[ponyakr]

i noticed there have been lots of tigers prowlin sb2, by all the paw prints they left in the pollen/dust.

[ponyakr]

i thank the 1st time i ever saw a woody was on 1 of the beach party shows of the early '60's. & some of the surfin songs mentioned woodys being used by calif surfers. but i never thought i'd have 1. i know its not real wood--i call it a wallpaper woody. of course, the name on the doors will be, what else?--"woody". i feel sure TJ can rig up some cool lookin peckerwoods that'll do Woody proud. i've always wanted 2 race a wagon, since i saw Jack Mullins snatchin the wheels & the gears in his big white 389 wagon. so its a double whammy-- a woody wagon. but it'll be powered by a(what else?) 455. rite now it has a 307? buick, bolted with only the 2 bottom bolts, 2 a chevy th350. hey, lots of ole ponyaks lead a cruel & embarrassing life. but that old life is over for woody. from here on out, its nothin but fun & games, surrounded by lots of little pontiac buddies! ps: i've got several projects goin on, so i don't know when they'll all be finished, but hey, it don't matter--i'm havin a hilarious time plannin it all out!

[ponyakr]

every good hi-end pontiac shop needs a good guard dog 2 protect the valuables & discourage any would be villians. i reckin i'm just blessed in that dept. how many of you guys have a genuine Black & Tan Coon Hound for a guard dog? he's a retired coon hunter, & is now more of a chow hound, as shown in 1 of these pics, as he tries 2 sniff out any crumbs he mite have dropped from the dog biscuit he just 8. & speakin of coons--here's another critter TJ ran up on.

[cuz68]

Where are you Ponyakr? I am missing your old school storys and photos,Your friend Randy.

[ponyakr]

we been havin rain & cloudy weather & our verizon hotspot that we get our internet on has been getting intermitant signals--very frustrating! so i brought it over 2 my moms house & its getting a strong signal & workin great rite now. i'm only about 1/4 mile closer 2 the signal tower, but i guess thats all it takes 2 lose a good signal in cloudy weather. anyhow, thanks for askin! i'll try 2 catch up a little as long as i can stay awake here.

[ponyakr]

after not being able 2 race for about 20 years, when i came back, i found that many things had changed in the pontiac world--like aftermarket blocks, alum heads, cheap, made in china, rods & cranks, stroker kits for the 400 & smaller blocks--& H-O was no longer the big name, but had been replaced by such names as butler, kaufman, sd performance & others which i had never heard of. & of course, there were all the resto parts co & the internet was there 2 connect all these co with their potential customers. i even discovered 2 car mags devoted entirely 2 pontiacs. so i imediately subcribed 2 both & looked forward each month 2 the next issue. i even found a pontiac guy who let me borrow a lot of back issues he had. well, 2 me, that little stack of mags was sorta like a pot of gold or maybe a cool drink of water 2 someone who'd been out in the desert for a long time without. i devoured all i could from them & went back thru each issue 2 reread the good stuff & look for anything of interest i mite have missed. i've recently gone back thru my copies that date back 2 the end of '09 & have made myself an index of the items in each issue that was of interest 2 me. in just the last couple of days i've started my index for the 2013 issues. & in the very 1st issue i looked at, dated jan '13, i found 1 of those WOW articles. but since this post is gonna be so long, i'll tell ya what i found so interesting about the article in the next post.

[ponyakr]

do you ever skim thru a mag & just sorta scan an article for the hilites & then go on with whatever you were busy doin before you picked up the mag. well, i suppose thats what i did when i 1st scanned this article. at 1st i was sorta reluctant 2 even mention this on py. but, good or bad, its part of my pontiac story--its where i came from. i've shared something i read in a pontiac mag before, only 2 find that the person i was talkin 2 already knew all about it, plus a lot that wasn't in the article. so i sorta felt like an idiot for even mentioning it. i guess what i didn't fully comprehend was how old the mag info is when you read it, because of the long lead time required for monthly mags. stuff you read in a 2013 issue really happened in 2012, or at least 6 months earlier. the py forums are much more current. anyhow, the article i'll refer 2 starts on p.38 of the jan '13 issue of hpp. its entitled "last of the creed". its about a '70 formula 400 ra4 runnin nhra b/sa. best et 10.17---10.17!!! thats about 4 seconds quicker than a stone stocker w/original street tires. & at least 2 sec quicker than they ran back in the 70's when we ran stock. i know that class racers know a lot of tricks(some they keep secret) that make their cars run quicker within the rules, so i was REALLY interested in what tricks these guys knew that made this car 2 sec quicker than they ran back in the 70's. i reckin what makes this info so interesting 2 me is the little bit i learned about stock class racin during the 3 seasons i dabbled in it. i quickly found out that most of the time wasn't made up by tricks at all, but rather by nhra rule changes--such as aftermarket blocks, forged pistons, forged rods, alum roller rockers with 3/8 pushrods, electric water pump & fan--& how about that cam?--268/272 @ .050, 110 lsa, .538 lift using triple valve springs w/270 lb seat press & 470 lb open--WOW! & call me dummy again--but what on earth is a Shubeck ceramic puck lifter? with a 5800 stall convertor & a lite th200 tranny, this baby is a hi winding screamer! i'd love 2 see the dyno sheets on this 1. & then there's aftermarket cal trac springs, custom made traction bars & even wheelie bars? the only thing i can see stock on this 1 is the body, bare heads, carb & intake. this is a far cry from what gm produced in 1970. but i reckin thats what it takes nowdays 2 be competitive in class racin. & i haven't even mentioned the small tricks used 2 shave just a little more off the et--like 0-10 weight oil--0?? i figured you'd have 2 refine crude down 2 gasoline for it 2 have no viscosity at all. i thought diesel would have some viscosity. maybe this is some sort of majical synthetic--you see how dumb i am? this bird also runs a homemade crank scraper instead of the stock windage tray, turned down crank counterweights, 110 octane racin gas, & the complete msd ignition system. hey, this is a serious race car ya'll--& he's shootin for the 9 sec zone--WOW!!! ps: since i always seem 2 be the last 2 find out--he may have already hit the 9's since this article was written--i don't know--but i'm sure there's lots of guys on py who do. i also just noticed that he backed it down about a sec & won a bracket class at the jim wangers invit race. also notable at this race, a '74 grand am ss/ma record holder won another of the bracket classes.