“Greatest” Muscle Car?
Friday, October 9th, 2009
Poncho Pete asked:
Examples; 1970 Buick GSX 455, 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle 454/450 H.P., 1967-1968-1969 Pontiac Beaumont 427/435 H.P., 1969 Plymouth GTX 426 or 440, 1970 Dodge Challenger 426 Hemi or 440, 1970 Pontiac GTO JUDGE 455...
1967 Pontiac Acadian with factory 427 cid 'Astro - Jet,"Tin Indian", Larry "Doc" Dixon, AHRA, B/Modified Championship, World Championship Deland, Florida. 1961 Pontiac Catalina 421 Super Duty first car under 13 second 1/4 mile, first in the World. Hayden Proffitt, "Mickey Thompson" factory 1961 Pontiac Catalina 421 S.D. 1/4 mile in 12.55 seconds @ 110.20 MPH! Jim Wangers, 1962 Pontiac Catalina 421 S.D., 1/4 mile in 12.38 seconds @ 116.32 MPH! 1962-1963 Pontiac Catalinas ruled Nascar! 1963 Pontiac Tempests Ruled GT Racing, beating the 1963 Ferrari 250 GTOs and 1963 Cobras, 1963 Covette 427s, and whoever else was there by over FIVE MILES! Arnie 'The Farmer" Beswick, "Mr. Pontiac slaughtered the debut of the 1964 Dodge 426 Hemis and debut of the 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 "Thunderbolts" with his older with 421 S.D. 1963 Pontiac Tempests, one a four door station wagon! 1963 Pontiac Lemans Tempest 421 S.D., "Running Bear" did 1/4 mile in 11.89 sec. @ 123.28 MPH! Muscle Car Era; 1964-1972!
Internet References.; (1) 2006 Drag Racing Hall of Fame Inductee Arnie 'The Farmer" Beswick (2) www.arniebeswick.com (3) Ray Nichels (4) www.automotive-art.com, 'Racing in the Rain" (5) www.empgmc.com, " Race/Knafel" (6) grocerygeeter.com (7) Pontiac Performance 1955-1973, Archival Pontiacs (additional info;)(The Plymouth GTX is COOL, only two engine options; 426 HEMI or 440) (1970 Challenger Lots of Power 426,440, and Great Looking Car) (Ray Nichels in charge of Pontiac's Race Program, G.M. out of Racing 1963, Ray Nichels went to work on Dodge's Racing Program!)
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1970 Buick GSX 455 Ruled the Buicks, (Stage 1 never impressed me! Didn't they have other Stages?) I don't feel like searching for my 1967 Pontiac Owners Manual, I will take your word for now, 427 @ 390 H.P.! The Olds 442 was a good concept, 4 spd manual, 4 barrel, dual exhaust, but lost me when they contradicted themselves and put in automatics! I loved the cars without power steering, they said you couldn't turn them, I just turned the wheel a bit, reved up the engine let the clutch out, gave it some gas, peeled those tires and around she went, it was easy, I never had problems with non power cars, and what's with all these automatics, no body knows how to drive anymore?
BMW Fan
Examples; 1970 Buick GSX 455, 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle 454/450 H.P., 1967-1968-1969 Pontiac Beaumont 427/435 H.P., 1969 Plymouth GTX 426 or 440, 1970 Dodge Challenger 426 Hemi or 440, 1970 Pontiac GTO JUDGE 455...
1967 Pontiac Acadian with factory 427 cid 'Astro - Jet,"Tin Indian", Larry "Doc" Dixon, AHRA, B/Modified Championship, World Championship Deland, Florida. 1961 Pontiac Catalina 421 Super Duty first car under 13 second 1/4 mile, first in the World. Hayden Proffitt, "Mickey Thompson" factory 1961 Pontiac Catalina 421 S.D. 1/4 mile in 12.55 seconds @ 110.20 MPH! Jim Wangers, 1962 Pontiac Catalina 421 S.D., 1/4 mile in 12.38 seconds @ 116.32 MPH! 1962-1963 Pontiac Catalinas ruled Nascar! 1963 Pontiac Tempests Ruled GT Racing, beating the 1963 Ferrari 250 GTOs and 1963 Cobras, 1963 Covette 427s, and whoever else was there by over FIVE MILES! Arnie 'The Farmer" Beswick, "Mr. Pontiac slaughtered the debut of the 1964 Dodge 426 Hemis and debut of the 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 "Thunderbolts" with his older with 421 S.D. 1963 Pontiac Tempests, one a four door station wagon! 1963 Pontiac Lemans Tempest 421 S.D., "Running Bear" did 1/4 mile in 11.89 sec. @ 123.28 MPH! Muscle Car Era; 1964-1972!
Internet References.; (1) 2006 Drag Racing Hall of Fame Inductee Arnie 'The Farmer" Beswick (2) www.arniebeswick.com (3) Ray Nichels (4) www.automotive-art.com, 'Racing in the Rain" (5) www.empgmc.com, " Race/Knafel" (6) grocerygeeter.com (7) Pontiac Performance 1955-1973, Archival Pontiacs (additional info;)(The Plymouth GTX is COOL, only two engine options; 426 HEMI or 440) (1970 Challenger Lots of Power 426,440, and Great Looking Car) (Ray Nichels in charge of Pontiac's Race Program, G.M. out of Racing 1963, Ray Nichels went to work on Dodge's Racing Program!)
grocerygetter.com
1970 Buick GSX 455 Ruled the Buicks, (Stage 1 never impressed me! Didn't they have other Stages?) I don't feel like searching for my 1967 Pontiac Owners Manual, I will take your word for now, 427 @ 390 H.P.! The Olds 442 was a good concept, 4 spd manual, 4 barrel, dual exhaust, but lost me when they contradicted themselves and put in automatics! I loved the cars without power steering, they said you couldn't turn them, I just turned the wheel a bit, reved up the engine let the clutch out, gave it some gas, peeled those tires and around she went, it was easy, I never had problems with non power cars, and what's with all these automatics, no body knows how to drive anymore?
BMW Fan
