69 GTO Build

[ekmxryda]

Hi Roger,
I was a little grease monkey for as long as I can remember, my Dad used to take me to the local track days and Autocross races, then let me hang out in the garage when they worked on their cars.
In High School I wanted a 69 GTO but had no money so when a beat up 69 Custom S came up for sale I grabbed it. That car needed something fixed once or twice a week so it was the best education, although doing repairs in the middle of winter outside was not fun. Trips to the junkyard to scavenge for parts that might be better than mine were a common weekend activity. On one trip I noticed someone following me for a few miles, he pulled up next to me at the junkyard and asked if I wanted to buy some GTO parts off of his totaled car. After getting the rundown of how he threw a rod in the motor and rolled it over a rock wall while street racing drunk I checked out what was still good on the car and then offered him $250. I think the car is finally happy I am getting around to fixing it up after all these years of neglect! I have always hoped to be able to make my vision for this car a reality, it is really inspiring to hear encouragement from everyone on the forum as well.

One of my Dads Autocross dune buggies, he was into the small cars, MG's, Healeys...