Riding Shotgun With Michelle Rodriguez: 1968 Pontiac GTO 

Love this car. I actually have a '68 same verdero green w/black vinyl top and green/gold interior. Drove it off the lot June 20, 1968. Still driving and going strong w/191,000 miles on it. Same his/her automatic trans, rear end and 400 c.i./350 hp engine; and factory AC...Woo Woo!

now she knows what it feels like to drive a real fuckin car

My dad owned two 1968 GTOs from the 1980s all the way to 2004. Sold them both for $4,000 each to pay property taxes on a house we lost in 2009. Been his biggest regret ever since. They were supposed to be passed down to me.

There is nothing better than a GTO, I love those cars.

I'm a MOPAR guy but I have to say, I had a '68 GTO convertible and THAT is the car I wish I still had out of ALL my cars !! Beautiful car, fast, handled well ( for a '68 ), was a pure joy to drive.

Let me tell you, my eyes are wet. We had a '68 LeMans in the same body color, Vedoro green, but with a gold vinyl top and gold interior. My folks nearly got the GTO, but dad was not wild about the 400 engine, chrome valve covers, air cleaner and dual exhaust. BUT, I see this car and I see the owner, I believe my dad would have been just like him. The guy with The Car!! Yes I am biased, but that '68 model year body design was the best. The car looked fast just sitting, and it was a blast to drive. We has that car until '92 and when I sold it, it was well, WELL, used. Loved to the end, there is a very soft spot in my heart for the '68 Tempest, LeMans and GTO. Great car.

That fake laugh kills me

Michelle’s accent is so hot. She’s so laid back and cool to hang with.

Love that Verdero green color - my Dad's '68 Tempest had the same color...

I had a '68, solid black - inside and out, no vinyl top - full loaded, even power brakes and A/C. Just a straight GTO with a 400 and turbo 400 auto tranny, hidden headlights like this one. I don't know what kind of paint they used at the factory, but it had a very high luster(I think that's the right spelling). It means "gloss". Man, did that baby SHINE! My only complaint was the black interior was HOT and the black carpet was hard to keep clean. Every little speck or grain of sand showed and stood out. I would advise anyone to not get black carpet. It ran well but nothing outstanding. I never tested it but I figure it would have probably turned a quarter in the mid-to-high 14's. My memories of this car were good. I had to sell it around '73 when the Arab oil embargo hit and gasoline went to from around 35 cents to over a dollar a gallon! Couldn't afford it any more. Besides that, they were going to unleaded gas and I didn't want preignition to blow a hole in the top of one of my pistons and co$t a lot of money for an engine rebuild. I told the person who bought it to take good care of "my baby" and he reassured me he would. It's all I could ask. If he could afford to keep it on the road, more power to him. I never saw that car again. Good memories, though.

I believe 68 GTO was also motor trend car of the year.

May I add, John, your GTO is awesome.

I very rarely let anyone get behind the wheel of my 68 GTO, but my little sister got a rare chance, I was amazed that she got rubber out of the first three gears! She totally caught me off guard, but smoothly ran the goat right up to 100 mph, and then she gave me a little winky! 😂

Beautiful car and a beautiful driver :) totally enjoyed this post , :) thank you

I have the same 68 GTO, but mine is a HO model, with 4 speed. Same color with 40,000 original miles. I'm the 2 owner. My family loves this car. Its always a head turner.

Milk stains? Sure, if that's what you want to call them...

If it quacks like a duck, it's a duck. If it laughs like a duck, it's Michelle Rodriguez....

Man I've always loved the '66 GTO but man this thing looks BAD ASS!

My first car was a 1968 GTO. It was 10 years old when I bought it for a few hundred bucks. I traded it for a Z28 in the 80's. If I knew then what I know now, I would have never traded it. The only problem I had was when I drove it for a good distance and the engine was warmed up, when I cut it off, I had to wait for the engine to cool before it would crank again. If I drove short trips in town it did fine, but if I drove it for 15 to 20 miles, it would not restart until the engine cooled for about 5 to 10 minutes.

that's the best muscle car of all

Still My most favorite car Loved my 68!!! was silver on black top with a factory 4 speed hurst such a solid ride

Grandma bought one from a neighbor for grandpa. For 1200$ in 1972 its a 1969 GTO with the Pontiac 400 an 4 barrel carb. Still In are family today. It a light blue. love that car.

Flushing NY. My home town. There were plenty of great muscle cars in that neighborhood. John is about 4 years older than me. I think he worked at Sperry in Lake Success. I did for 20 years. 73-93. A good friend of mine worked with him

Love the color, very nice interior as well.

68 GTO were sold in Sept 1967, so go 49 1/2 years rounds up to 50..Photography looks real nice. Car sounds goooood! Wonder, might have met the John Romano before.

It was the '64 GTO that inspired the Muscle Car Movement. The following year, '65, Chevy came out with the Z16.

GTO wasn't first muscle car, it was just marketed very well and did a lot to accelerate the muscle car phenomenon with its introduction in 1964. The Oldsmobile high compression Rocket V8 Dominated stock car racing in the late 40s. The Olds J2 package with 3 duces ate Fords and shit Dodges in 1958.

My dream car!!!

My '69 C-10 has been in my family since '71 or '72.

Gorgeous car ‼️ no doubt about that 👍

Love it My first car. I was 16. Exact color and black top.

My mom used to drive us around in a 1970 GTO....miss those days

BFG Radial T/A "the latest and greatest tire" haha

This show reminds me of how much I hate wrong information being spread. 98% accurate but that 2% will drive me nuts!

I had a '68, 400 cubic inch, 3 speed. Gunmetal grey, black vinal top. Total sleeper.

