{"id":50357,"date":"2018-03-30T09:10:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T16:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=50357"},"modified":"2018-03-30T09:24:55","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T16:24:55","slug":"february-calendar-car-joe-deans-1970-pontiac-gto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/february-calendar-car-joe-deans-1970-pontiac-gto\/","title":{"rendered":"February Calendar Car: Joe Dean&#8217;s 1970 Pontiac GTO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-50357-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/Joe-D-blue-GTO-open-hood-1-min.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;50358&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;January Calendar Car: Joe Dean\\u0026#8217;s 1970 Pontiac GTO&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;January Calendar Car: Joe Dean\\u0026#039;s 1970 Pontiac GTO&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Click Here to Begin Slideshow\\n\\nTaking the spotlight on the February page of RacingJunk\\u0026#8217;s 2018 calendar is Joe Dean\\u0026#8217;s sleek, speedy 1970 Pontiac GTO. This car has quite a history with Joe. Of all the cars in his garage, it\\u0026#8217;s been there the longest, since 1978. The story starts a bit before that, though.\\n\\nJoe had a GTO in high school, but he sold it, and immediately regretted doing so. How many of us have made similar mistakes? Fortunately, it wasn\\u0026#8217;t long before he came across this fine replacement and purchased it for a sweet $400. It was in fair shape, so he used it as a daily driver for several years; his wife drove it for a year as well.\\n\\nIn \\u0026#8217;82, he decided it was time for a change. Not one for half-measures, he gave the GTO a full restoration, culminating in a promotion \\u0026#8211; no longer would this car serve as a daily driver. The restoration granted such good looks and performance that Joe decided to include it, alongside two other GTOs from \\u0026#8217;68 and \\u0026#8217;69 (the latter belonging to a friend of his), in his \\u0026#8217;83 wedding ride.\\n\\n\\u0026#8220;We had a lot of fun that day,\\u0026#8221; he recalls. It certainly sounds like it \\u0026#8211; not every wedding includes high-speed laps around Main Street!\\n\\nAs time went on, Joe upgraded the car a couple of times, though the bulk of it has remained unchanged since its very thorough \\u0026#8217;82 update. He repainted it in 2002, giving it the gleaming blue coat it currently boasts. The aspect which he\\u0026#8217;s most often replaced, though, is the engine.\\n\\n\\u0026#8220;It\\u0026#8217;s had a few motors,\\u0026#8221; he notes. At the moment, it\\u0026#8217;s running on a \\u201970 455 with a 400 Turbo transmission, 3000 stall, custom built by S\\u0026#038;S Transmission, and 370 gear. This formidable combination gives it enough push to run in the mid to high 12s when Joe races it at Lebanon Valley. He\\u0026#8217;s not satisfied, however.\\n\\n\\u0026#8220;I\\u0026#8217;m building another, faster engine,\\u0026#8221; he says, excitement audible in his tone. The new pump fuel powerplant, he hopes, will give his GTO 500HP with which to blaze down the asphalt.\\n\\nJoe Dean is a man of good taste, and quite a few of his fantastic cars are featured in the RacingJunk calendar. 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