Old Cars Weekly – Car of the Week: 1966 Pontiac GTO
May 08, 2011 in Old Cars Weekly
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By Brian Earnest
Gary Pietraniec still remembers fondly how much fun he had shopping for a new muscle car back in 1969, not long after his hitch ended with the U.S. Army.
More than four decades later, Pietraniec had a similar itch, and he was back in the market for a vintage piece of 1960s American muscle. And just as he had been back in ’69, Pietraniec wasn’t just muscle car shopping, he was “Goat” hunting. The first time around, the Dearborn Heights, Mich., resident opted for a 1968 Pontiac GTO. For his latest Goat, he went back a bit further, landing a 1966 hardtop that has clearly fit the bill nicely as a nearly original muscle machine that makes for a dandy weekend driver.