In my younger days, I would always look for car show to enter my hot rods into... I never won much of anything... the guys who took home trophies always trailered their cars in and still spend hours detailing every nut and bolt. I have NEVER trailered a car to a show..I would drive it in.. spend some time knocking the bugs off the winshield and drive home... I guess my trophy was actually getting to enjoy what I built.. Thanks for watching, I appreciate it!
@loremipsum74717 жыл бұрын
I haven't ridden in a 66 GTO since 1970 in El Cajon California when I was 13/14 years old. My neighbor Bob had an older brother, Ron Witek, who took me to my Little League games a couple of times and other places. He would blast Black Sabbath from his 8-track player and got me hooked on that band because everything Ron did was cool. Black Sabbath, The Wizard, Hand of Doom, Electric Funeral... Pontiac 66 GTO and the 8-track was the ultimate. I remember he got a new 8-track of a band called Atomic Rooster and left me listening to it in his car as he went inside to get something at his house. One day we were going up Avocado Blvd at a slight incline, and he floored it. WOW! My back was pinned to the seat the likes I've never felt since that day! The 1966 GTO has been my favorite ever since, because everything Ron Witek did was cool, you know.
@yourbeekeeper7 жыл бұрын
My first "pinned to the seat" experience was in 1981 at a ripe age of 11, in my friend's brothers 1969 El Camino running an insane alcohol burning big block. We were getting a ride to basketball practice and I remember it like it was yesterday... all three of us stuffed in the bench seat, Led Zepplin Fool in the Rain blasting on the stereo, my arm hanging out of the open window, not a seatbelt in sight and us getting so sideways up the road to the school with the tire smoke just billowing out of the back...the sight, sound and smell of everything going on was the hook I needed to seek big horsepower cars.
@austinnichols989410 жыл бұрын
I'm glad to see you use it like a real muscle car! I think it'd be a shame to see it as a trailer queen!
@Coldmustard8998 жыл бұрын
im thinkin the same thing
@CaptainFALKEN Жыл бұрын
Pontiac boyz, we drive
@1955RodHot10 жыл бұрын
I'm watching this in the dead of winter in Canada, my '62 Biscayne all tucked away in it's garage until the snow melts and the salt is washed off the roads- four months from now. Such a long wait to take it out and look for some friends to play with. Guess I'll have to watch videos like this in the meantime...so thanks for posting! LOVE your GTO.
@yourbeekeeper10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching.. try to stay warm and hope for an early Spring!
@BorisW1508 жыл бұрын
One can really appreciate just how hideous the Toyota Prius is parked next to a beautiful old classic like this '66 GTO.
@yourbeekeeper8 жыл бұрын
I can not disagree.
@dansmusic57492 жыл бұрын
Boy, did you get that right!
@ToyKingWonder2 жыл бұрын
We used to have stylized cars, stylized buildings and even stylized appliances. Now look at us. People are more interested in their coffee and their computer games.
@frankwurth53752 жыл бұрын
Back in the late 70s I had a 65 GTO, basically a no frills Lemans with a big appetite 389. Later had a 67 Lemans, nice luxury ride, gave it to my sister when she needed a car to haul her kids around. Wish I still had those rides.
@yourbeekeeper2 жыл бұрын
I really like the loooong body lines of cars in the 60's
@iliastsiogas10 жыл бұрын
Nice car... I was home with my 20 month son and he was crying until we saw your drifts. He stopped imediately (!) as he heard the V8 drifting! Thanks man!
@yourbeekeeper10 жыл бұрын
That's awesome!!!! Thanks for watching!
@harley87288 жыл бұрын
I remember driving down a side street in my 69 gto and a lady yelled slow down and I was going 20mph in that neighborhood.
@yourbeekeeper8 жыл бұрын
hahha... yep...they are speeding even at a stop sign.
@My22lbAbby3 күн бұрын
Smart to have blocked out your plate...LOL! I had three Goats, six 442's, including one Hurst Olds, one Buick Gran Sport, one 426 2+2 Catalina, one GMC Cyclone, two Chevy Monte Carlo SS's and more than 100 other vehicles, but my trophy winning, '67GTO, Ram-Air, Tri-Power was the most fun to drive, especially after I put on the MT slicks and installed the headers, new cam, 4:56 gears and so much more!
