We’ve all heard of restomod customized automobiles that combine fashionable tools into basic our bodies, however what concerning the reverse method: taking a contemporary automobile and including classic parts? That’s precisely what occurred right here.

The Choose of the Day is a low-mileage 2006 Pontiac GTO listed on the market on ClassicCars.com by a non-public vendor in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. (Click on the hyperlink to view the itemizing)

What we have now here’s a final-generation GTO with a hood scoop and grille badging from a 1967 automobile, fog mild bezels from a 1972, and extra enhancements that add to the back-dated motif.

“I bought this automobile in 2016 with the intention to chop it up and restomod a 1974 GTO. I drove it house from Vermont to Massachusetts and fell in love. I bought the ’74 GTO as a substitute. When you’ve by no means pushed an Aussie GTO, you owe your self the favor. I’ve by no means pushed this automobile and never gotten goosebumps.”

The GTO mannequin was born within the early Nineteen Sixties, initially bought as an possibility bundle for the LeMans which rode on the Normal Motors A-body. The GTO identify itself originated as an abbreviation of “Gran Turismo Omologato” – principally, a certification title for race automobiles, initially coined by the Federation Internationale de l’Car (FIA) in France. Within the years and many years that adopted, the GTO turned a widely known identify within the new muscle automobile phase.

Displaying simply 44,000 miles on the odometer, this GTO comes from the fifth technology of the mannequin which got here out in mannequin 12 months 2004. The automobile was primarily a rebadged Holden Monaro, assembled in Elizabeth, South Australia, and imported to the USA.

The vendor describes how the automobile was disassembled and color-changed from Torrid Pink to Spice Pink. A couple of beauty adjustments have been made as talked about above, however the unique components have been retained and are included with the sale. The reason continues: “I spent $5,000 on customized wheels that will fill the wheel wells to most and the stickiest tires I might discover to try to make this beast seize the street with out burning the tires off it… and take corners at outrageous speeds.”

Energy for this muscle automobile comes from a 6.0-liter LS2 V8 mated to a four-speed computerized transmission, a mixture good for 400 horsepower which is wholesome even by immediately’s requirements.

Maybe this custom-made GTO might fulfill the itch for retro fashion whereas delivering fashionable creature comforts. Better of all, the unique components are included if somebody simply desires a sub-50k-mile cream puff. With accessible sticky tires, in fact!

The asking value is $21,500 or finest provide.

To view this itemizing on ClassicCars.com, see Choose of the Day.