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#741
08-16-2017, 05:45 PM
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Those are my extra set of street tires: 255/60x15 BFG Radial T/As. If I won the lottery I'd buy a set of those new radial Firestone Wide Ovals.
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#742
08-16-2017, 05:48 PM
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Thanks, I'm going to do the same thing with my 71 trans am. I'm almost done restoring the KR's and have a new set of Goodyear Polyglass tires to go on them, but I want to put some new t/a's on the honeycombs.
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#743
08-16-2017, 09:04 PM
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I have a GR70 spare with white side wall 1973, very nice shape
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#744
08-16-2017, 09:05 PM
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Is it a Uniroyal? I have a friend who has a car that was ordered with whitewall GR70x15 radials and his only remaining original tire is the spare Uniroyal white stripe. He's looking for more tires.
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#745
08-16-2017, 09:10 PM
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I'm changing my lottery win choice: I just checked the Kelsey Tire site and they now offer the Goodyear Steelguard GR70x15 which according to Goodyear came out in late 1972 for 1973 cars. That might be the way to go for the future, for anyone else cursed with the Firestone 500 GR70x15 under the radial tire option. They offer them in both RWL and white stripe.
https://corporate.goodyear.com/en-US/about/history.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLK_nZeD834 http://www.kelseytire.com/pages/preformancetires4.html (4th tire from the left) |
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#746
08-16-2017, 09:54 PM
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http://www.forums.maxperformanceinc....d.php?t=796460
If you're thinking about the Goodyear's, contact Rusty. |
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#747
08-16-2017, 10:51 PM
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The Tire I have is a GR-70 '73 BFG taken off a 15" Rally wheel in the trunk of a Pontiac Le Mans Sport It was its original spare.
Last edited by Formulabruce; 08-16-2017 at 11:00 PM. |
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#748
08-17-2017, 05:53 AM
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Date code indicates a '74 mfg. date.
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#749
08-17-2017, 06:18 AM
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#750
09-19-2017, 07:46 PM
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Just got back from the Hemmings Concours at Lake George NY. Great show. They had a 50th Anniversary Camaro and Firebird display for 1967 to 1981 F-bodies. The cars were selected by invitation only.
Some really nice cars were there. The SD wound up with a second place. Very surprising given the high caliber of the cars in the class and the fact that the SD is unrestored. I was up against several six-figure $$$ restorations. A restored green 1969 ZL1 Camaro got first and third went to a copper 70 L78 Camaro from Minnesota. Phillip Borris did an exceptional job as the narrator and emcee of the class providing a car by car history of the F-body line given his expertise on the subject as the author of Echoes of Norwood. Here he is giving his spiel. Last edited by njsteve; 09-19-2017 at 07:56 PM. |
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#751
09-19-2017, 07:53 PM
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I trailered the SD up there with my '95 Suburban (I just replaced the original 6.5 diesel engine with a brand new AM/Gen 6.5 diesel from the HUMVEE engine plant in Ohio). Boy, what difference in towing! With the aftermarket tune in the truck and all the exhaust mods I have made over the years, it makes around 500 lbs of torque and an extra 75 horsepower now. It even got 12 mpg towing 450 miles. (the old towing mileage was 10, if I was going downhill).
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#752
09-19-2017, 07:56 PM
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Phillip is going to have a special car at MCACN this year, we text regularly on some of the details.
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#753
09-19-2017, 07:58 PM
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Yup, I think I know which one it is. ;-) And he owns it, too if I recall correctly.
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#754
09-19-2017, 09:24 PM
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Congratulations on the second place. Glad you were able to attend the show.
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#755
09-19-2017, 09:30 PM
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He does - I had a wanted add out on craigslist offering a reward for it and when he saw that he decided he needed to get in the car and go find it! Find it he did! 
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#756
05-12-2018, 08:56 PM
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Looks like the old white car showed up in HotRod.com today. I am so happy for Enrico and Lenora, the original owners. There's over 50 photos online, including their original owner and wedding anniversary shots. Now that's a proper Mother's day gift!
Scott Lachenauer photographed the car wrote up the article from Enrico's stories and gave him the credit he truly deserved! http://www.hotrod.com/articles/1973-...uper-duty-455/ It should be out in Musclecar Review this week. Last edited by njsteve; 05-12-2018 at 09:04 PM. |
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#757
05-12-2018, 10:44 PM
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Awesome car and story!
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#758
05-17-2018, 07:17 AM
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I was googling and found this: http://www.hotrod.com/articles/hppp-...-duty-formula/
So now Hotrod.com has a feature on all the SD455 Formulas sold by Suburban Pontiac in 1973. (All two of them) :-) |
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#759
05-17-2018, 07:53 AM
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That's a beautiful car!
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Some guys they just give up living And start dying little by little, piece by piece, Some guys come home from work and wash up, And go racin' in the street. Bruce Springsteen - Racing In The Street - 1978 |
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#760
05-18-2018, 09:45 PM
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Great story! Glad the original body shell got reunited with the original engine. Love those kind of stories.
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1971 GTO 455 HO 4-speed - Cameo White, White Vinyl Top, Jade Green Interior, Ram Air Hood, AC, Honeycombs and 8-track 1974 Formula 455 I Owned in 1975-1976. Now Own Its Twin From Same Dealership 
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