My 1969 Pontiac GTO Restoration Project

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This car is special to me. For one thing, it's a Pontiac GTO. For another, it's the last car that my Dad and I bought together some years before he died. Although I had fallen in love with them as a teenager, he had the presence of mind to keep me out of one until I was a little more mature in my thinking and actions. That was a good thing. I started this restoration project shortly after my first son was born in 1984. It was to be a full frame-up restoration. I got the car completely disassembled and had begun the work of restoring it when "life got in the way" and it had to be put on hold. In the summer of 2008, I finally restarted the project. These photos are intended to be sort of a record of things as I go along. Please wish me luck.

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Project Resumed
June 2008

Last Updated
01/25/2012

My 1969 Pontiac GTO Restoration Project (Note: site is old and uses flash - please consider adding a flash-emulating extension such as "Ruffle" to your browser if you want to see what's here) This car is special to me. For one thing, it's a Pontiac GTO. For another, it's the last car that my Dad and I bought together some years before he died. Although I had fallen in love with them as a teenager, he had the presence of mind to keep me out of one until I was a little more mature in my thinking and actions. That was a good thing. I started this restoration project shortly after my first son was born in 1984. It was to be a full frame-up restoration. I got the car completely disassembled and had begun the work of restoring it when "life got in the way" and it had to be put on hold. In the summer of 2008, I finally restarted the project. These photos are intended to be sort of a record of things as I go along. Please wish me luck. (Select photos below, or mouse over photo frame edges for tools you can click to go forward (right), back (left), slide-show (bottom), or see full size (top)
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Comments or (even better) helpful suggestions? Please email me! at: robert{at}garrettfamily{dot}us. I'm definitely learning as I go along here.