Motorbooks' publisher says, "Collector's Originality Guide: Pontiac GTO 1964-1974 provides a bumper-to-bumper look at every component that makes the GTO a classic, from the distinctive taillights of the '64 GTO to the Radial Tuned Suspension of the '74 model. Year by year, component by component, you'll discover a comprehensive and useful guide on factory specifications for restoring, re-energizing, and simply admiring the pride of Pontiac."
"Collector's Originality Guide Pontiac GTO 1964-1974" is a paperback reprint of "Original Pontiac GTO 1964-1974," a hardback anthology I wrote that was first published in 2001.
This book offers a model-by-model history of the GTO including the Judge, which points out the mechanical and visual aspects of each one. You will see and learn about some very rare drivetrain combinations and seldom-seen individual options. Pertinent codes and/or casting numbers for the engines, carbs, intakes, exhaust manifolds, distributors, transmissions and rearends are included, as are those for paint, Cordova and convertible top colors, and interiors. There are also complete regular production options and dealer-installed options charts for each year. Even the appendix is stuffed with tons of facts and figures, not the least of which, are a VIN breakdown, assembly plant codes, cowl data tag breakdown, camshaft codes, transmission applications, production number breakdown and other minutia.
What this book is not, is a step-by-step tech guide to replicating your Pontiac's underhood and undercarriage finishes, with dissertations on the proper placement of decals, tags and factory-applied grease pencil marks.
Advantages to buying this new book if you already have "Original Pontiac GTO" in hardcover form are the revisions that have been made and the photo cropping that is improved dramatically from the first edition. If you are into GTOs, it's worth a look.
"Collector's Originality Guide Pontiac GTO 1964-1974" features 128 pages and 250 color photographs, and retails for $24.99. It can be ordered from Motorbooks by visiting www.motorbooks.com, or call (800) 826-6600.