This is my 1967 Pontiaic GTO, 400 375 hp

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The GTO received a mechanical upgrade for 1967. The exterior was slightly altered. The front grille was changed to a chrome wire mesh. The side rocker chrome trim was widened and the fender emblem was moved onto it. The rear taillights and surrounding sheet metal were changed. The 1967 GTO could be ordered in three different body styles. The hardtop had no post between the front side and rear side quarter glass. The sport coupe had a pillar or post between these two windows. The convertible was the third body style that the GTO was offered in. The 1967 GTO's set of standard options included; bucket seats, special exterior trim (such as the hood scoop), 335hp 400ci engine (optional Ram Air) with chrome valve covers and air cleaner, dual exhausts, and 3-speed manual transmission
I bought this car in 1990 from a cousin in California

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The Pontiac GTO may not have won every match on the street and dragstrip, but in 1967 it was hammering the competition in the showroom. That year, prepackaged musclecars finally showed up from Chrysler in the form of the Plymouth Belvedere GTX and Dodge Coronet R/T, both powered by a standard 375-horse 440-cu.-in. big-block V8 with the mighty 425-hp Hemi on the option list. (In 1966 you could create your own option-list Dodge or Plymouth musclecar, but without the street-image trim.) The GTO outsold each by nearly seven to one, helped in no small part by the outstanding marketing and promotion efforts behind it.

The stiffest competition came from Chevrolet, which sold 63,006 Chevelle SS 396 models in 1967. The '67 GTO managed 81,722 sales.

The GTO received minor styling changes for 1967, including new grille inserts and taillights. However, there were several important evolutionary changes under the skin. GM raised its engine displacement limit for intermediates to 400 cu. in., and Pontiac responded by enlarging the 389 V8 to 400, raising base horsepower to 335. The GTO had become a full-fledged separate model series in '66 rather than an option for the Tempest.

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