Marvin's Motor City Garage 1972 Pontiac GTO 455 HO 4 speed

Marvin MInarich and his crew completed a concours gold quality frame off restoration on this stunning 1972 Pontiac GTO.
Marvin Minarich was born in Joliet, IL. and grew up around Pontiacs thanks to his father. Marvin would go with his dad to swap meets looking for Pontiac parts, visiting the local Pontiac dealership, and even going to the drag strip. Marvin then began restoring cars at a young age and restored his first GTO at the age of 16 in his parents garage. Marvin went on to open his own restoration shop in Morris IL. where he completes gold concourse winning restorations. His customer base are car enthusiasts from all over the country that trust him and his team to complete the highest level restorations. Marvin is very well known and respected in the Pontiac world and has served as a judge and guest speaker at Pontiac shows.

[@marcg3355]

I bought a 1970 GTO off the original owner in 1981 it also had the Trans Am steering wheel a friend of mine still owns the car today. That is a Beautiful 72 GTO

[@markcronk8109]

I saw this car at MCACN and spoke with the owner. It is beautiful! There was also a survivor 72 WW5 car there as well in Revere Silver.

[@kirkneprud8336]

It is nice to see a '72 correctly and fully restored. A WW5 optioned car is definitely a top level GTO. I saw power steering on the car, but no mention of it on the window sticker...

[@marvinsmotorcitygargage]

Good catch, we looked up the original build sheet and the car did have power steering from the factory. However, when we had the window sticker made it must have been overlooked. We will have it corrected. Thank you for the nice comment.

[@marvinsmotorcitygargage]

So we did some research and power steering was included in the WW5 option, but Pontiac did not always list it in the breakout of the WW5 option. So through our research we also discovered there are 6 different ways (maybe more) Pontiac broke out the WW5 option in 1972, it was a very weird year for their window stickers.

[@kirkneprud8336]

Thank you for the reply. Great to know about the variations in the package. It must have driven the dealer salespeople crazy. @@marvinsmotorcitygargage

[@mattskustomkreations]

Amazing resto work. I owned a ‘72 Luxury LeMans, this car’s refined posh sister, complete with factory fender skirts!

[@kevinmcginness3253]

Nice, I saw that on the corvette and muscle car vid

[@SolamenteVees]

Lovely restoration… it’s a shame the 455 SD didn’t debut one year earlier.

[@garybishop4030]

It was never available on the GTO anyway

[@bobgrim9605]

That's a very very special GTO.

[@joequillun7790]

Looks to be flawless and paint and body work. Absolutely stunning. A timeless treasure. How bout "Muscle Palooza?" :)

[@willittrue3856]

Just a bad ass car.

[@steelydannyb.9028]

What a sweet ride great was kept original do not like red cars but this one looks awesome in red great work Marvin & crew. Had a 67 GTO in middle 70s

[@jamesrecknor6752]

Epic classic

[@jmott621]

Great 1😊

[@stevebecwar9286]

Nice

[@bobsilver3983]

My boss has a car just like it, but its a project. Sundance Orange, 455 HO 4 speed.

[@audieconrad8995]

🙌🏼💪🏼

[@markmurray7031]

I'll never be able to decide between a '67 or a '72.

[@joequillun7790]

I'll take a 67 360 HP RA 400 , with a Muncie, and a 3.90 gear, thank you very much. Drove this 72 from late 80s to late 90s as a DD, every day, 'Cept it wasn't this nice. And wasn't a 455 HO.

[@paulwortman483]

How Much???? This car is beautiful. I've always loved the 71 72s...

[@marvinsmotorcitygargage]

The vehicle was commissioned and completed for a customer and is now in his collection.

[@joequillun7790]

@Paul, how much would you pay for it?

[@GearheadRob319]

GTO Gas Tires Oil.

[@joequillun7790]

"Great To Own". :D

[@rickj6048]

I think it was a M22 4 speed. Too bad you didn't do a test drive. The M22 whine would have been obvious.

[@joequillun7790]

I had this car, (W/O the 455 HO, just a 250 HP 400) with a Muncie, and it was an M-20. (3.55s in back)

[@YernBelfus400]

Can any car experts tell me the first model year of the original GTO?

[@marvinsmotorcitygargage]

1964 was the first model year, but GTO was a trim level option on the Lemans

[@YernBelfus400]

@@marvinsmotorcitygargage Wrong. 1962 was the first model year of the ORIGINAL GTO.

[@marvinsmotorcitygargage]

@@YernBelfus400 I assumed you were referring to the line of GTO's produced by PONTIAC, my apologies.

[@joequillun7790]

@@marvinsmotorcitygargage Don't feel bad. He's been doing this to GTO comments for years. Bet he's never even owned one. There's always gutta be a smart A$$. Waiting impatiently for his "last word".

[@YernBelfus400]

The word "concours" is not spelled with an "e" on the end- that's a completely different word.

[@marvinsmotorcitygargage]

Thanks for that that, all fixed my friend

[@soerenchristensen4774]

Great care for details but I don’t get why you overspray the door strikes and door locks? So much details and then you paint something that could be covered or removed in minutes, a shame!

[@joequillun7790]

"Meticulously" restored to the way the factory did it. That's what brings points at the shows.

[@user-xv5zv3lx6p]

I do not like the painted ac muffler.

[@jjojo2004]

I don’t either, they restrict the view to the blinker fluid reservoir. 😡😡

[@paulwortman483]

$65000 is probably not enough...