Hi Karim, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your Grandpa's car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing. Hope you see many cars on this Channel you enjoy! Please Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this TH-cam Channel, Lou
One of the most interesting and detailed stories by another enthusiastic owner. How much fun I have listening to the passion. I feel like I was in the back seat with you guys.
I have the Pleasure of knowing John Personally.He is a true gentleman in every sense of the word,Always Happy to answer questions and chat about his cars.A Fantastic Ambassador of the collector car hobby with one of the finest GTO's anywhere
Nov 1963 that's an early GTO for sure, Nice car, basic just the way i like them. I had a black 1965 GTO, and a beige 1965 GTO . Lou you seem to hit on a lot of memories for me. Thanks
Lou, one of the best stories ive heard on your channel. Imagine calling this guy out of nowhere and finding out he was in fact the original owner. Good stuff...
I could only hope and dream I could have such a car back in 1964. I got my first driver's license in 1964 and was driving my mother's '60 Corvair. Me and a buddy drove over to the local Hot Shoppes (where they had in-car service and all the hot car guys hung out). As we were driving up a new 1964 GTO was coming out. As he stopped at the main road waiting to merge -- he gunned the engine, and I saw the car pitch to one side from the engine torque! I thought, damn, such a hot car! Yes, Lou, watching all your hot car videos get my 71 year-old Adrenalin pumping!
I'm happy he's not afraid to drive it... I always give a big thumbs up every time I see a classic, street rod or muscle car I like when I'm out and about... I've even snapped a picture or 2 when it's safe to do so...
Lou the detailed information on the introduction of his car was Amazing! Keep it up! Great question on if it was modified. What a clean and pristine trunk. They even had a jack instruction decal for Lou. Lou I'm older than you so the GTO and the song associated with it is part of the vivid memories of my youth. "Little GTO really look'n fine three deuces and a four speed and a 389. Listen to her tachin up now listen to her wine. C'mon and turn it on, wind it up, blow it out GTO. My memories please don't screw up this story.
Another MARVELOUS & AWESOME GTO! I love all GTOs regardless of what year they are. INTERESTING & INCREDIBLE Vehicle. I LOVE also the double headlight in front, very SYMMETRICAL with a bar in the middle, a REMARKABLE trademark of Pontiac. AMAZING Triple carbs, STUNNING! Engine block, love the aqua paint on it. What a BREATH TAKING sound of the engine, and a FLAWLESS, Chromed dashboard.
I hope the original owner gets to see this film. Hey Mr. Lou, there was a cop watching y’all😊! I know everyone can’t be pleased, but this car and film doesn’t deserve any thumbs down.
I love the stripped-down cars. No power steering, no power brakes, no air conditioning, and no aftermarket gigantic serpentine monstrosity belt system on the front of the engine.
Bill Barry I agree to a point but they really need power steering or they are nasty in a parking lot. I like the small hubcaps. I had A loaded 1967. But 1965 would top my list. Such great cars! I like the post cars too.
@@craigjorgensen4637 yeah if you get a little older and you can't quite grab the bull by the horns like you used to manual steering definitely ain't as appealing. But you do got to take into account that that thing just isn't going to be driven all that often.
Growing up in So Cal, a neighbor had an identical '64 GTO. Same color, 4 on the floor, and 6.5 liter V8. It didn't have the tri-power or the custom steering wheel. His son, who was a friend of mine, wanted the car. But his father he sold the car before my friend was old enough to drive.
Hi Aspie Runner, Happy to read this car / video brings back memories of your neighbors car :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing, and I hope you see many more cars on this TH-cam Channel you enjoy, Lou
Cops would pull me over for nothing,just to look at my brand new '64 GTO.As a highschooler,they couldn't see me as the owner,but they took their time checking everything out.High anxiety set in when the lights would come on.
Awesome GTO! My favorite year and I love the fact it wasn't ordered with a lot of options. That car was ordered for the love of owning a street cruiser. I also thought it was cool that he found the original owner. It's great that the new owner loves the car as much as the original owner. Really enjoyed this episode.
I love Pontiacs and this one is a beauty! Love the owner too he was awesome and the stories he would tell about his car was so cool. The sound and power Lou was just awesome. Thanks for sharing Lou!
Another great car story from Lou. Plus all the added info like the current owner talking to the original owner. These are the cars I love best. Simple not a lot on them but the right go fast goodies. Those were great times to be young and buying a car.
Hey Lou, another beauty. The throatiness though! Funny that the brochure said “to be honest ... GTO isn’t everyone’s cup of tea;” it sure is mine! Haha. Great car, I’d hv been dying to drive it; thanks for bringing this to us.
Beautiful car! So many years have gone by but this car looks like it came off of the showroom this week. Everything about this car is nice. Great sounding exhaust!
