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eBay Find of the Day: Pontiac GTO from "XXX State of the Union"
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What's the best way to ruin a classic muscle car? Just slap on some gaudy 22-inch chrome wheels and give it a colorful chameleon paint job. While we'd much rather have a pristine example in showroom condition, you have to admit this 1967 Pontiac GTO is... unique. After all, Samuel L. Jackson himself has been behind the wheel in the movie "XXX State of the Union" (we think Ice Cube, too) and it even has functional rocket launchers. We're not sure when you'd ever be able to use them, but they would still be cool to have, you know, in case. The car also comes with a custom interior and more gauges than you'll know what to do with, an Air Ride suspension, V8, and automatic transmission. That's good, because we doubt whoever buys this car will know how to drive stick.
Thanks for the tip, Jordan!
[Source: eBay Motors]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
VP 7:41PM (12/17/2007)
I just puked my dinner all over myself. When posting C...R...A...P like this autoblog needs to give us a warning or something. God, that is disgusting.
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3000GT TwinTurbo 7:45PM (12/17/2007)
yet another classic absolutely ruined...
stupid hollywood...for shame!
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Rob 7:46PM (12/17/2007)
Oh the huge manatees....
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Gregg 7:55PM (12/17/2007)
OMG!!! Is that an abomination or what?
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Phillip 8:22PM (12/17/2007)
I'll just take the Cherry GTO off the 1st xXx. I thought this was an FnF prop for a moment.
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Pat 8:52PM (12/17/2007)
Hell of a waste of a nice goat .
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Jaymez 8:53PM (12/17/2007)
If this car has the lift-off hard top, I'd take it. Come on, it wouldn't be too hard to de-rice this thing. The '67 was my favorite GTO, anyway. I currently have a '68 that I might get rid of next year.
I'd keep the missile launchers, though.
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meshies 8:57PM (12/17/2007)
I actually like it.
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Solo Racer 9:15PM (12/17/2007)
"... and it even has functional rocket launchers. We're not sure when you'd ever be able to use them ..."
Three words: Cell phone users.
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Jeff 9:25PM (12/17/2007)
Personally, I'd much rather have a beater survivor GTO than a showroom quality restoration, but this is worse than either one. Ick.
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Smeagle 9:42PM (12/17/2007)
I think someone should look at madating those rocket launchers on all cars. That would be a really effective deterant against lane hogging :)
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Sam Gross 9:44PM (12/17/2007)
It looks the same coming and going!
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aman 10:02PM (12/17/2007)
Did someone say DONK?
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Ed 10:37PM (12/17/2007)
Look on the bright side, maybe they used a Tempest.
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mr 11:17PM (12/17/2007)
Are those really fender flares from a Silverado?
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Evan C. 11:39PM (12/17/2007)
This car sold back in 2005 at Rand/Workman Auto Auction in NYC.
http://randworkman.com/featured_event/auction/details.php?id=313
It sold for $43,600
I remember this piece of junk! It was on the rooftop of Piers 92 and 94 and I remember when we had to move it down to the ground floor to the auction stage no one could figure out exactly how to open the darn doors. It seems that rthe new owner has put a lot of time and money into polishing it up to what i look like today.
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SPG 11:51PM (12/17/2007)
This treatment to a Toronado, a Catalina, or an Impala and I think we'd all be singing a different tune (minus the rims).
But not a GTO. Damn it.
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Level 12:07AM (12/18/2007)
I kinda like it....
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Fuzzmanmatt 12:11AM (12/18/2007)
I like it, I quite enjoyed the movie, I'd take it, but I probably wouldn't pay for it.
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Wally 9:06AM (12/18/2007)
Hi Mr. Diesel - Your movies suck. Except The Pacifier, cinematic gold.