1966 Pontiac GTO Convertible Stunning Restoration, Ready to Paint
1966 GTO, AT, AC, PS, PB Rally Gauges
Originally Martinique bronze with a black interior
PHS Documents, numbers matching
If you are looking for a 66 GTO Convertible with the exact color
combination you want with stunning restoration quality, this might be
it. This car has dozens of hard to find NOS
parts, and has conservatively $17,000 in parts you would need to buy if you were
going to do a serious restoration.
I bought this car on ebay myself a few years back, but I wound up with 2
GTO’s and I will never get around to finishing this one.
See link below to 200+ high resolution photos on flickr.
Hi Everyone,
Up for sale is a 1966 GTO Convertible that I bought from a professional
restoration shop in 2008. All of the
heavy lifting was done on this car, and I wish I could take credit for the
workmanship. But as the photos show, this is an absolutely stunning concourse
nut and bolt, rotisserie restoration with many new and NOS parts that must
have taken years to find. The body is
rust free and laser straight.
The chassis restoration on this car is absolutely amazing. The shop owner was dead serious about
taking the car to GTOAA Nationals when done.
As you will see in the photos, all of the suspension parts are new or
NOS. It has all of the correct color
hardware, clips, and the proper brake springs and colors. Every nut and bolt is either NOS or plated
the correct color. I estimated the value of the chassis restoration using
parts from Ames, but most of the items on this restoration came from years of
gathering.
The body is laser straight, and the gaps are excellent. I have the brochure from the restoration
shop and you can see that they were Pontiac specialists (Best of Show in IL) but
I think the owner had health issues and has since closed the business. The car was delivered to me with all the
serious work done. The body was
straight, with new quarters and NOS front fenders. It appears to have all new rockers and
outer fender wells in the rear, and the floors are perfect and finished in
the correct gloss black 60%. The
previous owner stated that every square inch of the vehicle was sandblasted
and properly treated. Sand still
trickles out of some of the parts.
I had the numbers matching engine and transmission rebuilt, and they are
sitting on the frame but I didn’t install the torque converter or flywheel,
as I was awaiting new hardware.
There are many new and NOS parts for this car, and I am sure it took years
for the shop owner to acquire them. I
have done my best to document them in the photos. Some of the items that are
claimed to be NOS were stated as such by the shop that sold me the car. Clearly they are new, but in some cases I
can’t verify if they are, or are not NOS.
I have documented every single part
for the car in over 200 high res photos on Flickr, the link to which is
below.
So, aside from the engine and transmission rebuild, I have only done very
few things to the car. The jams and
undersides of the hood and trunk were not fully prepped, and I needed to
remove a few dings and such that it gathered while sitting in my shop. I ran a 30” block over the car and it is
indeed flat. It is ready to sand with
400# (or whatever your preference is) and go at it with color. It is primed with PPG EEP 901 epoxy primer
over buff colored epoxy primer filler.
No disappointments here.
The exterior AC case and interior HVAC system case is installed with a
proper dash insulation kit. The HVAC
case was restored with proper colors and I validated that all of the diaphragms
and vent levers worked properly. It
has a new heater core installed. The AC evaporator is in nice shape, and it
was disassembled and cleaned prior to installation.
The convertible top frame is finished and is ready to cover.
A conservative estimate of the parts and materials investment alone so far
is over 17k. I can’t imagine how many
hours of labor are in this frame, or how long it took to find all of the NOS
suspension parts. The body and paint
prep probably has 400+ hours in it.
I have a very detailed list of the new parts for the vehicle, and a list
of items that you would need to buy if you wanted to take it all the way to
GTOAA Gold Standard, with part numbers and prices in an excel spreadsheet. If you just wanted to have a nice show
car, you could probably use many of the existing and original items. You will see in the photos that the
restoration shop bought replacement hardware for pretty much every visible
bolt. Or, they restored hardware for
items that couldn’t be bought. Not
every piece of hardware, but certainly most of the visible ones.
There is one erroneous photo…the tach for the car is a 5100 RPM tach, not
the 6 cyl tach shown in one of the photos…
Interested parties should reach out to me in email and I will send you the
detailed list of the new and NOS parts that come with the car, and the items
you will need to complete the project.
The car is sitting on the frame with just a few of the body mount bolts
installed and it is safe to travel this way.
All of the other parts are bagged, tagged, wrapped and boxed carefully
since I expect them to travel on pallets.
Here is a link to the 200+ images on flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/104499540@N03/
The car is located in the Portland Oregon area, and it is sitting on a
lift ready to be inspected. I would be
happy to accommodate and I encourage an inspection. The photos on the Flickr site very high res,
so you should be able to zoom very close to see details in each photo. Again, I have a detailed list of every new
item for the car and every item needed to complete.
I am not a dealer or a restoration shop looking to flip a car. I am an enthusiast, and I have several
cars, one of which is a fairly modified 66 seen in the background of some of
the photos. I bought one 66 to
customize, and one to keep stock. But as
it turns out I rarely drive the modified car (daughters don’t like their hair
getting messy in the back seat…who knew!) and so I usually drive a 230SL when
the weather permits. I don’t have the
desire, time or space to do this one, and so it sits. I was going to take the car black with a
red interior, but there are parts already bought to take it back to a black
interior, including a new or NOS black custom steering wheel. Also, note that this car is an
automatic. My other car is a 4 speed,
and depending on the right motivation and buyer, I might be inclined to swap the
4 speed (recently rebuilt) and all of the pedals, parts, console etc. with
the auto setup. If you have any questions, feel free to call me at 503 970 9438.
I reserve the right to end the auction at any time as I do have some local
interest. Bidders without history and good feedback should contact me prior
to bidding. I am happy to assist with
shipping arrangements for the car and the parts and I can be flexible on
pickup dates. I will expect a $500
deposit within 48 hours of the auction end date, and the balance due within 7
days. I have a clear OR title in
hand.
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