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1964 - 1966 GTO Tri-Power Production Numbers:

1964: 25% (8,245/32,450

1965: 36% (20,547/75,352

1966: 22% (19,045/96,946
RH valve cover is on backwards ("pyramid" goes to the front).

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RH valve cover is on backwards ("pyramid" goes to the front).

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What was the purpose of those "pyramids" on Pontiac valve covers?
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Old 05-31-2019, 04:45 PM
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What was the purpose of those "pyramids" on Pontiac valve covers?
I don't think anyone really knows...

Mac McKellar would have been the one to ask but sadly he passed away before I thought of it.

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An ambulance contractor known as Amblewagon (and as Automotive Conversion Corporation) of Birmingham and Troy Michigan built the first dozen altered wheel base (A/FX) Mopars.
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