Not your average Pontiac

[Camino LS6]

http://cnj.craigslist.org/cto/2806709192.html

[Camino LS6]

I would love to restore this one.

[balthazar]

Wow- I JUST got off the phone with my buddy, telling me about this faded black GTO down the street from him for sale, via talking I figured out it was a '73, and this is the very same actual car. Too new for me, tho.

[Camino LS6]

Wow- I JUST got off the phone with my buddy, telling me about this faded black GTO down the street from him for sale, via talking I figured out it was a '73, and this is the very same actual car. Too new for me, tho.

That's just cool!

If it were doable for me, I'd be all over this one - I really like it.

[balthazar]

right colors & powertrain, that's fer sure. Plus the NACA hood.

[Camino LS6]

right colors & powertrain, that's fer sure. Plus the NACA hood.

Yep.

Depending on the particulars, I'd even consider trading my Vette for this.

Project for project.

[balthazar]

I'm going over to Monroe Sat to mess with some plow equipment- you want me to put a deposit on it for you?

[Camino LS6]

I'm going over to Monroe Sat to mess with some plow equipment- you want me to put a deposit on it for you?

Man I wish!

Think he'll take an NOS Vette bumper as a downpayment?

[daves87rs]

I like it!

[knightfan26917]

Guessing this is the vehicle to which you referred, Camino?

Looks good..... I just can't stop looking at cars I'd love to buy.

*sighs*

Cort | 38.m.IL | pigValve + paceMaker + cowValve | 5 MCs + 1 Caprice Classic

* post-surgeryPARTY = 5:30p-10:30p, SAT, 02/11/12 | Beef Villa, 1225 W Spring St, S Elgin IL *

"After so many dreams have fallen through, it's time that 1 came true" __ Earl Thomas Conley __ 'Nobody Falls Like A Fool'

[ocnblu]

Wow, a sweet Goat find, for sure. I'm looking forward to the project thread, Camino!

[Camino LS6]

Yeah that's it, Cort.

Blu: it could be quite a long wait.

[67impss]

That would be a very nice fun car to drive & bring back up to snuff but man the gas it would use. Needs a Richmond gear 6spd 2x OD then you could row the boat smiling all the way home.

[SAmadei]

The lowest production year for the GTO.

Monroe township isn't too far from me... but I'm not there right now.

If you like the black '73's, there was an episode of 'Moonshiners' recently (either episode 3 or 4) where Tim puts a new engine in his black colonnade A-bod. Its a red car repainted black, IIRC (you can see the jams aren't done)... and is a hybrid... '73 doghouse, '77 taillights. But its shiny and sounds good when done... so its something of Poncho colonnade eye-candy.

[SAmadei]

and is a hybrid... '73 doghouse, '77 taillights. But its shiny and sounds good when done... so its something of Poncho colonnade eye-candy.

Just remembered that the later taillights don't fit on the early colonnades... so it must be a '75-'77 body with a early doghouse.

[G. David Felt]

Sweet find, this would be an awesome project to put it back to OEM Perfect. If only I had enough money.

[Camino LS6]

I just had to go and click that link again.

Car is still available.

[ocnblu]

Its tires have been very, very bad. They need kicked.

[Camino LS6]

Noooooooo....

Must not look....

[ocnblu]

:hypnotism smiley:

[GMTruckGuy74]

Not knocking a '73 GTO by any means, but I'd much rather have this '77 Lemans:

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/2816383263.html

Price is still out of my range, but its not bad for what the pictures show.

And it is literally 15-20 minutes away from where I live too.

[balthazar]

^ Must have the AWD option.

[ocnblu]

Whoa that's neat too!

[Robert Hall]

Maybe they raised the suspension so they could roll dirty on dubs.

[Camino LS6]

I've seen that one too - I'm a hopeless case.

[balthazar]

^ there is a cure for your disease.....

[Camino LS6]

I'm not so sure...

At least the GTO seems to be gone - safe on that front.

[G. David Felt]

I'm not so sure...

At least the GTO seems to be gone - safe on that front.

I am sure another GTO will come up when the time is right for you.