@robertmcgiverin5298 Жыл бұрын
Wicked nice and all that jazz way too cool 😎 👌
@yourbeekeeper12 жыл бұрын
Thanks, My daughter is in her third year of French in school and she helped me.
@cjw19686 жыл бұрын
Oh,Man!I Love that steering wheel! Love the whole car! I'm jealous! A REAL BEAUTY!
@yourbeekeeper6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Curtis.
@daleandrews3552 Жыл бұрын
I had 3 GTO's at a different points in my life, a '66, a '68, then a few yeara later I saw a '67 that I had to have. So I bought it and kept it a coule of years.
@CaptainFALKEN Жыл бұрын
Love the narration. Awesome, man. Enjoy your ride. Noticed right away. A real Pontiac driver in a Pontiac. That's how we do it
@Hallowedwanderer10 жыл бұрын
Im getting one of this... after I graduate lol... congrats on that beauty, love pontiacs; love muscle cars !
@yourbeekeeper10 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mike! I have always loved the Pontiac Power! Thanks for watching!
@j8185110 жыл бұрын
One of the best videos ever!! I'm 62 and have oil/trans fluid/rear end oil in my blood. This car takes me back to the days of my 66 Chevy with a 396/375 Positract and early 400 Turbohydramatic. I can feel the rush as you hammer down on this absolutely beautiful Goat. Man, what a great job. Keep up the good work! Wonderful can and a really good funny video!
@yourbeekeeper10 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the vid.. I have a more fun videos with this car. Thanks for watching.
@ronromano24836 жыл бұрын
My first car was a 1966 GTO. What a great car. Had several GTO's since, but nothing like that '66!
@LyraKeltica61 Жыл бұрын
I love your video, love your car. Thanx so much for sharing.
@yourbeekeeper Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@AsTheSeasonsGray9 жыл бұрын
You seem like the coolest dude to chill with. Sick freaking powerslide at 2:03.
@yourbeekeeper8 жыл бұрын
+AsTheSeasonsGray Thank you. I love driving this car in every way but straight...lol.
@jeremiahd66432 жыл бұрын
@@yourbeekeeper it sounded like you did it in front of a cop. if that is the case then it seems as though I just saw the stone cold steve austin of the muscle car world lol
@1966gto10008 жыл бұрын
I had a '66 as well in the early '70's; gold on gold. My God was that a pretty car. Drove it to 115,00 miles and it began to use some oil, smoke. So rather than re ring it I bought a '68 GTO, black on black. It was pretty, but man was it ever a lemon. Everything minor went wrong; usually electrical. The '66 was by far the best car I've ever owned. Very few problems. Just eased it around town for the most part. It had the most undesirable transmission, the 2-speed powerglide, and did it ever use gas! It drank leaded premium too. But very few problems with that car and many great memories. Wish I had it back!
@yourbeekeeper8 жыл бұрын
+Dale Andrews Hi Dale, I replaced the slip and slide powerglide with a TH-350 shortly after I bought this car...best move ever. I agree, the body style and lines of the '66 are just poetry in motion. Never was a big fan of the second gen. smaller GTO's. I had the opportunity years ago to buy a '69 GTO, the price was right, but I passed...it just didn't feel right to me.
@astropilotred10 жыл бұрын
High school early 70's lots of nice cars, driving fast, normal then! I'm glad I was there! Nice GTO
@yourbeekeeper10 жыл бұрын
HI Robert, I definately was born in the wrong era... H.S. was the late '80's for me and most production cars of that era were lame.
@ghost943110 жыл бұрын
yourbeekeeper Sucks even more to be in H.S right now all my gen has access to is honda civics maybe and old crown vic but for the most part not very many choices in terms of performance.
@vortecmob11689 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! I have a 1964 Ford Falcon with a V8 that I'm fixing up, it's not painted yet other than primer and there's a couple minor electrical issues that need fixing but it's getting towards being road legal. I'm so used to driving my slow ass pace arrow rv everywhere that when I had just finished fixing up the carburetor on the Falcon and I went to take it for a test drive I laid down rubber on my driveway and my landlord got pissed at me haha. It really reminds you how much power those vintage cars really have. Keep up the good videos!
