LOOKING TOWARDS MEAL: Centerfield LOOKING TOWARDS 1 THE FUTURE CLASSIC CAR Club President "Skovy" REVIEW THE FUTURE 2 BIRTHDAYS (March) 18 You Wont Believe 2 ACTIVE MEMBERS 1968 Camaro 2016 DEVILS RUN CLASSIC CAR REVIEW 22 Stan Orness THE 1973 SUPER CLASSIC CAR 4 DUTY REVIEW 455 TRANS AM 23 Pickups

FORMULA FIREBIRD Should've Built 2016 RILDER AWARD CLASSIC CAR

6 Winner Chosen at REVIEW Detroit Autorama 24 1967 Dodge Dart 383 HOW A HOT WHEELS CLASSIC CAR REVIEW 8 CAR GOT SO MANY 27 The Saga of the OF US INTO Story & Photos by Skovy Polaris 1971 Mustang REAL MUSCLE CARS CLASSIC CAR RUMBLER MINISTRY REVIEW Talk about a boomerang of 9 Pastor Scott Block 29 WOW! 1967 Shelby weather. Last weekend it hit 70 TOP SHOW CARS 500 Left for Dead degrees and now snow today. AT THE 2016 10 32 SWAP SHOP What the world?!? DETROIT 33 Upcoming Events AUTO SHOW CLASSIC CAR MOTORHEAD Anyway, makes more time to get REVIEW CENTRAL the cars ready for the upcoming 1969 Pontiac Trans 35 16 Motorsports Capital of Am season. North Dakota FastBack? AROUND MILL HILL 40 CLUB APPLICATION I’m excited about getting ready 16 MOVIE: London s Fallen for the race season. The Laguna

P a g e | 2 is chomping at the bit to get over Thank you everybody for reading to Interstate Dragways and “Get and enjoying the “RUMBLER” it on!” A few projects have come magazine. Our e-mail by my Toy Box. My new project subscriptions have passed that I’m working is my 69 Camaro 15,616 issues. and 71 Chevelle. This should keep me along with you club Don’t be bashful. We are a very members busy … hint. I do have active organization and want the coldest “FREE” beer in town members. It’s only $25.00 for a so stop on by and grab a wrench. regular membership & $50.00 if you want the “RUMBLER” mailed Anyway … The big show is set to you. See the application on the as you will see by posters in this back page, or email edition of the “RUMBLER”. Other [email protected]. MEMBERS BIRTHDAYS activities are also set. We need to put together our softball team Meyer, Annie 03/02 for the Challenge in June. Lang, J.R. 03/05 Behm, Earl 03/06 Our next big gathering is the 70’s Larson, Bonnie 03/06 masquerade party. Watch your Wolff, Clayton 03/06 phones for future texts. Last year Jacobson, Linda 03/07 was a huge success (outside of Andersen, Jeff(Andy) 03/08 the cold weather we had to McCullough, Gary 03/11 contend with). This year we are Wilhelm, Jordan 03/11 going to have it at an inside McCreedy, Terry 03/14 location. Also, our challenges Berg, Tami 03/16 have been accepted by the Moser, LeRoy 03/16 Individuals motorcycle club and Nelson, Christi 03/16 Huntington’s organization for our th Lulay, Alma 03/17 Softball Challenge on June 26 . Heiman, Tyler 03/18 Masters, George 03/18 And of course the 2016 Blacktop Elhard, Dale 03/21 Tour. Last year we had 52 cars Mathias, Roger 03/21 all together. This year I hope to Seckerson, Kelly 03/21 have a bigger year. Loose, Larry 03/22 That’s right. You see it correctly. McCullough, Billie 03/24 On the Saturday night when we Lade, Joshua 03/24 Loose, Bonita 03/24 get back from Lake Metigoshe we are going to caravan down to Kolb, Dale 03/27 the North Dakota State Fair Mitzel, LeRoy 03/27 where “KISS” is going to be Gilge, Cindy 03/30 performing. Hot Rods, Adult Beverages, AND KISS. Whoo Miss your birthday? Please Hoo! contact me at 701-202-7067 whereas I can update your September 24th will be our 6th records. Annual car show at Don Wilhelm in Jamestown. Last year we had ACTIVE MEMBERS 189 cars and gave away

$1200.00 of cash & prizes to the Allmer, Michael winners. Get your vehicles ready Andersen, Jeff(Andy) & Shelly for that one! Anderson, Bruce & Kathy Anderson, Roger & Meleia See you at the next meeting!

P a g e | 3 Anderson, Scott & Kim Kessler, Michael & Mary Stromberg, Bryan Arth, Jesse & Kelly Kleinknecht, Delno & Phyllis Swedlund, Troy & Emmy Bachmeier, Donovan & Karla Kolb, Dale & Nidia Thoele, Kevin & Kim Baker, Neil & Judi Krein, Larry & Kelly Thomas, Troy & Tricia Balvitsch, Wayne Kummer, Jeffrey & Erin Timm, Curt Behm, Earl & Connie Lade, Joshua Titman, Nick Bensch, Paul & Janis Lang, John (JR) Tracy, Dean & Martha Berg, Wayne & Tami Larson, Don & Bonnie VanFleet, Richard Beyer, James Layton, Viril & Mary Vining, Taylor Block, Scott & Pat Loose, Larry & Bonita Wegenast, Colin & Toni Bowen, Jason & Renee Lulay, Bob & Alma Westerhausen, Leon & Mary Jane Brandenburger, Max & Williams, Lynn, Randy Wiest, J.P. & Judy Laura Lynn, Tyler & Pauline Wilhelm, Jeff Briese, Lee & Penny Martin, Randy & Patti Wilhelm, Jordan Calheim, Clifford & Marla Masters, George & Eileen Wilhelm, Rod & Sandy Carow, Billy & Candace Mathias, Roger & Bonnie Willman, Casey & Jessica Corell, John McCreedy, Terrance Willman, Dusty Demarcy, Jared McCullough, Gary & Billie Wolf, Cameron Dewald, Joel & Della McIlonie, Bernie & Darlene Wolff, Clayton & Beverly Elhard, Dale & Cynthia Meidinger, Jamie Wonnenberg, Douglas & Robyn Erdahl, Shawn (Shady) & Dawn Meikle, Jack & Gloria Gaier, Craig & Johnston, Ruth Meyer, Ken & Annie Gehring, Duane & Kathleen Miller, Randy & Crystel Geisler, David Mischka, Kenneth & Judy Gibson, Teddy & Diane Mittleider, Cody & Elaine Gilbertson, Mike & Murray, Kim Mitzel, LeRoy Gilge, Larry & Cindy Moser, LeRoy & Gloria Godfrey, Collin Nelson, Troy & Lois Gouveia, Joe & Starlo Nenow, Roger & Lois Gray, JeriLynn & Andy Nogosek, Aaron & Amy Greenlund, Ron & Darlene Noot, Jay & Bryant Gumke, Matt Olson, David & Adele Gums, Robert & Candace Olson, Taylor Guthmiller, Neil & Linda Olson, Ryan Hallwachs, Loren & Renee Orness, Stan & Sharon Heiman, Tyler Patzner, Elroy Hoggarth, Scott Poppe, Jerry & Ardie Holzkamm, Al & Cindy Ravely, Thomas & Rhonda Houge, Jason & Ann Marie Readel, Larry & Nadine Huber, Al & Sue Redinger, Dale Jacobson, Verdell (Jake) & Linda Rixen, Dennis Jangula, Duane Sabir, Nam Jaskoviak, Steven (Skovy) Schauer, Ronald & Cindy Jensen, Paul & Sue Schlenker, Mark Johnson, Brandon & Sonia Seckerson, Kelly & Tricia Johnson, Irving & Marilyn Seher, Jeff Kamlitz, Brian Specht, Gary & Margaret Karn, Dale & Sue Speckman, Dale & Pamela Keim, Lyman & Darlene

