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Randy Greene's - Hot Pontiac's
This is a very rare Canadian built 1970 Pontiac GTO that's owned by Randy Greene, he is retired from United States Marine Corps where he worked on helicopters.
The fumes exit through long-tube headers & Flowmaster
mufflers. A high lift-long duration cam was installed giving the exhaust notes that nice rump- atty-rump sound!
The 455 is backed up with a 3-speed automatic transmission, that was filled with a 3000 rpm high-stall torque converter and it's controlled by a Hurst His & Hers shifter.
The chassis was filled with the best parts from QA1, including control arms, sway-bars and heavy duty end links. The rear end was filled with 3:42:1 gears and a posi-traction differential.
Randy said he has owned the car for 7 years now and he bought this car sight unseen from Michigan. When he took ownership it was missing the stripes, hood tachometer and bullet mirrors. It did come with 15 inch Rally II wheels. They were quickly swapped for 17- inch American racing wheels with Nitto tires. Randy also swapped the out the center console to fit an original 68 GTO Hurst His & Hers shifter.
Being a Diehard Pontiac fan Randy was able to have the glove box door signed by Arnie Beswick, the famous Pontiac Drag Racer. How cool is that !
He said that he frequents car shows weekly and he loves to put kids in the car so they can gain interest in the car hobby and to carry on the car loving hobby into the future.
Randy worked for a car dealership for awhile and then he sold accessories to dealerships all over central Florida. He also owned a radical Pro-Street Special Edition Trans Am that was featured in High Performance Pontiac Magazine, and he also owned this awesome 1968 Ram Air GTO that was featured with Courtney Hanson on Spike TV.
1968 Pontiac GTO RA II
Thanks Randy for sharing your passion for Pontiac's with us !
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