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1965 Pontiac GTO – A Forty Year Dream Fulfilled

Loren Hulber, Macungie, PA: I have a rotating collection of about a dozen cars including classics, sports cars, street rods, and muscle cars. As I was beginning my career in Detroit, I purchased a new 1965 Pontiac Grand Prix, but always regretted not buying a 1965 Tri-Power GTO. The graphic arts company I worked for produced books for the auto companies, including their Color and Trim Books. I used to cruise the Woodward Avenue hot spots along with Jim Wangers and other ad agency and car execs.

Well nearly forty years later after moving to Pennsylvania and a lot of looking, I finally found the 1965 GTO I would have purchased: a Bluemist Slate with Parchment interior, PHS documented , original Tri-Power GTO Hardtop with 4-speed, 3.90 rear, H.D. fan, metallic brakes, and minimal options; a real factory hot rod! My original 50,000 mile GTO spent its entire life in Asbury Park, NJ where it was purchased to cruise The Circuit around The Stone Pony where Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi got their start.

My GTO has been the subject of a nut-and-bolt restoration and an engine rebuild by Jim Taylor Engine Service, regarded as the top builder of Pontiac engines. This GTO received the Best Debutante Award at the 2006 Concours d’Elegance of the Eastern United States and has won more than 20 other trophies as well. In 2010, my GTO is on loan to the America On Wheels Transportation Museum in Allentown, PA as the centerpiece of their muscle car exhibit. I have collected virtually every brochure, advertisement, and promotional item associated with this GTO including Ronnie and the Daytonas “Little GTO” record album as well as the Pontiac promotional GeeTo Tiger record.

The 1965 GTO was voted “The Most Desirable” by members of the GTO Association of America and, in my opinion, represents a pinnacle of performance and success for the Detroit car companies. It can’t compare with the handling of my Porsche 356 of the same era, but in a straight line, for seat-of-the-pants, all-out performance, there is nothing like it!

I enjoy driving all my cars on a regular basis, but this 1965 Pontiac GTO always brings a smile to my face as a “Forty Year Dream Fulfilled!”

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