Enthusiasts can argue all they want about the role of the 1964 Pontiac GTO, but there’s one thing that’s indisputable: it’s the OG of muscle cars. You can note that Pontiac (if not other brands) were building performance cars before the GTO (and it would be a folly to deny them muscle car status), but the “Goat” is the one that transformed the market.
Herman Rainey owns this Tri-Power GTO. That means it is powered by a 389 originally rated at 348 horsepower. With the M20 wide-ratio four-speed, it is exactly the configuration that led to Ronny and the Daytonas waxing poetic about the GTO on vinyl, as well as me-too responses from the rest of Detroit.
Join Muscle Car Campy as he too waxes poetic about a simpler time when you drove cars, rather than cars driving you (as it seems to be today). And if you dig this video, be sure to check out other automotive shorts from Muscle Car Campy.
