Riding Shotgun With Michelle Rodriguez: 1968 Pontiac GTO

[@garlitzhyperformancegarage8818]

now she knows what it feels like to drive a real fuckin car

[@mr.goodpliers6988]

I rescued a Verdoro green 1968 GTO from a junkyard in 2021. I would love to bring it back... We'll see what shakes

[@stevekloepping9634]

My dream car!!!

[@R.U.1.2.]

Try seatbelts...always! Take care.

[@Larrysmith-qw9ts]

68 DID NOT HAVE SPLITTERS. SO WRONG FOR THAT CAR.

[@beachpotato1739]

Wrong, mine does and has a small air dam too. Factory installed. I didn't get the vinyl top. Odd it was delivered with a 3 speed. I thought it would be a 4 speed but the damn car just winds to about 90 in first. The wife loves it and I bought a Corvette to have something to drive as she hogs the Goat....lol

[@SERGIO-ym5pc]

There is nothing better than a GTO, I love those cars.

[@tomm9860]

Yes, there is Two of them Ha Ha

[@CrucialParodies]

My dad owned two 1968 GTOs from the 1980s all the way to 2004. Sold them both for $4,000 each to pay property taxes on a house we lost in 2009. Been his biggest regret ever since. They were supposed to be passed down to me.

[@jimmyreed2992]

Love this car. I actually have a '68 same verdero green w/black vinyl top and green/gold interior. Drove it off the lot June 20, 1968. Still driving and going strong w/191,000 miles on it. Same his/her automatic trans, rear end and 400 c.i./350 hp engine; and factory AC...Woo Woo!

[@1anre]

Michelle’s accent is so hot. She’s so laid back and cool to hang with.

[@deepwater2652]

Love that Verdero green color - my Dad's '68 Tempest had the same color...

[@kingkrimson8771]

Verdoro green, according to Pontiac

[@78tranzamman43]

Milk stains? Sure, if that's what you want to call them...

[@shawnanewsome592]

78 Tranz Am Man

[@shawnanewsome592]

78 Tranz Am Man

[@79medic]

Shawna Newsome funny

[@whateveraln6963]

Hahahahaha

[@LoneWolf-yp2mo]

Squirmin Herman the one eyed German, Affirmative !! That's from the passengers when it shifted ... trust me .. I had a '68.

[@jeeplifedeana4747]

I believe 68 GTO was also motor trend car of the year.

[@LGTheOneFreeMan]

*tire iron slamming intensifies*

[@barcrrt850]

You are correct. In both 65' and 68'. Fantastic cars!

[@garyg2318]

I think it won the JD Power safety award that year as well

[@garyg2318]

For the Dora bumper

[@tommybasham-oo7qf]

This GTO is one hell of a car, but........"Michael" Rodriguez is just gross. That annoying laugh would just grate on your nerves after a while, nails to a chalkboard, and don't even get me started on those Gary busey teeth.

[@abymondesir23]

tommy basham well said

[@fuckphillyhaters2549]

That fake laugh kills me

[@LoneWolf-yp2mo]

I'm a MOPAR guy but I have to say, I had a '68 GTO convertible and THAT is the car I wish I still had out of ALL my cars !! Beautiful car, fast, handled well ( for a '68 ), was a pure joy to drive.

[@CaptainFALKEN]

I'm a big Plymouth Road Runner fan. I'm 24 and I owned 4 2nd gen f bodies and a '68 Le Mans GTO Judge clone with the 400. I wouldn't mind owning another '68. Road Runner or GTO for me! You cam see it in my "My Carz" playlist

[@senorkaboom]

Let me tell you, my eyes are wet. We had a '68 LeMans in the same body color, Vedoro green, but with a gold vinyl top and gold interior. My folks nearly got the GTO, but dad was not wild about the 400 engine, chrome valve covers, air cleaner and dual exhaust. BUT, I see this car and I see the owner, I believe my dad would have been just like him. The guy with The Car!! Yes I am biased, but that '68 model year body design was the best. The car looked fast just sitting, and it was a blast to drive. We has that car until '92 and when I sold it, it was well, WELL, used. Loved to the end, there is a very soft spot in my heart for the '68 Tempest, LeMans and GTO. Great car.