P a g e | 4 CLASSIC CAR REVIEW market share. By 1971, its although not high, volume of loyal THE 1973 SUPER DUTY market share had fallen to just Firebird followers. Also, 3.9 percent. Then in the spring of customers wanted cars with 455 TRANS AM 1972, the United Auto Workers precision handling and good FORMULA FIREBIRD initiated a strike at the F-Body looks at a reasonable price. The Muscle-Car Era's Last assembly plant in Norwood, Hurrah Ohio, and it lasted nearly six months. Production of '72 Story & Pictures by Scott Teeters (hotrod.com) Firebirds fell from 53,127 units in 1971 to 29,951. To add insult to injury, approximately 1,100 unfinished Firebirds were scrapped because they could not meet the new-for-'73 bumper and interior materials flammability standards set by the feds. It all

came together to create the perfect justification for killing the Perhaps it was Mair's and Collins' The muscle-car era was a wild F-body lines. grounded, engineering approach, time for Detroit car makers. but they convinced the decision There was a lot of variation in makers within GM that keeping performance levels, as not all the F-Body line was the right muscle cars were created equal. thing to do. So with the Firebird Some were very well thought out, line saved by a feather, what did and others were badge-and- Pontiac's engineers and stripes presentations with a little designers serve up for the '73 exhaust rumble. A few muscle Firebird line? A muscle-car cars had tuned-in staff that is legend. designers and engineers with a passion for performance. The It was as if Pontiac didn't know Firebird had its share of them. the muscle-car era was over. There were two new Firebird The unofficial short story has it options that stunned Pontiac that after model-year ‘70; the fans—the large hood bird and the muscle-car party was over due to Here's where the passion in Super Duty 455 engine. The insurance rates, new exhaust Pontiac saved the line. It was no hood graphic treatment was emission controls, and safety secret that the Norwood strike designed by Bill Porter as a way regulations. Most manufacturers was dragging on, so it wasn't a to integrate the non-functional, quickly watered down or dropped surprise when the automobile reverse hood scoop design their muscle cars. magazines began to speculate proposed by Collins and Special the F-Body's future. One Projects Engineer Herb Adams. Passion can be a powerful force, magazine even published a mock As chief designer for the new and despite all odds, the Firebird obituary. Regardless, it was a Firebird, Porter argued that for line managed to survive. As I serious topic inside GM. Were it the scoop to work properly mentioned in last month's not for the lobbying efforts of (facing forward), the hood would department, towards the end of Pontiac Assistant Chief Engineer have to be molded in fiberglass, '72, the F-Body line came Bill Collins and Chevrolet Director which would increase cost. He perilously close to being axed. of Engineering Alex Mair (later to also felt the scoop interrupted the This makes the '73 and '74 Super become Pontiac general front-end center nose theme, Duty 455 Trans am and Formula manager), the F-Body line would which was supposed to flow Firebirds all the more amazing. have surely ended with the '72 straight back to the windshield models. Mair, with Collins' without interruptions. The double- The pony-car market hit its high support, argued that Pontiac had scoop design eventually used on point at 1968 with an 11-percent developed a very strong, the Formula was originally

P a g e | 5 designed for the Trans Am. While Young went right to work on what the Super Duty 455. The the design worked better, the would become the Super Duty camshaft profile used the same reverse scoop was much more 455. duration as Ram Air IV—308/320 entertaining and quieter. degrees, but with 0.470-inch lift Pontiac engineers took the for the intake and exhaust. biggest-cubed engine available Rocker ratio remained at 1.5:1 and added everything they could within the limitations of mass The published rating of 310 hp at production. What the Chrysler 4,000 rpm was somewhat Hemi was to Mopar, the Super misleading. Remember, these Duty 455 would be to Pontiac—a were the early days of net power stout engine that could be easily ratings, and the engine could converted to racing. The team easily rev to 6,000 rpm. That started with a four-bolt main much power from an engine with There was also the challenge of block (the standard 455 had a only 8.25:1 compression is how to apply such a large decal. two-bolt main block) with mighty impressive. The objective First, 3M had to come up with reinforced bulkheads and beefier of the Super Duty 455 was to decal material large enough, and camshaft and lifter bosses. Due provide a strong foundation upon then procedures had to be to GM's low-compression which buyers could build Firebird created to apply the decal onto mandate, 8.25:1-compression racecars. Running high 13s in the the hood. While still on the shelf, forged pistons and rods were quarter-mile out of the box, the Pontiac designer John Schinella used. The crankshaft was cast- Super Duty 455 could have easily worked with designer Bill Davis to iron, but nitride heat-treated and run with the 454 Chevys and refine the hood bird. When they with greater oil clearances. An Hemi Mopars of '70. came up with the look they 80-psi oil pump and a baffled oil wanted, Schinella had the art pan kept everything lubed, and But performance has never been painted on the hood of his the block was set up with a plug cheap. The Super Duty 455 personal Trans Am and took it to for a racing dry-sump oil system. option listed for $675. (In the streets of Detroit. The These guys were very serious. comparison, an LS4 454 Corvette response was instantly positive, engine was only $250.) To take but management wasn't the edge off a little, the Super convinced. The designers wanted Duty 455 could be ordered on the the graphic to be standard on the less expensive Formula Firebird. Trans Am. Then Pontiac General The Formula Firebird cost $3,276 Manager Jim McDonald said, and the Trans-Am cost $4,204. “Let's make the graphic an Buyers who wanted a Trans Am, option. We've got nothing to the Super Duty 455, and few lose.” The Screaming Chicken other goodies were looking at became the Trans Am's new $5,000. While the Formula didn't signature feature. have the bling of the Trans Am, the car used the same Y99 But it was the Super Duty 455 handling package as the Trans option that was over the top. Am, and all the standard Firebird Adams was developing 303 options were available. Pontiac engines for SCCA racing and 366 engines for NASCAR. Management asked why he and The heads had a similar design his team were working on racing as the '69 Ram Air IV units, with engines when Pontiac wasn't big, round exhaust ports, and involved in racing, and then larger intake valves with 45- suggested they apply what they degree seat angles instead of the had learned to create something regular 30 degrees. The cast-iron potent for the street. So team exhaust manifolds were designed engineers Tom Nell and Jeff like headers and were only for

P a g e | 6 Not everyone was thrilled with 2016 RIDLER AWARD the Super Duty 455. WINNER CHOSEN AT It was no surprise that “Olds Management aside, the biggest Cool” was chosen to the Great 8 obstacle was the assembly plant. DETROIT AUTORAMA on Friday. All the Story & Pictures by (classicarnews.com) Adams said there was very little builders here had it as the odds- cooperation in the engine plant— on car to beat in the 2016 Ridler their attitude was “ho-hum.” Award competition. But Harold Chapman, owner of Custom Hot The car magazines did a great Rods of Andice, told us he was job of stoking the enthusiasts, not taking it for granted. “I’ve and in short order, there were been here before,” he told us. approximately 600 orders for the “I’ve had flawless cars here in the Super Duty 455. The plan was to past and you don’t know till have enough parts to build at you’ve got the trophy in your least 1,000 engines, but 1939 “Olds Cool” has been hands.” Chapman’s 1968 mysteriously 400 sets of Super awarded the prestigious 2016 Corvette won the Goodguys Duty 455 parts were pilfered! Ridler Award at the Detroit Muscle Car of the Year award in Yes, stolen! Or possibly disposed Autorama Scottsdale last year. He knows a of. Remember, these were the bit about building show cars. His days of bad blood between labor 2016 Ridler Award Winner is careful attention to detail is and management. 1939 “Olds Cool” … evident in the undercarriage Consequentially, dealers were photos in the slide show below. charging as much as a $1,000 The 2016 Ridler Award premium on the engine. For the winner was announced here on company, the Super Duty 455 Sunday at the 64th Annual was somewhat of a headache, as Detroit Autorama. The incredible it was a low-volume option and classic custom called “Olds Cool” didn't make much money for all is a 1939 Oldsmobile Model 60 the trouble. A total of 295 were Convertible freshly built and built in '73, and 1,001 in '74. That shown here for the first time. It is was it. owned by Billy Thomas of Corpus Christi, Texas. Thomas made no Original 455 Olds built by Joe Mondelo, While the '73 Super Duty 455 Sr., last big block he built option didn't save the Firebird, bones about it. “I came here to per se, '73 was a pivotal year for win it,” he said, referring to the the Firebird. The screaming coveted 2016 Ridler Award, the chicken hood-decal option most prestigious award in provided Pontiac with a signature the custom car hobby. And, in the graphic for its new flagship Sunday awards ceremony at the performance car. Designers and Detroit Autorama, indeed he did. engineers proved passion for Even before we arrived here on performance can save a car line. Only 1939 Oldsmobile Model 60 Friday morning the pundits were Convertible, only one left in the world all talking about the incredible custom called “Olds Cool.” Spectators just couldn’t get enough of “Olds Cool” which would be awarded the 2016 Ridler Award on Sunday. Exterior, interior and the undercarriage were subjects of wonderment and careful study.

