I think I’ve decided what I’m going to do, but I wanted to see everyone’s thoughts are on this situation.
OK, I’m bored with my current setup. I’m ready to go balls out or get a second, project car. My uncle has a 1974 GTO that he’s trying to unload -- the pic is the same color combo. White exterior, red interior. It’s bone stock with a fresh engine and a mild camshaft – fewer than 100 miles on the fresh engine. Otherwise, it’s stock. He has a 1968 GTO, and that’s his baby that he bought brand new in 1968; this is a project car that he ran out of time for.
I’m torn whether I should buy this car and have a nice weekend cruiser. I’ve already talked to a local Pontiac builder about a head/cam/intake/carb package that would get 300-350 horsepower and look stock, which is key. My pops and I have talked about a project car for years, and he’s recently retired. So this would both of ours project even though I would shelling out the cash for the car. I don’t really want this car to leave the family, it's basically a Nova and the options are practically limitless.
Then there’s the GTP, which is already faster than the `74 GTO by a long shot. If I didn’t buy the GTO, I would do the Z7 turbo from ZZP and probably run low-boost for a season to preserve the trans. Then the following season build the transmission and up the boost. I’ve already researched turbo applications and would go with the Z7 for sure.
The problem with buying the GTO is that when I move out of the house I’ll likely be going to a condo with single car garage. And that’s assuming that I could actually buy a place while owning two cars.
I just paid off the GTP and do not want another car payment, so trading in the GTP for a faster daily driver is out of the question. Plus, I think the GTP is a solid platform for a fast DD. I’ve already got very nice struts/springs/handling upgrades and recently bought drag radials for the car.
What do you say?
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