[@daleandrews9356]

I had a '68, solid black - inside and out, no vinyl top - full loaded, even power brakes and A/C. Just a straight GTO with a 400 and turbo 400 auto tranny, hidden headlights like this one. I don't know what kind of paint they used at the factory, but it had a very high luster(I think that's the right spelling). It means "gloss". Man, did that baby SHINE! My only complaint was the black interior was HOT and the black carpet was hard to keep clean. Every little speck or grain of sand showed and stood out. I would advise anyone to not get black carpet. It ran well but nothing outstanding. I never tested it but I figure it would have probably turned a quarter in the mid-to-high 14's. My memories of this car were good. I had to sell it around '73 when the Arab oil embargo hit and gasoline went to from around 35 cents to over a dollar a gallon! Couldn't afford it any more. Besides that, they were going to unleaded gas and I didn't want preignition to blow a hole in the top of one of my pistons and co$t a lot of money for an engine rebuild. I told the person who bought it to take good care of "my baby" and he reassured me he would. It's all I could ask. If he could afford to keep it on the road, more power to him. I never saw that car again. Good memories, though.

[@r.r.hughes9808]

Michelle.....She's the only reason I watched this

[@seamusmcbride2832]

If it quacks like a duck, it's a duck. If it laughs like a duck, it's Michelle Rodriguez....

[@dadsc10]

Beautiful car and a beautiful driver :) totally enjoyed this post , :) thank you

[@bobjohnson205]

I see he fell for the dealer installed undercoating! Biggest scam and money grab there ever was!

[@fast03vette4me]

Wait until Poly Glycoat shows up at the car stealerships. I think I got it twice on new cars in the 70`s. I`m sure there was special seat treatment,,, Dealer Installed must have options too.

[@derrinpickett9948]

Fargo

[@ironhorse127]

May I add, John, your GTO is awesome.

[@mrkerfulfin2289]

that's the best muscle car of all

[@derrinpickett9948]

GTO wasn't first muscle car, it was just marketed very well and did a lot to accelerate the muscle car phenomenon with its introduction in 1964. The Oldsmobile high compression Rocket V8 Dominated stock car racing in the late 40s. The Olds J2 package with 3 duces ate Fords and shit Dodges in 1958.

[@scott14055]

I have the same 68 GTO, but mine is a HO model, with 4 speed. Same color with 40,000 original miles. I'm the 2 owner. My family loves this car. Its always a head turner.

[@derekortiz3663]

scott14055 ho. hold on to that one!

[@colewebb4643]

come on guy's give the girl a brake she had to be in fast and ferrous with all them would be Jack off car's exsep. for a couple of real car's after all unlike most girl's she realy likes car's she can't be all bad and yes don't be fooled some star's come from real tuff back grounds sean pen no Mikey roark yes real street guy etc.

[@kurtbarlow9917]

1968 GTO ARE sexy ... just sold one. SMOOTH and floats on the road. Cornering not to great. Little slow off the start... but great ride to enjoy for summer cruising!

[@pfflyers1]

You know the car. That's how you drive it. She's 50. Need to treat with feel for her

[@daleandrews367]

There are fewer cars as sexy as the '68 GTO. What with the nice lines and hidden lights. The styling and stance is quite impressive.

[@jamiestwo]

Yes I have a 1968 GTO 400cid Manual 4 speed down here in New Zealand it was red and the last owner had it painted Cherry Black lovely to drive yes she is a Beast you have to drive her or she will drive you. If you are on the open road in top gear you are fine get into town or the city you are working and loving it that exhaust note, Hooker headers yahoooooo

[@rickuyeda4818]

It was the '64 GTO that inspired the Muscle Car Movement. The following year, '65, Chevy came out with the Z16.

[@pcerio]

Apparently you don't understand the concept of the GTO, which was an intermediate-sized car with a 389 cu in V8 from the full-sized Pontiac cars. Both Bel Air and Impala were full-sized cars.

[@kingkrimson8771]

"Milk stains" on the headliner....never thought to use that excuse

[@michaelfeyrnand6065]

You said it was a second generation GTO... NOT! This is a 3rd generation version. 1968 was the first year of that 3rd generation. Mine was a midnight blue 1969. I'm am idiot for letting it go.

[@twoeightythreez]

4000lb? more like 3500 or so they really werent heavy considering the size

[@GiveMeYourNachosButthead]

Exactly!! She's a real noob.