Words like “flawless” and “cutting Original grille tilted back, original edge custom” were always in the headlights with new technology built in

conversation.

P a g e | 7 engine. He also said this 1939 Oldsmobile is the last remaining Model 60 Convertible in existence.

We revisited this car today to show you the incredible work done on the underbody of the Final build by Custom Hot Rods of Andice 1939 Olds Cool Great 8 Award in Texas winner. Watch this video to see the detailed undercarriage. To us this undercarriage is like a work of art. Do you agree?

One-off wheels by Greenings Machine

Paint by Charlie Hutton's Color Studio This is where this car outclasses all the rest, hidden undercarriage

The paint on “Olds Cool” was done by Charlie Hutton at Charlie Hutton Color Studio. Hutton has painted three of the last four Ridler Award winners. Billy Thomas told us that Joe Mondelo, Sr. built the Olds 455

P a g e | 8 How a Hot Wheels Car upon ourselves to “customize” give my bike a little rake and Got So Many of Us into our Hot Wheels with some made it look faster. Who knows, Testors model car paint we had it may have even scared off Real Muscle Cars laying around. We figured it potential competitors— Story & Pictures by Nick Licata ( Magazine) would be cool to apply some advantage, me. “stylish” graphics to add a little of our own “personality” to the cars. Fast-forward to my high school We thought we made them look years and my interest in muscle cool back then, but unfortunately cars had only increased. The our “artwork” greatly reduced school parking lot was peppered their value today. But we weren’t with quite a bit of Detroit muscle thinking about the resale value of from the late ’60s and early ’70s; a Hot Wheels car in those days— only problem was that none were no one did, really, but for some mine. The bulk of my wallet had reason, I treated my Hot Wheels yet to catch up with the size of with a little more respect than I my passion. Therefore, a 1976 It was at a friend’s birthday party did my Match Box cars. While a Ford Pinto Runabout would be around 1969 where someone lot of my toy cars took some off- my only mode of transportation had bought the birthday boy a road excursions in the backyard, during that period. I actually paid Hot Wheels Drag Race Action the Hot Wheels were dedicated a guy at the local muffler shop to set. In the long, cool-looking box as in-house track cars only. Even heat the springs to lower the car there were two Hot Wheels cars, then, I knew dirty, chipped-up in front. It looked cooler but it 30 feet of bright orange track, a tires would make the car slower, didn’t do much for the stock four- starting gate, and a finish line and I wasn’t about to give my banger under the hood. gate complete with checkered competitors any advantage when Embarrassing, to say the least. It flag that would fall to one side it came to a drag race. wouldn’t be until a few years after indicating which car crossed the high school before I got my first line first. It was freaking Yep, those little die-cast cars real ride: a 1967 Camaro. It awesome! It was the most made a huge impression on me wasn’t super-fast, but it was that incredible thing this 8-year-old kid throughout my childhood. They car which further fueled my had ever seen—a true game were the conduit to a lifelong addiction to muscle cars. changer. Now, I had some toy fascination for anything that cars at the time, but they were looked cool and went fast—the nothing like this new breed of main reason my friends and I did candy-painted metal cars that I whatever we could to make had just witnessed rip down that anything we had perform better. smooth, pliable track. The toy Whether it was BMX racing or dragstrip was attached to the skateboarding down hills, we back of a wooden chair by way of were always looking for ways to a plastic vice-like contraption and gain a performance edge. If it it swooped down to the floor meant using graphite in our similar to that of a giant slide at a skateboard wheels or drowning county fair (sans gunny sack). our bike chains and wheel For the next five or six years, Hot bearings in 3-IN-ONE oil, we did Wheels made top billing on my it. I can’t say for sure if it worked Christmas and birthday lists. or not, but in our minds it did. Although that ’67 Camaro is long Today, those cars are worth a At one point I fit my Schwinn gone, it was a 69-cent toy car grip of cash if they are in good Sting-Ray with a smaller front that started me down the road to condition. Unfortunately, as my wheel in order to get an performance. Fortunately, I still brother and I got bored with the aerodynamic advantage over have quite a few of those Hot straight-line activities, smash-up anyone who wanted to race me Wheels, and some are actually in derby became a little more down Lincoln Ave. That idea pretty good condition. And that exciting. From there, we took it probably didn’t work, but it did 1976 Ford Pinto—in decent

P a g e | 9 shape—is worth more today than But as a street Rodders would kind of convenience does add when it was brand new. I didn’t tell you, all cars run on used some cost to the parts. We all see that one coming. parts. So perhaps that is why a know that labor, service, and car junkyard might indeed be a convenience can be costly. There It’s my guess that there are quite magical place for you. You might is also the do-it-yourself type a few of you hot Rodders with a be a penny-pincher and so need junkyard. This is where you bring similar tale. to purchase used parts. Does it your own tools and wrestle the matter if the part is unseen when parts you need from the car all by it is installed anyway? your lonesome. Keep in mind too that many junkyards specialize in A junkyard may be a cool place if certain brands, makes, and/or you are a gearhead. Many, and I models. So it is best to be sure mean many, parts cars and even and calls ahead before you go muscle cars have been found and make sure the part(s) or here. They may have been hiding car(s) you are hunting for do there for years and no one knew actually reside in the bone-heap. it. Or you just might stumble upon The parts are cheaper obviously RUMBLER MINISTRY the treasure that was someone because you supply the labor, Story & Photos by Scott W. Block else’s junk. you supply the busted knuckle, and you serve yourself. Which of A junkyard might just be a place course we know that’s what to hang-out once in a while. If keeps the price down. Either way you are bored or simply need you go you still have to install the something to do that is cheap, part yourself on your rod. And well sometimes it’s just cool to go that my friend, is where the joy browsing around. Take a little comes in the morning! road trip in your car and drive to a junkyard for a visit. Who knows, The third type of junkyard is the you may just find that part for one that you stumble upon. For your resto mod, or that ’64 beetle example, Skovy’s Toy box! No, donor car you’ve been looking just kidding Skovy. Don’t get your for. panties all up in a bunch. What I am thinking of is the unexpected Most people ignore this kind of junkyard. The one you come place however. I have a tendency across while traveling in a to do that. Sometimes it is safer, different state. The one that you and I might add easier, to choose spy while out hunting. Or the one new parts from a nice, safe next to the ol’ farm you heard dealer and then have that part about. And there you go, off in installed at exorbitant rates. But if search of this new treasure hunt. you like the experience of turning But what you do there is different. a wrench, getting greasy hands, You are not necessarily looking and busting’ a knuckle now and for that special part. You are not then, well, junkyard parts are in looking for the muffler bearing to your future. your Edsel, you are just looking As an ardent street Rodders, I’m and enjoying and smiling and always thinking about parts. You From my limited experience, being surprised. And lots of times know, car parts, auto parts, there are three kinds of you are just shaking your head engine parts, parts of this and junkyards. There is the full too, wondering what on earth that service kind where the owner parts of that. Extra parts. Missing car was doing there and how it pulls the requested parts from the parts. New parts. Old parts. Why even got there. Or perhaps you there are too many parts left over car and then brings them up front simply enjoy the beautiful spider- after the engine was put back to the desk and collects the web designs that cracked payment from you. Of course this together? windows make and how neatly

