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New to here - referred by Brian D'amico

 

I've got 3 GTO's, just moved to Ohio State for law school...so i'm new to the area (from dayton). I brought my '67 post coupe HO gto with me

 

where can i find a good place for test 'n tune around here?

did i hear national trails has a test and tune on friday nights ??

I wouldn't mind playing at the track from time to time...i hope to be deep in the 13's with my daily driver goat

(building a 455 at home for a strip car)

 

All my cars are 4-speeds...and all are projects

(sold the grand prix in this picture...and selling the firebird behind it - look to the car corral) - just picked up a tripower '66 not pictured yet and always dealing in anything pontiac

 

Anyways - suggestions for test 'n tune??

 

http://homepages.udayton.edu/~mertzgea/flock.JPG

http://homepages.udayton.edu/~mertzgea/newgto1.jpg

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I've always liked the 60's Goats, perhaps it's because I remember when they first hit the streets NEW! Guys that had them with the three carbs were ALWAYS ALWAYS tinkering getting them adjusted, but when they were running right - they were awesome. Looking forward to seeing them on the street -
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Welcome, another lawyer to be. :) I can say that because my wife is a lawyer and she went to OSU. What type of law are you considering?

rick i didnt know your wife was a lawyer. and welcome gto man. my dad had a black 67 with a ton of build ups, ive come to love those cars.

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yup, same baron

 

i should probably update this anyway :)

 

traded the '67 post coupe for a non #'s matching '66 convertible

 

convertible was stolen about 3 months ago? maybe 4 now...

 

 

Bought a '66 hardtop that I'm picking up this weekend that i'm pretty happy about

I have the #'s engine, but a ram air IV engine is in it now. Shouldn't be long before this is on the road, it's in incredible condition. 14,000 original miles and a recent frame off...but was converted to a heavy track car. Not much work to put it on the street...and stuff like the updated disc brakes is nice to have

 

I'll have better pictures soon, as it hasn't been out of hte garage in a few months and is dirty

but....i imagine i'll get a little attention driving this

http://homepages.udayton.edu/~mertzgea/tiger1.jpg

http://homepages.udayton.edu/~mertzgea/tiger2.jpg

http://homepages.udayton.edu/~mertzgea/tiger3.jpg

 

 

as you can see, half of the car still has the GeeTo tiger racing theme. The other half was taken off, but i'm probably going to put the other half back on. I sorta like it

 

It's an original tripower (high output) 4spd car with special paint code (tiger gold) and a dozen other cool options. Very rare, neat car. Have i mentioned that I'm rather thrilled with it? :)

 

The twin to this car is owned by Year One. You can see it on their website pretty often...and has the opposite paint scheme. Gold on white instead of Gold on black. Occasionally...they race the two side by side for exhibitions

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From what I understand...

 

There are several of this car (if not more)

 

Pontiac obviously didn't make a car with that paintjob and lettering and all-out drag potential

 

 

So, they kinda laid the seeds for it.

For an extra $120, you could get a tripower HO 389

for an extra 120, a 4spd trans

for an extra $40, a ram air pan

etc

 

the special part is the paint code

mine's special paint code: tiger gold

Special order only and another $90 option (lot of $$ back then..and had to be special ordered)

 

You take this car, add the stripe...and you had a tiger car

 

Obviously, there were a lot of tripower 4spd cars built

But not many with that paint code, and not many with the ram air pan

 

So, any of the cars equipped with the paint code, tripower engine could be 'tiger' cars

From what I hear, Year One's car is a replica...not really the special paint code car but they couldn't find one

 

The truely special tiger cars are the ones that can say they won the NHRA 1973 season or race at xxxx

Mine's not one of those. It was a showcar on the national showcar circuit from 1966 to the late 70's....then sat in a factory in dayton. Hence the low miles. I have the original build sheet, window sticker, protecto plate and i know the original owner

it was just recently converted to the tiger car and has 14,000 original miles (lots quarter mile)

 

 

I only know of one other, in Georgia

 

I'm sure I'll be learning more about it in the future

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