1967 Pontiac Tempest Gto Clone on 2040-cars
Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Clear Nebraska title. Drive it home this weekend. Arizona car - - sat for 19 years. Trailered up here from Tucson and has been in middle America for 18 months. A blast to drive. Alas, 3 kids in college next fall and a full driveway.
Sheet metal is surprisingly good for a car almost 50 years old: trunk - - very good. Interior floor - - some rust through on driver's floor. Rear quarters - - A OK. Rockers - - A OK. 326 V-8 in the car when it came north ... that engine died on the way to a regional car show. Now the car has a fresh, machine-shop rebuilt Pontiac 400. Some mild performance parts were added: gear timing, mild cam, Holley carb, high-rise Edelbrock manifold, W-2 heads, distributor, stainless mufflers. Also new gas tank, rear shocks, wiper motor. As you've noticed, car has a GTO hood. Arizona car, so it once had air conditioning (AC parts no longer around). Dash pad tells the story that this buggy sat in the sun. Headliner is gone. Rear bench seat back - - upholstery deteriorated and removed, although the seat frame is here. I think all exterior chrome is here but I haven't ordered new clips yet to install it. At some point you will want to have the rear window channel blasted. You can see a couple thumb-sized holes in driver side "flying buttress." Tires are good. I like the mid-60's Pontiacs and that classic coke-bottle A-body. But sometimes it seems to me that the cars available for sale are either restored trailer-queens with pricetags in the stratosphere ... or rusted out and need 9 pieces of sheet metal. Then there are many for sale that are "almost ready" but just need ____________. Or they are 2000 miles away from me. So here's a road-ready car that you can drive all summer and work on next winter. You could leave it as is for 5-10 years. You need nothing to drive it the rest of the summer. The front end is good and steering is tight. The brakes are good. The car downright flies when you step on it, and man, what a rumble (the shop welded Harley-Davidson chrome tips on for a little fun). If you don't want people looking up when you rumble through an intersection, this car is not for you. Gauges are not working. Aftermarket under dash double gauge does work. There is evidence of some bondo on driver's side upper rear quarter panel, but no dent is evident from inside the trunk so it does not seem to be deep. I have tried to represent this car honestly and will answer any questions or take any pictures you ask for. I hope that some will agree the price is fair. This car is a builder, but they're not making any more of these. Car is right in middle of the USA at the crossroads of I-80 and I-29. I've worked for a decade to have a 100% eBay feedback rating, so don't bid if you don't have the cash right now. $1000 PayPal down payment within 24 hours. Price starts at $8500. Enjoy the pics (I'll add a couple more this weekend). Thanks for looking - - good hunting! |
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