TheBRENTHumbler & ADRIENNE CAMPBELL’S
1970 PONTIAC GTO This stunningly good restoration here is definitely the ‘Red Pearl’ of the Campbell’s cave.
of letting you know that they weren’t mucking around, the rev counter is mounted directly in front of the driver’s eyes on top of the bonnet in a moulded aerodynamic housing blending into that gorgeous long bonnet.
These GTO Pontiac’s have been a favourite muscle car of mine since I can’t even remember!
I must say, GM are pretty damn good at styling their muscle cars. This is just one of the three stunningly well restored GM muscle’s in the Campbell cave.
The long sleek bonnet starting from the protruding aerodynamic nose cone splitting the recessed grill, to the twin vents rising up above the bonnet to sit level with the nose cone swage running up the bonnet is simply gorgeous. The roof flowing back over the rare quarters to that aeroplane style wing sitting proudly over the boot lid fully stepping it into the staunch muscle car era of the seventies. To top this all off with no hesitation
We have already featured their extremely rare Stage 1 GS Buick in Issue 09 and their glistening blue SS Nova in Issue 10. Both cars having been fully restored to factory condition and better in most parts. The battle in the muscle car world between the manufacturers in the early seventies was awesome I reckon. Neither manufacturer would back down and certainly made it known when they had built a car that was going to kick butt against the others.
The nick names the builders gave their cars was simply awesome, no political correctness at all was considered, men were men and pansies were flowers in the seventies. Names like “The Judge” spring to mind but this Pontiac here was named “The Humbler” and came with a full-on advertising campaign aimed at letting the buyer know they were going to play in the big league buying one of these. They not only came with that staunch muscle car look, but a 400ci, 350hp twin ram air engine complete with a switch to open the exhausts gates to let the casual opponent at the traffic lights know “The Humbler” was there. I mean, just because they pull up next to you doesn’t mean they want to race, but better to be safe than a loser! GM advertising department actually spent the money producing an ad to play at half
