Reviews...a lovely-to-look-at and delightful-to-read history of the GTO, complete with a year-by-year examination of changes in sheet metal and thinking, supported by a huge trove of color images.-- American Car Collector, ...a lovely-to-look-at and delightful-to-read history of the GTO, complete with a year-by-year examination of changes in sheet metal and thinking, supported by a huge trove of color images.
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SynopsisTake a comprehensive look at the world's first muscle car with The Complete Book of Pontiac GTO , complete with never-before-seen photos from the archives of Hot Rod and Motor Trend ., The Complete Book of Pontiac GTO gives you a year-by-year, model-by-model exploration of the world's first muscle car, all in full color photography, most of which has never been published. When Pontiac created the original muscle car--the GTO--it reshaped the automotive world like a four-inch piston going through a three-inch cylinder bore. Everything changed the moment John Zachery DeLorean and his crew of hot-rodding miscreants bolted a big engine into a smaller car and created the 1964 GTO . Make no mistake: DeLorean and his partners in crime were genuine outlaws . The GTO broke so many of General Motors' corporate rules that the people responsible should have been fired. And they would have been, except the car was a hit . The Complete Book of Pontiac GTO explores every iteration of the first car created specifically for baby boomers . With rare photography from the archives of Hot Rod and Motor Trend magazines, this book is the complete resource for fans of of the world's first muscle car., Take a comprehensive look at the world's first muscle car - complete with never-before-seen photos from the archives of Hot Rod and Motor Trend. The Complete Book of Pontiac GTO gives you a year-by-year, model-by-model exploration of the world's first muscle car, all in full color photography, most of which has never been published. When Pontiac created the original muscle car-the GTO-it reshaped the automotive world like a four-inch piston going through a three-inch cylinder bore. Everything changed the moment John Zachery DeLorean and his crew of hot-rodding miscreants bolted a big engine into a smaller car and created the 1964 GTO. Make no mistake: DeLorean and his partners in crime were genuine outlaws. The GTO broke so many of General Motors' corporate rules that the people responsible should have been fired. And they would have been, except the car was a hit. The Complete Book of Pontiac GTO explores every iteration of the first car created specifically for baby boomers. With rare photography from the archives of Hot Rod and Motor Trend magazines, this book is the complete resource for fans of of the world's first muscle car.
LC Classification NumberMLCM 2021/45102 (T)