Knafel 68 Tin Indian

[Steve_Hoog]

Now this is too cool. When I bought this 1983 April HPP off the newstand over 20 years ago, this article flew right past me. I found it again for the first time last night.

Of course now the car has surfaced restored by Merle Green, cool to see a picture of Arlen.



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[J GLASGO]

Steve,i know you like Knafel info,so i thought i would pass this one on to you.Two weeks ago my brother and i were at a guys house checking something out,and we noticed an odd looking supercharger sitting on top of a small block Chev,and i asked him "Where did you get that?"He told me it was a Latham supercharger,bought it from a guy in Akron by thename of Bill Knafel,in the mid sixties! It had to be the one off of Bills 63 Grand Prix convertable! He had not even got around to bolting it up to Chevy motor,it was just sitting on top of it,been that way for 40 years! Now if i just knew where the 63 GP convertable was ,i would be in business!

[Steve_Hoog]

No way, that's cool.

I don't know anything about this car, you have any pics? I take it you can purchase the blower if wanted.

Do you by chance know who the Heck brothers are?

[Steve_Hoog]

[gtoguru]

The Heck brothers- Vance and Phil(P.J.). Vance out of Marion,Ohio just a little south of me. P.J. lives down in Gallipolis,Ohio.

[Steve_Hoog]

Since they sold the car, what are they doing now? Any other cool stuff?

[gtoguru]

They have been liquidating a lot of their Pontiac stuff lately. They are into guns big time-like machine guns! Jim

[Steve_Hoog]

Some change from rare Pontiacs.

Does anyone know if the car still exists? My Uncle, John Watson drove for Knafel NHRA Drag Championship 1968. John and his brother Tom Watson bought the green Tin Indian and raced in for 4 years and then sold it.

I would not even know how to go about tracking the car down if it still exists.

Any ideas are appreciated.
Jennifer Watson Jolly

[muscle_collector]

the firebird is owned by a friend of mine. no idea on the gto