Hey Jeff,
Yeah, we've got to watch out for those 440's!! I used to have an old Dodge Dart (okay don't laugh guys), and it had I think the smallest V8 made, a 273? It had two dead cylinders but it still would move. The car had no weight and I would race everyone at every stop light. I can't wait to take my 67 tearing around town. The previous owner lowered the gears so I'd like to take it back to stock so I can drive it on the freeway!
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Most information you'd want can be obtained there especially Judge correct stripe kits for the color car you have.
Much GREAT information can be obtained from the members of this forum. While fixing the car up and should you want to keep it as original as possible you could also contact the GTOAA GTO Association of America
The GTOAA have experts for every year GTO and by communicating with their 1969 contact, he could offer you invaluable information. I have learned TONS off of John Johnson their JUDGE expert by talking to him on the phone and emailing. We still stay in contact. You may also learn of places from them as to where to inquire about shops to work on your car.
The GTOAA site did list their consultants with emails but since reformatting their site, those contacts were not re-listed. You could PM Dan E. He is on the GTOAA board and is a member of this forum, perhaps he can get you in contact with the right person at GTOAA.
If you are going to invest in your father's gift you will want to do it right, and listening to the best will guide you.
Hey Jeff,
Yeah, we've got to watch out for those 440's!! I used to have an old Dodge Dart (okay don't laugh guys), and it had I think the smallest V8 made, a 273? It had two dead cylinders but it still would move. The car had no weight and I would race everyone at every stop light. I can't wait to take my 67 tearing around town. The previous owner lowered the gears so I'd like to take it back to stock so I can drive it on the freeway!
Since Jeff was sharing.....
Blondie should have been race car driver 67
In the old days -- for me the Seventies -- the 426 Hemi and 440 Six Packs were tough. However, my bone stock 400/335 with a four speed killed any 383 Mopars or 396 Chevys. However, now I simply appreciate the engine power and the rumpity rump sound. Maybe in the future, I'll go with quieter, more efficient gears, but not yet. Best story so far -- I'm on the road cruising one Sunday in the quiet countryside of Connecticut when a young kid in some sort of Far Eastern vehicle pulls up to me with the worst "music" I've ever heard on top of the typical "muffler" noise from his car. I simply revved my GTO up a little and voila, no more music or muffler pollution. It's great to go back in time once in a while...
I was at a stoplight here in town last year, in the '67, and a kid pulls up next to me in a primered out, clapped out, POS pick-up truck....loud music, loud pipes.....He looks over at me, and shoots me The Look.....Revs his engine to the moon, looking at me....I looked back at him, in utter astonishment, and yelled: "WOW.....A REAL HOT-ROD!!!! NEAT-O!!!!!" He just shrank down into his seat and putted off.....I turned right and idled away...........Teddy Roosevelt said it "Speak softly and carry a Big Sick."
I was at a stoplight here in town last year, in the '67, and a kid pulls up next to me in a primered out, clapped out, POS pick-up truck....loud music, loud pipes.....He looks over at me, and shoots me The Look.....Revs his engine to the moon, looking at me....I looked back at him, in utter astonishment, and yelled: "WOW.....A REAL HOT-ROD!!!! NEAT-O!!!!!" He just shrank down into his seat and putted off.....I turned right and idled away...........Teddy Roosevelt said it "Speak softly and carry a Big Sick."
Geeteohguy, you shut him up without wasting gas revving your Goat. Kudos to you, although drowning out the claptrap music in my case was worth a little gas..........
Sounds like you put him in his place, Jeff. Now just picture what "look" the kid would've had with a woman (me) behind the wheel? I would've blown his pickup off the road and he would have to live with being beat by a girl for the rest of his life!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Linda. Yes, it's Darwin's Law: the young, inexperienced, new Little Fish often find themselves devoured by the older, experienced Bigger Fish. The secret of the Bigger Fish is to use discretion and moderation....The brash little fish knows little of the subtlties of life. The kid actually felt like a fool. I think, if he had the COURAGE to challenge you, and the inevitable happened, he would have felt utterly ashamed. You probably would have felt okay! I think if you looked over at him, sneered (or laughed) and said "You've got to be kidding!!?" It would have been even more humiliating!!! Have fun, and be careful out there......we don't need no stinkin' street racing tickets!!!
Jeff
You know what I would do. Contact the overhaul shows on TV. This story sounds exactly like what they specialize in. Getting a car that has a great family story and needs restoring. Not to mention, I haven't seen too many 69 GTOs being overhauled, pimped, or whatever.
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I used to have an old Dodge Dart (okay don't laugh guys), and it had I think the smallest V8 made, a 273? It had two dead cylinders but it still would move. The car had no weight and I would race everyone at every stop light. I can't wait to take my 67 tearing around town. The previous owner lowered the gears so I'd like to take it back to stock so I can drive it on the freeway!
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