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Neat pics Tommy! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img]
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Worth another look.. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
Anderson of course became Knafel Pontiac http://www.mcacn.com/gallery/McClurg/image0155.jpg |
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-----Love seeing any of these old cars that had anything to do with "Akron Arlen". Knew him back in 65-66 and sold him nuts and bolts. Great guy and way ahead of his time......Bill S
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Some experimental engines:
1963 SOHC 421 - This was installed in engineer Malcolm McKellars 63 Grand Prix. Mac just recently passed away. He was a camshaft guru, and designed some of the best hi-perf camshafts of the whole Musclecar era... The 1968 Brabham 303 SOHC, a joint project between the famous Brabham-Repco Formula 1 Grand Prix team and Pontiac. DeLorean loved the idea of making a "Super Firebird" with an exotic engine, or with the help of racing team, similar to the Ford/Shelby collaboration. The Brabham 303 was abandoned when Pontiac engineers found out they were getting more power from their RAV 303 project. The 1963 DOHC 4-valve 389 with sequential fuel injection - not making production, it was scrapped when the GM racing ban hit in Jan 1963, but this beast would have gone into Grand Prix's, Bonnevilles, and Catalinas. When the 1964 GTO hit the streets, the engine was deemed to expensive to install or make available in the GTO series, and the project was scrapped. Another 1963 SOHC 421, with rear mounted cam belts, and 3-valve heads. |
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Cool radical looking engines! Thanks!
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The first pic is the prototype RAIV air cleaner as used on a 1969 GTO. This setup used 4 air inlets, consisting of 2 hood scoops, and 2 hoses, and this was how they came up with the name Ram Air IV. The setup was abandoned before production started, but a 1969 GTO was road tested by a magazine with this setup, and Pontiac issued a diagram showing the system worked.
The second pic is one of the coolest Pontiacs around. This was Jim Wangers Ram Air Firebird, known as the Blackbird, which he had built to compete in the Woodward Ave street wars. This car faced stiff competition from cars built by well-known speed shops, as well as factory built engineering cars from Chrysler, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, and Ford. The Blackbird is now owned by Dr. Eric Schiffer, who is a wealth of information about those Woodward Ave street wars. |
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Second pic is Truman Fields 1968 Firebird RAII, which cleaned up on dragstrips back in the 70's and 80's, and is still around today. Truman won the 1973 U.S. Nationals Stock Elimnator title, then later went on to become 1982 and 1983 IHRA Stock Eliminator Champion. After a retirement of sorts, Truman came back in 1993 and ran the Pure Stocks, becoming the first Pure Stock car to break into the 11's.
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I would love to have the wheels off of the Hard Times Firebird.....are they Fenton's???
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