P a g e | 10 the bullet holes in the door are Detroit. Close to 1,000 cars are arranged. here at the Cabo Center for the 2016 Detroit Autorama. While Junkyards can be places of fun, every car owner would like to vie enjoyment, pain, and sorrow. for the Ridler Award, most are They are fun when you stumble here to try to win their class at upon a surprise, and painful the show. There are 50 classes when you turn the wrench or spot covering cars from radical that ’69 SuperBee sitting on customs to stock original Owned and built by Marion and Dennis blocks with the trunk and hood classics. Here are some of the Heapy of Brainerd, MN open and nothing left in it but a top show cars at the Detroit mouse nest. Autorama this year. These are the ones the press will not show I guess, all in all, hanging around you because they are not junkyards is kind of like living. involved in the Ridler Award There are surprises, pain, fun, competition. But these are really enjoyment, and sorrow. And some spectacular cars. there is God who is with you no matter where you go. “THE PREDATOR” Handmade steering wheel, tilted Merc May God take your junky parts windshield done by owner and give you new ones. May God fill with you surprises, peace and joy, today, tomorrow, and forever? Keep cruisin’. Keep reading the Rumbler. Blessings to all of you! TOP SHOW CARS AT THE 2016 DETROIT AUTO Incredible tribute to all the great Modified Chevy 355 SB SHOW custom designers Story & Photos by (classicarnews.com.com)

'56 Chevy doors and cowl sectioned 6 inches Called "Predator" it evokes the Alexander A pair of GM Heritage Center Bros, Barris Bros, , Bill vehicles was special Cadillac Cushenbery concept cars back in the day. They fit in perfectly with the show cars at the Detroit Autorama this weekend.

When you say “top show cars” at the Detroit Autorama people may think that you are referring only to the Ridler Award competition. But another category of top show Can you see Daryl Starbird, Gene Winfield, Joe Bailon, Dave Stuckey or Bill cars are also on display here in Hines in this car?

P a g e | 11 “UNDER PRESSURE” 1969 Camaro Turbocharged

Nelson Racing Turbos, HS Customs LS3 429 ci stroker, Borla 8-Stack EFI Turbo System

House of Colors one-off Shimrn 2 Turbo system done right with full length basecoats cool air returns Owner Alex Short of Bluff dale, UT

Forest Green leather by Cutter's Custom One-off wheels by EVOD Stitching Built by HS Customs in Logan, UT “THE WANDERER” 1956 Chevy Bel Air Nomad Wagon

Thomson Automotive Twin Turbo LSX 427, Holley Management 1230 hp

TCI Torque Arm front clip

Owned by James & Melissa Boitnot of Hamilton, OH

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Roadster Shop chassis, 4-link, narrowed Entered in the Radical Custom Rod 540 ci with 8-stack Hillborn Injection 9" by Strange Pickup 1935-47 Class

Schott wheels One-piece 1/4 windows 1963 Chevy Nova SS 1939 CHEVY OLD 2-Door Hardtop SCHOOL PICKUP

Paint by Ellis Signs & Custom Painting of South Hill, VA

Owned by Danny Roddenberry of Carson, Owned by Doug Eldred of Eldred Hotrods VA in Edinburg, PA

House of Color Tangerine Candy over Black with Orange pearl

P a g e | 13 1933 FORD COUPE WON RADICAL ROD PRE-1935

Strange Posi 4.11 gears Compound Turboed 6.7 Cummins Diesel with forged internals

1970 PLYMOUTH CUDA Dual fuelers, custom intake, NOS good for 1500 hp CALLED “TorC”

Weaver one-of-a-kind wild exhaust Owned by Gary Darman of Hingham, MA

Weaver Customs out of Sandy, UT Axalta custom mix paint Car is nicknamed "Karma"

Has a Turbocharged 6.7L Cummins Forge line Dropkick wheels Diesel

P a g e | 14 1952 INTERNATIONAL WINS TRUCK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2016 DETROIT AUTORAMA

Builder is Michael Hall of Halls Custom in Boss 302 motor Hanover, MA

Foose wheels Finished by New England Trim of Shrewsbury, MA 1962 CORVETTE CALLED “ILLUSIONS”

Owned by Dave and Cindy Gutelius of New Berlin, PA

One-piece steel fender and running boards w/functional scoops

They call it "Eight Dollar Corn"

Owned by Jason Flis of All American Widened and raised rear quarters Street Rods

Built by Korek Designs

Won first place in Radical Sports Car class

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Fuel injected LS6 454 rated at 640 hp 1940 Ford Custom Pickup SECTIONED AND CHANNELED 1968 CAMARO

1957 Corvette front clip, Billet Specialties wheels

Owned by Robert Anderson of Savannah, GA One-off custom interior

Owned by Steve Mendenhall of Glenshaw, PA

Won first place in the Radical Custom Jason had a great display which won him Rod Pickup, 1935-47 class a cash award

THIS CLASSIC PICKUP Turbocharged 427 WAS GOODGUYS TRUCK OF THE YEAR 2015

Took 2nd Place Trophy in Pro Touring class

P a g e | 16 MOTORHEAD CENTRAL like always thanks Jack and AROUND MILL HILL Story & Photos by Brian Kamlitz Monte for putting together a great Story & Photos by JVSM Evaluation Team show.

The first month of 2016 has been very productive with setting dates for this year’s events just support this clubs they are all looking for members and like new thoughts.

Dakota Motocross Buffalo city carting association Jamestown Speedway Around Mill Hill is going to be a James Valley Off Roaders monthly evaluation of area Jamestown Drag Racing businesses. If you are a paid Association member of the JVSM and would Jamestown Classic Car Club like to take part in this program, James Valley Street Machines please let me know Buffalo City Remote Control [email protected] and I will Squadron add your name to the list. Southeastern Pickup Pulling Association This month, Skovy along with Jamestown Demolition Club members of the James Valley Street Machines went to the Individuals Motorcycle Club FM Crusaders Jamestown Bison 6 Cinema in Jamestown Motorsports Capital of Chapter ND and reviewed the movie North Dakota Harley Owners Group (HOG) “Finest Hours”. We also went to Christian Motorcycle IDK Bar & Grill in Jamestown ND and evaluated the service and We have some dates set for Association Jim River Drift Skippers food we received. events this year, so let's get going on the advertising. Watch for upcoming events here in Jamestown 2016 (MOVIE) Jamestown Drag Racing is set for July 16 and 17 2016 at the Jamestown Airport. Watch Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for updates.

Rods and Hogs date is set for June 11th still in the works for times and special events last year’s event was a huge success. I will update you all as we get things set in place.

James Valley Motorsports Foundation, paperwork is in just waiting to hear back from the IRS very exciting news for all Motorsports clubs in our region.

