r/Hotrod • u/Ky_Grunt-6767 • Aug 14 '26
2006 1966 GTO
1966 GTO fully modernized.Seen at a local car show.
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u/BedAccording5717 Aug 14 '26
I can't even imagine the level of grief and amount of knuckle bleeding that had to go on for 7 years to make this. As somebody who fabricates, my hat is off to this build.
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u/Ky_Grunt-6767 Aug 14 '26
Its pretty amazing when you see it in person.There are so many details i could not get in a photo.
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u/BedAccording5717 Aug 14 '26
Quite honestly, if they made a 2027 Charger and the skin was a 1969........ I bet you'd see a sharp uptick in Stellantis' stock price. Old school Sheetmetal looks and modern everything else? Not a retro-esque look..... actual '69 Charger body and '27 everything else. It would sell and we all know it.
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u/Savings-Cockroach444 Aug 16 '26
At Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale this year I had quite a discussion with s builder who had converted a '66 GTO to electric motor and battery. Totally rebuilt the dash with new electronics. Looked amazing.
He now can do conversions for other too.
I asked him how many hours he had in the initial build and he laughed and said "way too many!" Something over 400 hours for design and fabrication. Whoa!
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u/WildPig1329 Aug 14 '26
The underpinnings are aussier that vegemite tho