1964 GTO Sport Coupe Resto-mod, cruiser.

Description for Pontiac GTO 1964

The car was purchased and restoration started in 2006. The car was torn to a bare frame and rebuilt top to bottom. We had driven the car 15 to 20,000 miles since completed. This car was built to my wife's design and specs and has not been driven for nearly a year since her passing. PLEASE READ THE LISTING CAREFULLY BEFORE BIDDING. It is described accurately and honestly.

CHASSIS: Body removed, hassis examined and found to be perfect. No rust, o damage. Blasted clean and painted in DuPont base / clear black as was all the chassis components.

SUSPENSION: FRONT features stock GTO upper and lower arms, ew bushings and upper shafts, all joints etc. New 79 Trans Am WS6 springs and 1.25 inch sway bar with urethane links, YB gasshocks. Lined to WS6 specs. REAR GNX springs with modified spring pockets, oxed control arms, ew bushings, otchkiss 1 inch sway bar, YB gas shocks, 7 GTO chassis links between the upper and lower control arms.

BRAKES: Power disc / drum using 70 GTO front spindles, otors and calipers, aster cyl. and power booster, ll new components. REARS: Stock GM drums, ll new components. All new steel lines and chassis fasteners.

STEERING: Power, 0 Trans Am WS6 box and pump in 66 GTO housing. NEW center link, ie rod ends, leeves.

ENGINE: 71 Pontiac 400 nostalgically badged as a 421. It was a good running 40K mile motor that required no machine work. It was fitted with new rings, earings and pins, td. bore, odular iron crank, alanced as purchased from a friend. I added the period heads. Heads are 66 092 with larger valves 1.96 and 1.66, light port matching, omp springs, tock rockers and molly push rods.66 GTOTri-Power, tock carbs. Other Engine items include: Melling oil pump and HD pump shaft, enotti cam, ual roller chain, istributer converted to "Pertronix" electronic with "Blaster" coil and Taylor 8mm wires. Early 64 valve covers, low cooler water pump and 67 GTO HO /RA three flange exhaust manifolds.New "Be-Cool" Aluminum radiator.NOW THE BAD NEWS. PLEASE READ: I had the car at a dealer for consignment since Feb. I recently brought it home and it was running well with it's usual 60+ oil pressure and 180 temp. It suddenly surged and started making a metallically sick sound and quit. Coolant is in the pan and the motor will spin and lock. Safe to say, t's blown. I'm currently in litigation with them. I suspect someone went out for a power run and missed a shift or over- rev'd it and about1/4 mile from my house it spun a bearing. To say the least, 'm sick over this. The car ran perfectly for almost seven years. It gets out of my sight for a few months and now this. First my wife passes a year ago now someone messed with her car. My loss your gain. The reserve reflects the bad motor. The car always ran very well, tarted and idled in any any weather now this mess. I just can't deal with this carany more, t's now become too painful.

TRANS: 350 Turbo from 69 Firebird. Fully rebuilt with all TCI and B&M components with a 2200 B&M stall converter. Very firm, ositivetire chirping shifts. 68 GTO Hurst dual gate fitted to a 66 console with a custom made Lucite shift ball. New Driveline Service driveshaft and U-joints, alanced.

REAR / DIFF: GM (Chevy) HD 10 bolt with Richmond 3:73 gears and Auburn center section. Like all Richmond gears they "sing" a bit. All new seals and bearings

EXHAUST: Newly custom made stock pipes with NOS 64 GTO stock mufflers. Sounds exactly like it did when it left the factory. Has repro stainless splitters.

TIRES / Wheels: Coker red line radials still nice tread with Crager 15X7 wheels that resemble the old HURST mags. I added a set of old HURST center caps and they have made many take a second look.

The entire chassis was detailed and built with grade 8 fasteners all new lines, oses, verything. Nothing was reused.