Jamestown Classic Car Club Winter wheels show had a great In London for the Prime Minister's line of cars and was a great show funeral, Mike Banning discovers

P a g e | 17 a plot to assassinate all the (DINNER) 47 points 94.00% attending world leaders. SERVER: 1. Suggest a beverage or Evaluations from members were: specialty drink: 38 points 76.00% “Good Humor, Great Action. Fast 2. Appear to be knowledgeable about the menu items: Moving.” 48 Points 96.00% 3. Remain attentive throughout “Loved the way the hero handled the dining experience: every problem” 43 Points 86.00% 4. Mention/Offer Appetizer? Options: “A very good action packed 37 points 74.00% movie. As good as the 1st movie. I will tell everyone to see it. I APPETIZER: 1. Serve the soup or salad within loved it” a reasonable time: 41 Points 82.00% “Great action and gives me pride 2. Was the order correct, in our country. Not a movie that complete and properly prepared? couldn’t happen or be 49 points 98.00% unbelievable.” 3 STARS OUT OF 4! “Nothing better than coming to ENTRÉE: This article is not written to slam 1. Were appropriate condiments the Bison 6 to watch a movie!” any businesses, but it is written served? 49 Points 98.00% to make the public aware of “Actors and Special Effects were 2. Check back to ensure that your services the Jamestown area amazing. Totally kept we meal was satisfactory: residences are experiencing at 45 Points 90.00% engaged with the action.” local eateries. 3. Offer refills on beverage/drinks: 37 Points 74.00% 4. Was the order correct, Evaluations are based on a 0 to 5 complete and properly rating. A number 5 is the best prepared? rating and a 0 rating is area 49 Points 98.00%

needing work. There is a total of DESERT: 1000 points to be scored. 50 1. Mention/Offer Desert? Options? points per line and there are 20 44 Points 88.00% fields that are evaluated. Again, 2. Was the order correct, complete and properly prepared? these evaluations are not for the 49 Points 98.00% intention for getting anybody fired GENERAL: or to slam a business. It is a fact 1. Did they appear to be busy and finding mission. efficient in their work? 48 Points 96.00% 2. Were the tables properly Appetizers were the Onion Rings, bussed? Nachos, and Breaded 42 Points 84.00% Mushrooms. The main Course 3. Did the bartenders appear neat and professional in their was Ribeye Steak & Grilled appearance? Shrimp. The desert Brownie and 38 Points 76.00% Cheesecake. 4. Did the overall dining experience meet or exceed MEET & GREET: your expectations: 1. Convey the feeling that you 45 Points 90.00% were a valued customer: 5. Were there enough employees 41 points 82.00% to take care of guests? 2. Seat you and deliver menus in 42 Points 84.00% a courteous manner: TOTAL POINTS: 45 points 90.00% 3. Was the staff properly attired? 877 points 87.70%

P a g e | 18 Here are some of thoughts of the Ohio, back in 1968. Today it is, The entire garage was full of evaluators … but it might not have been. smoke, but no flames. So he held his breath, closed his eyes, and “Ribeye was perfectly done” See Why You Should Consider felt his way to the door handle. the 2016 Civic He opened the door, jumped “All around the meal was good. inside, and took a big breath—of My Shrimp was a little cold” As Dan explains, "My girlfriend smoke. and I were finishing lunch on “All and all, it’s worth the drive to October 6, 2015, when we heard Lamoure to experience a crackling sound outside. I Centerfield Bar & Grill. They have opened the front door to see the a nice beer selection and it’s side of her garage on fire. As I relaxing to sit feel the nice small went around the corner, I could town experience. I will make the see the electrical panel burning. drive again. And by the way the My Z/28 was inside the garage, food was GREAT!” right beside the fire!

CLASSIC CAR REVIEW "After she called 911, I grabbed the hose and began to try to put YOU WON’T BELIEVE the fire out," Dan continues. "As What the Salt Air did to this All the garage became engulfed, I Original 1968 Chevrolet realized we had to move the Camaro Z/28 cars." Story & Photos by David Featherston (hotrod.com)

Looking at this truly unique Butternut Yellow 1968 Z/28, you'd think it might just have a "back from the edge of hell" story. You'd be right.

Owner Daniel Cannuli is a diehard Chevy guy who is deep in the art of numbers and Dan feared that the Z might documentation. He loves the hunt already be gone. "In a panic, I hit and the research it takes to make the button on the garage door sure that what he has is opener, and to my surprise, it absolutely original. (His opened. I told myself as the door documentation books on this car went up that if there were major run well over 200 pages.) flames, I wouldn't enter. I wasn't going to set myself on fire to save He wanted this Z/28 to stay the a car." same as the day it rolled out of the Chevrolet plant in Norwood,

P a g e | 19 "I wasn't thinking and didn't little more than three percent of When Dan found the Camaro, it realize that smoke would enter total Camaro production. The had been stored in a couple the car. I thought I was safe to engine, transmission, and different locations for many breathe." rearend are all documented as years. It ended up in St. George, original to this car. During his Utah, which is where he bought Dan had just put the car back thorough cleaning of the car, Dan the car. together the day before. "I had found that the casting and taken the right front wheel, the assembly dates are May 1968, What struck him was the strange hood, the right fender, and front and are all within nine days of patina on the paint and body. bumper off. I had checked to each other. Expecting the worst, Dan found make sure the second hidden that the car was actually in very VIN was present under the sound and original shape. The heater fan motor. It was, and I painted surfaces were etched had taken video and pictures. and corroded from long-term Then I spent 8 to 10 hours storage in the Pebble Beach, putting it all back together and California, area (near the Pacific finished at 2 a.m. I drove it Ocean). But the underside had around the block a couple times no rust, and there was only light to make sure everything was OK. surface rust on the thick steel I had left the keys in the ignition, parts. The paint was the original which I never do. I guess I was Norwood-applied Butternut It was ordered with the Special tired." Yellow. Performance 302, which And now the garage was aflame. designates it as a Z/28. "In the Dan managed to start the car, all NCRS data report, the dealer the while choking on the smoke code shows it was ordered for he had breathed in. overseas distribution, possibly the Netherlands," Dan says. "We "I backed it out, unable to see a think it was ordered but never thing, and slid it out into the picked up. The car sat at Central middle of the street and around Chevrolet in Fremont, California, the corner. I was lucky no cars— and was used as a demonstrator or a fire engine—were coming. by dealership salesmen. They When I got back, the gas meter put 18,590 miles on the car Since buying the Z, Dan has had melted to the ground and the before it was purchased on been documenting the car's gas line began to shoot a flame March 26, 1969, by Richard unusual life, including a search through the garage sidewall right Ward Anderson. The fact that it for the original owner. "I believe where the gas tank of the car was registered in California in Mr. Anderson may have had would have been." 1969 explains why the original homes in both Santa Rosa and license plate begins with a Y." Pebble Beach and saw the car Dan continued to try and douse for sale at Central Chevrolet in the flames until the fire Options originally ordered on the Fremont." Among Dan's department arrived and put the car include a U34 walnut extensive research notes on the fire out. He thought to himself woodgrain steering wheel, a U69 car is a copy of a "For Sale" ad later that if he hadn't gotten the AM/FM push-button radio, a D80 from the Jan. 1, 1969 Fremont car back together, he would have front and rear spoiler package, Argus newspaper, which includes just driven it off the jack stand and a G80 Positraction rear axle the car and its VIN. and dragged it down the street in with 3.73 gears. It also came with reverse. "Anything to just get it the M21 Muncie close-ratio four- "I have many receipts of parts out." speed transmission and J50/52 purchased and service work power front disc brakes. Both of performed in both cities," he Dan's Camaro is one of the 7,199 these were mandatory options adds. "I have the Chevrolet Motor Z/28s built that year out of the when purchasing a Z/28. Division ‘Application for Transfer 235,147 Camaros produced, a of Warranty' sheet. It shows the original date the vehicle was

