Deja vu
 

Hey all,
This is going to be like deja vu for some of you.
Any one that followed us on our last big build remembers my black 65 convertible. I will say we have built some fun cars
In the past couple of years but this one should beat all of them.
We are building a 1965 Pontiac GTO clone hardtop For my father he is 66 years old and has waited almost 50 years for A 1965 Gto. When he was a freshman in college his buddy wanted a Gto
"This is fall of 1964 mind you" his dad told him you make straight A's for
A semester I will buy you a brand new 1965 Pontiac Gto. Well he made straight A's. In January 1965 he came back to Stanford with a Montero red tri power 4 speed Gto with a black interior. My dad his buddy and two other friends went cruising down university ave in palo alto ca. As my dad describes it " it was the fastest car I had ever been in up to that point and I knew I had to own one.
Well I feel it is only fair after putting your family first for years it's your turn to have some fun. Now we are not building a stock Gto I couldn't do that.

The following parts and prices Willard there way on to the car:
RS chassis with IRS
1999 lq4 block turned into a 408 with a f1c procharger
T56 magnum 6 speed
Vintage air A/C
And the list goes on.

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Josiah,

Looking forward to seeing this one built. :thumbsup:

Okay -- That's the best ever!


Keep it all coming.... We want more! We want more!


I wish my Dad was still on this side of the dirt and I'd have had a chance to do something like that for him.

Nice plans! I look forward to seeing this one come together.

You dad is gonna have one sweet car. Gonna like seeing this one built. :popcorn2:

We will have a final rendering up soon, this car is SEMA bound and I'm determined to see it make it there this year.

Potential.
 

Don't give up. I can't wait to see your progress.

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The rendering

That's going to look absolutely awesome. Love the rendering!!!

Approved!

Seriously, awesome build I'll be looking for it at SEMA

It's been a while since I've posted anything but here it is.http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...magejpg5-1.jpghttp://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...magejpg4-1.jpghttp://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o.../imagejpg7.jpghttp://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o.../imagejpg5.jpghttp://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o.../imagejpg4.jpghttp://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o.../imagejpg1.jpg

Good to see this one again and your progress on it. :thumbsup:

The GTO of GTO'S
 

Wow, cool project. I hope your dad can handle the power your building into this car. The chassis looks so cool. Will definitely be following this build. I have to get a buddy of mine to follow this as he has an original Tri-Power 64 and says it's the hottest GTO out there. Don't think so now.

Best wishes on a successful project and a great present for your dad.

Rod

Very Nice!

thank you everyone for the kind words.
I would like to give a update in the fact this build is FOR SALE.
I would like to finish the car for someone.

If your interested in the car contact me at (925) 454-1965
or PM me

Although not a potential buyer, if there is a finished pic of the car, I'd love to see it.

It is on the first page on the bottom.

Ok the car is back on, we are,going full swing for sema 2015

have fun and cant wait to see it built

Well everyone here's a quick update on what's been going on with the car, we got back from SEMA and decided to go ahead and get started on this car. We ended up narrowing the trunk for a total of 10 inches, then widening the wheel wells 5 inches per side we also narrowed the under seat area 5 inches per side as well. Within the last week of being back from Sema we ended up doing all these modifications, which included hanging quarter panels narrowing the floors, narrowing wheel wells etc. We are trying to get the car back on the chassis as fast as possible. In a attempt to save some time on fabrication we decided to chop the rear frame rails off and redesigned them slightly. The rear frame rails are being narrowed roughly 2 inches per side, this allows us to re use a factory axle transition of the factory floor. While this does not need to be done to a RS chassis normally we are doing it so we can reuse the factory front floor pan area. I do not recommend an average Joe doing this, unless he has a frame table and experience in modifying frame rails. The only reason we are going through all this is we are after a completely stock appearing 1965 GTO trunk.


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That should hold a serious tire in the rear. Cannot wait to see this car in person. Please let us know if we can be of any assistance to you on this build.

Mark

Thank you mark, but we are currently building wheels for the car with another wheel maker. I will keep you in mind for another customers car we are currently building, he has mentioned he wants some forge lines. You were asking about what size wheel we are using 19x9.5 up front and 19x12.5 in the rear We are running a 275/35/19 front and a 345/30/19 rear.

No worries, I am still excited to see this car when it is finished. Good luck!! and hopefully, I will see you at SEMA 2015.

So a decision was made today to do a one inch chop on this car to help it out. I figured some might care to hear about it, we will keep you updated in the following weeks.

Sounds interesting. I'm not sure I've seen a chopped GTO. Keep up the good work

We are going to be very careful as to not ruin the look of the car.

Any updates?

Love everything about this project! Wow!

Rendering looks great. Really dig those seats.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

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STUNNING...:bow:

Those are the street seats, we are building the car for silver state and a HANS device is required. The race seats are interchanable on quick pins. There is also a host of stuff that is also required when you do silverstate.