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Great car Lou ... I hope 1 day you will do a 1956 Olds. 88 with the 3 Deuces ... My best friend had one in the 1960’s ... He would smoke everyone ... People would not believe how fast a big car could be .... Most people don’t know that Oldsmobile had a bigger automatic and stronger engine than any other GM car ... Hopefully you’ll do a very rare 56 with the 3 deuces one day ... Thanks Lou ....
Wow what a great car! Lou this car reminds me of a neighborhood family and was going to ask a question, but your trunk and treats answered my question so a great channel 😁, one more thing,,,4 days after that car was produced. JFK was assassinated right here in Dallas Texas just a little bit of remember , thanks for sharing and you know"Howdy" Greg 😀
Lou, are you aware that 1964 the GTO was only an option package for the Pontiac Tempest Lemans? 1965, GTO became its own stand-alone model. Initially, John Delorean had 5000 Pontiac Tempest Lemans with GTO package built without the GM executives knowing about it. When they found out, they were going to fire Delorean until he asked them what he should do about the 10,000 more units that had already been ordered by dealers nationwide. The rest is history.
Hi Sergeant Masson, I'm aware. Are you aware of this video I did with Jim Wangers discussing the GTO? Enjoy, Lou th-cam.com/video/3tE-8gk6MH8/w-d-xo.html
One of the Favorite Colors for Early GTO' S & Don't See Many Left In this Blue,Sound Is One That We Could Listen To ,ALL DAY !! 3 2' s & NO Tach,Makes It Even More RARER !!Friend of Mine,Back in the Day,Had A Brand New 65 ,Red.He Was Country Boy From So.Ga.& We Lived & Worked in ATL.Believe He Bought His From Same Dealership.& He Loved Kentucky Bourbon,& We Made the VARSITY DRIVE IN,Across from Ga.Tech.Our Fav.Hang Out.& BEING Country Boy He Was ,Kept A Bottle of Kentucky Bourbon in the Car,SO I Got To Drive It A Lot ,To keep Him Out Of Trouble.LOL
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Very nice GTO - very clean and straight, just stunning. Fun trunk treats (the brochure is neat to review with commentary; whole different world then tbh). Great video as always! Thanks Lou!
I love them all, but a '66 hardtop, silver, black vinyl top, black interior and rally wheels is my top pick. I love the "sleeper" look of this '64 and it's sounds awesome. A real beauty.
All lead sleds after '64.Taller,longer, 400# pounds heavier.The '64 was designed for use in NASCAR,and this car,if raced, would have cut heavy into the Chevrolet market.Thus GM dumped NASCAR.Politics and Pontiac taking too much market share.GM basically shut Pontiac down at every point and all the good guys left.Pontiac even had a twin-cam motor in development at that time.But thru '67,the GTOs were the best looking cars out there.
Lou Costabile, unless I missed it do you remember if the present owner was of an age where he could of bought a GTO in 1964 but did not have the money or needed money for other things, etc? Or did he lust after this car that he was too young to buy at the time? Today, I find myself more interested in the cars that came out before I was old enough to buy one. I bought a ‘79 Trans Am new when I was 20 because that was the one that was out, but I really wished I was the age where I could have bought a new 1973 Trans Am. To this day it is my favorite style. I still have my ‘79, by the way, now 43 years old. I would be worried in talking to the original owner. If he had a passion for the car but had to involuntarily give it up for whatever reason; first child on the way, etc., he could be sad and want to buy it back. I would feel guilty in telling him ‘No, sorry’.
Daniel White, Not sure of the Care Takers age. Glad to read you still have your 79 Trans Am. NICE! Here is a 73 Trans Am I think you'll enjoy, Lou th-cam.com/video/Q2wRDlIjBfM/w-d-xo.html
I was the the owner of this car when this video was filmed. In answer to your question, I was 14 years old when the GTO arrived in the fall of 1963. Had I been old enough and had the funds to purchase one my father would never have allowed it. When I spoke to the original owner he was really happy that I contacted him. I was shocked that I found him. I had a great time filming the video with Lou and I'm pretty sure he enjoyed the short ride we had. Over the years I lost alot of the enthusiasm I once had with old cars. I sold this car in March 2023 but I'll never forget the good times it brought and all of the thumbs up I got. Thanks everybody for all of the nice comments you made. What a car! Thanks Lou! John Strewe
The original Tiger Paws on these '64s were a pastel orange (tiger orange).I never saw these on any other make at that timeThey are unavailable now,as in '65 they went with the bolder redlines.Redlines are available to this day,but you'll never see the originals again.They are not as bold and probably only '64 GTO owners would be interested for full authenticity.
