How many '64 GTOs have you seen in Sunfire Red with a column-shifted automatic? My guess is about as many as we have--none. Sure, Pontiac may have made a few more, but we have yet to see one. The ...
In the beginning, muscle was measured by sheer displacement. Detroit’s golden age hadn’t yet found its shape, but the air in the early 1960s was thick with rebellion. Before Pontiac’s GTO broke the ...
Tim Drain of Coal Valley, Illinois, is no stranger to performance Pontiacs. A retired journeymen painter for his local union, the now 66-year-old tells HPP, "I was always interested in Pontiacs. My ...
In October 1960, Pontiac joined the emerging compact car market with the Tempest. In 1963, however, the company had a change of heart and re-assigned the nameplate to midsize duty. The shift also ...