@yourbeekeeper9 жыл бұрын
***** Enjoy that Falcon... I really like the look of those cars!
@christianarderus55883 ай бұрын
And i love the 66 GTO!!!
@scottsinfl7 жыл бұрын
Its been awhile so I had to watch it again 4 years later. It still sound as good as it did 4 years ago.lol
@yourbeekeeper7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I really need to get that car out into the sun...it's literally sitting three feet from me as I type this...patiently waiting.
@johnwilkerson21952 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed your video nice car grew up around muscle cars
@yourbeekeeper2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@mikeswartz3146 Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of when I drove around with my 66 goat.
@yourbeekeeper12 жыл бұрын
I bought this car in 1987 and paid $400 for it. Been sitting in a garage for 12 years and full of cats when I dragged it into the sun light. Got it running with a new battery and can of gas... drove it to a gas station two blocks away on four flat tires...Put a fresh tank of gas and got all four to hold air long enough to drive home. I knew from that moment that I would never get rid of such a great machine.
@SparkZ142012 жыл бұрын
God Bless the Pontiac GTO. Dream car is a 66 or 67 GTO. Dad had several before I was born. He showed me pics of his when I was a child, been my dream car ever since. Thank you so much for the videos. It's good to see a classic muscle car video going out and having fun. Prius' and small cars have really changed the world. Thank you again, long live the Pontiac GTO!!
@ceedagr81598 жыл бұрын
My God your GTO is mint ! Love it !
@yourbeekeeper8 жыл бұрын
Thank you Corey.
@GTOAviator9 жыл бұрын
2:03 - some straight up Gone in 60 Seconds shit. Love it, GTO for life!
@yourbeekeeper9 жыл бұрын
GTOAviator Thanks for stoppin in... it sounds much better in person.
@eddieristau42143 жыл бұрын
Learned many years AGO DON'T LEAVE THE IGNITION IN THE ON POSITION UNLESS YOUR RUNNING, that's if still got points lol. Nice GTO, driven hard like they should be driven. Wish I had my old 66 Pontiac Lemans still, just a 326 2 barrel but that engine was very surprising for what it was. Reminds me of the the good old days back in the early 1990's when I had it.
@recmod148 Жыл бұрын
You know when ems starts hittin the wig-wags that’s a green light to light ‘em up all day long…. Love it.
@BLOEDVLEK12 жыл бұрын
66 is really my favourite year for the GTO and it looks stunning in black.
@yourbeekeeper11 жыл бұрын
I always liked the cars that were not common. I had first gen Firebirds and Camaros, and I really love the look of the '69 RS Camaro with the headlight doors, but growing up, they were everywhere. I am also a fan of the '71 Duster, '59 Chevy trucks... oh the list goes on and on. I have had dozens of cars/trucks come an go in my life, but the GTO has staying power. I am sure I will buy and sell dozens more, but the GTO will always have a spot in my garags.
@imgottie8 жыл бұрын
I still have my 66 GTO, and it still rocks, I have the original 389, but i put a 455 CID w/ram air 3 heads in it and replaced the 2 speed power glyde (glide)with a turbo 400, and cruze to Ronny and the daytonas, BTW no pasenger seat cause i drive alone, and dont have to hear the misses tell me im driving to fast, lol
@yourbeekeeper8 жыл бұрын
+John Gotti I prefer to ride alone as well. I only have an AM radio in mine...so it's just the sweet, sweet sound of the all mighty Pontiac that floats into my ears.
@concernedviewer69095 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to try this once I get home!
@HEYBERT19843 жыл бұрын
Love me some old GM boats. I have a 68 impala ss and a 70 imp vert with a ls3 myself. Nice GTO
@Stefano544112 жыл бұрын
If I lived there I'd have joined you with my 66 Galaxie. Old cars are amazing and what you have there is a definite eye-catcher.
