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Thread: 1967 GTO project thread
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11-07-2009 #1
1967 GTO Restmod Project
Well heres my project. I sold my Nova and its time for me to begin my "new/old" project car. My 1967 GTO. Heres the rundown. Its a factory California car and absolutly rot free. Its very straight and basically the bodywork and paint is done. It was a factory 360hp H.O. auto car from the factory. It came with AC, PS,PB,PA, turbo 400 with a his/hers shifter and 3.36 gears. The car is in fantastic shape.
Its got setimental value for me. Dad and I started the car as a father son project. I drove it in highschool for a while and it spun a bearing so its sat for the last 10 years. When we built it the first time, it was done as cheap as possible just to get it running and driving. Dad and I did the best we could with it but times were tough and money was tight. Several years later I wanted to buld a racecar. Dad and I fought over it and he told me hed be gone to hell before i cut his original GTO up. So thats where the Nova came in. I had my fun with the Nova but it was a racecar at heart. I am now settled down and want a cruiser. Dad and I cut a deal about a year ago that if I wanted to build that GTO, I could, on one condition....i couldn't cut it up and anything that was done as a mod would have to be easily put back to original. I agreed so here we are. The start of a process. It might take a while, but in the end it will be worth it. The basic plans are to...
-Build a street friendly modern steering and suspension
-Richmond 5 speed
-428ci engine {it was the dealer installed factory cool motor for that year}
-4 wheel discs
-Bone stock interior and exterior with the exception of front seatss
-17 or 18" wheels
Nothing too radical, just a nice old GTO that i can drive anywhere
Heres a few pics of the car before I get to building.
-Nick
-1967 GTO I drive and race
-Build threads:
-http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=615847&page=23
-https://www.pro-touring.com/showthre...project-thread
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11-08-2009 #2Registered User- Join Date
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Hey man, great to see another 67 GTO pro touring car being built! Let me give a few suggestions.
Is that a dealer installed 428, like a warranty engine? If so you really need to set that aside, because that is just like a original$$$$$ engine. Get yourself a late sixties early seventys 400 block and put a 4" crank in it and whalah, a cheaper and better 428. Or for the same money you could have a 461 with a 4.25 crank, and if you really want to push it, you can have a 488 with a 4.5" crank.
275 tires will be pretty much the max you can tuck in the rear. I have 295s on mine but I had to get the backspacing perfect and had to trim the wheelwell lips and massage the outer wheelhouses with a BFH. 245s will go on the front fine and I have heard that you can go bigger but mine seem pretty close.Alex Godsey
Somerset, KY
Pro Touring 67 GTO
461 Pontiac Power
11-08-2009 #3Registered User- Join Date
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