We've had a '68 Goat ragtop on these pages before, in Solar Red. That one apparently had its vacuum-operated headlight doors stuck in the open position which this one does not.
This one also has the optional hood-mounted tachometer. On the other hand, the other one was still wearing its slightly worn original paint job whereas this one's been repainted. It looks like they were aiming for the darker Aegean Blue rather than the lighter Aleutian Blue, but they didn't quite stick the landing.
So it's not concours-quality... who cares? The guy behind the wheel seems pretty happy, and who wouldn't be, tooling around in a droptop GTO?
When Hot Rod Magazine tested a '68 GTO hardtop with the 400 H.O., four-speed, and a 3.90:1 rear end, they managed a 7.1 second zero-to-sixty time and a 14.3 quarter at 99mph. The zero-to-sixty and quarter mile times are illustrative of a spicy motor and steep rear end in the era of bias-ply rubber. You really needed to drive these things out of the hole with some care.
This one was photographed with a Canon EOS R and a 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS zoom lens in September of 2025.
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