It was me too, just a few years after you!!! Haha!
I LOVED the flatback GTOs 65-67. The Chevelle/Malibu series went to the roundback like the GTOs in ‘68 as well.
My ‘69 was a beast... brought her back from the dead with my own two greasy hands over and over again. I think I tore that motor apart three times in the years I owned it.
Had a lot of muscile cars over the years... those were the days you could buy them cheap and beat for 350 bucks and street race them till they died... then rebuild them.
Gapping points with a matchbook... .017 inches... heheh... OLD SCHOOL, brother...
In 1970, my next door neighbor bought a Hemi Cuda new under $4,000. Superbirds were 4800-5200 : )
Great memories.
Note: Everyone I knew well said my 68 GTO was a freak. It was WAY faster than other 68 goats. We never learned why either.