Looks like that may be well known warbird pilot Kevin Eldridge flying her.

I wonder if that is the fabled fish that got painted to match the car....

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In the early 1960s, many groups had hit songs about cars. Ever the marketer, Jim Wangers wanted a song about the GTO and started pitching the idea to record labels. John Wilkin, an employee at Buckhorn Music in Nashville, loved the idea and wrote a song. After a few suggestions from Wangers, Wilkin formed the group Ronny and the Daytonas with some studio musicians and released the single, “G.T.O.,” in spring 1964. By September, it was No. 4 on the charts, and more than 1 million copies sold.

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On June 28, 1972, Pontiac announced the 310-hp Super Duty 455 engine and said it would be available in the Grand Am, the Grand Prix, the Trans Am, the Formula, and the GTO. Later that year, after driving a prototype SD455-powered GTO at GM’s Milford Proving Grounds, Martyn L. Schorr and Joe Oldham from Hi-Performance Cars magazine were so impressed, they selected it as the magazine’s Top Performance Car of the Year. They put it on the cover of the April 1973 issue and called it the new King of the Street. Schorr even ordered one for himself. But the car never happened. Pontiac never built a production SD455 GTO in 1973, and the magazine had honored a car that didn’t exist. The engine did see production, but only in the Trans Am and Formula in 1973 and 1974.

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Today, a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO is the most valuable car in the world. One sold privately in the past couple of years for a reported $70,000,000. The most valuable Pontiac GTO is the 1969 Judge convertible with the 370-hp Ram Air IV engine. A mere five were built, all with a four-speed transmission. Today, they have an average value of $430,000 in #3 (Good) condition, while the best in the world is worth about $550,000.

----Sometimes when you try to meld two different design cars together both suffer. Just me but this is one of those times!.....Bill S

It has some interesting aspects to it, but extending the bumper down the side isn't one of them, nor are the headlights.

WOW, WOW, WOW, what a gorgeous car and color. Is that Twilight Blue ? My '62 was/is Twilight Turquoise.

I showed my wife and asked what kind of car it was. She first guessed Chevelle and then read Impala, but had no idea what year. I told her she slept in the back seat of a car like this, waiting for Back to the Fifties to open last month...:rolleyes2:

I don't know Bill; I have seen a LOT worse. Not saying I would go to the trouble and expense to build this hybrid, but I would not be ashamed to drive it.

Now, some of those C5 Corvettes that they tried to make look like a C1: just hideous. Wouldn't drive it if you gave it to me.

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Mako Shark

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What's with the windshield ?? Is this a plastic model ?


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----This "styling" car exists as you see it here now. It originally was not the same and over years was redone at the tech center. I believe it now has a ZL1 engine with AC and many other options and styling tricks. This windshield was not on the 1st version, nor was the clear plastic roof which is not pictured here. Both fabricated at the GM tech Center! The car also had Dayton Wire Wheels at one point as Bill Mitchell and Harley Earl must have really liked them......Bill S

----If you google Corvette Mako Shark concept car you will see a bunch of pics and info!

Speaking of Bill Mitchell, here he is on a leisurely drive on Maple in downtown Birmingham MI (near Woodward) in the 59 Stingray.