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AL ROJAS’ GTOs
My love for Pontiacs started when I was teenager visiting my cousin in L.A. He had a 1967 Firebird coupe his older brother purchased new through my dad who was a GM employee at the Fremont plant. My dad opened and closed the Fremont plant, and I worked there in early 1980s while attending college. After having children I longed to relive those summer days, so I started buying and selling classic cars as a hobby. After owning several Corvettes (the one in the Austin Powers movie "The Spy Who Shagged Me" was one of them), in 1996 I bought my first Van Nuys built 1968 Firebird convertible. It’s a great car, but I noticed it’s value wasn’t keeping pace with the Camaro. Not wanting to become another "Chevy Guy" and
wanting to invest in high demand cars, I purchased a Fremont built 1970 GTO convertible from a "dot bomb lawyer" in Redwood city. Three years, a few thousand hours and a lot of $$ later, the GTO was put on display next to a 2004 GTO at Fremont Pontiac. Although it wasn’t for sale, the dealer said they got more offers for mine then the 2004.
The hobby, or should I say madness, continued with the purchase of a Norwood built 1969 Firebird 400 convertible in 2003, then in April of 2004, a Kansas built 1967 GTO convertible with 14 factory options. The newest member of the "fleet" was a barn car located in the Oregon Cascades. It was purchased by pictures only and we took a real risk and paid top dollar (something I’ve never done before – this is madness), but after the car was delivered by the shipper we realized we bought an almost all original car – very rare! It will be quite awhile before it makes it’s club debut.
Additional factory info on the GTOs:
1970 GTO Convertible:
Atoll blue (presently painted a silver/blue), white top, dark blue interior.
400 CI, YS block, 30 over with mild cam, built 100% stock
TH400, single drive, power steering, disk brakes, A/C, remote mirror, bucket seats and console, AM radio, power top.
1967 GTO Convertible:
Montego Cream, black top, black interior (currently painted similar to Mayfair Maze with white top).
400 CI, YS block, 30 over with mild cam, built 100% stock.
TH400, posi, power steering with tilt column & wood wheel, disk brakes, A/C, power windows, bucket seats with console, power driver seat, reclining passenger seat, head rests, power antenna, AM/FM radio with rear speaker and power antenna, power trunk, Rally gauges w clock, remote mirror & visor mirror, power top, Rally 1 wheels, door edge guards, engine & trunk compartment lamps.
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