The seller of this 1967 Pontiac GTO opens the listing with: “Car have been in the family since early 70s. Think the starts (sic) went bad and was parked.” Now that seems highly unusual – parking a GTO, for essentially a half century, due to a faulty starter. Maybe that’s the case, and maybe it was something more, but whatever the reason, this is quite a barn find – the kind everyone imagines, but hardly ever experiences. Commerce, Georgia is this old goat’s home, and it’s available here on eBay for a current bid of $15,666 with the reserve not yet met. Thanks are due to Mitchell G. for this tip!
First up are the listing images – they’re not that good, so I’ll make do with what’s provided. Anyway, the initial aspect of this car that caught my attention is its sedan, or two-door post, body style. As the seller points out, only 7,029 (8.6%) of the 81,722 GTOs assembled in ’67 wore this body style. The listing’s text has erred on the side of economy – there’s not much of a description, so the images will have to do the talking. The finish appears to be faded, but it’s so obscured with dirt and mold that making an objective assessment is difficult. Topside, however, potential rust seems to have been held in abeyance. All-in-all, this GTO shows as being complete – nothing looks as if it’s missing, so that’s a good start. Knowing this vintage of GM’s A-bodies’ proclivity towards corrosion, I would want to make a thorough inspection of the underside.
The interior, with its white vinyl Morrokide upholstery, likely made for a real looker in its day, but grunge is the word these days. All is not lost, however, as the seating material appears to be salvageable, though the carpet is shot, and the instruments are very cloudy. The steering wheel has started to reduce itself to chunks as well.
A couple of firsts accompany this GTO; it’s a first-year edition with a 400 CI engine, in this case delivering 335 gross HP. The seller claims it to be the original powerplant, though the carburetor has been switched. Another first is the transmission, as ’67 was the first year that GM OK’d the use of the Turbo-Hydramatic 400 three-speed automatic transmission in their A-body intermediates. It’s a safe bet that this Poncho’s engine is a non-runner; it would be nice to know if it will at least turn over.
So far, we have seventeen bidders who are chasing this Tin Indian with 48 bids. In the time that it has taken me to construct this post, the bidding has moved northward, so there’s clearly a lot of interest in this preserved(?), in original form, muscle car. The next owner will have their work cut out for themselves, but this example seems like a pretty sound starting point, wouldn’t you agree?
Jim asks all the right questions. It will be interesting to see if bidding reaches the reserve. You don’t find many in this condition. They are often rusted wrecks or fully restored, high dollar cars.
Mo debly got good bones.
High bid was $16,900, did not meet reserve, 4/18/2025.
Steve R
Floor looks Holy to me. I mean really dark areas on driver’s floor.
How does one sanctify a metal floor?
Sorry, I couldn’t resist!
By cutting the “Holy” thing completely out and replacing it! Guaranteed that’s what someone will need to do to this baby…shame!
The second sentence included “dark areas”. Sorry, I guess the joke went pass you.
Being a low production # sedan. Is key to the spirited bidding.
The floors, roof will need rust repair, replace? I’m also looking at the top of the rear quarters too. Surprises await the new owner. It’s worth fixing, restoring. Looking at ads like this with few words, not great pictures, talking up how rare the car is, tells me there’s much more hidden and the seller knows this.
G’Paw’s finally lettin’ her go, huh? Never did get ’round to fixin’ on her afta’ the starts went bad.
I’m wondering who made the ‘half skirt’ air cleaner, maybe Almquist? Never seen one before.
Think they just put a taller element than was intended…
The rarest thing about this sale? An eBay seller feedback rating of 87.5% — a red flag that’s hard to earn unless you’re intentionally trying to upset buyers. Feedback comments show this seller’s previous auction featured a 1969 Corvette 427 (390) hp Quadrajet that the winning (?) bidder claimed “never happened” to which seller responded, “Sorry not going to let you (S)teal (sic) it.” Sometimes, GTO stands for Get Thee Out.
There are a million+ reasons to park a car.
I had a 1968 Cadillac CdV that the starter went. In a parking lot. Couldn’t afford a starter at that time. Couldn’t afford to have it towed home. Next day found it at a garage. I tried everything to come up with the money but just couldn’t. Had to abandon it at the garage.
Had this scenario happened in my own driveway, I doubt it would have been much different. The car would have sat there forever while life went on and eventually would have been stored in the barn or just towed away.
Point is, one reason is money or lack there of and life just gets in the way.
Ima eyeball measuring the mud line on them tires, and can say, without a doubt, that goat spent a lot of time grazing in a field with the floopan two inches above the moist soil.
Ima eyeball measuring the mud line on them tires, and can say without a doubt that goat spent a lot of time grazing in a field with the floorpan two inches above the moist ground.