Nice Gto I personally like them alot back in highschool a friend had a GTO judge and powerslided it over a curb it had split rear axle and the rear wheel bear slipped his dad was mad offered to sell me the car for 800 bucks sadly I was a broke 16 year old kid. I always remember that and say darn.
If we’re watching a vid about this age of car We don’t mind if you take longer on the documentation and one small thing if i was the owner I wouldn’t let you mall the pages how you do I was cringing at how rough you are with old books of that rarity. The gloss is often done with bentonite clay and can be damaged easily at the edges
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Interesting point Ronnie and the Daytonas only had one hit song and it was little GTO. The record was used to promote the car the other side of the record was by the ripcords, and it was hey little cobra don’t you know you’re gonna shut them down which had one two years later Chevrolet use the same marketing technique on their SS 396 Chevelle it was saying by Paul Revere and the Raiders, and on the flipside the Cyrkle sang about Camaro, which was a smooth slower type song compared to Paul Revere and the Raiders more of a hard rock ‘n’ roll. I worked at a Chevy dealership when they had those records at the dealership naturally, I have lost track of those records through the years, they were 45 RPM just like Ronnie and the Daytona little GTO
Hi Lou, Man o man that is one sweet GTO. Just a question, being a post car by my understanding the backseat passengers can't wind down there windows, it's a solid window. Looking at the video it looked like it had window winders for the rear seat passengers. Can you just shine some light on this for me. Yes another black sinister GM, imagine buying this back in 1964, you would be king of the street racing. Another great video again Lou . Your number 1 Fan in Australia Louis Kats from Melbourne Australia ☺ 👍
@@loucostabile That is so intresting. So with both window's down there is a pillar between them or not ? I was always under the impression that post cars the rear window doesn't go down. I will be damn learnt something new for the day. Thanks Lou All the best for Xmad to you and your family.
HA ...BRINGS BACK MEMORIES , LOU. ANOTHER UNCLE OF MINE BOUGHT 1964. PONTIAC TEMPEST. .....STATION WAGON ....MAROON . TOTALLY STRIPPED NO POWER BRAKES, OR POWER STEERING , NO RADIO .PLASTIC INTERIOR INLINE 6 CYLINDER 1 BARRELL CARB. HA HE USED A TRANSISTOR RADIO ...ARIEL OUT THE WINDOW !!!HA HA HA WOOHAA LOL HA
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John sounds almost like the late great, Carl Sagan, Just making a neat observation. As for the car., My only real disappointment is that the Beach Boys could not be there doing an open with their Little GTO song.
My football coach in Redding, CA had one, loved riding in it to football games! The ignition key was on the left side of the steering wheel, totally rad. As I recall, it was the fastest stock GTO made! Dad looked at a Grand Prix and I tried to get him to look at the poncho with the chrome pipes coming out the side!
My finances would not allow me to buy the car of my dreams the 64 Post GTO I had to buy a 65 Ford galaxy two door hardtop got drafted may’66 mom loved my ford
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Love the slash exhaust pipes.Plain looking model, but that makes it a sleeper at stop lights. Why not upgrade the rubber to modern spec. I would feel safer on the road with that!
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My grandpa has a 63 LeMans, the flagship to this car, all original, we show it at good guys every year
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Beautiful GTO..! Nothing better than having a 4 speed and the tri-power on a 1st year GTO, lucky man...
Hi Richard Devoe, Happy to read you enjoy this car :-) Lou
The best looking GTO ever made in my book.
Happy to read you enjoy this design :-)
Definitely a classic look but in a GTO world I would go with a 67 is the best-looking especially the wire mesh grill
One of the most interesting and detailed stories by another enthusiastic owner. How much fun I have listening to the passion. I feel like I was in the back seat with you guys.
Hi Rudolph Guarnacci, Glad you're along for the ride :-) Lou
"A car for shrinking time and distance", ads back then were great!
Hi TheRacerbrown, Thank you for Subscribing and you're right, this one will sharing the time & the distance, Lou
I have the Pleasure of knowing John Personally.He is a true gentleman in every sense of the word,Always Happy to answer questions and chat about his cars.A Fantastic Ambassador of the collector car hobby with one of the finest GTO's anywhere
Hi irishpat64, Happy to read your comment :-) Lou
Is this gto for sale by chance?
If I was alive and was old enough to drive a car in 64 this is the kind of car I would have bought to. I always liked GTOs especially the older ones.
Maybe time to get one now? :-)
Nov 1963 that's an early GTO for sure, Nice car, basic just the way i like them. I had a black 1965 GTO, and a beige 1965 GTO . Lou you seem to hit on a lot of memories for me. Thanks
Hi Newton Washinton, Happy to read car / video brings back good memories of your GTO's :-) You're welcome, Lou
Lou, one of the best stories ive heard on your channel. Imagine calling this guy out of nowhere and finding out he was in fact the original owner. Good stuff...
