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Old 01-03-2014, 03:49 PM
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Old 01-03-2014, 04:30 PM
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This was so cool! I've seen the pictures tons of times but I never knew the story! if you find video put it up here, cause I sure can't find any

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Awesome thanks for posting this

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Old 01-11-2014, 05:28 AM
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This is great .... I've been wondering for a long tine what the "powershift" transmission looked like and why there was no info out there about what it consisted of....Thank you , thank you ! What a great piece of enginerining for half a century ago !
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Old 01-11-2014, 05:39 AM
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Love to see the engineering drawings of this transmission.....and how it all fits together.
what a great company Pontiac was in spite of GM's "rules".....too bad the "good old days" are gone forever !
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Old 01-11-2014, 05:08 PM
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Thanks here also. never can read to much about 63's

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truely amazing !what he was able to do with a working mans car to the euros and big money vetts.

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truely amazing !what he was able to do with a working mans car to the euros and big money vetts.
I don't think the average working man could afford an aluminum 421SD powershift car hahahaha!

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Hot Rod magazine June 1963. I'll have to dig that 1 out of the stack.

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I don't think the average working man could afford an aluminum 421SD powershift car hahahaha!
true ,but the body style was a sleeper type car verses the exotic ferrari and other sports cars.although I like it better

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yes dig that mag out lol

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