1967 Pontiac GTO

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While Pontiac might now be a distant memory, in all likelihood we have that GM division to thank for the entire muscle car revolution—and a way of life that powers our performance hobby to this day. It began as a blip on the radar in 1963 when more than half of Tempests and LeMans were mysteriously ordered with the optional 326ci V-8—talk about a pent-up demand for performance! It then turned into a full-blown storm when Pontiac’s John Delorean and Jim Wangers took the trend public with a larger 389ci engine for the first “official” muscle car, the ’64 GTO. By 1967, all of Detroit was in the performance fray, and no brand was more prominent than Pontiac with its Wide Track ad slogan and a beefed-up midsize GTO.

Fed up with new car dealerships and warranty issues, in February of 1992, Steve Carlson and his wife, Anita, decided to go old school with their next daily driver. The couple found a highly optioned numbers-matching ’67 GTO needing serious reconditioning, and bought it for $1,500. Four years and $20K later, Steve and Anita finally got the restoration on the road—albeit not as a daily driver. Mods are limited to the mild side, with a Pypes exhaust system, pocket-ported stock heads, and a Ram Air intake pan.