My 1965 GTO Tri-Power 4-speed convertible

[RAII4speed]

THIS IS GREAT !
Original owners note when the car was new in 1964.

[prototype]

You sir have:

incredible luck
incredible taste
are 5'10" standing but 7'11" sitting on your wallet
work your a** off looking for these cars

or all of the above

what a KILLER car!!!!

[RAII4speed]

Originally Posted by prototype

You sir have:

incredible luck
incredible taste
are 5'10" standing but 7'11" sitting on your wallet
work your a** off looking for these cars

or all of the above

what a KILLER car!!!!

LOL You are correct on all the above
I grew up in the Ghetto of Lynn (Boston) Ma and Always had envy for muscle cars, In fact when I got my License in 1974 I borrowed $600 from my Grandmother that helped raise me to buy my first car a 1967 Firebird 400. I had to pay her back $10 a week for that car! I sold that car in 2014 along with 13 others I had collected for 40+ years due to illness. I will try to attach a picture of that Firebird.....

[396L78canuck]

Nice Goat.......always liked the front end of the 65 Goat.Bob

[Keith Seymore]

I am sorry to hear about your health, but glad to hear you still have a few more car rides left in you.

Originally Posted by RAII4speed

THIS IS GREAT !
Original owners note when the car was new in 1964.

The part about the vehicle paint is pretty funny -

We've had two GTOs with paint that bad, both out of the Pontiac Michigan plant.

Our '64 was an embarrassment, with the paint coming off in flakes. Dad wanted the factory to repaint the whole car but our salesman Dick Jesse didn't think he could swing it.

They made a call to the factory rep, who also suggested Dad stick a piece of masking tape on any of the places he wanted repaired. Dad wrapped the whole car in tape, probably two rolls of it. The ended up repainting the whole car.

Our '65 has spots in the hood where you can see handprints; the trunk lid has an area where it looks like solvent was swiped off and the paint sprayed over it (a retired Pontiac paint shop manager has since told me that is from pressing down too hard with the tack rag, imbedding the solvent in the primer). It also has the requisite hairs in the paint and poor panel fitment.

All of those defects are still visible, just as when new.

K