Texas Goat - 1965 GTO

[igoslow]

After 6 years of hibernation in the garage, the Texas Goat is returning to the modern world, hopefully.

This is my 1st attempt at documenting a build, so hopefully it will be ok. I like reading the others and thought I would attempt it. Car is an original tri power, munci, red with black interior. I am "supposedly" the 4th owner, and prior to my kids being born and funds cut off, it was a daily driver. The car even moonlighted as a lawn service vehicle, I put the mower, weedeater and blower in the trunk and made some money! I have 3 kids with the oldest being 8 and youngest 2.... so hopefully the project will not stall:old: I am expecting to run out of money before I can afford paint, so there might be a part II after the motor and suspension are done. This will be updated on a Pontiac forum as well, that way I have all the bases covered... what I did not post over there is that the car will have full air ride, big brakes, etc... I did not want to scare off the GTO purists before the build got underway:lateral:

My only questions so far, has anyone ever seen a Lavender fender on a GTO?

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[waynieZ]

Welcome and good luck with the project.

[youthpastor]

pretty much my favorite year and model Pontiac- enjoy!

[dhutton]

Welcome to a fellow Texan and GTO builder. I think that lavendar color is officially called "iris mist". It is a relatively rare color.

Don

[coolwelder62]

Very Cool.65 is the best looking year.I would totally P-T this thing.:thumbsup:

[OLDFLM]

What are your plans for drivetrain? Keeping it Poncho powered?

What's the current combination?

Love Pontiac builds!! Subscribed! :thumbsup:

[igoslow]

Welcome to a fellow Texan and GTO builder. I think that lavendar color is officially called "iris mist". It is a relatively rare color.

Don

Oh yea, I was straightened out on the Poncho site :D it has an Iris Mist fender on it from sometime before I got it. Factory color is Montereo Red tho.

[igoslow]

What are your plans for drivetrain? Keeping it Poncho powered?

What's the current combination?

Love Pontiac builds!! Subscribed! :thumbsup:

Yep, now it has the matching # 389 which is going on the floor by the muncie, I am building a 455 (at Westside Machine in Houston) with E-heads and a Butler cam. Transmission will stay a Turbo 400 for now, I have a 200r4 but am considering a gear vendors overdrive one day also.

[igoslow]

Well, the weather did not cooperate for my plans so I ended up getting the front brakes ready and cleaning more stuff out from the interior. The spindles were ebay specials and I guess I forgot to take a pic before we cut them. This is a dirty car!

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Here are some pics where my buddy works

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[wellis77]

Welcome! I lived in Katy a while myself, not far from the Katy Mills Mall. Loved it there. I'm also doing full air-ride, I think you'll be happy with it, from what I've read anyway. Mine is forever from being on the road. Looking forward to your build.

[will69camaro]

What shop is that at? I live in the Woodlands but work in Westchase. Like to drop by sometime to check it out :) Always need to know more people/shops that are local!

Looks like a nice start on the GTO!

[igoslow]

What shop is that at? I live in the Woodlands but work in Westchase. Like to drop by sometime to check it out :) Always need to know more people/shops that are local!

Looks like a nice start on the GTO!

Thanks, the shop where my buddy works is
http://st-autobody.com/

luckily my car does not need any body work so I will not need to be visiting them:thumbsup: (until paint:question: )

[igoslow]

Another day of progress.... sadly finding rust under the rocker trim and a broken inner fender. I need to post in the thread about the garage built cars, the last pic is what conditions I am forced to work in!! :wow:

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[igoslow]

Not very much done this week, few more things taken off and the car turned around to pull the motor....

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[igoslow]

Just a couple of pics to show it is still in progress... a lot of scraping before the blasting starts. How long until winter???

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[brut4s]

Any updates?

[igoslow]

Just building the parts up for now, my plans got sidetracked for a few... then I picked up a 68 Lemans which I hope to sell soon!

[igoslow]

Just a pic to show the build is progressing (slowly)... Aircraft stripper and DA sanding when spare moments arise!

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[67goatman455]

i hope you fair better than i did after blasting my 67. get to blastin' , looks ready to me!

[igoslow]

Back from hibernation...

Work is slowly progressing as I am learning the body trade. Sadly, the before pics were erased before I backed them up.

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[BPDRacing]

65 A-bodies are my favorite (I have a 65 Buick Skylark GS). Your project looks great and I love seeing builds happen at home with family.

Nice Job!

Josh

[igoslow]

65 A-bodies are my favorite (I have a 65 Buick Skylark GS). Your project looks great and I love seeing builds happen at home with family.

Nice Job!

Josh

Thanks, I am happy with these moments cause I know what is coming in the teenage years

[igoslow]

The slowest project is coming to life again.....

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[fleetus macmullitz]

The slowest project is coming to life again.....



You've got some real competition on here for that.


:P

[Windsor GTO]

Nice GTO, I will e watching the progress. I live in Baytown basically the other side of the universe from Katy.

Need any thing let me know if I can help or know someone that can I will be more than happy to.

[proper]

Nice to see another true 65 gto is under the knife. It's year four for mine and I still haven't finnished cutting it up,but soon.Sometimes taking the kids to soccer practice is way more fun then making a set of headers fit.Good luck with the build and I'll be sure to keep it on my short list of projects to watch.

[Zoomin]

The slowest project is coming to life again.....


Great to see another Poncho getting some love.

[igoslow]

Nice GTO, I will e watching the progress. I live in Baytown basically the other side of the universe from Katy.

Need any thing let me know if I can help or know someone that can I will be more than happy to.

Thanks, we are planning taking a T-Type the Power Tour when it stops there in June, then making the road trip to Austin. Hopefully my motivation will jump after seeing 1000's of hot rods.