Vintage GTO photos
 

A ‘64 and a few 65’s from back in the day.

Beautiful 64 2 door sedan, one of my all time favorites. Thanks for sharing.

That ‘64 post has the famous one year only “wood wheel” in it along with WW / RW Tires.

I've got a few I can add -

Our '64 on display at the Michigan State Fair:

Mr Wangers showing off:

Still in captivity: the back lot at the Pontiac assembly plant -

The postwar prosperity was in full bloom.

1965 GTO receiving the Royal treatment.

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Brand New ‘65 Sport Coupe (post) GTO in Montero Red.

Optional Deluxe wheel disc covers and exhaust splitters (check shadow).

Looks like it sold from “Roy Carver Pontiac” in Costa Mesa, CA.

Cool car, Cool shirt, Bill.

1965 hardtop in Fontaine Blue with a Black Cordova top.

Back-up lights.
Custom Sport Steering Wheel.
Inside Day-Night mirror.

No LH Outside rear view mirror, which was an option.

1964 GTO in Skyline Blue.

Love these photos!

I've posted this before but its very much a period photo. My uncle's red/red/white top 1970 GTO 455/4sp A/C convertible, a slightly used "new" car to him upon his return from Vietnam in late 70 or early 71, trading in the '68 Dodge R/T I showed in an earlier thread. Trophies aren't from this car-they're actually from his brother's racing adventures in the 60's, mostly with Studebakers. I vividly remember riding in this car, usually heading with him to the CLARK gas station to buy gas and KOOL cigarettes.

Kool.

why does it have the ram air lV decals on the hood?

The Ram Air hood call outs were on the car when he bought it as a low mileage used car from the Pontiac dealer.

kinda makes me think of the two lane black top gto. "its got a 455 mark 4 engine"

More vintage 60’s photos
 

The most popular year of the GTO, 1965.

That actually would have been 1966 with about 96,000 cars out the door. I believe in '65 they sold about 72,000 cars

Hi Tracker1,

I was speaking of “Popular” as in most liked (1965) from multiple surveys taken the past 40+ years in the GTO world.

As for Production, totals below.
‘64 - 32,405
‘65 - 75,352
‘66 - 96,946
‘67 - 81,722

Vintage Pontiac Advertisements
 

Pontiac advertisements and their brochures from 1959 through 1971 had beautiful artwork from the famous Arthur Fitzpatrick and Van Kaufman.

Below are a few of the reflections and shadows that were featured on these awesome illustrations.

They made these Pontiacs look sexier than they ever were, and they were already sexy. Love Pontiac art!.......bill s

Another great thread, Chris!! Love seeing these vintage photos of GTO's in like new condition.

Grant

1965 Sport Coupe (post).
8319 produced.

Rare color combination.
Black exterior with Red pinstripe.
Red interior.

The ‘65 Red interior would have a Parchment headliner.

Period STP sticker.
Aftermarket exterior mirror.

This one was sold by McGrath Pontiac in Cedar Rapids, 60 miles down the road from me.

Thanks for posting these GTO pix, never owned one but have worked on a bunch of them and love looking at them!!

Bill W

MY buddy from highschool standing on the door of the 70 Judge convertible his dad bought in the mid-70's. Car is still owned by him, I painted 20+ years ago. When we were in highschool we would push it out of the garage in the middle of the night and go street racing - factory 4.33 gears so it's at redline about 90 MPH.

Here's one a buddy used to own in late 80s? RA IV 4.33s 4 speed I remember running him in my 69Z (oval port 427) I felt good hanging with him it was original paint and only like 35k on it it used to be in Houston (track pic) before I think its up in northeast now it did get painted before it left Texas

64 gto
 

Mystery Indian at E Town in65

More GTO photos from the past.
 

A few Ladies next to a 1966 GTO.

Baby on board.

Convertible with the beautiful Rally I Wheels.

Custom chrome wheels with mismatched tires.

Mystery indian
 

Photo Taken about 25 years ago, check out the Helmet! I still have the Helmet & the Car

----Very cool!!! I see you are from Florida and I don't know when you moved , but your 64 looks familiar. Did you ever race at Palm beach raceway or Miami?.....Bill S

Here's a vintage judge

Here is my '67 GTO (400 HO / 3-sp stick) in 1968:

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Father's Day weekend a few years ago I had the opportunity to participate in the "Eyes on Design" event, held at the Edsel Ford Estate.

The show is an "invitation only" event (cars are chosen by a selection committee) and benefits the Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology. The show is also unique in the way cars are judged, not by how well they are restored (or survived) but by how the design (ie, styling) created trends, enabled technology or reflected the culture.

The theme for our specific display was the advertising artwork of Art Fitzpatick/Van Kaufman. I was asked to bring both the GTO and the Grand Prix. As you might expect the vehicles were displayed with the corresponding advertising art.

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And - we got to keep the posters.

K

Great Advertisements of old Muscle.
 

A really neat ‘64 GTO consumer catalog that’s inside of a CAR and DRIVER magazine.

A Classic “foldout”
 

Here’s another vintage advertisement for the New 1967 GM Muscle.

It happens the be a foldout inside of a CAR CRAFT magazine.

Cool ad showing the “Original” American Racing Equipment Torque Thrust wheels that were so popular then and now.

On the backside of the foldout are the specifications of the Muscle on front side.

----I have one of those catalogs tucked away somewhere. It would probably take all day to find it!.....Bill S

Very cool GTO!! Have you ever found any production figures on that specific combo?
That has to be pretty rare. I've read that there were 358 HO 3-speed cars built, but how many convertibles is not shown.

Grant