[oldskool]

If I have already posted this, I apologize for this repeat.

For another thread, I just looked back thru my pics of '65 GTO Stockers. Was searching for any pics of 2-speed auto trans Stockers.

To my surprise, I noticed that the car in a pic I'm familiar with is of a '65 GTO that ran B/SA. That means it had to run a 2-speed auto trans.

Also, either I never noticed before, or I noticed & it didn't really register with me, but, on the rear fender are the words: "AHRA Record Holder" !

I suppose the reason I haven't used the pic much is because the car appears to have a Tempest grill, instead of a GTO grill, as well as the wrong bumper. I assumed the car probably just ran at some local outlaw track. But, obviously, at some point, it was a serious legal AHRA Stocker. It was apparently sponsored by Thompson Pontiac.

Anybody here know anything about this car ?

Stan Weiss posted this quote. Don't know where he found it. Also don't know if the car had the wrong grill & bumper on it when the record was set, or not.

"...Dick Agee drove the Thompson GTO to a national record.
Agee's official elapsed time in the 1965 GTO was 13.30 seconds..."