Oldsmobile and Pontiac also used the all-aluminum 215 on its mid-sized cars, the Oldsmobile F-85 and Pontiac Tempest.
'RPO 382' wasn't just an option number on the 1964 Pontiac Tempest price list - it was a tick-box that started an American performance car revolution.
The original GTO started life in 1964 as option 382 on a Pontiac Tempest LeMans. Two-hundred and ninety-five dollars bought a bigger engine (389 cubic inches) and air scoops (non-functional).
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