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Post by BlackChevelleSS Wed Jan 02, 2013 2:55 am

We need some ROTW pics SO post away some pics so we can start updating!

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Post by 77mali Sat Jan 05, 2013 4:06 pm

I nominate this beast...lol
Cool article too: http://www.highperformancepontiac.com/tech/hppp_1209_pioneers_of_the_pontiac_v8/

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Post by 77mali Fri Jan 11, 2013 9:05 am

On behalf of this cool race car- (which I wish I owned) Thanks for rotw.

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Post by 2fat2fly Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:20 am

BlackChevelleSS wrote:We need some ROTW pics SO post away some pics so we can start updating!
Hey I do not know who the new pic is but ca-Mon is that just not one of the best !!!!!!!!!!!!!

VERY NICE , AND THE # IS KINDA KOOL TO !!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by 77mali Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:38 am

It was in an article about Pontiac V8 engines & the men who conceived them. I subscribe to the "Amos Auto Enthusiast" newsletter. Every once in a while they'll have an article that has a G3 A body car. This Can Am race car is the "Baddest" I've ever laid eyes on & has a Poncho 366 race motor. In the same article there is also a facinating archival photo of a hand-written factory Dyno break-in "score card" for an SD 455 motor from the 70's.

PS- I think the number choice was no accident. LOL
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Post by Pontichev327 Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:40 am

Too bad Pontiac was focused on getting emissions down and had abandonded high-po ANYthing except the poser-am firebirds! (which I happen to like...) That 73 Grand Am COULD have been a great competitor, but they pulled it out before it was publicly seen at the Daytona 500, dammit. Mad
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Post by Pontichev327 Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:49 am

I talked to Jim Wangers about it, and he said that the Grand Am was the best thought out auto they had brought to market up to that point, but by 1973 the timing was off, and the competition with the Grand Prix was considered bad business by the brass. With the gas crunch, and the auto worker strikes, and the insurance hikes it was over. He left Pontiac about the same time, but continued to work with them through an independent company.
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Post by 77mali Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:08 am

Couldn't agree more about the G/A...& score another kill for the regulators.

Those few SD 455 cars that actually came to market in the T/A's were under-rated purposely (don't know if that was Jim's legacy or not) but they pumped out more HP then they claimed in the "official" documents. You can argue the fact that those SD 455 F-body's were tops for GM HP until they stopped making them. Pontiac did keep the faith I think more than the others- at least they seem to have tried harder IMO.
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Post by 77mali Sun Jan 13, 2013 3:36 pm

Here's another nice one I ran across for whenever. 73 Buick GS I think.
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Post by 2fat2fly Sun Jan 13, 2013 4:44 pm

77mali wrote:Here's another nice one I ran across for whenever. 73 Buick GS I think.
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Kool ! ( but ) not even close to the beast, Pontiac has it hands down on that front end !!! OH ya !
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Post by 77mali Sun Jan 13, 2013 6:01 pm

I'll take both. Very Happy
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Post by Pontichev327 Sun Jan 13, 2013 7:35 pm

Is that a Stage One?..Bwaaaaaaa!
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Post by Bigpig455 Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:03 pm

That's Tom Miller's old 73 Stage 1. It ran 13.8's in totally stock form. He sold it probably 2 years ago or so.

I have a midnight blue Stage 1 4 spd - I'll introduce myself and post pictures sometime soon.
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Post by 77mali Wed Feb 06, 2013 9:50 pm

Bigpig455 wrote:That's Tom Miller's old 73 Stage 1. It ran 13.8's in totally stock form. He sold it probably 2 years ago or so.

I have a midnight blue Stage 1 4 spd - I'll introduce myself and post pictures sometime soon.

We need more Buick & Pontiac guy's on here posting pics/specs etc.. Car looks nice in your avatar pic.
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Post by 77mali Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:42 pm

Bicknellwelding mentioned his nomination for this car on another thread recently. Just posting here for everyone's consideration for next weeks ROTW car. I agree this Cale Yarborough Nascar deserves recognition even though its a "1980" LOL

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If you want to buy it it's on e-bay (or was recently) for only $299,000.00 Laughing Laughing
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