This '67 Pontiac GTO is the craziest muscle car build thanks to all-wheel-drive, custom chassis, and mid-mounted twin-turbo 9.3L Chevy V8

Iain Kelly
Contributing Journalist
8 Jul 2019
1 min read

People who love mid-engined supercars and exotics don't tend to go for old American muscle cars as the pushrod beasts tended to go around corners as well as a wheel barrow full of wet cement.

But what if you could build the ultimate hybrid, a classic 1967 Pontiac GTO with a mid-mounted twin-turbo 9.3-litre V8, all-wheel-drive, independent front and rear suspension, and a custom-built chassis?

Well, Nelson Race Engines doesn't have to imagine just such a beast as they're building it! Nelson Race Engines is a name familiar to anyone who loves ridiculously overpowered old cars as Tom Nelson has been building twin-turbo fuel-injected American V8s for over two decades now, and he is an expert at making them sing to well over 1000hp.

His latest project is something absolutely next level, though, as he is taking the ultimate classic American muscle car to a new level. The work involved in this project is astounding and we can't wait to see how it goes when it finally hits the pavement!

Iain Kelly
Contributing Journalist
A love of classic American and European cars drove Iain Kelly to motoring journalism straight out of high school, via the ownership of a tired 1975 HJ Holden Monaro.  For nearly 20 years he has worked on magazines and websites catering to modified late model high-performance Japanese and European tuner cars, as well as traditional hot rods, muscle cars and street machines. Some of these titles include Auto Salon, LSX Tuner, MOTOR, Forged, Freestyle Rides, Roadkill, SPEED, and Street Machine. He counts his trip to the USA to help build Mighty Car Mods’ “Subarute” along with co-authoring their recent book, The Cars of Mighty Car Mods, among his career highlights.  Iain lends his expertise to CarsGuide for a variety of advice projects, along with legitimising his automotive obsession with regular OverSteer contributions. Although his practical skills working on cars is nearly all self-taught, he still loves nothing more than spending quality time in the shed working on his project car, a 1964 Pontiac. He also admits to also having an addiction to E30 BMWs and Subaru Liberty RS Turbos, both of which he has had multiple examples of. With car choices like that, at least his mum thinks he is cool.
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