P a g e | 20 placed in service 6-18-68, the The same goes underneath. The manifold vacuum leak, and a full purchase date of 3-26-69, and four spiral shocks have their service, it began to come alive. the date of application for parts stickers still intact, and the Then I serviced the transmission warranty transfer of 4-12-69. I front coils have their parts decals. and rearend, brake lines, and so hope someone will see this The date coding even extends to on." article and be able to put me in the brake master cylinder, touch with Mr. Anderson, a vacuum booster, water pump, relative or friend, or maybe even smog equipment, horns, steering a former employee of Fremont box, and pitman and idler arms. Chevrolet, which closed a few All the driven accessories have years ago. Maybe we can gain their original deep-groove more history on this great car." pulleys, and all the hose clamps are dated to this car except for Dan's Z/28 shows 56,850 original one. miles. His nearly two dozen service work receipts show a The Camaro retains its entire Dan feels that it is a privilege to mileage of 18,590 in April 1969, original exhaust system, own a car like this. "I get asked and 53,347 miles on August 15, including the transverse muffler. quite often if I am going to restore 1975. The car then sat in storage The rear brakes are all original. or at least repaint this car," he for more than 25 years, and this Dan had the front pads drilled out says. "At this time, I think I am is where the story has a great big and relined to retain the original going to leave it as is. This hole. Dan purchased the car with steel backing. All five wheels are phrase gets used a lot, but really, 54,610 miles. The last dated May 1968. Four are it's only original once." registration tag on the rear plate original; one is a correct date- is from 1989, and the registration code replacement for a bent slip shows it was still registered original. in Anderson's name. The documented parts list So, as you might imagine, Dan is continues with the standard black trying to piece together this time interior. Dan even found the period, which adds up to about factory tags on both front and half the car's life. Being a fanatic rear carpet dated May 1968. for detail helped Dan with his documenting of the Z. Other detailing includes the original tire pressure sticker that Under the hood, all is original, is still intact on the back of the except for some service items glovebox door. In the trunk are like the belts, hoses, oil and air the original jack assembly and filters. The carburetor, intake spare, with original jacking manifold, heads, exhaust instructions and Positraction manifolds, distributor, generator, sticker inside the trunk lid. coil, starter, voltage regulator, fan clutch, and starter/solenoid are Dan has essentially crawled over as-built and date-coded. every inch of this car in search of part numbers to verify its originality. Along the way, he invested hundreds of hours to get it back to running condition.

"After replacing the timing chain assembly, rebuilding the carburetor three times, rebuilding and recurving the distributor, According to Dan, the help of his valve adjustment, fixing an intake online buddies at the Camaro

P a g e | 21 Research Group (www.camaros.org) was critical in getting his documentation done. He especially thanks Charlie Clifton, "who has come to my rescue more than once."

Some service items have been replaced, The Goodyear’s are reproduction, but the but most of the engine's hard parts— Rally wheels are factory equipment. including the full exhaust system—are factory original.

How often do you see Z/28s—even California cars—with their smog equipment intact? Dan's Z/28 has been certified by Jerry MacNeish of Camaro Hi- Performance, and it also received Heritage status at the 2015 Muscle Car & Corvette Nationals, scoring 2,722 out of a possible Close-up views of the grille (with original 2,980.4 points. T3 headlamp) and deck lid emblem illustrate the salt air's damage to the It's a pretty amazing life story, Camaro's finish. But unlike a car that was driven on salted roads, this one is just one that came so close to The interior's like-new condition doesn't rusty on top, not underneath. disaster, but survived to prove seem to jibe with the pockmarked paint, what is real in the world of 1968 but it goes to show how salt affects Z/28s. ferrous metal and leaves vinyl pretty much alone.

Dan Cannuli's Camaro shows the scars of Original pedals show the wear that comes decades of storage near the ocean, yet from driving 56,000 miles. beneath the surface the car is remarkably sound.

P a g e | 22 2016 DEVILS RUN Two of the bands are booked, the *Self-contained motor homes and Letter received to Stan Orness (James Woofers for Saturday, during and campers can be parked near the Valley Street Machines) after the Steak Fry. Sunday from ball diamonds by contacting 10:30 AM to closing ceremony [email protected] will be the "Johnny Vegas" they do some Elvis, Frank Sinatra, *There will be some space Neil Diamond and a lot of Vegas marked off at the former Wal- stuff. They are both new to Mart which is now called "City Devils Run and come with great Plaza” for Self-Contained units. references promising a weekend of enjoyable entertainment. *Buses will run on the hour from Roosevelt Park to downtown Some of the bars in Devils Lake shopping areas, the car auction have also booked excellent and the Spirit Lake Casino on entertainment for those people Saturday. that just can't get enough and Hello!!! enjoy the night life. Devils Lake I have been told that the former merchants are gearing up for the Trails West Motel across from Things are really shaping up for influx of people and planning Roosevelt Park has changed the 24th Annual Devils Run sales throughout the business ownership and is now called the "North America's HOTTEST Car community. Competing with the Sun Lac Inn (701) 662-5011. Show/Rod Run". We are real merchants are the City Wide They have remodeled 53 of the close to posting the 2016 Rummage Sales and the 72 rooms and currently have 40 schedule and are excited about Women's World Extravaganza in rooms available for Friday & all the new entries that are the Bill Jerome Arena. The Auto- Saturday of Devils Run. already in. There is also the Cross event will be going on The Devils Run Collector Car possibility of a new motel most of Saturday in Ruger Park. Auction is under new ownership opening prior to the Devils Run The Collector Car Auction in the and management. Contact dates. Burdick Arena following the Randy Kilback ([email protected]) or Activities will start with a Steak Parade. The car show and entertainment will be in Kathy at Fry Run to Lakota on Thursday. [email protected] This is a no host fund raiser for Roosevelt Park all three days. the Lakota Fire Department and Some reminders: See You Soon!! they do a terrific job serving Steaks (or burgers for those that *Devils Run Registration goes up Stan want a lighter meal). Lakota is May 1st. Entry forms can be only 27 miles from Devils Lake printed at and it is four lanes all the way. www.greaterdakotaclassics.com We call this the "Rolling Thunder Dinner Cruise". *Lake Region State College has dorm rooms available for rent, Friday most activities are at and very reasonable. are sponsored by the Spirit Lake http://www.lrsc.edu/discover- Casino and Resort just 7 miles lrsc/devils-run South of Devils Lake. The past few years they have sponsored *Information on the upcoming the "Muscle Car Show" and have 25th Anniversary book, contact built a nice area for the Burnouts [email protected] and other activities usually held later on Friday. The Casino is *The Devils Lake Daily Journal also helping sponsor the will be looking for articles to Saturday noon meal. publish about you and your car, submit them to [email protected]

P a g e | 23 PICKUPS DETROIT SHOULD HAVE BUILT Story & Photos e-mailed by Jim Dodd (James Valley Street Machines)

P a g e | 24 CLASSIC CAR REVIEW built to offer, the result was the really want to know, we will likely Do the Math – first regular production Dart to be never have a definitive answer as truly competitive at the quarter- to why the company decided to