[@johnbecay6887]

probably not 4000, but closer to that than 3500, cars got heavier as the 60s progressed.. a 1964 GTO would've been 3500-3600...

[@coltsc10s81]

twoeightythreez my dad's 67 is 3600 lbs. hardtops are lighter though because convertibles need a reinforced frame to support the convertible

[@kingkrimson8771]

@@GiveMeYourNachosButthead It wasn't her that said 4000 lbs, it was the guy in the passenger seat

[@paulmc3457]

I very rarely let anyone get behind the wheel of my 68 GTO, but my little sister got a rare chance, I was amazed that she got rubber out of the first three gears! She totally caught me off guard, but smoothly ran the goat right up to 100 mph, and then she gave me a little winky! 😂

[@Irod69]

Gorgeous car ‼️ no doubt about that 👍

[@ronniefarnsworth8224]

Always clean up the "Milk stains" before you bring the car back to Daddy !!!!!!! Lmao

[@indioside376]

My '69 C-10 has been in my family since '71 or '72.

[@joyr36]

My first car was a 1968 GTO. It was 10 years old when I bought it for a few hundred bucks. I traded it for a Z28 in the 80's. If I knew then what I know now, I would have never traded it. The only problem I had was when I drove it for a good distance and the engine was warmed up, when I cut it off, I had to wait for the engine to cool before it would crank again. If I drove short trips in town it did fine, but if I drove it for 15 to 20 miles, it would not restart until the engine cooled for about 5 to 10 minutes.

[@steven-gw9sf]

Not exactly the first muscle car. I think the 409 impala was the earliest of the era, granted the first hemis where in luxury chryslers

[@christopherwalker6056]

Man I've always loved the '66 GTO but man this thing looks BAD ASS!

[@scottharris8308]

Gorgeous car

[@mm-mt2ev]

she sounds like she has been chewing Marlboros for the last 2 decades, a brown version of Miley cyrus.

[@MechanicalTrader]

brutal truth....never heard of her until watching this video...not sure I will ever voluntarily watch her again

[@joequillun7790]

LOL. Funny stuff.

[@zack_the_riffer]

Got a 1969 GTO, all original, same color as this one. Ha!

[@bshook105]

I had one just like it! Ex got it, but i still have my 67!!!

[@bobjohnson205]

I'm sure the Ex is enjoying it! Lol

[@daleandrews367]

The '66-'67 were my fav's in terms of styling. They were nearly identical with the exception of the grille inserts and the rear tail light treatment. I've had both models and wish I had 'em back!

[@rayflower1915]

Hm do they go for in the states?

[@imanaxbert6620]

Agreed there, but I prefer the '66 due to the tail lights. Cragar SS all around on big & littles.

[@chiappettamark]

68 GTO were sold in Sept 1967, so go 49 1/2 years rounds up to 50..Photography looks real nice. Car sounds goooood! Wonder, might have met the John Romano before.

[@hornetbrown]

This car and John Romano's story has been featured in other internet material in recent years. A very nice car and a great story.

[@ironhorse127]

Flushing NY. My home town. There were plenty of great muscle cars in that neighborhood. John is about 4 years older than me. I think he worked at Sperry in Lake Success. I did for 20 years. 73-93. A good friend of mine worked with him

[@XUFNReviews]

My favorite year an Color , very beautiful car... Now if she would just stop talking

[@memphis52k]

Grandma bought one from a neighbor for grandpa. For 1200$ in 1972 its a 1969 GTO with the Pontiac 400 an 4 barrel carb. Still In are family today. It a light blue. love that car.

[@fast03vette4me]

Love the color, very nice interior as well.

[@tomsettles6873]

68 GTO hardtop weighs 3600. Replace the stupid heavy endura bumper with fiberglass and replace intake with an edelbrock performer and drops to around 3450. Today's japanese cars - Highlander, Accord, etc. all weigh the same or MORE (Highlander weighs 4200, Accord V6 weighs 3650). You just have to upgrade the handling and brakes of these A-bodies and they will drive a lot better.

[@ericthompson3551]

Originally my grandmother's and then mine was a 68 maroon Le Man's. I got it in 92 with under 27 k mlles.

[@mikeneisen724]

I own one of these. On those tires and with stock brakes it would be nearly undriveable at speed on a track. I guess she was just being kind.