1968 GTO ARE sexy ... just sold one. SMOOTH and floats on the road. Cornering not to great. Little slow off the start... but great ride to enjoy for summer cruising!

I love GTO s. And liked your great acting also. Fast n furious

"Milk stains" on the headliner....never thought to use that excuse

My first car was a 1968 Pontiac GTO teal green with white interior Hurst His n Her shifter smoked the tires I miss it so much

Sweet ride !

Always clean up the "Milk stains" before you bring the car back to Daddy !!!!!!! Lmao

Very cool!

I rescued a Verdoro green 1968 GTO from a junkyard in 2021. I would love to bring it back... We'll see what shakes

Gorgeous car

I had the same car plus the hood tach, factory air, 4 speed and positraction

Originally my grandmother's and then mine was a 68 maroon Le Man's. I got it in 92 with under 27 k mlles.

You said it was a second generation GTO... NOT! This is a 3rd generation version. 1968 was the first year of that 3rd generation. Mine was a midnight blue 1969. I'm am idiot for letting it go.

Those 1968-1972 GM A-Body were great cars. They were: Chevrolet Malibu/Chevelle Pontiac LeMans/Tempest Buick Skylark Oldsmobile Cutlass Acadian Beaumont

mine was 68 white black int black top conv,power windows,top that's it

I owned this car back in the day racing with a 389 & a 400 big blocks bad ass ta tha bone.

The green GTO I first start with Courtney and Hot Wheels and the colour is absolutely right

I see he fell for the dealer installed undercoating! Biggest scam and money grab there ever was!

I wish they would bring back Pontiac

5:03 the dudes like Oh Shit!

Smooth

Michelle.....She's the only reason I watched this

I own one of these. On those tires and with stock brakes it would be nearly undriveable at speed on a track. I guess she was just being kind.

I own the same goat 68 GTO with hideaways and rag top also

What is better: A gto with manuel shifting or automatic shifting?

So, is it a standard 400, 400 HO or a bad ass Ram Air II.

she sounds like she has been chewing Marlboros for the last 2 decades, a brown version of Miley cyrus.

I thought all muscle cars were as American as apple pie? Actually apple pie is Dutch.🤣

Got a 1969 GTO, all original, same color as this one. Ha!

4000lb? more like 3500 or so they really werent heavy considering the size

Actually it was a 64 GTO that “inspired” the muscle car craze of the 60’s -1973 Some dispute that as their were high performance cars before that such as the Chrysler 300 letter cars, the Sport Fury , superstock dodge’s and the 62 409 But the accepted definition of a muscle car is a midsize car with a full-size car engine

68 was the 3rd generation of GTO

GTO. The first. The best!

400 cid V8

Had a near duplicate of this beauty. Loved it. Then we had twins, you can figure out what happened then. And these cars were much lighter than people thought. Weighed in at about 3400 pounds.

68 GTO hardtop weighs 3600. Replace the stupid heavy endura bumper with fiberglass and replace intake with an edelbrock performer and drops to around 3450. Today's japanese cars - Highlander, Accord, etc. all weigh the same or MORE (Highlander weighs 4200, Accord V6 weighs 3650). You just have to upgrade the handling and brakes of these A-bodies and they will drive a lot better.

John is a player, I see the twinkles in his eys.😅

"This car inspired the muscle movement..." I sure hope you don't mean that particular model because the timeframe I'm thinking of is 1964 or earlier.

Had a 69! To bad I was dumb and sold it! This 68 is marvelous!

I want a '71 GTO!!!

Im Michelle Rodriguez, and you know I love 2 packs a day 😆

Not exactly the first muscle car. I think the 409 impala was the earliest of the era, granted the first hemis where in luxury chryslers

They came with Drum brakes, does this one have Drums ?!

Anna Lucille

Who loves Michelle’s voice?

"over 50 years". the thing isn't even 50 yet.

yes you are right drive a big boy like plymouth superbird

I owned a 69 MICHELLE. Glad you had fun. Mine was black. Notice the hood fit. Mine did the same thing.

Michelle found her calling.

My favorite year an Color , very beautiful car... Now if she would just stop talking

I'm not used to drive wide cars XDDD 5:23

68 GTO......400 RAM AIR - - 4 speed was much faster than that 68 GTO with the automatic.

1968 Motor Trend's Car of the Year, because it had a foam front bumper.

She has that fingernails on a chalkboard voice exactly like Fran Drescher! 😨 Good thing Dad had the smarts not to get the 4 speed option, she would have destroyed the clutch! 😂

Personally I think the 69 Charger is the definition of American Muscle.

Did it have a 350 V8 or something bigger?

Why does she always look like she just got up after a long night of drinking put on some clothes didn't shower and here she is

Ain't no broad beating my wheels.

soon as i saw that york a/c compressor i thought what a butcher job!!!

come on guy's give the girl a brake she had to be in fast and ferrous with all them would be Jack off car's exsep. for a couple of real car's after all unlike most girl's she realy likes car's she can't be all bad and yes don't be fooled some star's come from real tuff back grounds sean pen no Mikey roark yes real street guy etc.

We had cars that you couldn't even imagine it as it's been take us a lot of money to do it just took wisdom in lovely America I'm working hard and everything but we had the Pontiac GTO we had the Bonneville 1979 Fleetwood Brougham the first one with fuel injection

RA2?

Man I would have done some crazy work to that motor some roler of rocker changed the cam cut the heads you can now get the fuel injected carburetors suspension package in the front and the rear would have handled like it was on Rails

I love you Michelle Rodriguez!

She reminds me of Fiona from Shameless

Car weighs 3500lbs, thats not heavy. Many cars these days weigh that much. My 68 Impala spot coupe weighed 3600lbs.