I turned around to finally leave this tremendous rest stop when I noticed
the rock formation behind me made a perfect backdrop for a profile shot
of my car. Of course, a few people raised their eyebrows as I positioned
the car and tripod for this shot.
Normally, one should not use profile shots to show off the car, but in this case, the juxtaposition of the car with the landscape is what this shot is all about. This pic was chosen for the inaugural 2002 GTO calendar.
To the left: I could not happier with the outcome of this pic! It looks like an auto advertisement for the damn car! I liked it so much I had it airbrushed on a denim vest from AIRGTO.
After more than 300 years of rule from the United Kingdom, the Bahamas shed the shackles of colonialism and began to rule itself. Prime minister Lynden Pindling has made an application to become the 135th member of the United Nations.
Who Do You Love....George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Pontiac had a two-year styling cycle with the GTO. This cycle was broken in 1972 when the 72 model kept its nearly-identical styling to the 70-71 models. The strike at GM in 1970 pushed back the intended design for the 72 model a full year.
The new styling came out for the Lemans/GTO in 1973 and was heavily criticized. Critics hated the new massive chrome bumper, the goofy NACA hood scoops, the "pontoon" look of the front fenders, and the rear-end which came to a point. Jim Wangers, the marketing godfather of the GTO since 1964 called it "a mess."
Personally, I think they were all full of crap. Pontiac called this body style "Colonade" but I call it "swoopy". Naturally, I'm biased since I own the car, but I love the look of this baby. It's styling really marked the end of an era, as designers after 1973 started paying much more attention to aerodynamics and much less to "swoopy" sheet metal.