Abandoned 1966 GTO Rescued to start a new life after sitting for 30 years!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2023
- Well, we are off to rescue another forgotten and abandon muscle car.... A GTO at that, to add to the collection of junk GTOs we have rescued. This story is unfortunately a sad one, I bought this car and the 1955 Buick Roadmaster Sedan from a lady whose brother used to own them. Sadly, he passed away at a young age and the cars have succumbed to mother nature. But both are worth saving. I love Pontiac GTOs- the original muscle car! 1966 is the first year of the GTO being its own model and not just a trim level of a LeMans. It's also the last year of the 389ci Pontiac v8. The 400ci came out in 1967, with a few other changes physically to the cars, the taillights being the main one. It pains me how rough this poor GOAT is, 1966 is probably my favorite year of GTO. I have a dream to resurrect this machine as a ratty and rough driver. The maroon/ maroon exterior and parchment interior is really cool, but the car might be more than I have time to tackle. This particular 1966 Pontiac GTO was pretty sweet with the 389ci v8 and an odd 2 speed automatic transmission backed with a safety trac posi rear end. Air conditioning, power steering, and power brakes. Plus, no vinyl top, which really saved the car from being any worse than it is, and a reverb stereo system. I may get the PHS documentation for the car just in case there's anything special about this particular GTO. It's really cool to see that the car has a 1966 Florida Tag on it.
Here is the back story I was given on the car's history - The GTO came from Anchorage, AK by way of Mike C. Mike’s parents were both in the Air Force. They were at Tyndall in the mid-70s. The family moved to Anchorage sometime in the back half of the 70s. Mike left Alaska sometime before the rest of the family - probably shortly after he graduated high school which should have been 1981. He flat-towed the GTO to Colorado (Denver?) where he attended a technical school. He and the GTO ended up in Panama City sometime before 1985. Then sometime after that Hal the late gentleman that owned the car ended up with it. He also had a gold 1969 GTO which had unfortunately already sold.
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This is my first comment on this channel. Where have you guys been?? I'm a 71 y.o. guy who's been into cars all my life. My history with cars and their stories is rather long, but condensed it's kinda' like this: I had a '40 Ford Tudor (2 dr.) in high school in the late '60's that I bought off a used car lot in San Antonio, TX in around 1968. It had been rewired for 12 volt and had a pure stock 265 V8 Chevy that had been put in by an air force officer from Lackland air force base. I was "married" via an adapter to the original 3 speed tranny and rear end. I sold it as I graduated from h.s.. Fast forward to '72 when I bought a '66 GTO with the original 389 and powerglide tranny. At about 130,000 miles, I sold it outright and bought a '68 all black GTO. Just after that, the Arab oil embargo hit and I couldn't afford the leaded premium gas it guzzled and bought a '73 Impala with a 307 V8. I've never owned a performance car since.
That's my car history in a nutshell. I really enjoy your channel, and I can totally relate. Keep the good videos rolling!
Thank you! I’m glad you found us and I really appreciate you joining us for the journey! We love the old hotrods and muscle cars and the stories they can tell. I try to save what I can and give it a second chance at life or either find someone else who can. Sounds like you had some cool rides back in the day! That 40’ sounds super sweet! Check out some of the older videos we have pulled quite a few hotrods from their final resting place. Have a good one! 🤙
Cornering the GTO Market! Had a gold on gold ‘67 LeMans… LOVE Those cars❤
Working on it! Still need a mopar and a ford! That’s awesome gold would be killer! I love them too!
I love those GTOs man I had a 65 and 69 GTO'S
That’s awesome! 65 is a cool year!
Panama City is my favorite place i go every year❤❤
That’s awesome! I was born down there. You should check out Port St Joe that’s where we go now, PC is so crowded
@@323Fabrication yeah I know pcb just like where I'm from and live in upstate south Carolina is getting way overcrowded 😢
@amandastyles-uh6zx that’s cool! My dads side of the family is from Loris
I've that 66 GTO just like my old one
That’s awesome!
Good job son I am a Pontiac man to here from Bedford Virginia the rear end is the best they unreal tuff ❤
Thank you! I’m glad to hear that!
Hello nice video 📹 and workmanship love the cars 🚗 and supplys !!! Hope it'll turn out sweet
Thank you! I hope so too!
My 66 GTO I bought in the early 70s from my neighbor that actually bought it new was a 389 4 speed and it was gold with white buckets and a really cool car and I wished I still had it.
I wish you still had it too! Sounds like one sweet ride!
