Texas Goat - 1965 GTO
 

After 6 years of hibernation in the garage, the Texas Goat is returning to the modern world, hopefully.

This is my 1st attempt at documenting a build, so hopefully it will be ok. I like reading the others and thought I would attempt it. Car is an original tri power, munci, red with black interior. I am "supposedly" the 4th owner, and prior to my kids being born and funds cut off, it was a daily driver. The car even moonlighted as a lawn service vehicle, I put the mower, weedeater and blower in the trunk and made some money! I have 3 kids with the oldest being 8 and youngest 2.... so hopefully the project will not stall:old: I am expecting to run out of money before I can afford paint, so there might be a part II after the motor and suspension are done. This will be updated on a Pontiac forum as well, that way I have all the bases covered... what I did not post over there is that the car will have full air ride, big brakes, etc... I did not want to scare off the GTO purists before the build got underway:lateral:

My only questions so far, has anyone ever seen a Lavender fender on a GTO?

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Welcome and good luck with the project.

pretty much my favorite year and model Pontiac- enjoy!

Welcome to a fellow Texan and GTO builder. I think that lavendar color is officially called "iris mist". It is a relatively rare color.

Don

Very Cool.65 is the best looking year.I would totally P-T this thing.:thumbsup:

What are your plans for drivetrain? Keeping it Poncho powered?

What's the current combination?

Love Pontiac builds!! Subscribed! :thumbsup:

Oh yea, I was straightened out on the Poncho site :D it has an Iris Mist fender on it from sometime before I got it. Factory color is Montereo Red tho.

Yep, now it has the matching # 389 which is going on the floor by the muncie, I am building a 455 (at Westside Machine in Houston) with E-heads and a Butler cam. Transmission will stay a Turbo 400 for now, I have a 200r4 but am considering a gear vendors overdrive one day also.

Well, the weather did not cooperate for my plans so I ended up getting the front brakes ready and cleaning more stuff out from the interior. The spindles were ebay specials and I guess I forgot to take a pic before we cut them. This is a dirty car!

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Here are some pics where my buddy works

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Welcome! I lived in Katy a while myself, not far from the Katy Mills Mall. Loved it there. I'm also doing full air-ride, I think you'll be happy with it, from what I've read anyway. Mine is forever from being on the road. Looking forward to your build.

What shop is that at? I live in the Woodlands but work in Westchase. Like to drop by sometime to check it out :) Always need to know more people/shops that are local!

Looks like a nice start on the GTO!

Thanks, the shop where my buddy works is
http://st-autobody.com/

luckily my car does not need any body work so I will not need to be visiting them:thumbsup: (until paint:question: )

Another day of progress.... sadly finding rust under the rocker trim and a broken inner fender. I need to post in the thread about the garage built cars, the last pic is what conditions I am forced to work in!! :wow:

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Not very much done this week, few more things taken off and the car turned around to pull the motor....

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Just a couple of pics to show it is still in progress... a lot of scraping before the blasting starts. How long until winter???

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Any updates?

Just building the parts up for now, my plans got sidetracked for a few... then I picked up a 68 Lemans which I hope to sell soon!

Just a pic to show the build is progressing (slowly)... Aircraft stripper and DA sanding when spare moments arise!

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i hope you fair better than i did after blasting my 67. get to blastin' , looks ready to me!

Back from hibernation...

Work is slowly progressing as I am learning the body trade. Sadly, the before pics were erased before I backed them up.

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65 A-bodies are my favorite (I have a 65 Buick Skylark GS). Your project looks great and I love seeing builds happen at home with family.

Nice Job!

Josh

Thanks, I am happy with these moments cause I know what is coming in the teenage years

The slowest project is coming to life again.....

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You've got some real competition on here for that.


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Nice GTO
 

Nice GTO, I will e watching the progress. I live in Baytown basically the other side of the universe from Katy.

Need any thing let me know if I can help or know someone that can I will be more than happy to.

Nice to see another true 65 gto is under the knife. It's year four for mine and I still haven't finnished cutting it up,but soon.Sometimes taking the kids to soccer practice is way more fun then making a set of headers fit.Good luck with the build and I'll be sure to keep it on my short list of projects to watch.

Great to see another Poncho getting some love.

Thanks, we are planning taking a T-Type the Power Tour when it stops there in June, then making the road trip to Austin. Hopefully my motivation will jump after seeing 1000's of hot rods.