1966 Pontiac GTO 400 Custom

The Pontiac GTO is a two-door, four- or five-passenger automobile manufactured and marketed by the Pontiac division of General Motors over four generations from 1963 until 1974. The first generation of the GTO is credited with popularizing the muscle car market segment in the 1960s.

In his autobiography Glory Days, Pontiac chief marketing manager Jim Wangers, who worked for the division's contract advertising and public relations agency, states that John DeLorean, Bill Collins, and Russ Gee were responsible for the GTO's creation. It involved transforming the upcoming second-generation Pontiac Tempest into a sporty car, with a larger 389 cubic-inch Pontiac V-8 engine. By promoting the big-engine option as a special high-performance model, they could appeal to the youth market. Although Pontiac had strenuously promoted the GTO in advertising as the "GTO Tiger," it had become known in the youth market as the "goat."

Sales increased to 96,946 in 1966, the highest production figure for all GTO years. Of those, 73,785 were 2-door hardtops like this car. The GTO was selected as the Motor Trend Car of the Year in 1968.

This 1966 GTO was restored and customized by local car collector Alexander

"Ski" Orzechowski. Improvements include beautiful glossy black paint and matching black-on-black custom interior, custom wheels and tires, racing gauges, Edelbrock heads, and more.