Beautiful piece of Pontiac performance history. I'm sure the car is gone. Hope it pulled in what you wanted.
@bobfulmer9429
7 ай бұрын
Beautiful vehicle I almost
@michaelpace64
11 ай бұрын
Should have its 389. And you forgot to watch th fuel gauge going down when open up the tri power. I know got a 64 tri power
@danforaker1867
Жыл бұрын
My very first car 1964 GTO a whopping 350 Bucksport for it
@gurnblanston3210
10 ай бұрын
Finding accurate road test information on these cars is very difficult, because Pontiac made a habit of supplying modified "ringers" to magazines for testing. Car Life magazine tested a '65 GTO with the "348 horsepower" 6-barrel 389 engine and 4-speed transmission and got a best of 14.80 at 99 mph out of it, far slower than any 2023 4-cylinder auto trans base model Mustang today.
@joequillun7790
5 ай бұрын
Now there's a "typical" comparison, from the new generation know it alls. If you happened to be around in the 60s, and saw the road tests, you would know the limiting factor was tires. On "all" the performance cars of the day. Also, they were detuned to run for people who didn't know how to maintain them. With minor modifications, (dist. recal., carb. rejetting, open hedders, ect), they would all run (at least)12s, with a driver that knew how to drive them. And there were more talented drivers in those days, than most of the people today. Also, there were more ambitious youths that could wrench on these cars, for an up-coming street race, or class racing at the drags. For some, ,it was a way of life, more than just a hobby. Today, the cars are what they are, because of what these cars meant to many Americans back then. The youth of today, are more interested in staring at these stupid phones, than actually going out, and getting dirty. And maybe there are a few today, that are into cars, but you have-ta be a computer expert, with a lap top, to make them faster than they are. And most of the performers of today, are either blown, or turboed, on top of dinky engs. Timing and fuel systems run off of a computer, along with tranny shifting and teeth brushing. So sure, go ahead and rank on these cars from the golden era, and think of this. These cars are about 50 yrs old, and todays cars aren't "that much faster", considering. And also consider this, take any of these mega cube motors from then, and apply the power adders todays cars have, along with some of the aftermarket heads available, and see what happens. We already know. If you go to any drag strip, these cars are still the most popular, and still tearing up the tracks. So enjoy your new plastic computer controlled cars of today. See what they look like in 50 yrs.
@Lazer3321
3 ай бұрын
@@joequillun7790Keep this in mind, 8:09 There is no substitute for cubic inches!!
@joequillun7790
3 ай бұрын
@@Lazer3321 In reality, there "is" a substitute. Cubic "money". Lots of $, can built a hi-RPM small block, but apply that cash, and modifications to a big motor, and the big motor wins. :)
@88427rat
Ай бұрын
. Couldn't have said it better. Bought a 65 new. After some adjustments and slicks it ran consistently 12's. Difference between now and then was the new already comes souped up and you don't do anything and the old, you bought detuned and you had the fun of building them yourselves. New generations for the most part don't get it. The guy giving the presentation talks about loving when the third carburetor comes in. It didn't run on 2 and then the third kicked in. It ran on the center and when you punched it the end two kicked in together. Not knit picking just clarifying. The first muscle car era was the most fun. I lived through both of them.
@joequillun7790
Ай бұрын
@@88427rat Very observant on the "3rd carburettor" comment. (LOL). We hear stuff like this from the young people all the time. That's OK. Give them a video game with a joystick, and they'll be flying F-22s, and 35s into combat. Guess it all evens out in the end. :). (By the way, do you really own a 427 BBC?)
@johnwagner4559
Жыл бұрын
Enough trunk undercoating? Lol suspicious. I hate when people do that.
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