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5) Tenney says there are "shots of the blue car in the 03/64 issues of Cars and Popular Hot Rodding." Going by that deal, then the "Blue Car" would have had at some point a 421 engine installed. Pictures clearly show the Pyramid at the back of the block on a engine being worked on in that time frame in Cars/PHR magazines. The "source" also told be the "Blue Car" had a 421 engine installed at some point.
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Unless, Tom, the shots of the blue car were press/publicity stills, and the engine shots are of a different car. I don't have the magazines, though recall it was not a p/s car - which would rule out the red car and, possibly, rule in the blue car. Also, seem to remember the engine as being not too fresh in appearance, with kind of a funky throttle linkage. There was also a shot of the underside of the car with a leaky shock, or something.
Anyone have a copy? Can these pages be located via the Keith decimal system, perhaps?!
Guessing the blue car was #'d somehow, btw. Though, per "Glory Days", it did not have a "production VIN".
Jim says he kept quiet about the 421 all that time because he enjoyed the controversy. I also think he had a great deal of respect for John DeLorean, and knew how to keep a secret (remember those days?!).
Although ...
Once he came clean on the red car, why not own up to the blue one, as well?
I did once ask him if he knew of any other factory-equipped 421 GTO's, and he said he didn't - though would not have been surprised if there were others.
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