[@gordonmusic97]

mine was 68 white black int black top conv,power windows,top that's it

[@josephm.2856]

68 GTO......400 RAM AIR - - 4 speed was much faster than that 68 GTO with the automatic.

[@tjclt250r]

BFG Radial T/A "the latest and greatest tire" haha

[@jdl6881]

Why does she always look like she just got up after a long night of drinking put on some clothes didn't shower and here she is

[@derekortiz3663]

hadji annihilator I love your name. good shit.

[@twoeightythreez]

hadji annihilator Because she is confident in her looks and really doesnt give a shit about how people percieve her i guess.

[@abymondesir23]

twoeightythreez bcuz looking like trash is hardcore?

[@themechanicred]

@@abymondesir23 nah because it's sexy on her

[@jamesshirrell3677]

I wish they would bring back Pontiac

[@Dra741]

We had cars that you couldn't even imagine it as it's been take us a lot of money to do it just took wisdom in lovely America I'm working hard and everything but we had the Pontiac GTO we had the Bonneville 1979 Fleetwood Brougham the first one with fuel injection

[@Nantahayala]

My first car was a 1968 Pontiac GTO teal green with white interior Hurst His n Her shifter smoked the tires I miss it so much

[@Dra741]

The green GTO I first start with Courtney and Hot Wheels and the colour is absolutely right

[@crsnow8191]

Love it My first car. I was 16. Exact color and black top.

[@mysticCrunch]

Still My most favorite car Loved my 68!!! was silver on black top with a factory 4 speed hurst such a solid ride

[@chrisscovitch7237]

She wishes she would have lived back then. She may have gone to the Drive-Inn. ???????

[@jayrodriquez601]

I own the same goat 68 GTO with hideaways and rag top also

[@hiteck001]

soon as i saw that york a/c compressor i thought what a butcher job!!!

[@milano61]

Yeah, it's all original! Grant steering wheel, Stewart-Warner tach. And Radial T/As are not the best. EVER.

[@NoBody-xg1wg]

I had the same car plus the hood tach, factory air, 4 speed and positraction

[@dougewing1571]

I love GTO s. And liked your great acting also. Fast n furious

[@garrisonnichols7372]

I thought all muscle cars were as American as apple pie? Actually apple pie is Dutch.🤣

[@jeffreyb6165]

Im Michelle Rodriguez, and you know I love 2 packs a day 😆

[@philippeberdy1330]

I had a '68, 400 cubic inch, 3 speed. Gunmetal grey, black vinal top. Total sleeper.

[@jacobcarrillo933]

They came with Drum brakes, does this one have Drums ?!

[@taylorstanford2656]

"over 50 years". the thing isn't even 50 yet.

[@bobjohnson205]

And she's not even blonde! Lol

[@shellysidhu8592]

yes you are right drive a big boy like plymouth superbird

[@seattleblaze]

This show reminds me of how much I hate wrong information being spread. 98% accurate but that 2% will drive me nuts!

[@kingkrimson8771]

So you thought the "milk stains" were something else too, huh?

[@ralphaelalfaro6023]

​@@kingkrimson8771 made me laugh, good thing I wasn't milk or I would've sprayed it all over too!!😮😅😂😂😂❤❤❤

[@petersobey8893]

Yeah, just like when you switch between men and women.

[@gregkistner1955]

Had a 69! To bad I was dumb and sold it! This 68 is marvelous!

[@adamj.brewer9969]

I love you Michelle Rodriguez!

[@MrRebus777]

68 was the 3rd generation of GTO

[@jayelbee1111]

Those 1968-1972 GM A-Body were great cars. They were: Chevrolet Malibu/Chevelle Pontiac LeMans/Tempest Buick Skylark Oldsmobile Cutlass Acadian Beaumont

[@bluesman7475]

So, is it a standard 400, 400 HO or a bad ass Ram Air II.

[@djiknowitall40]

Apple Pie isn't American....

[@wbw1399]

Michelle found her calling.

[@drazzle6267]

Just her voice gives me a........

[@pliantimpala7858]

Personally I think the 69 Charger is the definition of American Muscle.