Hi Rob, High praise for this story :-) Glad you enjoy this one, Lou
64 Post is my favorite of all favorites. The car was born on the day after they shot the President. There’s a piece of history. Thank You Lou.
Hi Joe Smith, Happy to read this car is a favorite of yours :-) You're welcome, Lou
Beautiful car. And he's not afraid to drive it. Awesome. Thanks for sharing guys.
@@klasseact6663 oh yea love it. A Pontiac fan.
Hi Big Charlie's Model Garage, Happy to read you enjoy this episode :-) You're welcome, Lou
I could only hope and dream I could have such a car back in 1964. I got my first driver's license in 1964 and was driving my mother's '60 Corvair. Me and a buddy drove over to the local Hot Shoppes (where they had in-car service and all the hot car guys hung out). As we were driving up a new 1964 GTO was coming out. As he stopped at the main road waiting to merge -- he gunned the engine, and I saw the car pitch to one side from the engine torque! I thought, damn, such a hot car! Yes, Lou, watching all your hot car videos get my 71 year-old Adrenalin pumping!
Hi 1royalpalm
, Cars keep us young :-) Happy to read you're enjoying the cars on this Channel with me, and glad you're along for the ride, Lou
Amazing that car has all the paperwork and looks so good... Most of those were ridden hard and put away wet.. and with a lot of wild stories to tell.
Hi BartRicky, Happy to read this car "looks so good" :-) Lou
Really good looking car Lou, a genuine early muscle car 👍
Hi
lyonheart84 UK exotic fruit growing, Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this early muscle car :-) Lou
I'm happy he's not afraid to drive it... I always give a big thumbs up every time I see a classic, street rod or muscle car I like when I'm out and about... I've even snapped a picture or 2 when it's safe to do so...
Hi Thomas Barnard, Keep giving those thumbs up :-) Lou
Lou the detailed information on the introduction of his car was Amazing! Keep it up! Great question on if it was modified. What a clean and pristine trunk. They even had a jack instruction decal for Lou. Lou I'm older than you so the GTO and the song associated with it is part of the vivid memories of my youth. "Little GTO really look'n fine three deuces and a four speed and a 389. Listen to her tachin up now listen to her wine. C'mon and turn it on, wind it up, blow it out GTO.
My memories please don't screw up this story.
Hi Bill, Happy to read you enjoy the details of this story. Lou
It's super clean & it sounds great, too. It's nice to see a post car. They are becoming quite rare these days. Thanks, Lou!
Hi TheGunfighter45acp, Happy to read you appreciate this "Post Coupe" :-) You're welcome, Lou
Another MARVELOUS & AWESOME GTO! I love all GTOs regardless of what year they are. INTERESTING & INCREDIBLE Vehicle. I LOVE also the double headlight in front, very SYMMETRICAL with a bar in the middle, a REMARKABLE trademark of Pontiac. AMAZING Triple carbs, STUNNING! Engine block, love the aqua paint on it. What a BREATH TAKING sound of the engine, and a FLAWLESS, Chromed dashboard.
Hi Vern, High praise for this GTO :-) Lou
A hot car to warm up a very cold day.
:-)
Fabulous car....ahhh, the good old days, thanks Lou!
Good times Midnight Gambler, good times :-)
One of the fastest cars of Earth at the time, what a beautiful piece of machinery
Hi David, Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this car :-) Lou
Special thank you for the exhaust clip!
My pleasure PAVEL K. :-)
I hope the original owner gets to see this film. Hey Mr. Lou, there was a cop watching y’all😊! I know everyone can’t be pleased, but this car and film doesn’t deserve any thumbs down.
Hi Donald, As long as you and I are happy with this episode that's all that counts :-) Lou
Great video Lou love watching your channel. My dad had a good friend in high school in 1974 and 1975 that had a red 64 GTO just like that.
Hi PlymouthDuster 225
, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your Dad's Friend's car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
I love the stripped-down cars. No power steering, no power brakes, no air conditioning, and no aftermarket gigantic serpentine monstrosity belt system on the front of the engine.
Hi Bill Barry, Happy to read you enjoy the simplicity of this car :-) Lou
Bill Barry I agree to a point but they really need power steering or they are nasty in a parking lot. I like the small hubcaps. I had
A loaded 1967. But 1965 would top my list. Such great cars! I like the post cars too.
@@craigjorgensen4637 yeah if you get a little older and you can't quite grab the bull by the horns like you used to manual steering definitely ain't as appealing. But you do got to take into account that that thing just isn't going to be driven all that often.
