No GM Products?My 1965 GTO was pretty quick TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
A high school buddy owned a ‘65 Goat.
It was the quickest thing in the state, I think.
But, everyone's forgotten about the GTO's big brother. The GTO was a runaway success when it came out..of course, the Beach Boys helped a whole lot..so the marketing whizzes at Pontiac figured the "bigger is better"...so they stuffed the same big, juiced up engine, Hurst linkage, and new rear end into the big Bonneville coupe, and called it the "2+2." One of my fraternity brothers had one..it was a beast..but it handled for shit..cornering was an adventure..and the brakes were, shall we say.."rather lacking" to try and stop almost 3 tons of car at 100mph.
One Thursday afternoon, we were sitting in the frat house..there were no classes that Friday..and 5 of us jumped in the car and decided to drive from NYC to Montreal round trip for the weekend.I swear we averaged 90+..but it was all straight line, so it was good.
Pontiac stopped making the 2+2 after only 3 years...the GTO was the one selling...but I think they recognized the problems with the suspension and handling..you can't make a pig into a road racer..
My brother had a GTO around that time, maybe a little later. They were great and fast cars. I had a 69 firebird I loved. 350 engine; but a few I think had the 425 engine.