[Wareagle]

Did anyone here meet or talk to JIM CHRISTENSEN who bought one of MT's 63 421SD Tempests. The car ruled the street's of SO CAL around 1965.

[HotCat_63]

And where is that car today???

Kinda makes ya wonder how many more Super Duty's will be found!

[goatman65]

Been trying to upload a couple pics for weeks but it aint happening.I suck with computers,really.Ill have to get somebody else to do it. Maybe a 5 yr old!

[moegoat]

Here are some more present day shots of the Gray Ghost's archaic underpinnings, imagine running 8 second times with this. Can you say hold on to your butt????? The drivers of these must have had balls of steel racing these beasts.
Pretty rough, all there but engine/trans.
Check out the spindle mount wheels real magnesium as are the rear slots.

[Jack Gifford]

What's with the two pieces of steel welded to the top of the banjo housing? It looks like they decided to eliminate rear suspension at some point in time? I can't see that the tops of the pieces are attached to the chassis cross-tube, but they appear to be right up tight against it.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by moegoat

Here are some more present day shots of the Gray Ghost's archaic underpinnings, imagine running 8 second times with this. Can you say hold on to your butt????? The drivers of these must have had balls of steel racing these beasts.
Pretty rough, all there but engine/trans.
Check out the spindle mount wheels real magnesium as are the rear slots.

Scary stuff.

I thought it might be fun to do a tribute to Dick Jesse's '65 "Mr Unswitchable", but when I saw some of the workmanship (ie, spacing the body up with stacks of washers, etc) I thought I would stick with more modern technology...

K

[Keith Seymore]

I was looking for the photos I have of the above "Mr Unswitchable" build (couldn't find them) but I did find these.

I apologize for not putting them in any kind of order but there is a lot here:

Car life:


Drag Racing:




Speed and Supercar:



Cars:

[Keith Seymore]

...
Rock Running:


Gay Pontiac:




Photo montage from Car Craft:


Notice anything wrong with the Royal car?:

[Keith Seymore]

George's Tempest, then and now:




Jesse:

[Keith Seymore]

And I apologize, these last few are not Pontiac specific, but I just couldn't resist these bad boys of old, the AA/Fuel Altered:



Wild Willie pulling the front wheels AT THE FINISH LINE:


...and I think this pic is just priceless:

[triathlonx13]

Keith Seymore - Thanks for sharing those great photo's. They are very inspirational!

[Jerry H.]

Great pics Keith. I'm shooting you a PM.

[moegoat]

Originally Posted by pontiac jack

What's with the two pieces of steel welded to the top of the banjo housing? It looks like they decided to eliminate rear suspension at some point in time? I can't see that the tops of the pieces are attached to the chassis cross-tube, but they appear to be right up tight against it.

Appears to be a centering/locating device, notice no panhard rod. It is slotted & the suspension does move freely up & down. Hope that answers your ???

[Keith Seymore]

Thanks guys. Just a few more...







You might recognize someone here:







Lastly, again not Pontiac related, but is this a hard launch or what?!

[billygoatii]

Notice anything wrong with the Royal car?:

Great pics! Thanks for sharing. The Royal pic is reversed, lettering is mirror image and the driver is on the right side of the car instead of the left.

[evil455]

Originally Posted by Brian Baker

One of my favorite Jungle Pam pictures. My other is the fishnet top.

if you have a picture of it, post it up for us to see.

[Silver Judge]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Thanks guys. Just a few more...



Lastly, again not Pontiac related, but is this a hard launch or what?!

Keith, that last image is INSANE The guy has all four wheels off the ground, and he does not look like he's crapping his pants either. Maybe the photgrapher was so good that he got the shot before he put a few coffee beans in his shorts

[Silver Judge]

I rec'd these images from friends in WA state and these are from Bremerton Raceway, right across Puget Sound from Seattle, a ferry boat ride away. I drive on the ferry to race there and have laid down a few low 12's myself there

[Silver Judge]

More from Bremerton Raceway, WA

[Silver Judge]

Bremerton again, Last two here....Dang, these look like wild BLOWN HEMi rides and I don't see wheelie bars, LOL