@@craigjorgensen4637 btw a fully loaded 67 is damn cool also.
What a awesome car Lou! Love the sound of that car! A true muscle car!
Hi Joseph, Happy to read you enjoy this "true muscle car" :-) Lou
my brother had a 64 what's electric antenna 3 speed on the floor a great GM product thank you for your service have a good day Lou GS out
Hi GS, Happy to read this one brings back memories of your Brothers car :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing, and you're welcome, Lou
Growing up in So Cal, a neighbor had an identical '64 GTO. Same color, 4 on the floor, and 6.5 liter V8. It didn't have the tri-power or the custom steering wheel. His son, who was a friend of mine, wanted the car. But his father he sold the car before my friend was old enough to drive.
Hi Aspie Runner, Happy to read this car / video brings back memories of your neighbors car :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing, and I hope you see many more cars on this TH-cam Channel you enjoy, Lou
Sounds great Lou, one of my favorites for sure. You don't see to many in that condition these days. :-)🤙
Hi Ed B., Happy to read this car is a favorite of yours :-) Lou
Ed B.
I was just noticing how clean the inside of the exhaust pipes are - wow!
Wow Lou, thank you for sharing with us this beauty! That sound is amazing! So smooth. Great story. I bet the cops would want to go for a ride, lol.
Hi Frank Biz, Happy to read you enjoy this episode :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing, and you're welcome, Lou
Cops would pull me over for nothing,just to look at my brand new '64 GTO.As a highschooler,they couldn't see me as the owner,but they took their time checking everything out.High anxiety set in when the lights would come on.
Awesome GTO! My favorite year and I love the fact it wasn't ordered with a lot of options. That car was ordered for the love of owning a street cruiser. I also thought it was cool that he found the original owner. It's great that the new owner loves the car as much as the original owner. Really enjoyed this episode.
High praise for this GTO & episode :-)
Thanks for sharing this! My father had a marimba red/white tri/4speed had 40 years!! Great memories!
Hi C Pat740, Happy to read this car / video brings back memories of your Fathers car :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing, and you're welcome, Lou
I love Pontiacs and this one is a beauty! Love the owner too he was awesome and the stories he would tell about his car was so cool. The sound and power Lou was just awesome. Thanks for sharing Lou!
Hi Steve Flad, Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this car & the Care Taker too :-) You're welcome, Lou
Another great car story from Lou. Plus all the added info like the current owner talking to the original owner. These are the cars I love best. Simple not a lot on them but the right go fast goodies. Those were great times to be young and buying a car.
Hi ZWILD1, Happy to read you enjoy this episode :-) Lou
I turned 16 in 1964, everyone I knew wanted a GTO. What a great car.
Thank you for viewing and sharing :-)
Hey Lou, another beauty. The throatiness though! Funny that the brochure said “to be honest ... GTO isn’t everyone’s cup of tea;” it sure is mine! Haha. Great car, I’d hv been dying to drive it; thanks for bringing this to us.
Hey Lucky, It's "tea time" for me too :-) You're welcome & please Subscribe too, Lou
Looking again, this is beyond a doubt the nicest 64 I have ever seen! So nice!
High praise :-)
Beautiful car! So many years have gone by but this car looks like it came off of the showroom this week. Everything about this car is nice. Great sounding exhaust!
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Great car Lou ... I hope 1 day you will do a 1956 Olds. 88 with the 3 Deuces ... My best friend had one in the 1960’s ... He would smoke everyone ... People would not believe how fast a big car could be .... Most people don’t know that Oldsmobile had a bigger automatic and stronger engine than any other GM car ...
Hopefully you’ll do a very rare 56 with the 3 deuces one day ...
Thanks Lou ....
Hi tallspaniard1, Happy to read you enjoy this car :-) You're Friend had one like this? Lou th-cam.com/video/gfITy-cn69A/w-d-xo.html
Pontiac was way ahead of the game, a perfect goat 3 deuces and a 4spd with a 389 blow it out GTO!
Nice !
Wow what a great car! Lou this car reminds me of a neighborhood family and was going to ask a question, but your trunk and treats answered my question so a great channel 😁, one more thing,,,4 days after that car was produced. JFK was assassinated right here in Dallas Texas just a little bit of remember , thanks for sharing and you know"Howdy" Greg 😀
Hi Greg from TX, Happy to read you enjoy this episode, and shared some trivia too :-) Thank you for viewing, Lou
Sorry Lou, I meant JFK was assassinated 4 days before the car was produced 😎
Lou, are you aware that 1964 the GTO was only an option package for the Pontiac Tempest Lemans? 1965, GTO became its own stand-alone model. Initially, John Delorean had 5000 Pontiac Tempest Lemans with GTO package built without the GM executives knowing about it. When they found out, they were going to fire Delorean until he asked them what he should do about the 10,000 more units that had already been ordered by dealers nationwide. The rest is history.
