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April 29, 2009
GTO: Pontiac’s Great One by Darwin Holmstrom
By Rob Einaudi
Editor-in-Chief
Motorbooks just sent me a copy of GTO: Pontiac’s Great One by Darwin Holmstrom. Stephanie, our resident Pontiac maniac, immediately stole it off my desk, so I’ve barely had a chance to look at it. Still, it looks amazing. We’re talking a huge $50 coffee table book with 336 pages of incredible photography, containing just about everything you might want to know about the GTO. Given GM’s announcement on Monday, the timing of this book couldn’t be any more… well, you get the idea.
So anyway, I’m giving this book away. If you own a Pontiac (any Pontiac, doesn’t have to be a GTO) and have a ride page for it on CarDomain, leave a comment telling me why you deserve this book. I’ll pick a winner and mail it out on Friday.
More pics after the jump!
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Esoteric18
Apr 30, 2009 at 6:07 am
I would love this book becuase , my love for pontiacs was given to me by my father who regrets everyday, the time he sold his 68 LeMans to help the family survive through the rough times. He spent several years adding mods and whatever he could afford before he sold it, It was simply his pride and joy and if given this book I would give it to my father as a gift. To show he did the right thing even though to him it didnt seem like it
wsbob
Apr 30, 2009 at 1:33 am
I gotta get me a copy of that book
GlamismanTJ
Apr 29, 2009 at 8:00 pm
I would like the book because I am going to college and am studying to mechanical engineering with an automotive focus, and it would be great insperation for me to have something about the glory days of American automobiles. On a side note, Pontiac was shut down almost exactly 6 months after I bought my Firebird, so I now plan on buying used cars from companies such as Kia to see if they too get shut down in a matter of months after buying the car.
xxnatedoggxx
Apr 29, 2009 at 7:31 pm
I nominate GTwildfire. His enthusiasm for Pontiac is proven by his creativity shown in his 3 cars. Thats why I think he deserves it.
GTwildfire
Apr 29, 2009 at 7:03 pm
GTO, Trans Am, Grand Prix. That’s the top of the pecking order for Pontiac as I see it.
06111951
Apr 29, 2009 at 7:01 pm
I’ve been a very lucky guy. When I was 16 my dad and I bought a 68 GTO. I still have it, I’m the original owner….yes, for 41 years. I don’t show it, just drive it on sunny weekends. It has 98,000 miles and was restored 2 years ago. I talk to others with old muscle cars and rarely are they original owners. They always express disbelief.
I’m not lobbying for the book, that seems unfair to me. It’s only what’s happened to Pontiac that inspires me to write. I’ve loved them all, I thought GM did a great job—most of the time. Because I was in the magazine business I had the good fortune of meeting Paul Z., one of the designers (or something close)of the GTO, with DeLorean I guess.
Like I said, I’ve been very lucky.
NobiZero
Apr 29, 2009 at 3:08 pm
I would love to have that book solely because now that Pontiac is gone, books like this will be the only way for people like us to enjoy these classic muscle cars. The price for a GTO in good condition is astronomical, and actually seeing one is like seeing sasquatch, it doesn’t happen that often. I wish I could own a ’64 Goat, or a Bandit Trans Am. They’re too expensive. With Pontiac’s demise, we can’t expect anything like this from them ever again. No more G8(which should have kept the Grand Prix name, but that’s another discussion). No more Solstice GXP. No more GTO. No more Trans Am. No more. Books like this are soon going to be the only thing that can can affordably let people reminisce that once upon a time, GM built excitement.
scyrusb
Apr 29, 2009 at 2:43 pm
That’s a beautiful car I only could wish I could have.
Tcassa
Apr 29, 2009 at 9:38 am
It looks like a fabulous book with some glorious pictures! Well, our first Pontiac was back in 1990. It was a 1985 TransAm, and it was absolutely amazing. I remember getting picked up in it at primary school, only when dad knocked off work early. And the stares from my mates, and all others at the gate was so good! I had goosebumps everytime… That was our first of four Firebirds, with our latest one being a 95 Firebird. Now some might think that having just four Firebirds in 20-odd years is nothing special, but all these cars have been personally imported here to Australia. Unfortunately, Aussie’s have never had the luxury of buying a new one (any Pontiac for that matter) from a dealership, so it makes driving and owning one even more special. And with each one being fully converted to right hand drive, the thrill of cruising around, with the t-tops off, in a right hand drive American muscle car still gives me goosebumps.
Shmak1982
Apr 29, 2009 at 9:15 am
I would love to have that book! I’ve owned Pontiac since I first got my license. My first car (which I still own and will NEVER sale) was a 1979 Pontiac Phoenix that my grandma got new, and I got when she passed on. Also I have my 1975 Trans Am that I got from my dad a few years ago. I’ve had a couple others that have come and gone like my 1988 Sunbird GT Turbo convertible that I totaled, but these two Pontiacs will be with me till the day I die. They may not be show cars, but I love them just the same.