1967 Pontiac GTO From XXX Movie Can Be Rented For $999 A Day
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Imagine if you could pretend to be as cool as Vin Diesel in the new XXX movie for a day, how much would you be willing to pay for it? If your answer is at least $999, then you can rent this badass 1967 Pontiac GTO that’s featured in XXX: Return of Xander Cage. Disclaimer: Driving this may cause a surge in testosterone, and can trigger rapid muscle growth as well as a balding head.
This ball of masculinity on wheels includes all of the accoutrements you see in the movie. We took the liberty of sharing these perks, found on Turo’s website (Turo is the company offering the vehicle for rent):
- Ejectable roof, in case you need to get out of a tight situation (sorry, her top’s already been blown off… think of it as free air conditioning)
- A flame thrower in the hood scoop, for when bridges need to be burned
- An arsenal of weapons behind the back seat, should your trick require a rocket launcher
- Rocket-launching headlights, in case you need moar rockets
In addition to that, a custom interior flaunts a superfluous radical amount of gauges.
We don’t know the finer details of the agreement or what’s actually included, but we do know that you must be at least 30 years of age in order to rent this bad boy.
So, the question for us is – is this Pontiac worth $999 a day? Well, we’ll leave that up to you. What we can say is that we completely agree with the fellas at Jalopnik, regarding the body work done to this GTO. The shaved door handles, fiberglass roof, and glass-like finish all come together to create something that is somehow both elegant and barbaric.
We’re interested to hear what you have to say about the car itself as well as the cost of renting it. Leave us your thoughts in the comment section below.
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What I am going to state goes against everyone’s common knowledge. I’m seeking help concerning my memory of a 67 GTO I had for three days about 1980. A guy I met several times at my local auto parts store owned a 67 GTO. We became friends a while later because we both had GTOs. He had been working on upgrading his car with new suspension work, a reprogrammed rebuilt Turbo 400, a WS-6 steering box, and 3.70 gears. The 428 had a .30 bore, Speedpro pistons, a Nunzio Romano optimized Ram Air camshaft, valve porting, an Edelbrock 4-bbl intake, a Cloyes double-roller chain set, and a reworked oiling system.
One night, he smacked a curb badly and collapsed the right front suspension members back into the frame. He called asking if I would buy his car. He quickly needed $700 to secure another car to continue attending vocational school to become a certified mechanic. I paid $800 knowing that the engine cost nearly twice as much as I paid for the car. He flatbedded the car to my house and dropped it before my parents. Understand that there were two 70 GTOs, a 71 Chevelle SS, and a 68 Firebird 400 out front already on a seldom-trafficked street.
I took the next three days off to dismantle the car. During the strip of the car, I found it had a “removable hardtop.” Frank mentioned I would find a surprise; it did not seem weird because my brother’s Corvette had a removable top. I had ridden in the car several times before and never knew. Two latches at the top of the windshield mounting and two heavy-duty integral hooks at the rear window deck lid. I had my father and sister help me remove the hardtop from the car. Flip the latches at the front and pivot it skyward and back toward the rear. The third was in the backseat to control the hardtop when you worked it out of the two receiving wells at the rear decklid. It was heavy so you needed three to protect the paint and the edges where the hardtop flowed into the side panels. The integral hooks were built like the hook of a tie-rod adjusting tool. The well had about a 3\8″ bar from which you had to work the hook. We removed the hardtop and moved it to the backyard. Months later, I placed an ad in the Want Ad Press. Three days later, I sold it to a guy from upstate New York. I remember the guy’s excitement when he traveled 100 miles with a flatbed to purchase the hardtop. I thought I got away like a bandit when he paid 400 dollars.
Sometime in the next decade, I discovered how rare this hardtop was. I thought it was just an option like my brother’s Corvette. There is printed media concerning the 67 GTO that states there were 170+ produced. It was in a booklet concerning GTOs. It may have been written in literature from Ames Performance or H-O Racing that only about 173 cars were optioned this way. I thought it was like the Corvette my brother owned; not readily found but not rare. If I knew the rarity aspect, I would have resurrected it. I would have sent it out to have the frame checked rather than strip it for parts. I bought it for the 428 motor and the reprogrammed TH400.
Two decades later, Vin Diesel’s xXx movie features the same hardtop setup. The same twist latches near the ends of the top front windshield mounting surface. The scene where the hardtop is blown off the car once you flipped the latches with the car in motion. That was how we removed the hardtop. It was structurally sound and fit without leaks because I rode in the car before its demise.
I am bedridden in a care facility. If I were mobile, I would be hounding Motor Vehicles for my friend’s VIN. The car was sweet. I didn’t know how sweet. I would have added it to my stable of cars.
After reading about the body options for the 67 GTO on the Internet, I realized that the car was a convertible with likely a factory hardtop. The fit was too perfect to be anything else. I’m writing this because I need your help in keeping my sanity. I know what I experienced is contrary to what others think. Does anyone on Pinterest know this hardtop option and possibly post a picture? I believe others are knowledgeable; it was the Winchester 73 of its time.
I believe the 67 GTO convertible has two receiving wells for the ragtop framework hidden under the boot at the rear valance. The posted image has four red-bordered highlighted areas where the hardtop was attached to the body. At the rear of the hardtop were two integral hooks similar to the highlighted hook in the image of the tie-rod sleeve adjusting tool. The hooks were constructed in the same manner as the tool; the same width and radius. The hardtop required the hooks to slide into the receiving well as you lowered the hardtop. The radius would engage around the aforementioned 3/8-inch bar built into each well.
A posted picture of the top of the rear valence minus the boot would be deeply appreciated.
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I’m posting the above to Pinterest. Came across this link on Pinterest and dived down the rabbit hole. I decided to first post the message here. I believe that the Xanter Cage GTO is one of the 173 mentioned above. If you can help my sanity; it will be deeply appreciated.