The Muscle Car that started it all still knows how to turn heads. On a sunny afternoon in San Diego, this 1965 Pontiac GTO convertible stood gleaming, the kind of red that burns its way into memory.

You can go one of two ways with a retromod. You can buy the original ‘as is’ and then perform your alterations, or you can purchase a newer vehicle first, and build a custom body over the modern-ish ...