Aaaaargh! Magazine missing page: need info

[GOAT72]

Anyone got the 1/4-mile ET and MPH for the '63 "Swiss Cheese" 421SD Catalina?
I got a photocopy of the article from Hot Rod magazine 1963 and the page with the trap numbers is missing!

Thanks!
Mac

[Mr70]

1963 Pontiac Catalina
Comments: Pontiac fullsize performance reached its peak in 1963. All fullsize models got new sheetmetal for 1963, including stacked headlights. Performance enthusiasts once again turned to the Catalina, the lightest of the Pontiac fullsize coupes. The standard engine was a 389 cid V8 with 283 bhp. Next up were two 421s with 10.75:1 compression ratios: a four barrel with 353 bhp and the Trophy 421 HO (High Output) which sported triple Rochester two-barrel carburetors operated by a progressive throttle linkage and was rated at 370 bhp. For serious drag strip use, buyers could specify the Super Duty 421 which came in three states of tune which all benefited from an increase in the compression ratio from 11.0:1 to 12.0:1 and an increase in the maximum shift point from 5900 rpm to a screaming 6400 rpm. The mildest Super Duty 421, designed for high speed use, used a single four barrel carb and was rated at 390 bhp. Next up was the drag strip version which used a dual four barrel and was again underrated at 405 bhp. This engine came with aluminum exhaust manifolds standard and steel manifolds optional. At the top was a second drag strip version with a dual four barrel carb version and a 13.0:1 compression ratio which Pontiac timidly rated at 410 bhp. Only 88 of these engines were built for all models, and those Catalinas so powered could turn sub 14 second quarter miles. But eager for more performance, Pontiac offered a limited number of Super Stock lightweight Catalinas with the famous "Swiss Cheese" frames (which had grapefruit sized holes drilled into the chassis rails), aluminum axle centers, aluminum front panels and front and rear bumpers, plus numerous other modifications. The net result was a 300 lb weight loss over regular Catalinas, allowing quarter mile times in the low 12s at more than 116 mph. Unfortunately, all of this performance was too much for General Motors and GM instituted a complete ban on competition activity, forcing Pontiac to stop installing all Super Duty components.

Production:
Engines: 389 V8 289 bhp. 421 HO V8 370 bhp. SD 421 390 bhp. SD 421 405 bhp. SD 421 410 bhp.
Performance: SD 421/410: 0-60 in 5.2 seconds, 1/4 mile in 13.7 seconds @ 107 mph. Super Stock lightweight SD 421/410: 1/4 mile in low 12s at more than 116 mph.

[DarrenX33]

Based on the content, I am betting that Belair stoled your page. He just "loves early Pontiacs".

[GOAT72]

Thanks, Rick!


You went above and beyond the call of duty and I appreciate it!

[Norm reynolds]

About a year ago was at a corvette show at Elkins Chevy in south Jersey a guy unloaded this 63 Pontiac and man did it sound mean it had pixy glass side windows had a sign on it saying Swiss cheese At the time I did not know what it was but I took some pictures of it nobody seem interested in it except me when I got home and did some research and found it was a rare car. Funning that no one was interested in it but me
So there is a Swiss cheese Pontiac rooming around in south Jersey
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[tjs44]

if that is the pic,doub it was a swiss cheese car,SD yes,all of them were a special silver paint and im sure the 13 cars came with the battery in the trunk.Tom

[GOAT72]

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if that is the pic,doub it was a swiss cheese car,SD yes,all of them were a special silver paint and im sure the 13 cars came with the battery in the trunk.Tom

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Well, the Swiss Cheese car DID come w/plexi windows, and the dual quad intake (as Rick described above).

Why couldn't it be a Swiss Cheese car, Tom?
My car USED to be orange, then it was blue, now it's red.

But you are correct about battery placement. My '63 Hot Rod article shows a photo of the battery mounted in the rr side of the trunk.

Does that car have aluminum factory headers? I couldn't tell by the photo.


Mac

[tjs44]

All the drag race SD cars came with alu exhaust.The circle cars came with a stamped steel header.I saw the Demetrie car which was not a swiss cheese car with plexi windows.I dont think someone with a swiss cheese car would have moved the battery from the trunk to the front,that is the big give away.The engines in the swiss cheese cars were the same as the rest of the SD cars.ALL the 13 S.C. cars were alu.Not all SD cars were alu.

[Belair62]

Tom...I owned the Demetri car and yes it had plexi front and rear..full alum front end,rear bumper,,,Frost Silver was the Swiss color was it not ?

[tjs44]

Yes,I know,you bought it out from under me!Yes,the S.C. cars were all that color.Tom