Is this is a nice car? (GTO content)

**MosportGreen66** · #1 10-02-2009, 05:53 AM

Hi Gents,

Is this is a good car for the money? How much does an automatic hurt the sale of the car? Thanks.

-Dan

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Pontiac-G...emZ170387389852

442w30 · #2 10-02-2009, 06:48 AM

That's that two-tone car? It's an unusual combo. 2-speed auto sucks, but it's a first-year GTO. Not sharp on the earlier cars, but I know Tripower auto cars are the rarest combo out there. Would make a very nice driver!

StealthBird · #3 10-02-2009, 07:30 AM

This is definately a "cream puff" in every sense of the word! The earthy 2-tone paint scheme, the beige interior, the console-less column shift 2-speed, it's all there! I too love these "oddball" color combos.

Most of the GTO's equipped like this were later repainted a more "aggressive" color, and their 2-speed trannys were yanked for a TH400 or a 4-speed. It's cool to see GTO's the way they were actually built. Not every GTO was a red 389 tri-power 4-speed with 3.90 gears.

PHS is the ONLY way to be sure it's a real GTO. May be worth ordering new PHS if your serious about this car, sometimes people fake the documentation. Being as it has a 2-speed auto, and with the colors chosen, chances are that it has a 3.08 or 3.23 non-posi rear, but you never know. An unusual feature is the rally gauge cluster (with in-dash tach), an option not normally seen on a car ordered with the 2-speed column shift.

As for the question about whether the 2-speed hurts the value, are you looking at this to flip, or for Sunday drives/cruise nights?

Most Pontiac collectors wouldn't want a "Musclecar" (especially the grandaddy of them all, the 64 GTO) with these colors, or with this trans, but there are always those that are looking for something different.

But I like it.

**mockingbird812** · #4 10-02-2009, 07:57 AM

I also like this ebay goat and its unusual drivetrain combo. A fellow here in town has the same drivetrain in a beautifully restored GTO that he has owned for 22 years and it has a very special history (which he did NOT know when he bought it). I hope to do a story on this car next year for HMM...

StealthBird · #5 10-02-2009, 09:50 AM

This 64 GTO was sent to Delco-Moraine Brake Division in Summer 1963 for the development of disc brakes for the A-bodies. Once development was done, the car was sold to the Test Driver in Sept. 64, which he still owns 45 years later.

JoeG · #6 10-03-2009, 03:52 AM

Very Nice car............

427TJ · #7 10-03-2009, 04:28 AM

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Hi Gents,

Is this is a good car for the money? How much does an automatic hurt the sale of the car? Thanks.

-Dan

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Did Pontiac really two-tone '64s like that? Seems like it should have a vinyl top. Neat car. Probably a fun driver/cruiser even with the PG.

The Dude · #8 10-03-2009, 06:50 PM

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Hi Gents,

Is this is a good car for the money? How much does an automatic hurt the sale of the car? Thanks.

-Dan

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Did Pontiac really two-tone '64s like that? Seems like it should have a vinyl top. Neat car. Probably a fun driver/cruiser even with the PG.

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Sure did.

Over at Oldsmobile thats all they did. No vinyls at all.

442w30 · #9 10-05-2009, 10:05 PM

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Did Pontiac really two-tone '64s like that? Seems like it should have a vinyl top. Neat car. Probably a fun driver/cruiser even with the PG.

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The proper question should be, "What companies *didn't* offer two-tone?"

Jim Ferron · #10 10-05-2009, 10:28 PM

Not an expert at all...did you like the rivet treatment on the trim tag????

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