[@tysonthewolfe93]

Absolutely

[@CaptainFALKEN]

Plymouth Road Runner....better than the Charger

[@jeremythompson9895]

I actually slightly prefer the 68 Charger myself. Black with black interior, 426 hemi, 4 speed , 4.10 rear. And no fancy wheels. Just dog dish caps on black steelies. The ULTIMATE muscle car in my opinion. The 69 Charger is just as beautiful but I just favor the 68 model because I like the look of the tail lights better

[@jeremythompson9895]

@@CaptainFALKEN 69 Road Runner A12 440 SIX BBL, 4 speed, and a 4.10 rear end. With the black fiberglass lift off hood and plain black steelies is my all time favorite non-426 Hemi Mopar muscle car ever. Either that or the 69 A12 Dodge Super Bee, which was pretty much the same exact car as the A12 Road Runner. That's one bad ass machine

[@jeremythompson9895]

@@CaptainFALKEN Road Runners were typically faster than a Charger with the same exact driveline. Road Runners were a lighter stripped down car and the recessed grille and rear window on the Charger created wind resistance at high speeds. That's why the 69 Charger Daytona was created, because the production Charger R/T had poor aerodynamics and we're getting smoked by the Ford Talladegas and Mercury Cyclones in NASCAR

[@willyhwang1059]

John is a player, I see the twinkles in his eys.😅

[@axelaxum2136]

400 cid V8

[@Dra741]

Today have no idea I think a lot of them do but they never had s*** like this Pontiac GTO 304b horsepower chickenshit off they never have stuff like this with a small amount of money it didn't take too much we have rock and roll as kids

[@joequillun7790]

At least you got "too" right. I'm impressed.

[@gibsondrummer]

Actually it was a 64 GTO that “inspired” the muscle car craze of the 60’s -1973 Some dispute that as their were high performance cars before that such as the Chrysler 300 letter cars, the Sport Fury , superstock dodge’s and the 62 409 But the accepted definition of a muscle car is a midsize car with a full-size car engine

[@garrisonnichols7372]

5:03 the dudes like Oh Shit!

[@fedthefup2823]

Had a near duplicate of this beauty. Loved it. Then we had twins, you can figure out what happened then. And these cars were much lighter than people thought. Weighed in at about 3400 pounds.

[@goopah]

3400 seems much more realistic than the 4000 mentioned in the video. A full-sized car might have weighed 4000, but not this mid-sized beauty.

[@hoscaleconstuction]

She reminds me of Fiona from Shameless

[@caveredecorator5310]

thanks. i was wondering who she reminded me of.

[@paulgrimm342]

I owned a 69 in HS 72

[@camarocarl7130]

Whats up with the chicks?? And why her??She knows nothing about cars or restoring them. Just because she was in a few car movies she is a car expert?

[@josephm.2856]

I AGREE WITH YOU CARL......she is only good for ONE thing.....and all men know what that is......LMAO....in all honesty.

[@artpadilla6439]

Well which dumb blonde u prefer riding this car...?

[@stevecarmack6267]

Very cool!

[@chrisscovitch7237]

Sweet ride !

[@ChristopherOrlando]

I owned this car back in the day racing with a 389 & a 400 big blocks bad ass ta tha bone.

[@pedrogonzales4669]

My mom used to drive us around in a 1970 GTO....miss those days

[@nakajin4533]

こんなにアメ車似合う女いないよ

[@terrypikaart4394]

Car weighs 3500lbs, thats not heavy. Many cars these days weigh that much. My 68 Impala spot coupe weighed 3600lbs.

[@neogeoriffic]

NOT the first muscle car. Sorry.

[@paulmc3457]

She has that fingernails on a chalkboard voice exactly like Fran Drescher! 😨 Good thing Dad had the smarts not to get the 4 speed option, she would have destroyed the clutch! 😂

[@LGTheOneFreeMan]

"This car inspired the muscle movement..." I sure hope you don't mean that particular model because the timeframe I'm thinking of is 1964 or earlier.

[@Minong_Manitou_Mishepeshu]

GTO, not 68, obviously.

[@barcrrt]

GTO. The first. The best!

[@bearatts]

Barcrrt I don't know about that, some would believe the 54 Oldsmobile 88 was the beginnings of the first muscle car.

[@barcrrt]

The GTO was the first to come in a complete package. Sure you could order a larger engine in some other car, with the GTO all you needed to do was check a box