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Old 10-13-2016, 01:28 AM
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Location: Phelps, NY 14532
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Originally Posted by johnta1 View Post
... Pic of my Dad and car...
Was the '38 a six or straight-eight? The GM straight-eights of the thirties were truly torque monsters. I had them in a '36 Olds and a '37 Buick, and helped a friend get one running in his '34 Pontiac. All of those cars would lay rubber from a standstill in 2nd gear! Of course the only tires we had were rock-hard rubber...

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Anybody else on this planet campaign a M/T hemi Pontiac for eleven seasons?
... or has built a record breaking DOHC hemi four cylinder Pontiac?
... or has driven a couple laps of Nuerburgring with Tri-Power Pontiac power?(back in 1967)
... or has a Pontiac born the same year as Jim Wangers? (1926}