@garlitzhyperformancegarage88189 жыл бұрын
make more please, I have a 70 chevelle 2 door hard top coupe, if I lived there I would definitely cruise with you and I'm a huge fan of GTO's,my dad has a 70 Judge
@rowen21111 жыл бұрын
you have no idea how badly I want a '66 in that color with that interior. You are a lucky man.
@yourbeekeeper11 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, I still have this machine... it waits patiently in the garage for it's next cruise. I bought this car in 1987.
@robertsnowball9 жыл бұрын
I am 72 years old now and have had a few cars in my time but I have to say the 65 GTO I had was definitely one of my favorites . 389 Tri-Power , 4 spd . very fast and actually with the tires back then it handled real well . I would love one now with some of the new technology and tires that would stick to the road . The 65 I had would definitely give some of the new ones a go !!!!
@yourbeekeeper9 жыл бұрын
Robert Snow Hi Robert, This old '66 has several suspension upgrades from factory... I installed disk brake drop spindles, huge front sway bar, boxed the rear control arms and added a rear sway bar, had four coil springs custom made and upgraded from a 14" to a 15" ralley rim of course with radial tires (245-55-15). It made a world of improvement from when I first bought it. Thanks for watching, I appreciate it!
@Coldmustard8998 жыл бұрын
Ive got a sixty five gto, if youd like I have a instagram with some fresh documentation!! (search @65goat on instagram)
@scringe112 жыл бұрын
Nice car. You still having fun at an older age. So cool. Never lose the kid in ya.
@scribblergto844510 жыл бұрын
Nice car and I dig your video. I've got a '69 GTO that I just had the 400 motor rebuilt with a RAIV cam, Edelbrock Performer intake and stock RA headers. Looking forward to breaking her in and turning some heads. I like your sense of humor.
@yourbeekeeper10 жыл бұрын
Your '69 should be a good runner... Hope you get some good times behind the wheel.. Thanks for watching!
@fritzhvac13 жыл бұрын
Rock n Roll Brother !!! What a Ride !!! Man you got knee deep in her !!! Awesome video my Friend !!!
@irishpat648 жыл бұрын
389 Tri-Power.......What a Great Combo Pontiac Delivered.Beautiful Goat.
@yourbeekeeper8 жыл бұрын
+irishpat64 Thank you and I agree...great power package
@yourbeekeeper11 жыл бұрын
Thanks, they were really a nice looking car.
@InvincibleExtremes10 жыл бұрын
beautiful car, I love vintage american iron, especially the 66-7 gto and first gen firebirds. I drive a 68 bird with a 461 stroker every single day.
@yourbeekeeper10 жыл бұрын
THanks for stoppin in! I had a '67 firebird convert about 20-plus years ago... what a fun car.
@Graveltrucking13 жыл бұрын
Gotta love the sound of a muscle car, I haven't owned a carbureted vehical in atleast 10 years or more.
@yourbeekeeper12 жыл бұрын
Great '66 you have.. just watched your video. Thanks for watching.
@yourbeekeeper12 жыл бұрын
Thank you , I have years of practice with this car. I have road raced this car at local tracks through the years. Making around 430 HP does not hurt either. Thanks for watching.
@TheSecretsoftheheart12 жыл бұрын
I was given my brothers 67 Lemans when he went to Veitnam in 69.Spent 5 years trying to make it into a GTO.All my early dating history is in that car. The dash shot was such a welcomed memory. ..thanks for the great video
@guilhermebrune11 жыл бұрын
Nice sense of humor, beautifull driving and a magniffic goat .
@yourbeekeeper11 жыл бұрын
Thank you... and Thank you!
@midnightfirews612 жыл бұрын
Great video! Nice to see someone with a really clean old street car driving it the way it should be driven.
@daleandrews93564 жыл бұрын
I had a '66 gold/gold in the early '70's. It had Pontiac's 2 speed Powerglide tranny. The only thing about it I didn't like. Full power and air(except seats and windows). I drove it as my every day car as a college kid. This was before the oil crunch, or embargo that would come a bit later. You could buy leaded premium gas for around 30 cents a gallon! I didn't "kiddo" it or beat it, just cruised around in it like a grandma! I ran it up to 120 mph once and don't know what it's top end would be b/c it only had 120 on the speedometer. I loved that car and got many compliments on it b/c it was so damned PRETTY! It got where it was burning oil around 115,000 miles and I sold it, regretted it, and - like a lot of goat owners - wished I had it back. Ah, the memories.
