Vehicle Description
1969 Pontiac GTO Convertible - True GTO with PHS Documentation -
California Car - Numbers Matching 400ci/350hp 4bbl V8 - 4 Speed
Manual - Upgraded Hood Tach - Power Steering and 4-Wheel Disc
Brakes - Former NBA Basketball Player Ownership (Please note: If
you happen to be viewing this 1969 Pontiac GTO Convertible on a
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than 160 photographs, as well as a short start-up and walk-around
video, please go to our main website: Garage Kept Motors.) ... the
GTO was the first car to offer muscle to Baby Boomers �€" Hagerty,
May, 2014 It wasn't the fastest, the most powerful or the most
outrageous muscle car, but Pontiac's GTO remains at the very top of
the muscle car pantheon because it was the first: the car that gave
birth to the genre. Truth be told, muscle cars were an invention of
marketing, not of technology, and the GTO was the first car to
offer muscle to Baby Boomers. The official birth of Pontiac's GTO
occurred the day that chief engineer John DeLorean and staff
engineers Bill Collins and Russ Gee decided to mount a
high-performance 389-cubic-inch V-8 engine in the Tempest. Offered
here is a fully documented 1969 Pontiac GTO Convertible in Matador
Red over black. Showing 10,000 miles on its odometer, this
California-sourced Goat has been beautifully maintained and
treasured over the years by its owners, one of whom was an NBA
Basketball player (you'll have to ask as we can't put his name in
print here). The car's exterior red paint displays a
near-showroom-quality appearance with a uniformly smooth finish and
a deep gloss across all body panels, including the Endura®-clad
front bumper. The body-panel alignment is excellent, with no dents,
dings, or other body damage present. Multiple GTO-specific styling
touches--including the dual hood scoops, hidden headlights, and GTO
badging front, rear, and on both front fenders, as well as
GTO-identified rear side-marker lights--are all here, as is an
upgraded hood-mounted tachometer, and they all look terrific in (or
on) red. Cabin glass and all lighting lenses are clear and free of
cracks or other damage. The chrome rear bumper and the tastefully
limited chrome body trim are pristine. Factory styled-steel wheels
with PMD (Pontiac Motor Division) centercaps are mounted with
BFGoodrich Radial T/A® tires. The black convertible top is free of
damage and is power-operated. The condition of the black interior
is fully as showroom-fresh-appearing as the exterior. Original
black vinyl upholstery in a classic, vertically pleated design with
tiny chrome trim pieces, covers the foldable front buckets (with
headrests) and the rear bench seat. Door trim incorporates matching
black vinyl, black carpet, chrome trim, and GTO badging in a
pleasing design. The car has roll-up windows. The boot cover for
the stowed convertible top (where the homecoming queen rides) is
free of damage and fits properly. A factory 3-spoke, Pontiac-logo
sport steering wheel features brushed metal trim and a wood rim. It
frames the gauge cluster-including a 120-mph speedometer, clock,
and fuel gauge (the tachometer is on the hood, remember)-on a black
padded dashboard, with woodgrain trim surrounding various controls
and the original AM radio on the driver's side. Metal-trimmed
pedals are correctly in place (the car features both power steering
and power 4-wheel disc brakes). Cabin carpeting is black and
protected by Pontiac-branded rubber floor mats in each position.
The shifter for the 4-speed manual transmission is floor-mounted
with the shift pattern on its knob. The car's trunk is virtually
factory-perfect. Under the hood is the performance heart of the
GTO: a 400-cubic-inch, 350-horsepower, 4-barrel carbureted V8,
still wearing its Pontiac-Division turquoise block paint. Chrome
valv covers an
