1965 Pontiac GTO Hardtop

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We are pleased to offer this stunning '65 Pontiac GTO Hardtop that has been meticulously restored over the last 12 years from the ground-up. Only 300 miles on this car since being completed. The body was media blasted and completely stripped to bare metal. Then sprayed with PPG acrylic primer in three coats then block-sanded and sealed. Next PPG Cabernet Metallic Pearl from the '97 Jaguar line was applied in four coats and finished with multiple coats of clear. It was then cut and buffed to the stunning quality you see today. The body is laser straight and all gaps line up just as they should. It is powered by a healthy 455 V8 borrowed from a '72 Grand Prix SJ and was a good starting point for Smedding Performance to work their magic. The 455 was bored .030 over to bring it to 462ci, includes an 850cfm Holley carburetor, Edelbrock Performer RPM manifold, GTO #16 heads, the internals replaced with stainless 2.11/1.77 valves, hardened seats and bronze guides after a pocket porting was completed. A Crower cam with 296/305 degrees of duration and 0.510/0525 lift (108 degrees LSA) bumps steel pushrods from the same manufacturer, along with Comp 1.5 rockers and springs. Its nodular crankshaft was fitted with Crower forged steel rods and custom Ross dished pistons to drop compression to 9.5:1. A Joe Hunt magneto look-alike electronic distributor with an internal coil sends pulses down MSD wires to Autolite plugs. After the explosion, the spent flames rush through Ram Air exhaust <b>...</b>

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