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I thought the '65 and '66 GTO's were prettier. If it were me, I'd want a '65, n/w/s that '64's are supposed to be the rare and pricey ones (someone has one for sale about three miles from my house, but he's a small used-car dealer and his car could well be a tricked-out LeMans instead).

I also liked the '63-'64 Gran Prix models and the '64 Catalina 2+2......Colombian exchange student I knew had a '66 2+2 ragtop with a Hurst floor shifter and a 421 under the hood, got a ride in it one time. Guy must have been a frustrated swordsman, lol......impressive car, though. I mean really. Light blue metallic, forerunner of that "Mediterranean/Caribbean/calypso blue" color that everyone liked later on. White interior and top, very sharp, very clean.

I've been shopping Mustangs (or as I like to call them, Furred Mouse Tangs) and have been very frustrated to note that Ford grew the car 4.5" O/A and 6" on the wheelbase and added 300 pounds, but didn't give the driver even a needed extra inch of legroom, which was what drove me to reject a '99 Mustang last time in favor of a '97 Thunderbird LX (V-6's in both). I need the legroom and Ford won't give. A crummy 42" -- their Mustang customers must all be girls, or short guys needing to compensate! (Tried to get into a Toyota MR-2 over the weekend -- what a joke! It was absolutely tiny inside, smaller than an MG Midget, which I'd ridden in once or twice [had a B Model myself for a while].....I literally couldn't get into it! Designed for pari-mutuel jockeys, "little people", children under 10, and petites demoiselles, emphasis on petite.)

Oh, well. Glad you enjoyed your Goat, which will always be the mini-musclecar benchmark (along with the 4-4-2)......the current pretender being a joke. The Holden Monaro is a nice car on its own terms, but utterly incapable of holding up a Goat badge.

MHO.

I was 19 when I got my Goat...that’s why it’s the most beautiful car I’d ever seen.
I wasn’t old enough to drive in ‘65. ;o)

It was dark green w/ black interior and a Hurst 4 on the floor.
The last year they made them with the big engine, IIRC.

The 442 was a GREAT car!

“Designed for pari-mutuel jockeys, “little people”, children under 10, and petites demoiselles, emphasis on petite.”

I would be one or more of those. ;o)

You must be a tall feller...the MR2 fits me just fine.
The RX8 is small, too.
I’m driving a Z4, now...the interior is almost as large as the 325.
It is, in fact, on a 325 chassis, but it’s not as long.
That’s ‘cause the trunk is where the back seat should be.

Fun little car...