That's an easy decode. We got the tag, we can brag: 07A for the first week of July 1966 production, 66 for 1966 model year, 24217 for Pontiac (2), GTO (42), two door hardtop coupe, KAN for Kansas City, MO assembly (Leeds), 224 for Parchment vinyl interior trim, N-N for Burgundy lower and upper exterior paint, accessory code of E for tinted glass all windows, 2K for air conditioning, W for two speed automatic transmission, G for console, V for Vebra-Phonic rear speaker, 5Y for custom seat belts. The Leeds, MO plant operated from 1929 to 1988 and was only recently demolished.
With the VIN, you'll win: 2 for Pontiac, 42 for GTO, 17 for two door hardtop coupe, 6 for 1966 model year, K for Kansas City, MO assembly (Leeds, MO) and the rest is the production sequence.
That’s awesome! Thank you for the comment I generally post the tags and such in my videos and very few folks actually break them down. I always do after I get them home and cleaned up but I dig it when folks get involved. I hope you have a great day! 🤙
@@323Fabrication I decode them on every channel that I post on, and most of the content creators know I look for it, so they post them. You should also show the VIN plate (leaving out the last six digits as they aren't relevant for decoding most times).
@googleusergp I will keep that in mind from now on! I’ll be looking forward to it on the next one! I can’t remember if I’ve shown the Buick data plates so I’ll try and add them next time I film it! 🤙
@@323Fabrication Did you post the tags on other videos? If so, which ones? I'll have a look if you let me know which ones they are.
@googleusergp I can’t remember I think the caddy one is on here and some of the other GTOs
1966 goat my favorite Royal bobcat 389 bored out to a 421 three twos
A 421 would be super cool!
It's hard for us Tri 5ers to see one lay around and rot, but even we can't bear seeing a GOAT rot either. Great work saving this one Chris. Looking forward to the Roadmaster rescue.
Thank you! I’m stoked about that Buick! I’m gonna wait until it cools off before I got after it, hoping to fire it up and at least drive it on the trailer
I live in Defuniak Springs!! This is awesome!!
That’s awesome! We come through there from time to time. Probably only an hour north of you
Funny that you had the Talladega footage in your intro. I took my '66 GTO around that big ole track at the end of the day in '79 when I was working the crash crew for the Talladega 500! Trolled up more than a few memories! Hope all goes good saving this old Goat.
That’s awesome! Thank you for watching, I hope we can give the old goat a new life
Wow,!
It’s a rough old car but we will get it back on the road
That GTO can be a fun driver car! Look forward to content with it.
It would make a fun beater for sure! Thank you!
It's going to take a lot to bring that 66 back to life, I hope you can get it done. I like those cars a lot they bring back good memories.
I might just build a ratty driver I love a 66 GTO
My old Galaxie took some hits from Michael also. Now I'm a Poncho guy as well. Good luck with this one. Definitely need a full set of Keystones on her.
I love a 63/64 galaxy super cool cars! Yes some keystones all the way around would be killer! Thank you!
59 and up are my favorite buicks
59/60 were great years for GM
Wow for a Florida car, it is SAD
The story is in the description, I forgot to talk about it when I was filming. It spent time In Alaska unfortunately
So where is the 66 GTO now? As a former owner of a 1969 GTO I always had an interest in GTOs this was tease!
There’s other videos it’s currently in dry storage waiting on me to get a few others out of the way 🤙
I had a 66 lemans with a 3 speed and a 326 in my late teens,plenty of 1971 Buick skylarks,and currently own a 1971 Le Mans,guess I’ve always been partial to BOP stuff…great car,great style,im excited for you bro!
That’s awesome! Thanks for watching, I got a good buddy with a 71 lemans and it’s nasty fast!
I love it nice ride
Thank you! I’m hoping we can do something with it
She's a rough one , but with enough love and money could be brought back. I've saved worse , or at least comparable. Good luck with it no matter what you end up doing.
No doubt worth at least finding it another home but I’m kinda attached to it lol thank you!
Thank you for your APPRECIATION to your subscribers
Thank you for watching!
Pretty cool
Thank you!
nice rescue Chris, that snatch block is the way to go when pulling a car on all flats or without wheels. Like the Buick also.. Be neat seeing what all engines are out there.
Thanks buddy! I’m looking forward to the old Buick it’s so cool! I’m curious on the motors as well! Probably gonna wait until it cools off some before we go back
Call it welding practice and replace that rotten stuff with metal... take as much time as you're comfortable with but fix the holes, this old girl will love ya for it. Drop a Ford 9inch in back there or get one of those "Strange" jobs with a new set of axles and new pumpkin guts lol [in the spirit of Halloween which is almost here and all] lol Cool old girl though. Very cool. AMD would appreciate the business [should sponsor this build to be honest]. :-) Cool fo sho!!
