I need to point out that I really like Pontiacs before we get started here because after the Fiero disaster and now this, it seems like I am piling on the most lamented dead GM brand. Such is not the case. My dad restored a ’64 GTO when I was a kid and they remain my favorite muscle cars to this day but when BangShift member Casper posted this car on a thread focused on luring me into buying things, I had to share it. Other than the body, there ain’t much GTO left.
A K5 Blazer chassis and running gear provide the umph for this twisted creation. The 350 that formerly powered the Blazer but now motivates has been treaded to a mild list of performance parts like headers, a performance carb, and a performance grind camshaft. Being an 80s Blazer we’re guessing that there are 8.5″ 10-bolt axles up front and out back. Those are decent sticks but we’re thinking that they’re being stressed pretty hard with the big 38″ Swampers on the corners. If they still have their C-Clips stuff could get creepy on the trail. The transmission is a virtually bombproof SM465 with a granny low first gear. We’d kill to have a stick shift Blazer right about now, but we’re not sure we want to have one with a Pontiac topping it off.
According to the seller, the body came off of a drag race car so there is no title for it which would render the thing completely, 100% useless in just about every state outside of the precious few that allow you to walk into a DMV and get titles made up almost instantly. We don’t live in one of those places.
Ok…the big question here. Do you hate this thing or the Fiero worse? If forced to own ONE, which would you choose? If you read this far you MUST answer the question.
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CRAIGSLIST LINK: 1967 PONTIAC GTO TRAR
I wish it could be bought and put back on the track. Sell off the 4wd crap and recoupe some money and find a frame for it. Atleast the body wasn’t hacked.
How could you leave out the fact this happened in the great state of Tennessee? Great comedy fodder is precious, don’t waste a bit.
Looks like a perfect race car for 2015 Hangover Nationals at Dragway 42
tough question Brian. While I am a GTO guy (two 66’s), I’m not a hillbilly redneck GTO guy. I’m also not a baller or drug dealer, so the Fiero abomination doesn’t fit me either. At least that one might attract some women that wax things, so I’m leaning towards the Fierorado hell.
It’s not that hard in ANY state to get a replacement title….
We had a ’66 and a ’67 Convertible GTO at our car lot for almost a decade! Both rotted to death but they still sold for over 6G’s a piece if I remember right?
Not original engines either, tops ripped to death and no interior in the Red ’66.
GTO people are kind of hard core 🙁
Blazing the trail of tears with it. With all good intentions its sadening. Even the hascle of getting it on that frame I stil don’t want to think Sherman its on the resevation.
I would ride it for fun, and to add to the Pontiac collection. You have to have a sense of humor. I would probably steal the quarters off of it for my 66, and other pieces. If it’s cheap enough, hell yeah. The Fiero is odd, I have better things to spend that kind of money on, if it was cheap, I would ride it for the oddity.
I’d take it over the Fiero thing anyday!!
This thing WAY before the Fiero disaster. At least you can have fun in this thing… the Fiero is just ugly.
Hell for 3500 thats a lot better deal than the fiero. And i can fit in this.
GTO- General Terrain Off-Road
Is this really a question? Take this to the mud drags and bomb around wherever you can until something breaks, fix it and repeat.
“Do you hate this thing or the Fiero worse? If forced to own ONE, which would you choose?”
Tough question, but I think I’d take the GTO trar. I’d rather get in touch with my inner redneck than my inner pimp. Bombing that thing through mud bogs looks like it would be pretty fun.
Paint a Union flag on the roof and a NASCAR-sized “1” on the doors (Zeros are for kudzu-smokin’ losers) . . and you’ve got next “THE GENERAL GRANT!” YAHOOOOOO!
But it needs a brace of “Outlaw” sprint car wings and a half-dozen “Baja” KC Hilites to really be complete . . . .
As a current ’66 GTO owner, I’d take this over the Fiero abortion. I think it’d be a shit ton of fun in the woods.
would you rather get a stick poked in your eye or a hard kick in the nuts. Just not a pleasant choice to make.