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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart
Keith:
Your GTO . . . it is one of only a handful that Pontiac built back in 1965 isn't it. It is not a standard GTO. It's a Lightweight GTO (and the only black one) isn't it?
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Dad always claimed it was one of six built early in the year specifically for racing (five white ones and one black one). He had a lot of detail about the events leading up to the build and receipt of our car, and knew the other cars and even who they were distributed to.
I've studied this for about 45 years. Unfortunately, there's nothing in the documentation (build sheet, PHS) that confirms it, and I've found no documents on any of the other five (I had some leads but they turned out to be dead ends). It's not clear to me if perhaps it's something Dick Jesse told Dad to appease him for taking back our '64, or to help sell a car.
That makes it all somewhat circumstantial. It's just the right car, built with the right content, at the right time of the year, through the right salesman at the right dealership, with the right level of resulting performance. Beyond that I now try to focus on what can be demonstrated, that is: 5000 mile, original family owned, unrestored, etc.
K