Vehicle Description
1967 Pontiac GTO Coupe
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! With a complete restoration and engine
rebuild it has plenty of the luster, bark, and bite of the original
version. This garage kept beauty comes with its PHS documentation
and shows 88,597 miles which cannot be verified as actual due to
the title reading Mileage Exempt. Read on my friends, and let's
grab this tiger by the tail!
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. The hood forms the Pontiac "beak" in the
center and breaks the grille in half. Looking down the line towards
the rear we can see only straight steel, well minded gaps, and
miles of Montreux Blue paint covering broken up by a lower
stainless rocker cover again with the GTO badge up front next to
the wheel well. Side view mirrors and door handles as well as glass
surrounds add to the shine. 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 luxurious gleam and smooth as glass
all around save for a few areas of chip offs. The body and paint
was performed for the previous owner as a personal favor by Barry
Hayes. You've gotta love those flying buttress B pillars that frame
the rear glass deep set within them. 15-inch Pontiac Rally II
wheels are all around and sport some argent accenting, PMD center
caps and polished trim rings all wrapped in red stripe Coker
Classic radials.
Interior
There are interiors and then there is this interior...wow...the
perfect compliment to the blue exterior is Parchment, and we have
miles of it here. The door panels, front buckets, and rear bench
are like new. A wood applique covers the center console which races
through the front buckets making room for a Hurst His/Hers shifter
and goes forward hiding under the original dash. More perfect wood
applique for the gauge cluster, and center panel which houses the
airflow levers and the factory AM radio. For the perfect contrast,
a black padded topper hovers above and a black plastic 3 spoke
steering wheel fronts the applique. A duo of aftermarket gauges
hangs below the dash and provides more driver input as to the
vitals of when this car is off and running. Black carpet floods the
floors, protected by black rubber arrowhead emblazoned mats as well
as a Parchment headliner floats above all this interior beauty.
Drivetrain
A lift of the hood, and we are being stared at with the steely blue
gaze of the restored engine block and intake manifold, and its
chromed valve coverings. This is not original to the car and is a
YS coded 1971 400ci V8 pumping out 300hp as per the factory rating.
This mill was built by Spotts Performance and is topped off by a
pair of 670 casting number cylinder heads. There is a 4-barrel
carburetor on top and a rebuilt by GeneDrugan TH400 3-speed
automatic bolted to the back. The rear axle codes out at 3.55
Safe-T-Track 10 bolt axle, (YH stamping code), however our
consignor states this is a 3.36 geared axle. Dual exhaust and a
Pypes muffler system provides the purr and a beautiful job in this
clean engine bay.
Undercarriage
Miles of clean black undercoated steel down below. All restored,
all clean with only the slightest amount of road dirt and surface
rust on the untreated components. The front suspension is
independent coil springs and the rear is a 4 link w coil springs.
Power drum brakes are on all 4 corners and the only seepage we note
is on the oil pan and torque converter cover.
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, gave great acceleration,
and showed good bias free braking. The horn did not honk, the clock
did not keep time, the wipers did not wipe, and the reverse lights
didn't glow. While Classic Auto Mall represents that these
functions were working at the time of our test drive, we cannot
guarantee these functions will be working at the time of your
purchase.
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. A nicely preserved paint job,
and a well buttoned up restoration worth its weight in muscle car
gold, (although it's Montreux Blue!).
242177Z114188
2-Pontiac
42-GTO
17-2 Door Coupe
7-1967
Z-Fremont, CA Assy Plant
114188-Sequential Unit Number
TRIM TAG
01B-2nd Week January
ST 67 24217-1967 GTO 2 Door Coupe
BODY BF05266-Fremont Body #
TR 224-Parchment Vinyl Buckets
PAINT DD-Montreux Blue
B80-Polished Drip Rail Moldings
Classic Auto Mall is home to more than 1,000 classic and
collectible vehicles for sale via consignment in a climate
controlled 336,000-square foot showroom (that's more than 8
acres!). The largest single location consignment dealer of classic
and collectible vehicles in the country is located in Morgantown,
Pennsylvania, just 1-hour west of Philadelphia off Exit 298 of the
I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. For more information visit
www.classicautomall.com or call us at (888) 227-0914. Contact us
anytime for more information or to come see the vehicle in person.
There is no guarantee of mileage. A $299 Dealer Administrative fee
is not included in the advertised price.
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