This GTO should be in a museum. I really like the fact that Mr. Byrd ordered it with the factory deluxe full wheelcovers, which wasn't something often seen or specified back in the day (most 65 GTOs had either the new Rally I wheels or painted steelies w/ dog dish caps).
Thanks for the comment....this GTO was actually in the Pontiac-Oakland Automobile Museum in Pontiac Illinois for about 2 1/2 years. I also agree that it is nice to see a GTO with white walls and hubcaps.
Amazing car. You mentioned car was ordered even though a very late production date. If this was the case, it seems that car has a very strange configuration-----manual drums/no power sterring/base engine/column shift (presume base interior) leads one to believe very stripped down model. Yet also has deluxe wheel covers/factory pin striping as custom touches. Guess we'll never know what was in the mind of the engineer when he speced car. As an owner of a mostly original Montero red/parchment interiror 65 GTO this video series is very helpful in comparing items on my car to factory production protocols. Thanks for sharing!
Stunning car! Only thing I’d do is get rid of those wide whites. Interesting that the strikers and door latches are not painted, later model years they were installed before painting so they got painted .
GTO, legendary car. Thanks for showing.
This GTO should be in a museum. I really like the fact that Mr. Byrd ordered it with the factory deluxe full wheelcovers, which wasn't something often seen or specified back in the day (most 65 GTOs had either the new Rally I wheels or painted steelies w/ dog dish caps).
Thanks for the comment....this GTO was actually in the Pontiac-Oakland Automobile Museum in Pontiac Illinois for about 2 1/2 years. I also agree that it is nice to see a GTO with white walls and hubcaps.
Amazing car. You mentioned car was ordered even though a very late production date. If this was the case, it seems that car has a very strange configuration-----manual drums/no power sterring/base engine/column shift (presume base interior) leads one to believe very stripped down model. Yet also has deluxe wheel covers/factory pin striping as custom touches. Guess we'll never know what was in the mind of the engineer when he speced car.
As an owner of a mostly original Montero red/parchment interiror 65 GTO this video series is very helpful in comparing items on my car to factory production protocols. Thanks for sharing!
I lived through my first car ! 65 goat 389 tri. Bought at 18 for $800.
Stunning car! Only thing I’d do is get rid of those wide whites.
Interesting that the strikers and door latches are not painted, later model years they were installed before painting so they got painted .
This sweet ride is just begging for a 5-spd. manual trans. 😀
John Byrd would be a young 109 years old today.
price?
The GTO is not for sale.