1974 Pontiac Ventura GTO        page 5

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Gary Shawver's red-hot Goat! Fine attention to detail.  This car is CLEAN!!!  You can chat with him about his car, reach him at gandbshawver@evenlink.com 

Gary gave us the green light to use whatever is currently on the web, so we grabbed a few pics, restored the faded colors, and present them to you here!
 Jerry Sheffer down in Florida wins the "Photographer of the Month" crown with these great shots of his moderately-customized GTO.  

 Check out the blacked-out headlight bezels, tinted windows, pre-'74 GTO emblems, and brand-new tires and rims.
The car was repainted recently.  Jerry notes it was black when he bought it, but the original color was Fire Coral Bronze.  Looks like the car has front disc brakes?
  This is Don Fenton's rare Carmel Beige GTO.   Extra pics are on GTO page 3  

 

A GTO project (in work here about May'03) by Mark.  He waited patiently for 8 YEARS before the previous owner would sell it!  The rough body turns into a thing of beauty.  Denver Gold Metallic!  Mark writes:

" THE 350 DID NOT IMPRESS ME SO I REPLACED IT WITH A 455 ALL REBUILT, # 12 RA III HEADS, REPLACED THE SAGINAW 4SP WITH A BORGWARNER SUPER T10 4SP WITH A CENTERFORCE CLUTCH, SUBFRAME CONNECTORS, 12 BOLT 3.73 GEAR, AND TRACTION DEVICES. USED A TORKER INTAKE SO THE SHAKER WOULD STILL WORK PROPERLY"           Update 5-23-03:  He's about ready to fire up the motor now.  Updated photos on GTO page 8  !
 

 Coming in just under the wire, here are some photos of Keith Davis's pumped-up GTO in Sunstorm Yellow.  He writes: This is my 1974 GTO...owned since 1987. It has a +.040 '74 400 with 68 #16 heads and a RAIV copy cam (Crane Fireball). I also have a Torker intake and Holley 750 vac.sec. carburetor to provide it with the right mixture. I also added a TH 400 trans. and a 3500 stall to get the power to the rear that has 4.10 gears. The car has run a best of 12.20 @ 109.30 mph and a 60' time of 1.68. I think this is the kind of performance this car should have come with instead of the emissions-laden measly 185 HP 350 it came with!
 Don McKay submitted this nice shot of his unique GTO with the camper option.  Shown here attending the Western Washington Firebirds event in 2001.  I guess this could save you hotel expenses if you're travelling between shows!  :-)

 A whole set of new photos sent by Bill Dunne of www.74gto.com  Keep monitoring that site for a complete rebuild history of this car, pictured in its original state at left.
 One glance will tell you this is a thorough job!  Bill reports that the car has since been re-assembled and is ready for paint. (April 03)
 Beautiful contrast between old and new in the engine department

 (L) A photo that was begging for a caption...so we added one.

 This is one of Butch York's '74 GTOs...more pics of this car are forthcoming.

As you can see, the '74 GTO is alive and well at www.pontiacventura.com !  

The number of folks writing in who love this much-disparaged version of the GTO continues to grow.  This continues to be the most heavily-visited part of the site as well.  

If you have pictures you'd like to share, just drop me a line at pontiacv@pontiacventura.com ; this site is updated about every 4 weeks.