If That Car Talked: Good Friends and a '67 GTO. A Novel of Actual Events from the 1980's

Red 1967 GTO convertible, front three-quarter view
My 1967 GTO Convertible. Balanced and Blueprinted 6.4 liter 400 bored out to 455 with 3 two-barrel Carter carburetors from my original GTO. Only 9,517 were produced. 75,000 original miles

Here we are, Craig (RIP), Freddie and Colin in the mid 80’s hanging out in the dorm with our accessories… We still don’t really know what was on Freddie’s head! And I do have on shorts, Freddie, not so much. The lamp shade? A game we played with adult beverages 😉

From 1984. Stock Hurst His & Her’s Shifter and custom Alpine stereo system. Same Shifter that’s in my convertible.

Back cover. The insert was right after I finished writing the book in 2006
This was outside our dorm room door at Ferrum College. We would drag this trash can into the room each night sor our social event and put it back in the hallway sometime the next day. Our R/A was not a big fan! It cracked us up thinking about how much effort he put into that sign! First, he put it on our door, then added our specific names, and after that added “and anyone else entering this room.” One of our friends added something snarky under the word, hours, but I can’t remember what it said but you can kind of see it.
Our ground floor dorm room with custom lofts. We went in and out the window as much as the door.
Read the first part of the book to find out how this Celica was totaled…and how we got out. It was one of the few times I was not driving and about the last time I didn’t drive myself. There was one other time though…
My 2006 GTO with 6.0 LS2 engine with Ram Air, 6 speed manual transmission. 0-60 in 4 seconds. Only 2004-06 models. Built by Holden in Australia so they are rare to see.
Me at 18 going to see Craig (RIP) in 1984 in my original 1967 GTO