn't break 12.99 because the Hurst shifter took 1 full second to shift from 2nd to 3rd.

66 Dodge Charger, 4 bbl. 383 magnum. Sweet ride!

I have a 1968 Chrysler New Yorker with a 440. It is such a cool car. 19 feet of pure Mopar! People could not believe i could beat their fancy car with 4 door.

I love old cars, they are a testimony of design and in general human creativity.

If I ever own a house with a garage I would like to buy an old porsche 944

I have a 1968 Chrysler New Yorker with a 440. It is such a cool car. 19 feet of pure Mopar! People could not believe i could beat their fancy car with 4 door.


Holy crap you had one too? I didn't see your post before I made my own post. That car was just so damn comfortable. Such a huge engine and yet gas was no problem. Dang, man, I wish I could still have one again, and I bet you do too.

O'Yea, SHELBY

O'Yea, SHELBY

I pulled onto th efreeway I-17 diown ramp in my Challenger.
Caught 3rd gear at the bottom of the on ramp and shifted into fouth at about 80.

Punched it and then...
saw the AZ Hiway Patrolman behind me with his 426 hemi Coronet and his lights flashing.

I am not one to run from cops.
I let my lawyer argue.
I do the 'yes sir' 'no sir'.

I was down again to about 70 and pulling over when a Superbee passed us both at well over 150.
he AZ-HP waved me to stop and kill the engine.
I did
(they knew who I was, after all)

Three marlbourough 100's later he came back.
"you're still here."
"You know who I am. I don't run from cops."
"That works in your favor"
"What happened to the guy in the Superbird?"
"A helicopter parked on his roof until he crashed.
"He'll go to jail when he gets out of the hospital"


I used my ticket receipt to prove I had done an actual VASCAR proven 149mph
although my Challenger woud do 217mph on flat ground with no wind.
Tried it...did it. PHX International Raceway

I have a 1968 Chrysler New Yorker with a 440. It is such a cool car. 19 feet of pure Mopar! People could not believe i could beat their fancy car with 4 door.


Holy crap you had one too? I didn't see your post before I made my own post. That car was just so damn comfortable. Such a huge engine and yet gas was no problem. Dang, man, I wish I could still have one again, and I bet you do too.


I hated to sell it. bummer, just the other day. i had that car for 15 years.

Hurst, Holly, Edelbrock, Muncie, Posi, ... tire scorcher! Anyone remember, or was that sooo last century?

Hurst, Holly, Edelbrock, Muncie, Posi, ... tire scorcher! Anyone remember, or was that sooo last century?


If you update it with an LS1 and hand-built suspension, then you can bring it into the 21st century.


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Anyone have a V8 Corsa?