’65 PONTIAC GTO: RAM-AIR TIGER!

Posted on November 8, 2026November 8, 2026 by MartynL

Refreshed styling & more power turn the second iteration of the car that started the Supercar Revolution into the ’65 PONTIAC GTO: RAM-AIR TIGER! Seemingly overnight, Pontiac, with its GTO, created and then dominated a new performance car category, Supercars. Targeting young enthusiasts in both age and mindset, Pontiac created a powerful, exciting intermediate-size car. It had all the right stuff, standard or optional: tri-power 389/348 engine, four-on-the-floor, HD suspension, metallic bra...

ROYAL PONTIAC’S LIGHTWEIGHT GTO.

Posted on March 7, 2023March 9, 2023 by MartynL

Back in the day, Motown’s Van Seymour, a GM employee, was a “sleeper” driver of ROYAL PONTIAC’S LIGHTWEIGHT GTO. Few people even knew that Pontiac built lightweight GTOs for racers across the country. It’s a missing link in Pontiac history. Ace Wilson’s Royal Pontiac was one of the brand’s “connected” dealers and sponsored under-the-radar “sleeper” drivers to promote the dealership and brand on the street and at drag strips. Van Seymour raced his GTO in B/Stock in 1965 and B/MP from 1967 throug...