A lot of motorists these days weren’t even alive when new cars still had distributors with points, carburetors and manual… well, everything. I bet if you stop 10 people and asked what “ignition” refers to (especially those that drive an electric vehicle or hybrid), most would say ignition was an R. Kelly song, start up fund…
Here are the Pontiac GTO auction results at this year’s 2015 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction. The big winner was this stunning, ultra-rare triple-white 1969 GTO Judge convertible. It sold for $181,500 with the buyer’s commission! Lot # Vehicle Details Sold Price 22 2005 PONTIAC GTO COUPE PACE CAR One of two GM-built pace vehicles for the…
I found a new source for Pontiac GTO parts (and other brands, including Buick, Chevy, Ford, Mopar and Oldsmobile). It is Inline Tube, a company that specializes in “a variety of products for all classic cars and trucks… preformed brake lines, fuel & transmission lines, and straight length tubing sets, for custom applications and the…
Join Jim Wangers, Pontiac GTO marketing legend and the “Godfather of the GTO”, and other muscle car fans to celebrate the 50 year anniversary of the Pontiac GTO. The event is to take place on March 8, 2014 at the Automobile Driving Museum in El Segundo. Mr Wangers is seen here driving the 1964 test…
Are muscle car values peaking? There definitely seems to be a bubble in the collector car market and the values for vintage Pontiac GTO are no exception. Here’s what crossed the auction block this week at 2014 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale. Note, all auctions below were no reserve. The big winner was a 1967 Pontiac GTO hardtop…
Here are the results from the 2013 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction. Big winner: a cherry example of a 1969 Pontiac GTO Ram Air IV Convertible… $126,500.00! See a complete list of results after the jump. Lot # Vehicle Details Sold Price 110 1969 PONTIAC GTO 2 DOOR HARDTOP 72,000 actual miles, owned by an Alaska Highway Patrolman and…
Original Parts Group launched a redesign of their Website today, offering better navigation, improved parts search and shopping cart functionality. It looks like an improvement to me so far. Visit OPGI.com and check it out.
I finally got my National Parts Depot (NPD) 1964-1972 GTO, Tempest, Le Mans parts catalog in the mail yesterday! It is exciting to finally have a local (somewhat) alternative to my GTO parts shopping needs. The catalog features over 5000 parts specific to Pontiac GTO/Le Mans/Tempest muscle cars and includes 189 pages of glorious, full…
Here’s some advice for those of you out there using eBay Motors or any other online classified or auction site to sell your classic GTO muscle car. Insert a hot chick in a bathing suit into the main image of the listing. In the original listing, smokymountaintraders got 16352 page views for a nice, ordinary 1967…
I wrote back in October how NPD was planning to offer parts for Pontiac GTOs. I have an update from Derek Putnam, Project Manager for GM Car Catalogs for National Parts Depot: We’re still adding new products to our arsenal before we release the GTO/Lemans/Tempest catalog. At this point we’re looking at a June 2012…