1967 DODGE DART 383 mile, and the base for more install a big-block engine in its Story & Photos by Terry Shea (hemmings.com) powerful 383, 440 and even 426 compact chassis. Chrysler Hemi Darts to follow in the Corporation's goal 47 years ago The first year that Dodge put its coming years, giving the small was not to keep detailed and big engine in a small chassis Dodge a solid reputation that has accurate records about every made for some excellent remained with it nearly 50 years corporate production decision. numbers at the drag strip later. No, they wanted to sell cars. So, we end up with two possible Tony Gramer, of Canton, stories about how the '67 Dart , is one such fan of fast received a big-block engine, one Mopars. Coming home from much more colorful than the Vietnam in 1969 and flush with other. cash, Tony bought a new GTX in Saddle Bronze, a purchase that cemented his appreciation for all things Mopar for a lifetime, despite his working for for the next 39 Muscle cars are essentially about years. While that GTX is-- math, plain and simple--a basic, regrettably--long gone, Tony has easily measured power-to-weight had other Mopars. ratio. Put a bigger, more powerful engine in a smaller, lighter car, In early 2012 while on the lookout properly calculate gearbox and for another car, Tony got a tip on Along with a totally redesigned axle ratios, and you will almost a car that was posted as a "Find body, Plymouth introduced a 383 always have a faster trip down of the Day" on Hemmings.com. engine option on the Barracuda the strip. "A friend of mine calls me," Formula S for 1967, helping put remembers Tony, "and I said, 'I'm Chrysler's sportiest car on slightly When the Dodge Dart model was looking for another car.' And he better footing against the likes of moved from an intermediate says, 'Boy, did I find a rare car for 390 Mustangs, 396 Camaros and platform to a modified version of you.' It was in Wyandotte, 400 Firebirds. At the start of the the compact--and hot-selling-- Michigan, so I went over to take a model year, Chrysler had Plymouth Valiant's A-body look at it." decided not to put the larger V-8 underpinnings, it made for a in the Dart GT, the Formula S's better combination of weight and The Find of the Day turned out to counterpart. Obviously, in a power, particularly when be a '67 Dodge Dart GT performance-oriented world, not equipped with the optional 273- equipped with a 383 engine, one all Dodge dealers were happy. cu.in. V-8, as was available on of just 458 made that year. the Dart GT. But it wasn't exactly Though the engine was from a Norm Kraus, a.k.a. "Mr. Norm," fast. So, when the design was different '71 Mopar of owner of Chicago's Grand updated for 1967, giving the indeterminate origin, the VIN and Spaulding Dodge, one of the model more of that folded- other accompanying paperwork nation's biggest Dodge agencies square, big-car style then used confirmed the car's original status at the time and quite dedicated to throughout the Chrysler Corp's as one of just 229 such cars performance, decided to take lineup, it got a big-time boost in equipped with a TorqueFlite 727. matters into his own hands. In an the form of the 383-cu.in. Big- Like many muscle car fans, Tony interview with HMM two years block, then only previously found appreciates such low production ago, Mr. Norm talked about in larger cars. numbers. wanting Dodge to put one of its big engines into the smaller A- Though the car lost any sense of Dodge almost didn't make the car body: "'What are you spotting the economy that it was originally for 1967, and though we may these people a thousand pounds for?' I said, 'Give me a 383 in the

P a g e | 25 Dart.' The first '383' came in and driver's side and the torsion bar steering pump, giving all '67 383 it was a 273. I called up Detroit on the right side. Dart GT owners a workout and said, 'What is with a 273?' navigating parking lots. Make that and they said, 'Our engineering a sweaty workout, as the department said it couldn't be installation of the 383 also done.' So, I said, 'I'll get back to obviated the availability of air- you.' I called Denny in Parts and conditioning. said, 'Get a 383 out of the back and throw it in a Dart.' That was Magazine writers of the day on a Friday and on Monday praised the Barracuda 383 morning he was done. I said, (almost identical mechanically to 'Let's go.' It drove absolutely the Dart version), with Car and magnificently!" After driving the Driver testing an automatic- car from Chicago to Detroit, Mr. equipped version and calling it Norm says he convinced Dodge "one of the best of the new breed to build the car. of sporty cars from Detroit. It combines two of Chrysler The conventional--and more Corporation's best components-- likely--story is the easy one, the 383 and the TorqueFlite...It's though. With the 383 Barracuda comfortable and well made." Car already in production, Chrysler and Driver's hot shoes were able knew damn well how to install a to coax 15.4-second quarter-mile big-block engine in an A-body times out of that Barracuda, chassis. Perhaps Mr. Norm lit a But Chrysler engineering re- formerly uncharted territory for an fire under their backsides, worked the engine beyond the A-body Mopar. perhaps not, but later in the simple cast-iron jujitsu required to model year, in February, 1967, fit the more restrictive manifolds. The GT, the most stylish of the Dodge announced the availability The engineers spec’d a similar Dart line, had finally arrived as a of the "Charger 383" as an option Carter AFB carburetor as found legitimate sporting car. It had the on the Dart GT. Anyone who on the bigger cars, but fitted one power to compete against the checked that box was also with a slightly reduced capacity. likes of the Mustang and obligated to get the Rallye The '67 A-body 383's AFB was Camaro, but with styling a bit Package, option number 357, rated a 525 CFM, versus the B- more grown up that has aged which included front disc brakes, body's 575 CFM. Cylinder heads quite well over the years. Dodge heavy-duty torsion bars, heavy- with smaller exhaust valves and made millions of Darts in that duty rear springs, a front anti-roll a milder cam matched the same body style between 1967 bar and D70 x 14 Red Streak exhaust manifold changes, and and 1976, when they finally put tires on 5.5-inch wheels, which the carburetor was calibrated for the nameplate on hiatus in the were essentially the options that the slightly lower output engine. United States. Seemingly made up Plymouth's Formula S The end result was a drop in ubiquitous for years, Darts have package. output from the Charger's 325 hp gradually become somewhat and 425 lb-ft. of torque to 280 hp scarce, and particularly so for the The task of fitting an A-body and 400 lb-ft. in the Dart GT. performance models. Mopar with a 383 included more Though in a car weighing several than just shoehorning the big- hundred pounds less than the Tony, a Michigan native, reports block engine into the compact Charger, the Dart GT's 383 gave that this was one of the few '67s chassis, though that feat required plenty of go power. he had laid eyes on, let alone some modifications to the unit- such a rare model. Tony recalls: body's K-frame to accommodate The lack of power steering had "I had never seen a '67 in my the larger block. In order to fit in nothing to do with drag strip day, so this is one of the neatest the smaller chassis, the exhaust intentions and reducing parasitic cars I have ever seen. The manifolds had to be redesigned losses. It was simply that the Turbine Bronze color really grabs to fit inside the fender wells and modified exhaust manifold did not you when the sun comes out. clear the steering shaft on the leave enough space for a power- When you go to a car show,

P a g e | 26 there are certain cars that catch air cleaner under the Dart's flat Owner's View your eye; I wanted something hood. that was unique and different." I like the color. I love the size of Mission accomplished. Just 458 In the couple of years that he has the car. Because of the Darts were built with the 383 owned the car, Tony has had the horsepower-to-weight ratio, it's engine in 1967, but it's anyone's circa-1980 enamel paint buffed an extremely fast car, even with guess as to how many remain. out to a bright shine, fixed the engine that's in there today. various bits of molding around It's just a fun car to drive. To me, Despite some Dodge advertising the car and installed NOS door it performs well. It handles well. with big, bold letters adding up sill plates. He also completed When I put the new tires on it, "GT + 383 = New Dart GTS," some interior work, replacing especially, it handles very well. I Tony's car wears only GT some chrome components on the like the color combination with badges, a fact confirmed by the center console that had become the black interior and the Turbine paperwork of his car. In 1968, pitted after so many years. He Bronze outside and the black top. when A-body 383s saw a bump painted the lower portion of the The contrast is just really kind of in power to 300 hp, the model console as well to give the cool. officially became the GTS. Even otherwise original interior a like- though the car is often called a new look. With absolutely no It's a solid car. I can't find any GTS today, these early evidence of crash damage, the places where it has been production models--made body integrity remains factory damaged or anything. So, the available from March 1967--are original on this roughly 60,000- metal is original. There is no rust technically just Dart GTs, but mile Dart. on the car, and, underneath, you small "383 Four Barrel" call outs could pick it up and it's exactly on the fenders allude to the For Tony, his love of old Mopars- the way it came out of the thundering engine under the -he also has a 1969 Road dealership. It's absolutely perfect. hood. Runner in the garage--has I could not believe the shape this become a family affair. "I worked car is in. The biggest reason I like When Tony bought his car, the a lot through my career," says the car is that it's unique. When I advertisement made no bones Tony. "I was a machine go to a car show, the draw to the that the engine was anything but repairman by trade, and then I car is tremendous. I've gotten so a replacement for the original. In went back to school for many compliments.--Tony addition, the engine is topped manufacturing engineering for Gramer (right, with son Tony) with an Edelbrock single-plane, Ford. I worked a lot. So, my son high-rise aluminum manifold and and I, when he was growing up, a Demon 750-CFM four-barrel we did not do a lot of things carburetor. Fortunately, it does together. He's actually a have the correct, unique-to-the- mechanical engineer now, and '67-A-body cast-iron exhaust we have a father-and-son day at manifolds. On top of that, the least once a week. And we get seller provided a host of spares, together and work on the cars. including the original rear end Both cars are father-and-son and driveshaft, TorqueFlite and projects. I have a seven-year-old correctly date-coded 383 engine- and an 11-year-old grandchild, -albeit with cracked heads--that and they are both into cars as very likely came out of the car well." originally. Tony currently has that '67-era engine undergoing a full Perhaps, when the car is rebuild, including the correct-type finished, after the rebuilt 383 is in cylinder heads, new .060-over place and the Dart GT 383 takes pistons, a mild cam, some valve its rightful place at the strip, the work, roller rockers and stock- youngest members of Tony's looking aluminum Edelbrock family will get the kind of math intake and correct carburetor in lesson no kid could turn his nose order to fit the unsilenced factory up at.