Hi Sergeant Masson, I'm aware. Are you aware of this video I did with Jim Wangers discussing the GTO? Enjoy, Lou th-cam.com/video/3tE-8gk6MH8/w-d-xo.html
One of the Favorite Colors for Early GTO' S & Don't See Many Left In this Blue,Sound Is One That We Could Listen To ,ALL DAY !! 3 2' s & NO Tach,Makes It Even More RARER !!Friend of Mine,Back in the Day,Had A Brand New 65 ,Red.He Was Country Boy From So.Ga.& We Lived & Worked in ATL.Believe He Bought His From Same Dealership.& He Loved Kentucky Bourbon,& We Made the VARSITY DRIVE IN,Across from Ga.Tech.Our Fav.Hang Out.& BEING Country Boy He Was ,Kept A Bottle of Kentucky Bourbon in the Car,SO I Got To Drive It A Lot ,To keep Him Out Of Trouble.LOL
Hi Ed Cain, Happy to read you enjoy the color of this car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing your memories too, Lou
This just gets better.....can you tell I'm a Poncho fan Lou ! Lol.
Fantastic. Thanks for bringing us this one.
Gary
Hi Gary, Happy to read you enjoy this car :-) Did you see the Pontiac Fuelie Convertible today? Lou
@@loucostabile Oh yeah I left you a comment on that vid too, beautiful !.
What a cool cat this guy is... and that GTO is absolutely stunning. A great car story Lou... tks
Hi Mark J, Happy to read you enjoy this episode :-) Lou
My grandpa bought one of these "new in 1964"
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WOW! I watched this video when it first came out. I also watched an older video of a GTO that looked like the same car. Great two videos! Same car?
Hi Jon, Happy to receive a "WOW!" from you. Separate cars, Lou
I had a 65 tripower nice
That's the muscle car 👍👍
Hi Steven, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
John is my kind of guy, "put your foot into it" LOL. Great video Lou, thanks. Now if John was a standup guy he'd let you drive it :-)
Hi Rich, You're right, that ride was FUN :-) Hope I can drive in the future. You're welcome, Lou
Very nice GTO - very clean and straight, just stunning. Fun trunk treats (the brochure is neat to review with commentary; whole different world then tbh).
Great video as always! Thanks Lou!
Hi Jeff, Happy to read you enjoy this episode, Lou
Very clean and crisp now I see where the trans am gets its dash board trim and split tale pipes from great story.
Hi NEW ERA MEDIA, Glad to read you learned from this episode, and thank you for the kind words on the story, Lou
Great job on the trunk goodies! LOL on the brochure commentary. 😂👍 Now I know why my dad bought the wagon...
Hi StuckInMyGarage
, Fun when there are "trunk & treats" :-) Lou
I love them all, but a '66 hardtop, silver, black vinyl top, black interior and rally wheels is my top pick. I love the "sleeper" look of this '64 and it's sounds awesome. A real beauty.
High praise for the looks of this car :-)
All lead sleds after '64.Taller,longer, 400# pounds heavier.The '64 was designed for use in NASCAR,and this car,if raced, would have cut heavy into the Chevrolet market.Thus GM dumped NASCAR.Politics and Pontiac taking too much market share.GM basically shut Pontiac down at every point and all the good guys left.Pontiac even had a twin-cam motor in development at that time.But thru '67,the GTOs were the best looking cars out there.
That's my mom leaning on the 64' GTO, a model back then/ now in her 80's.
Cool Mom :-)
Awesome sounding, just beautiful!!
Happy to read you enjoy the looks & sounds of this car :-)
I really love Gto’s 64-67 best looking car ever I think. Most cars have an ugly angle but not the GTO “in my opinion ”
Hi Tubecraft1
, Happy to read you enjoy the 64-67 design :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing your thoughts, Lou
Just a masterpiece
High praise :-)
Love this car!! Another nice Goat, Lou!
Hi kenny branshaw
, High praise for this car :-) Lou
Lou Costabile, unless I missed it do you remember if the present owner was of an age where he could of bought a GTO in 1964 but did not have the money or needed money for other things, etc? Or did he lust after this car that he was too young to buy at the time?
Today, I find myself more interested in the cars that came out before I was old enough to buy one. I bought a ‘79 Trans Am new when I was 20 because that was the one that was out, but I really wished I was the age where I could have bought a new 1973 Trans Am. To this day it is my favorite style. I still have my ‘79, by the way, now 43 years old.