@RockinGuy199413 жыл бұрын
That was awesome! I would love to drive that car...
@santaclaushawkeyenj38787 жыл бұрын
That was fun thanks for sharing! Back in the 50s and 60s all those parking lots would be filled with hot rods, beautiful woman, and young guys. Yes they be looking at the rods rather than the woman !
@yourbeekeeper7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching... I am not old enough to know the 50's and 60's...but I remember the 70's and 80's and the cruise nights with amazing hot rods, good looking girls, and food that would get brought to your car by a lady on roller skates...fun times.
@yourbeekeeper11 жыл бұрын
Original 10-bolt with a race-built, bulletproof posi-trac and HD bearings. 3.55 gear ratio. Pontiac runs coil springs with four link set-up. The arms have been boxed in. This set-up has been very, very reliable and still streetable.
@yourbeekeeper11 жыл бұрын
Dang, I really like the look of the Studebaker cars and trucks... classic.
@thelaborpeasant11 жыл бұрын
People who have never driven or ridden in a car like this don't understand. It's a completely different experience than any other car, even modern muscle. It's such a different beast and requires such a different approach to driving, it's really amazing. Btw HUGE kudos to you for driving it the way it's meant to be driven. I can't stand people who buy these cars just wanna pussy foot around and be seen in them or think they're too precious to really drive. You are keeping the true spirit alive
@JRC998 жыл бұрын
If it makes you feel better, I'm 16 and the flame burns in me, so to speak. Badass driving. Doing it so I don't have to!
@yourbeekeeper8 жыл бұрын
+84Bronco351 Thank you.. I've been a gear head my whole life... I call it "Throttle Therapy"
@jakobfolmar66046 жыл бұрын
JRC99 good kid. Don't let the new age suck you in!
@peterlee67457 жыл бұрын
So Sad No One 2 Play With .LONG LIVE THE V8
@vgrazzzyy11 жыл бұрын
i love your car man! GTOs are my favorite!
@jakeorenzo10093 жыл бұрын
Nice car. I have a 65 GTO
@yourbeekeeper3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jake.
@silverbacksilverback13728 жыл бұрын
I had a 66 GTO. Drifting wasn't even a word, in that car. It was usually a near death experience. Considering I was still rolling on the Uniroyal redlines, and air shocks.
@yourbeekeeper8 жыл бұрын
+silverback silverback. Yeah, we would simply call it "getting sideways" haha. When I bought this car in 1988, it had been in deep storage for about 12 years and it had bald, dried out bias ply tires. Driving it home was an E-ticket ride for sure.
@silverbacksilverback13728 жыл бұрын
+yourbeekeeper Yup when I got mine , the red lines were bald as hell, but they looked pretty fat. They were baked though; once I got 'em smokin', they kept smokin'. Got a ticket every 6 months' whether I needed it or not. Exhaust was raunchy, like in the video.
@mattbarden11 жыл бұрын
My pleasure, such a beautiful car!
@tleav6111 жыл бұрын
Love the Red interior with the Black exterior. Best color combo in the world! Nice 66 man.
@brutalstuff16534 жыл бұрын
I’ve always wanted one of those, because of the triple x movie
@yourbeekeeper11 жыл бұрын
I live in California and all the newer paints are water based base/clear. I agree, they don't have the depth the older paints used to have. I used to love to paint the old lacquer... lay on the coats and cut/polish it to a mirror shine. The paint on my GTO is bullet proof... it has taken decades of use and still shines up nice...not showroom nice anymore, but an above average driver nice.
@bonethang3748 жыл бұрын
Haha! Did that ambulance egg you on?? That burnout was awesome!!
@yourbeekeeper8 жыл бұрын
+Bone Thang haha...yeah he did... I found out later that a friend of mine was the one burping the siren and they were just there having lunch.
@yourbeekeeper12 жыл бұрын
I am sure there are some online sites to buy these old cars, but eBay is probably the most widely used. Thanks for watching.
