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The term “muscle car” was coined during the original muscle car era, which is generally defined as 1964 through 1974. The ...
For as fondly as classic muscle cars tend to be remembered, there were a few oddities even back then that managed to stand ...
The Pontiac GTO debuted in 1964 to attract the valuable youth market. This blue coupe will cross the Mecum Auctions block at ...
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the Pontiac guys tested a mid-size Tempest they had crammed a Pontiac 389 into. The result was smoky burnouts at will. Thus the idea for the Pontiac GTO was born. There were some sizable hurdles ...
There's also something about a 1959 Pontiac 389 V8 Hydramatic in the listing details, so all you gearheads, go ahead and drool a little. Let us know in the comments what Pontiac vehicles would ...
Customers who wanted the GTO had to pay $295 for a 389 with 325 horsepower, hood scoops, upgraded suspension, dual exhaust, and other great goodies that weren't otherwise available for Pontiac buyers.
Although the 389 and the tri-power setup shown above made the GTO a legend, the engine and tri-power option had been in Pontiac's lineup since 1959, when Pontiac increased the stroke of the 370 ...
The base engine in the 1964 Catalina was a 389-cubic-inch (6.4-liter) Pontiac V8 rated at 235 horsepower, but that was just on cars equipped with the base three-on-the-tree manual transmission.
The first GTO model showed up as an option to the 1964 Tempest LeMans, stuffed with Pontiac's 389 cubic inch V8 under the hood. As it was initially an option package, the GTO could be ordered as a ...
The other big option was the V-8 Pontiac 389 ci engine that would soon be the standard option in the Pontiac GTO until the mid-1960s See All 5 Photos Joe's 1962 Pontiac Grand Prix might not be the ...