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#181
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The Car Life car is a Hardtop. No post.
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#182
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Great catch.
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#183
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I disagree Tenny, Not True, Both cars are Post Cars. I am old and half blind but not totally blind and can still
recognize a couple of "Post Cars" when I see them in a picture. See Pics Attached. Tom V.
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#184
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Well........on the cover and in the Road Test Block pg17, those 2 are POST cars however pg 14 shows clearly a 2 dr ht. The post coupe is wearing delux hubcaps and the hardtop has spinners.
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#185
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Here's the text ...
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#186
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#187
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It is nice that people saved the old magazine articles. Too bad most of the time the print is so small you can't read the words and can barely see the pics. Blowing up the pics just makes the images blurred.
Tom V.
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#188
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Tenny where`s the cover shot? Post car?
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#189
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Tom posted the cover w/the post car (maybe a painting wasn't in the budget?!).
Another action-packed rabbit hole, though, is tracking the sideview mirror - and lack thereof - throughout the various images ... |
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#190
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Quote:
wildaboutcarsonline.com/cgi-bin/pub9990262549620.cgi?categoryid=9950392417943&acti on=viewad&itemid=9990438454813 And some more braille type (and Blue Car press shots - PHR 03/64) ... |
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#191
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One more ...
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#192
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Here's Speed & Custom 04/64 ...
wildaboutcarsonline.com/cgi-bin/pub9990262549620.cgi?itemid=9990433549148&action=v iewad&categoryid=9950392417943&page=1&placeonpage= 4&totaldisplayed=50 And CARS 03/64 ... |
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Ah! I knew I had seen more than one picture of the 421 'Pyramid' Block and the 421 Pistons in the block in the GTO.
This was the driver's (opposite) side of the engine when the 421 engine was installed. Again the Pyramid is visible though not as clear. You can also identify the Blue Car's Michigan Plate HJ-4471, and as you said, the lack of any outside rear view mirror. The Earlier Blue Car also had the old style 389 SD Mechanical Linkage installed on the carbs. They, at least, have the SD Tri-Power (Tube and Plunger) installed correctly in the picture. Plunger end attached to the Triangular Plate on the center carb. Tom V.
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"Engineers do stuff for reasons" Tom Vaught Despite small distractions, there are those who will go Forward, Learning, Sharing Knowledge, Doing what they can to help others move forward. Last edited by Tom Vaught; 02-01-2018 at 07:45 AM. |
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#195
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 original mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.56 @ 139 mph besthttp://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/ My Pontiac Story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524 "Intro from an old Assembly Plant Guy":http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926 |
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#196
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I was just looking thru these posts again and I had a thought.
What if the Blue Car DID have a 421 as we’ve see in some of the pics/articles. The Red car is built and Wangers thinks to himself “what if I just do an engine swap between the Blue and Red cars?? What if the Red car was running the 421 out of the Blue car?? Would you run a new 421 engine in the Red car for the acceleration test without knowing what it could do? I wouldn’t. I would run the 421 motor thats already been tested from the Blue car. Then the 389 out of the Red car was put into the Blue car.
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1966 GTO 1966 421-10.1-1 comp-Race Tec 23cc Pistons KRE Tri-Power KRE 65cc Aluminum Heads XE274 cam by Comp Cams DUR 230 Int 236 Exh @.050 - 110 LSA LIFT .491" Int .491" Exh Tri-Y-Headers by Tribal Tubes w/ Goerlich Mufflers 1966 Muncie Wide Ratio 4-Speed 1968-72 Chevy 12 Bolt Rear End w/ 3.73 rear gears Last edited by SD421; 04-05-2026 at 12:31 AM. |
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#197
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I suspect not.
Keep in mind at PMD (or GM in general) if you want anything - anything at all, including a complete prototype or production engine - you just go to the parts counter with a part number and the item magically appears. There's really no motivation to engage in any kind of shell game, especially if it results in extra work. And if there was any concern (even though these guys build engines all day every day) you would just check the new engine on a run in stand or dyno. K
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 original mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.56 @ 139 mph besthttp://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/ My Pontiac Story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524 "Intro from an old Assembly Plant Guy":http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926 Last edited by Keith Seymore; 04-05-2026 at 01:13 PM. |
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