The Pontiac GTO is so perfectly of its time that it looks like a craggy mid-1960s Hollywood movie star, a metal version of James Coburn or Charles Bronson, for example.

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Yet, such poetry aside, there was a paradox here, for the car’s GTO appellation was not at all American: it was snatched from the famous Italian Ferrari 250 GTO, itself standing for Gran Turismo Omologato, which means Grand Touring class production vehicle, homologated – another way of saying ‘officially confirmed’ – for racing. (More generally, the name came to mean a large, high-performance sports car comfortable enough for long trips or ‘touring’, as opposed to the smaller, less comfortable 2-seater ‘true’ sports car.)

‘The new GTO does what so many others only talk about – it really does combine brute, blasting performance with balance and stability of a superior nature.’ So declared Car and Driver magazine in 1964, the year of the launch of the Pontiac GTO.

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Three deuces and a four-speed and a 389
Listen to her tachin’ up now

Later the song was covered by the Beach Boys and others, including cult group Big Star’s Alex Chilton. And there were more songs celebrating this culturally significant example of motoring engineering. Blues legend John Lee Hooker’s ‘Mustang Sally Bought a Brand New GTO’; ‘Santa’s Got a GTO’ by the Ramonas… Who are not to be confused with the immortal Ramones, and the lyrics to their song ‘Rock’n’Roll High School’:

Well the girls out there knock me out, you know
Rock, rock, rock’n’roll high school

Cruisin’ around in my GTO

Rock, rock, rock’n’roll high school

With its sleek lines and styling, this GTO dominated the late 1960s and is sure to turn heads wherever it goes. To further enhance the exterior, the car is equipped with a convertible soft-top for a complete open air experience.

Our 1967 Pontiac GTO Convertible is powered by a 400ci 6.5 liter V8 engine with a Holley 4-barrel carburetor and an engaging 4-speed manual transmission.

It comes equipped with quadruple headlights, chrome bumpers, dual exhaust outlets, SSBC Force front wheel brakes, SunPro instrumentation, wood dash, and a hood-mounted Tachometer, and rolls on 15-inch PDM wheels with BFGoodrich white-letter tires. Step inside the cockpit and you’ll find comfortable bucket seating, a 3-spoke wood steering wheel, FM/AM radio, a classic analog clock on the dashboard, sun visors, quarter windows, wood center console, and a fender-mounted antenna.

With its iconic design and rugged build, the Pontiac GTO is a symbol of power and optimal performance. If you’re in the market for a classic American muscle car that combines style and nostalgia, look no further than this Fisher-body GTO that is mechanically sound.

Considering the perfect styling of the Pontiac GTO it is unsurprising that the car was the brainchild of General Motors development enfant terrible – and legendary playboy industrialist – John DeLorean.

Accordingly it became the first automobile to coin the concept of high-performance, low-cost muscle cars. While a maximum of 5000 sales was expected, the total units shifted of the 1964 Pontiac GTO was 32,450 cars. The 1964 ‘GTO’, ‘the Goat’, ‘the Tiger’ or ‘the Great One’ – assorted sobriquets it enjoyed – was an unsurpassed, unimaginable success.

And it sparked that new era of American muscle cars around the world.

Like I suggested, the Pontiac GTO is a truly revolutionary car, one that changed the entire concept of American motoring.

-Alex Manos, Owner