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Old 04-17-2014, 03:23 PM
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Thumbs up July 2014 High Performance Pontiac
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Not sure how I missed this forum, as it looks like a great source for the Pontiac enthusiast! I've owned my gto since 97... It was originally just a plain jane 400 350hp 4 speed car -- it was painted orbit orange with judge stripes in 92 and was used as the 2nd car in "dazed and confused".

It currently has a 70 455 with #13 heads and an m-21. Over the past 10 years the car has been repainted, new vinyl top, new interior, rebuilt front suspension and so on.... It runs ok on today's gasoline -- working on a more suitable drive-train for modern fuel. Even when gas was still gas it would tend to ping on hot summer days. (It does have forged pistons and has held up well). I have a 73 455 with 6x heads sitting on my engine stand -- I may swap that in and see how it does.

Back in the late 90's I drove the car roundtrip from NC - AZ two different times! As of lately it's spent a good bit of time in the garage but I'm planning on driving it a lot more this year.

Looks like a great forum; looking forward to contributing...
Congrats on the July 2013 HPP write up. Got mine in mail yesterday and quick scanned article. Lots of nice color photo and story content. Nice to see it there and good to have you here on PY too. Note: You are in their "1970 GTO" issue.

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Agreed, great car, movie & article....All Right, All Right, All Right!

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Old 04-18-2014, 07:49 AM
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Yeah, July was a very good issue with tons of vintage photos.

I think Pat wrote a great article as well regarding his role/experience in providing cars for shooting dazed. Very thorough write-up with some cool pics too.

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Old 04-20-2014, 10:09 AM
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Movie was on one of the Showtime channels last night again - had to watch it!

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Always a classic!

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Haven't been on the board much. Logged in and realized that the earlier pictures I posted in this thread were hideous. I've had the car out some and have managed to snap a few more pictures over the last couple of years. With winter approaching, seems worthy of a bump!












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Nice pics! I like everything about this car!

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Old 12-02-2015, 05:33 PM
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Where's the burnout?

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Let me know when you want to go for a cruise. I'll bring the bowling ball.

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Guys, thanks. A few more:

You can actually see the saddle color peaking through the dye on the console.






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Chastings hope to see you up at the Mocksville cruise next spring. Going on the first Monday's only next year, no rain date. Love the car, have a pic of it on my phone.

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Chastings hope to see you up at the Mocksville cruise next spring. Going on the first Monday's only next year, no rain date. Love the car, have a pic of it on my phone.
Nice.

I only made it twice this year and probably once up to Pilot Mountain. It was a busy year between work and a move!

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