Post by: Phil Salvatti
In celebration of this years 50th anniversary of the Pontiac GTO. ROD WRITERS is proud to present from its ‘LEGENDs Series’, Pontiac ‘Ad /PR genius’ Jim Wangers (AKA the ‘Godfather’ of the GTO), RW exclusive interview with Kevin Preciado. Kevin and Jim chat next to Jim’s beloved classic gold/white 1965 GTO Tiger.
It was Wangers maverick marketing and advertising campaigns that put Pontiac on the map as “THE Car” to have for performance and style.
The GTO, together with Jim and Pontiac created a new category of “Super Cars” during the 1960’s which morphed into the Muscle Cars of the 1970’s as we know them today.
Also, Jim talks about the history of how the GTO ‘Monkeemobile’ came to be for the Monkee’s TV show with designer / creator Dean Jeffries at the helm. And the clearing up the truth about George Barris’s claim he built the famous TV Hot Rod.
