Top Pontiacs To Leave The Side Door

[Steve_Hoog]

I can't speak much about the late 50's or the early sixties cars; but I know there are some here that can.

I personally have three favorites at the end run of the game in 69/70.

Two are Knafel Judges that squeaked through Engineering IMO with special blocks; both Sprayed Caps, one a 428 maybe both. The well documented white Judge that was campaigned by Knafel; heavy hands on by Mr. Arlen Vanke:



Less known and or accounted for but IMO just as important; this car sparked and unforgettable series of threads on this Yenko forum over ten years ago that certainly was a forum spotlight for some time. The silver one.



And my personal favorite; and debatable between it and the White Judge as the most important, the one and only 350 HO Firebird!

[Steve_Hoog]

This pic is the time that set the stage for all that Bill accomplished in just a couple of years forward, this is a great pic!

[Astock]

The silver car was pretty cool. I've known Vanke since I was 14. I should have picked his brain before selling it. The car was sitting since 1971 in a pole barn outside of Akron. Of all things, belonged to the widow that worked with my Mother in law at At&T. I guess Bill and son John Knafel were looking for that car a long time. Too bad I found out after selling it to your buddy.

[Steve_Hoog]

Astock if I remember correctly you were the one that worked with Gary to get the car to Tulsa?

[Astock]

I sold it to Gary. Man, that's a young and skinny Arlene.

[Steve_Hoog]

Never mind that, I just paid attention to your last sentence.

I keep waiting for that car to service; it left Oklahoma a bit a go for nice resto, but I haven't seen one thing on it yet.

[Steve_Hoog]

Do you mean to tell me after all that chaos that went on here at Yenko over that car, no one ever questioned Arlen after the fact?

[Steve_Hoog]

FYI there is a real good chance it was a multiple line MEMO car [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img]

[old5.0]

I'm a Ford man at heart, but I've always had a soft spot for Plymouths and Pontiacs. My closet Pontiac lust came from my mother's stories about street racing a then-new 67 burgundy 400 HO GTO, and a particularly memorable one about teaching her best friend to drive stick in an also brand new 67 Gulf Turquoise Ram Air I Firebird.

I've owned a few Pontiacs in the meantime, but I'm still waiting on the &quot;right&quot; one. The 70 Tin Indian car pictured above is definitely in my top 5, and the various threads on the silver Knafel Judge are like a great book; I still go back and reread them about once a year.

[Steve_Hoog]

Old5.0

Don't forsake the Firebird; Royal and Royal Engineering did some phenomenal stuff with that car.

And supposedly it's a secret rumor it is still in the Detroit/ Pontiac Area; Dr. Schiffer and a couple of others have hinted to that.

I challenge Keith to go find it [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

And there are still others worthy of mention that I'll let other people bring up if they will join in the conversation; just like that big thread you re read, new interesting threads are waiting to be made if people will only talk [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]