For the Pontiac GTO, the sales peak came in 1966 when nearly 97,000 cars were sold. The original forecast for 1964 had been 5,000 copies! 1966 was the last year for the 389 cubic inch V8 and the Tri-Power set-up. The seller’s GOAT lives under a big black tarp and may be an original Tri-Power, but a stuck 400 engine is in the car today. Needing both mechanical and cosmetic attention, this once-potent Poncho is available in Jupiter, Florida, and here on eBay, where the opening bid is $10,000 has yet to be cast. Thumbs to tip finder Mitchell G.!

The seller provides the VIN for this car, but original engine displacement or carburetion is not one of the digits tracked. If you assume this was an original Tri-Power car with a 4-speed manual, the factory population may have been around 12,000 copies. While triple 2-barrels sit atop the current motor, that’s a 400, which would have taken over for the 389 in 1967. The odometer reading is 20,400 miles, but a safe bet is that a “1” would be in front of that if the instruments went past 100k miles in those days.

There’s no mention of how long this car has been parked and/or covered up, but enough for rust to be an issue on the floors and trunk pan. The seller says some patches may rectify those matters as you’re enroute to a full restoration. However, the photos don’t do a deep dive into those areas.

While the 400 is seized, the manual transmission and rear end are said to turn freely. To help you with reviving this project, the seller also has a period-correct Tri-Power 389. There is mention of a “4-speed block”, back seats, and extra bumpers, which we assume are in addition to what’s still bolted to the Pontiac. This GTO once wore shiny burgundy paint with a matching interior, but only the bucket seats appear to have held up.