I would be worried in talking to the original owner. If he had a passion for the car but had to involuntarily give it up for whatever reason; first child on the way, etc., he could be sad and want to buy it back. I would feel guilty in telling him ‘No, sorry’.
Daniel White, Not sure of the Care Takers age. Glad to read you still have your 79 Trans Am. NICE! Here is a 73 Trans Am I think you'll enjoy, Lou th-cam.com/video/Q2wRDlIjBfM/w-d-xo.html
And here is a ride video too :-) th-cam.com/video/C4tV426_Ih8/w-d-xo.html
I was the the owner of this car when this video was filmed. In answer to your question, I was 14 years old when the GTO arrived in the fall of 1963. Had I been old enough and had the funds to purchase one my father would never have allowed it. When I spoke to the original owner he was really happy that I contacted him. I was shocked that I found him. I had a great time filming the video with Lou and I'm pretty sure he enjoyed the short ride we had. Over the years I lost alot of the enthusiasm I once had with old cars. I sold this car in March 2023 but I'll never forget the good times it brought and all of the thumbs up I got. Thanks everybody for all of the nice comments you made. What a car! Thanks Lou!
John Strewe
Nice car. A well preserved time capsule from a better world.
Hi
Freedomquest08, Happy to read you appreciate the condition of this car :-) Lou
Great example of the 64 GTO great story great video
Hi acts2210, Happy to read you enjoy this episode :-) Lou
This car 's 0 to 60 was tested by Motor Trend as 4.6 sec with a 13.1 sec quarter mile, so it kicked off the muscle car era with a bang!
Hi HWolfeIII, Thank you for viewing and sharing your knowledge, Lou
For some reason I feel like the Pontiac is the car that looks good with the red pin striped tires.
Hi Tim, Thank you for viewing and sharing your thoughts, Lou
The original Tiger Paws on these '64s were a pastel orange (tiger orange).I never saw these on any other make at that timeThey are unavailable now,as in '65 they went with the bolder redlines.Redlines are available to this day,but you'll never see the originals again.They are not as bold and probably only '64 GTO owners would be interested for full authenticity.
Damn Lou...this is some priiiiime Pontiac.
Hi Audie, NICE ! :-) Lou
Nice Gto I personally like them alot back in highschool a friend had a GTO judge and powerslided it over a curb it had split rear axle and the rear wheel bear slipped his dad was mad offered to sell me the car for 800 bucks sadly I was a broke 16 year old kid. I always remember that and say darn.
Happy to read this car / video brings back memories of your Friend in High School :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing.
Good morning, Lou!!
Good morning, Glenn!!
A great car indeed!!
Happy to read you enjoy this great car Greg :-)
Such a great design 🐶🚗🎊
Happy to read you enjoy the design of this car :-)
Lou you guys are havin just a little too much fun HAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And making sure we share with you Jeff :-) Glad you're along for the ride.
HA....LOU , THERES A REASON WHY. U GET SO MANY." LIKES "
U HIT THE BULLSEYE WITH THESE GREAT CARS. U. SHOW. THX.
Hi Andrew, Happy to read you're enjoying the cars on the Channel with me :-) My pleasure sharing with you, and you're welcome, Lou
I have a 1966 GTO like he said there nothing like it and I'll never sale it
HI Dave, Happy to read you have a cool car too, Lou
Best looking year...70 is second best
High praise for this design :-)
If we’re watching a vid about this age of car We don’t mind if you take longer on the documentation and one small thing if i was the owner I wouldn’t let you mall the pages how you do I was cringing at how rough you are with old books of that rarity. The gloss is often done with bentonite clay and can be damaged easily at the edges
Hi Tubecraft1, Thank you for viewing, sharing your knowledge, and I'm respectful and careful with other peoples document, Lou
Sweet car!
Hi Larry, Happy to read you enjoy this "Sweet car!" :-) Lou
Bellisimo auto de los años 60' púes es un carro original bien hecho. De la misma calidad de los años 30' 40' 50' .
Felicidades. ..
Hi Erick Leonel Zabala Silva, Happy to read you appreciate this car :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing and I believe you're going to see many more cars on this Channel you'll enjoy. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this TH-cam Channel, Lou
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Gracias.
Thank you
Nice Goat.. Little GTO... 3 Deuces and a 4 speed... And a 389..
Hi Thomas, Happy to read you enjoy this "Nice Goat" :-) Lou
Has the original literature and everything it came with from the factory... Even every little tag!!
I bet he loves the thumbs up from people like me that appreciate what this is..
Thumbs up are always nice to receive :-)
18:47, Great to see the old girl ripping down the street raising hell, while the modern, 'boxes on wheels' sit in the driveways looking on.
