65 GTO "Got Goat?"

[CG]

When I see cars like this and look at cars of today I just wonder what the heck happened to style and design. Love the early GTO's

[68 Quad C10]

Got all the machine work done on the motor assembly soon to come sorry for being so long on posting

[chevyrestoguy]

Nice work! I'm a big fan of the '60s Pontiacs. I owned a '65 GTO Code K (Reef Turquoise) 389/M-21/3.90 Posi years ago, and also had a '65 LeMans Code W (Bluemist Slate) 326/Powerglide. Both were great driving cars.

I'm looking forward to seeing this one come together!

[68 Quad C10]

moving ahead, the gto has all the rust repair complete and the body will be in first stages of primer end of next week I will post pics by tomorrow sorry for the delay everyone I have been very busy...

[68 Quad C10]

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the body is ready for primer but we decided to hold off on spraying it till we had other pieces ready so we have been getting the fenders, hood, deck lid, etc... ready then we can shoot them all at the same time

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more pics

[Kurt L]

GTO gas tires and oil.very nice build you have going on keep up the good work.

[68 Quad C10]

Originally Posted by Kurt L

GTO gas tires and oil.very nice build you have going on keep up the good work.

thanks

[lofly'a]

lookin good, wont be long. posted a pic of my ride, owned it since 87. dad bought it new so it's still technically a 1 owner. learned to drive in it

[68 Quad C10]

Originally Posted by lofly'a

lookin good, wont be long. posted a pic of my ride, owned it since 87. dad bought it new so it's still technically a 1 owner. learned to drive in it
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[68 Quad C10]

Here is an update

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[motornut]

love those GTO's,a friend from my high school has a 65, real nice
he lives about four hours from me but had it up for our 50th reuion last fall

[motornut]

a little walk around it last fall

1965 Pro Street GTO - YouTube

[68 Quad C10]

well we got the first round pretty much blocked gonna shoot one more time then water block... its going fast!

[68 Quad C10]

sorry I missed posting the pics of the fenders and other parts blasted and ready for primer etc... just rushing I guess so fast forward... now its in final stages before paint now we just need to decide on colors... the ones I had chosen we just can't agree on... any suggestions? whats popular now? I know I want 2 tone for sure and we are painting everything (bumpers, trim, etc...) to modernize it shoot me some ideas k

my original colors were these:

-Silver White on top
-Custom Orange on bottom
-Black pinstripe to separate the 2 colors

but color schemes change so I am shooting for ideas....

[CAL 58 GMC]

Nice work!

[68 Quad C10]

Originally Posted by cal 58 gmc

nice work!

thanks

[Jonboy]

This is just opinion, so take it for what it is worth. I think if you paint all of the trim, it is going to get lost. My '65 was white on white, and that is still my favorite on these cars. I may be a little biased, but I think a clean white pearl (think Lexus or similar, not the muddy GM three stage) with a white interior would be trick. It would be a little modernized, but still somewhat timeless. If you remember the late 80's and early 90's, monochrome was the in thing. There were a ton of cars that had all of the trim painted with the "heartbeat" graphics and all. It was everywhere. 20 years later, it is super dated. A clean '65 GTO still looks good almost 50 years on. Also, not sure where you were planning on breaking the 2 tone ( I am guessing at the upper body line), but try it in photoshop or something similar first. Looking at the orange/black/silver, I would do the black on top, orange on the bottom (and load the orange with pearl and flop adjuster), and break it with something brighter than silver, like purple (my first choice) or yellow.

Once again, just my opinion, so take it for what it is worth.

[68 Quad C10]

Originally Posted by Jonboy

This is just opinion, so take it for what it is worth. I think if you paint all of the trim, it is going to get lost. My '65 was white on white, and that is still my favorite on these cars. I may be a little biased, but I think a clean white pearl (think Lexus or similar, not the muddy GM three stage) with a white interior would be trick. It would be a little modernized, but still somewhat timeless. If you remember the late 80's and early 90's, monochrome was the in thing. There were a ton of cars that had all of the trim painted with the "heartbeat" graphics and all. It was everywhere. 20 years later, it is super dated. A clean '65 GTO still looks good almost 50 years on. Also, not sure where you were planning on breaking the 2 tone ( I am guessing at the upper body line), but try it in photoshop or something similar first. Looking at the orange/black/silver, I would do the black on top, orange on the bottom (and load the orange with pearl and flop adjuster), and break it with something brighter than silver, like purple (my first choice) or yellow.

Once again, just my opinion, so take it for what it is worth.

This is the input I am looking for keep it coming I appreciate all the input thanks very much.

[68 Quad C10]

well after some playin around we have made a choice on colors this is what we plan on doing what do you think?

[motornut]

Originally Posted by 68 Quad C10

well after some playin around we have made a choice on colors this is what we plan on doing what do you think?

nice contrast, a teal and gun metal?