BODY: The body was fully stripped and found to be a mixed bag. The front fenders and doors were nearly perfect. The right quarter panel showed rust just starting on the bottom, he left had a big crease and a bit more rust at the bottom. The inner wheel houses and above the wheel well moldings were very nice and covered in about 1/2 of undercoat. One front inner fender was perfect one needed some small patching and some minor work was done on the core support. The hood was decent with no rot but somesurface rust anddents. The trunk lid required a lot of work on the bottom edge along the back and a lot of "tweaking" to get it to fit right.The one inch piece between the hood and windshield was rotted and replaced the rear panel between the rearwindow and trunk was also replaced. The floor pan was a mixedas well with some holes hear and there andrandom placesso both full sides were replaced as well as a full trunk floor. The middle tunnel is original and was retained. As I said, mixed bag but really solid all things considered. All metal work was done withall the availablenew steel panels from AmesandMIG welded in place. All finishing materials are DuPont from the hand etch to etching and high build primers, ealers and thetop coat. There was a tremendous amount of block sanding and primingdone. The underside of the car is painted and cleared the same as the top with seams sealed as the factory would have done prior to undercoating. The color is a modern version of 64 GTOAquamarine from a 93 Dodge truck. It's done in Chroma-base and topped with 7200 Chroma-Premier clear, et sanded down to 2500 grit and buffed. This car has been done since 2008 and still shows very well. There are a few minor bug and rock chips but nothing most would ever see. It is / was a driver and we drove it everywhere.

INTERIOR: All new from Ames white seat covers and seat foams, oor panels and headliner with teal carpet, onsole, ash pad and belts. Nice contrast. There is an entirely new "Painless" wiring kit. No old wires were used.

TRIM: Bumpers are rechromed "Bumper Boys". Don't buy from them! I am not satisfied with the chrome is shows OK but I've noticedthin is a few hard to viewareas and the front has a few tiny pits. All wheel mouldings, ockers, lass trim is very nice to great. The trim around the windows is the best I could come up with after collecting 6 sets. Theseare the hardest trim items for a sport coupe. It's not perfect but I was just at the GTOAA show and it looks as good as 99% of the others. The tail pail / lights were rechromed and look good. There is a new tinted windshield and the rest of the glass is fair to good. No cracks or discoloration. The rear windows are locked up internally (due to my grandchildren). All felts, nd fuzzies are new. The grills are decent originals but not perfect. They show well.

OPTIONS: What was once a bare bones stripped car having only a column shifted automatic and radio now has a lot of interesting oprions. Starting with the interior: a 67 GTO tilt / collapsible column and steering shafts, nearly perfect 64 GTO wood wheel, working original 4 way flasher unit,65 GTO Rallye pack. The speedo and gas gauge work well as does the oil pressure gauge but the temp gauge reads as much as 15 degrees higher than it really is at times. The odometer stopped working two years ago, If I was going to keep it, 'd have a newRallye clusterfrom Ames. AM / FM radio of an unknown make with an 8 track, inorly disguised as a 65 AM/FM, 6 GTO console with a nice working vacuum gauge, orking glove box, onsole, ood and trunk lights, lectric trunk release, ear defroster that works on both speeds, oof mounted map light, emote outside mirror (mounted to the door, hated that fender location on the 64's), eel out lights in the trunk and under the hood. An original power antenna in on the car but stopped working some time ago.

SUMMERY: This is / was a nice car. My wife picked the design, ptions, olors as she wanted it. We drove the car and it rode, andled, raked beautifully. She loved the carbut sadlywas our last project. This is a sold 8 out of 10 car that has won a few awards but was our cruiser never intended to be a show car. I am truly broken hearted about the motor but the price is right. The reserve is set low that you could buy it, art it out (which would be foolish) and make money. A fresh engine and you can make a lot of money or have a nice fun cruiser. I just can't have it here any longer it has become too painful. Thank you for your interest and bid accordingly. God Bless you, our families, nd the United States.