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Muscle Car Madness: 1969 Pontiac GTO
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The Plymouth Roadrunner’s debut in 1968 put a dent in Pontiac’s rather complacent attitude. For the first time in GTO’s history, the Roadrunner bit into the GTO’s market share, and everyone at Pontiac felt it. A lot of nerves had been frayed, yet they assumed their existing Tempest could compete against such a rival, and on paper, they seemed equal - but Pontiac’s Chief Engineer, John DeLorean, didn’t like the comparison, realizing it would hurt GTO’s image. And if anyone should know, it was the designer who put American car manufacturing on its head with the introduction of the GTO back in 1964 – America’s first ‘muscle’ car.
Clive Branson brings us the story of the 1969 Pontiac in this awesome article, which appears in full on Hot Rod Hotline!
The Plymouth Roadrunner’s debut in 1968 put a dent in Pontiac’s rather complacent attitude. For the first time in GTO’s history, the Roadrunner bit into the GTO’s market share, and everyone at Pontiac felt it. A lot of nerves had been frayed, yet they assumed their existing Tempest could compete against such a rival, and on paper, they seemed equal - but Pontiac’s Chief Engineer, John DeLorean, didn’t like the comparison, realizing it would hurt GTO’s image. And if anyone should know, it was the designer who put American car manufacturing on its head with the introduction of the GTO back in 1964 – America’s first ‘muscle’ car.
Clive Branson brings us the story of the 1969 Pontiac in this awesome article, which appears in full on Hot Rod Hotline!
the 69 was a nice car but my favorite GTO was the 1966 with 3 duce carb or twin 4 carbs 4 speed car
Miss my ’69 …….. 🙁
miss my 66 but if I still had could not afford right gas for it got a 65 ford galaxy 4 door H/T no post car if I fix it up will have same problem unless I change heads fixed that problem on my 77 F100 put a motor out of 89 mustang gt and carbed it