@yourbeekeeper12 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I live about an hour North of San Francisco, California.
@yourbeekeeper11 жыл бұрын
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
@yourbeekeeper13 жыл бұрын
@MrJohndeere93 Thanks for watching. The car was auto from the factory and the automatic was more consistant when I used to bracket race. However, I have an original bell housing, flywheel, 4-speed console and pedal set-up sitting on a shelf. When this automatic finally dies, I will put a 5-speed in it.
@yourbeekeeper12 жыл бұрын
@Nascarlee Hey Lee, I used to sacre the pants of my passengers when I would get the care completely sideways and still be able to keep 'er between the lines. I love the long wheel base and power steering to finesse the car down the road. Thanks for watching.
@yourbeekeeper11 жыл бұрын
Thank you, it's been a good friend since 1987...
@BreizhVince12 жыл бұрын
Those car are built for fun and pleasure and you use it like their or suposed to be used ! Thank you, make me happy ! ( A french youtuber ! (i hope my english is not too bad))
@joshjames531410 жыл бұрын
Gotta love classic pontiacs
@reinhartsmit578111 жыл бұрын
I was 17, and got my first classic then. A 1955 Studebaker Speedster
@yourbeekeeper11 жыл бұрын
'66 and '67 are by far the best style of GTO's
@code3mmc10 жыл бұрын
I love the sound of that engine... no silly hybrid or turbo 4-cylinder under that hood for sure !
@yourbeekeeper10 жыл бұрын
It's music to my ears. Thank you.
@yourbeekeeper12 жыл бұрын
@brothers0fwar Quarter panels that go on for miles. Love the old Mopars. Thanks for watching.
@fairfieldkid613 жыл бұрын
my dad has the same exact car!! him and i practically rebuilt the engine. yours sounds really nice!
@Foxrider67Dawson13 жыл бұрын
I love how you drive it the way its meant to be drove and not baby it like most people who own muscle cars, when I have my 72 Chevelle SS out I get crazy looks from all the older guys guys because I drive it like you lol
@72charger440se11 жыл бұрын
badass driving, love those GTO's
@yourbeekeeper11 жыл бұрын
Still has the original 389 block between the rails. It has had extensive work done to it and ran 429hp on the dyno. It goes pretty good.
@gatta12411 жыл бұрын
beautiful car man! i can only hope the 69 im working on could someday hold a torch to yours!
@yourbeekeeper12 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great comment. I will come out again here real soon. Thanks for watching.
@yourbeekeeper11 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I put it on a tripod and seat-belted it in. Stayed in place good. Thanks for watching.
@HorseRancher929 жыл бұрын
God bless you and your car take care of her youre lucky hope to own one 1 day
@yourbeekeeper9 жыл бұрын
HorseRancher92 thank you...by far the best muscle car I have owned.
@yourbeekeeper12 жыл бұрын
Hopefully they will... Thank you and thanks for watching.
@donayers59252 жыл бұрын
I had a 67 gto. Loved it, but nothing like the sound of a tri- power gto.
@cmpunk197511 жыл бұрын
that is a beautiful car. sounds great.
@yourbeekeeper13 жыл бұрын
@Searsnut11 Thanks buddy.... I have had a long love affair with this body style. Bought this car when I was 19. Had several dozen cars in my life, and this one has survived all my hotrod phases.
@yourbeekeeper12 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I have been driving this car a LONG time and am very familiar with how it reacts.
@yourbeekeeper12 жыл бұрын
checked out your vids... sounds GREAT!
@yourbeekeeper12 жыл бұрын
Sporty little cars. Thanks for watching.
@yourbeekeeper12 жыл бұрын
Honestly,I don't keep up with current values as I have no desire to sell it. I ran the 350 because it was a direct replacement to the power glide without any modifications to anything.A very skilled transmission builder assured me he could build one to be as strong as any 400 could hope to be with the benefit of being lighter than a 400.I ran an external trans cooler, custom built torque converter (stock stall) and aside from changing the fluid have had no issues.
@dogwafter13 жыл бұрын
yet another awesome video man and those slides were crazy cool