It would be nice if they would sponsor it haha I will patch what’s necessary and make do with the rest. I’m hoping it’s got a decent gear in the rear since it’s got a posi
I always thought that the 56 chevy was uglier then the 55 & 57. Buick & pontiac as well. God bless.
I agree completely! But I do love the gas door on a 56 chev
My 66 GTO came with no power steering no power brakes no AC it did come with a m radio original 389 lone gone has a 71 400 has the H D 3 speed manual trans 355 safety track rear end it a factory two tone paint car enjoy the video man let me know if you want to sell one of the air filters
That sounds like an awesome car! I’ll keep that in mind thank you!
I'm a retired mechanic and advid car guy I'm looking for a Ford truck to put a 460 drive train in and seen your video, give me a holler , I drive 2 69 fire birds 58 fair lane 81 gmc
We are in south Alabama so keep that in mind so far as distance but I will ask her about the truck
You getting BLESS GOD is giving you some nice let me know if you got room for one more over here to give away
God is good! I’ve always got room for more
Looks just like my dads he drove in the early 80s in fact in that same area you discussed only difference his was a 400 4 speed 67 same color
Aw man that would have been super cool! I love a 4 speed car!
@@323Fabrication Ive always wondered what became of it when it was sold in Panama City in the early 1980s unfortunately I was so young I have no Information to go on just a few pictures.
The story I was given about this car is in the description of the video, I forgot to read it when I was filming. The data tag on this car 100% was born a 2 speed automatic
My mom has a 66 gto in her barn I’m trying to get it if there’s anything left of it
You should! I try and save everything I can
Do you need GTO parts & pan's let me know 3:23
I might one day where are you located?
Would love to go with you on these adventures
Is horse trailer for sale
It’s a long of fun
I can ask
@@323Fabrication thanks let know
I would get what parts are still good off of it and sell it. To much rust.
It may get sold or I may build a beater out of it
You're lucky you don't get bit by snakes
I’m not a fan of danger noodles
Let me know if it’s for sale 👍🏻
Will do we are in south Alabama if that’s far from you
Are you interested in selling any of the spare taillights and bezels or air cleaner lids. I am trying to gather parts to get mine together also need dash stuff grab bar
I’d sell the extra stuff. I actually just sold the car
Part it out , way too much rot.
It’s fixable if someone wanted to
May I suggest turning down the music - or turning up your narration. I find I'm turning up the volume when you're speaking, then turning it down during the music - then I can't hear what you're saying - up-down-up-down, you get the idea. With respect :) P.S. - Industry standard for music and/or narration is -12db max level.
Im going to have to work on that, not entirely sure how I will know what the levels are at but I will a try and make them the same between the music and the talking. Thank you for the info
@@323Fabrication Your editor should have a volume level meter - make sure your music does not go into the yellow or red levels :)
@RedDFilm I’ll check into that I do the audio portion and music on TH-cam studio, thank you again
Crush it
No way
At what point are these rotted hulks too far gone to restore? I love the 66/67 Goat but this thing is an absolute mess.
That’s why you build a beater, it’s not worth restoring honestly but it can still have another life
Diesel are you trying to get rid of the one you got I'm trying to collect everything I can
I sold this car and made money on it. You can buy all the sheet metal for them. If it’s got good numbers and a frame it can be fixed
Hello are you going to sale the 66 GTO ? If what price
I’d consider selling it for the right offer but wasn’t really one I wanted to sell. I’ve got a couple 68s for sale
Sneaky, way to low ball that lady into taking SCRAP price for what should be decent money. How do you sleep at night?
She’s going to scrap it all. I will give her scrap price and do the labor or it can go to the shredder. If I buy it she doesn’t have to do the labor. I sleep just fine she understands that I have to make a little money or it’s not worth my time. Welcome to the real world
And Dennis if you’re local to us and willing to come dig ALL the motors out and buy ALL the motors at a higher price I would be more than happy to let you do that. Otherwise stay on the couch
I'm a seventy four year old goat man, watched some other videos a bit to see if this is a channel for me. I can not handle jerky videos and then your editing leaving the volume way high when you did a music drop in your video said you have some good stuff but the editing is just not for me
I’m learning and doing the best I can I’m a welder not a professional editor but I will pay more attention to the levels of audio thank you