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#1
06-21-2021, 10:46 AM
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Ponticarlo
Saw it run at LACR, Is it still in action somewhere ??
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#2
06-21-2021, 11:12 AM
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Robert Johnson, the gentleman that usually drove the Ponte, owns it now. He had to buy it at auction after Mr. Wangers nephew decided to auction off all of Jim's cars.
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#3
06-21-2021, 05:59 PM
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I remember it from Norwalk around 20 years ago... COOL RIDE
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06-21-2021, 06:45 PM
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I wonder what happened to its visual twin, the MonteCarlo? That car was back-halfed with a SBC 383 with a huge shot of N2O. Jim never ran it much, preferring the Ponte.
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#5
06-21-2021, 07:58 PM
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Does memory serv me correct , 440 cubes mid 11's? .. Its been a long while, kinda sleeper quiet
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06-21-2021, 08:02 PM
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They put a 4" stroke after market block engine in the car and went at least 8.80 on spray and low tens on motor.
Mid 11's sounds right for the 440 engine that was in the car when they were still racing the red TA. When Jim sold the red TA in the early 2000's, the TA engine went into the Ponte. The TA engine was considerably stronger. From that point forward the Ponte Carlo slowly morphed into a thinly disguised race car. Last edited by PAUL K; 06-21-2021 at 08:11 PM. |
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06-21-2021, 08:09 PM
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#8
06-22-2021, 11:34 AM
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Was not the Ponticarlo one of the first cars to test out a production Victor on?
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06-22-2021, 11:58 AM
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06-22-2021, 01:55 PM
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06-22-2021, 01:57 PM
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#12
06-22-2021, 08:47 PM
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From Norwalk
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#13
06-22-2021, 09:37 PM
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I was thinking about the Monte Carlo steering box in my car and I thought about seeing the Ponticarlo run, LACR was in part built on leased ground belonging to a gravel company apparently the gravel became a greater source of income
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