Hi Gevowavemagnet, "he old girl ripping down the street raising hell" Just the way we like it :-) Lou
Interesting point Ronnie and the Daytonas only had one hit song and it was little GTO. The record was used to promote the car the other side of the record was by the ripcords, and it was hey little cobra don’t you know you’re gonna shut them down which had one two years later Chevrolet use the same marketing technique on their SS 396 Chevelle it was saying by Paul Revere and the Raiders, and on the flipside the Cyrkle sang about Camaro, which was a smooth slower type song compared to Paul Revere and the Raiders more of a hard rock ‘n’ roll. I worked at a Chevy dealership when they had those records at the dealership naturally, I have lost track of those records through the years, they were 45 RPM just like Ronnie and the Daytona little GTO
Thank you for sharing.
This car means a "Muscle Car".
N I C E :-)
I’d love to buy this gto if it’s for sale
Happy to read you enjoy this car. Not aware of it being for sale.
Hi Lou,
Man o man that is one sweet GTO.
Just a question, being a post car by my understanding the backseat passengers can't wind down there windows, it's a solid window.
Looking at the video it looked like it had window winders for the rear seat passengers.
Can you just shine some light on this for me.
Yes another black sinister GM, imagine buying this back in 1964, you would be king of the street racing.
Another great video again Lou .
Your number 1 Fan in Australia
Louis Kats from Melbourne Australia ☺ 👍
Hi Louis, Happy to read you enjoy this "Sweet GTO" :-) The back windows do have cranks and do come down, Lou
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That is so intresting.
So with both window's down there is a pillar between them or not ?
I was always under the impression that post cars the rear window doesn't go down.
I will be damn learnt something new for the day.
Thanks Lou
All the best for Xmad to you and your family.
it's beautiful
:-)
Cool car!
Hi Thomas DeAngelo
, Glad to read this is a "Cool car!" :-) Lou
Cool car and a cool owner... would be a hit at the auction, but I think the owner is keeping it.
Agreed, I think this car found the right Care Taker :-)
HA ...BRINGS BACK MEMORIES , LOU.
ANOTHER UNCLE OF MINE BOUGHT 1964. PONTIAC TEMPEST. .....STATION WAGON ....MAROON .
TOTALLY STRIPPED
NO POWER BRAKES, OR POWER STEERING , NO RADIO .PLASTIC INTERIOR
INLINE 6 CYLINDER 1 BARRELL CARB. HA
HE USED A TRANSISTOR RADIO ...ARIEL OUT THE WINDOW !!!HA HA HA WOOHAA LOL HA
Hi Andrew, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your Uncles car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
Very cool!
Glad you enjoy this car :-)
GORGEOUS ❤️😍
Nice :-)
Meravigliosa
Hi teleroylichtenstein, Glad to read you think this car is "wonderful" :-) Hope you see many more cars on this TH-cam Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this TH-cam Channel, Lou
John sounds almost like the late great, Carl Sagan, Just making a neat observation. As for the car., My only real disappointment is that the Beach Boys could not be there doing an open with their Little GTO song.
Hi ImTheDaveman, Nice :-) Lou
My football coach in Redding, CA had one, loved riding in it to football games! The ignition key was on the left side of the steering wheel, totally rad. As I recall, it was the fastest stock GTO made! Dad looked at a Grand Prix and I tried to get him to look at the poncho with the chrome pipes coming out the side!
Hi Casey, Happy to read this car / video brings back memories of riding to the football game :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
I wonder if they made more of these with the tri power than the 4 bbl?
More were 4 bbl. Of 32,450 sold, 8,245 had factory tri-power.
Seems like I see more 64s with the tri power.. Im guessing many were aftermarket...
Not sure, and glad Viewers are sharing there knowledge.
Don't know know who gto is not there cup of tea like to meet a person that be so odd
As long as it's are "cup of tea" it's all right with me :-)
Nice 😀
Glad to read you think this car is "Nice" :-)
Gorgeous Goat. Tremendous Tin Indian.
Happy to read you enjoy this Goat :-)
That's the sound of a pontiac
Just the way we like it :-)
My finances would not allow me to buy the car of my dreams the 64 Post GTO I had to buy a 65 Ford galaxy two door hardtop got drafted may’66 mom loved my ford
Hi Jim, Happy to read you appreciate this "dream" car :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing and I believe you're going to see many more cars on this Channel you'll enjoy. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this TH-cam Channel, Lou
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I do like to Look.
Love the slash exhaust pipes.Plain looking model, but that makes it a sleeper at stop lights. Why not upgrade the rubber to modern spec. I would feel safer on the road with that!
Hi ron, Thank you for viewing and sharing your thoughts on this car :-) Lou
👍👍👍👍🚗😎
:-)
Let's look at the car please!
Sounds like a great idea.