awesome day 2 GTO

[PeteLeathersac]

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Trying to learn and just curious. I was surprised to see that this was a Candadian built car. McKeesport is very near Pittsburgh. Would it have been possible to get a Canadian built GTO delivered in the USA? Or would it have been possible for a dealer trade across the border?

Cool car - love ALL of the gauges.

Thanks!

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Being such a late delivery, a dealer trade isn't impossible but more likely this car was just another result of the 1965 Auto-Pact which eliminated many automotive trade tariffs between US and Canada.. There's a lot of fine details but the meat of the agreement allowed GM and other manufacturers to schedule available units (and parts) to flow freely from whichever Canadian/US plant could supply the requested orders..

Also since this is a Canadian built car, the seller or buyer of this car may as well grab the GM Canada Vintage Service documents to 'the stack' since they'd be available anyway!.

Is this where we should bring up the old debate on Oshawa built GTO's w/ factory MK1V power?.

~ Pete

[mockingbird812]

Thanks Pete. I was thinking the same about the GM of Canada docs.

[SUSQ]

Sam,
I got the GTO in the spring of my senior year and they probably would not remember the car as I grew up on the other side of town.
'70 GTO convertibles bring strong money these days. Oh well, so much for hindsight! I later had a Tahoe Turquoise '67 Chevelle SS396 (black vinyl top and black interior) with the base 325 horse engine. In all honesty, I think the GTO would have out run the Chevelle.
Now I drive kids to soccer games in a Jeep Grand Cherokee. What the $!*% happened to me? It's not even a Hemi! (although it is a V8. I guess that counts for something!)