P a g e | 27 CLASSIC CAR REVIEW Within a matter of time they were missed entering the race. But THE SAGA OF THE POLARIS out running the car and struck up when the team rolled into the 1971 MUSTANG a friendship with Wayne Gapp track, a crowd gathered around Story & Photos by Tim Costello (hotrod.com) and Jack Roush. Even though the hauler and marveled at the the Boss 302 was a good car, patriotic red, white and blue Two buddies, with Gapp and Gapp and Roush mentioned that theme. Andy and Larry asked the Roush’s help, campaigned this they could build him even a track owner if they could match 1971 Mustang in the early days better one, so a 1970 428 race the day’s winner, so for the of NHRA automatic Mustang coupe Super car’s first-ever run, the new Stocker was put together to run Mustang was lined up against a with the big boys. Andy looked at 396 Chevrolet. As the lights went the factory teams and said, “I down and the green light lit, the want to do it like them but only 428 coupe just sat at the starting better!” Not to be outdone, Andy line. When the Chevy was about also contracted Car Corporation three car lengths out, Larry to build a hauler to his design hammered it and by half-track not specs. It was a beautiful rig that only caught the Chevy but matched the car perfectly! passed it with three to four car lengths at the finish line. The crowd went nuts and gathered around the car asking all kinds of The Kawneer Corporation was a questions. metal fabrication shop that specialized in commercial aluminum window and doorframes, and the company had held over 400 patents by its founder Francis Plym. Based in Niles Michigan, once a year it would hold a company picnic for Now that Andy had a car and a its employees. Francis enjoyed hauler, he needed a team. Since meeting his employee’s families he could afford the best, he and he even brought his own recruited Larry Mihalek, Ford’s family to share in the festivities. Drag Club Coordinator and In 1951, Francis’s so Andy, age Technical Information Director for six at the time, was introduced to the Dealer Hotline. Larry knew another six year-old, Wayne the ins and outs of the Ford VanGilder. For many years the Motor Company so he was a two hung out together, including natural choice at making the after Andy came back from team successful. The rest of the Vietnam. team including his buddy Wayne VanGilder and crew member Bill Reeves. With the team now One day in 1969, Andy and In 1971, a Pro Stock car was established, in 1970 Andy gave Wayne went to US131 Dragways added to the team, as was Jerry the crew and car a name, and in Martin, Michigan to watch Baker as the co-captain and Polaris Racing Inc. was born. some drag racing, and while driver. With the expertise of Larry Throughout his life his father sitting there they saw a 1969 and his connections with the Ford always had a yacht that was Boss 302 run down the strip. He Drag Team, they selected a new named Polaris, and that’s how told Wayne, “We need a racing 1971 Fastback Mustang. There the racing team received it name. team.” The guys caught the was a little grief involved with the racing virus. Andy’s family was choice, as most racers at the fairly well to do, so off to the Ford On the car’s first outing, at US131, the team showed up time were running the smaller dealer they went and purchased and lighter Mavericks, but Larry a brand new Boss 302 Mustang. late—elimination rounds had already started meaning they had been told by someone in

P a g e | 28 engineering that the Mustang did better in the wind tunnel. A plain- Jane, Grabber Blue, six-cylinder, three-speed, fastback was purchased at Joe Haden Ford in Niles, MI and with the help of Bill Reeves who worked at the dealership, Andy was able to dissemble the car in the back. Afterward, they hauled the car to California for acid-dipping. A couple months before this, Ford announced that they would be pulling out of factory-sponsored racing. Someone caught a glimpse of the shell and snapped a photo for Car Craft magazine that asked “Did Ford really pull out of racing?” The car débuted at the NHRA The Pro stock car was given to After the car made it back to U.S. Nationals in Indy and Paul Bedoian of the Pro Stock Michigan, it was taken to the received the Best Appearing Engineering Company in Logghe Brothers shop for Crew award for the hauler, trailer, California to help pay for some of chassis, tin, and brake work. The and both cars painted in the the debts that the team incurred. Logghe brothers were legendary America theme. The car ran well The details are sketchy, but at at the time, building a majority of but struggled to qualify, while some point the car made it back chassis and other Gapp & Roush’s Maverick was to the Midwest and the familiar racing vehicles, so it was natural the fasted Ford qualifying at a red, white and blue paint scheme choice for Andy. During this time, 9.80’s at140 mph. Due to the was removed. The original hood a Gapp & Roush raised-port extra mass of the Mustang, the and deck lid were pulled off Boss 429 engine was built. best pass was 10.02, which was during the repaint and hung in Backing it up was a B&M C6 off the mark of the rest of the the owner’s garage. A fresh coat transmission, but operated by field. Throughout the season, the of red paint made the car glisten clutch (known at the time as a team worked on making the car again, along with a newer version “clutch hydro.” Out back they faster but mechanical issues of the Pro Stock hood scoop. The selected a Dana 60 rear with a plagued the pony. 429/C6 was swapped out for a 4:88 gear instead of the Ford 351 Cleveland and manual nine-inch. They finished the car In 1973, the team was starting to transmission. Reports said the off with not only a red white and get into the black and an outlaw car hung the tires so hard with blue paint scheme but a wild, Boss 429 Pinto was in the the new motor that it almost matching interior. Hey, it was planning stage. Andy called the dragged the rear bumper, so a the’70s! team into the office and had to longer set of wheelie bars were break the bad news. His parents installed to help control the old were pulling the plug, and that gal. At some point, a 460 was forced the team to dissolve. installed before the car was sold Everyone went their separate to Chris Bjerkness in 1989. For ways and Andy went back to his the next 23 years he stored the second love of playing with car until he decided that he boats, never to return to racing wanted something different, and again. it was placed up for sale at the Mecum auction in St. Charles,

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P a g e | 29 Mike’s Classic Cars LLC in CLASSIC CAR REVIEW Elkhorn, Nebraska purchased the WOW! 1967 SHELBY GT500 car with the intention of restoring LEFT FOR DEAD it to its former glory. The car was Story & Photos by Al Rogers (hotrod.com) completely blown apart and carefully stripped of paint. The Snake in the Grass: A road-trip to original acid-dipped body an upholstery shop leads us to a survived quite well, needing only 1967 Lime Gold Shelby GT500 minor repairs. Steve Rhoades of fastback Councils Bluff, IA handled the paint and restored the famous red, white and blue paint scheme. While the paint work was being done, a Holman- Moody 429 block along with the original Gapp & Roush raised port heads and matching tunnel ram were being set up for the car. An original transmission was located through Andy’s estate. In late 2013, the car was unveiled at While on an assignment in the Muscle Car and Corvette Georgia, documenting the Phil Nationals (MCACN) in Chicago. Bonner Thunderbolt restoration, I Unfortunately, Andy Plym never was asked if I’d be interested in got to see his old car shine again, going to the upholstery shop to as he passed away in 2011. look at the headliner and trim Once again the crowd drew material samples for the car. I’d around the old Pro Stock also been told that there was Mustang and people began to something beyond belief on the ask about the Polaris racing way to the shop that I needed to team. see. It was just before sunrise and as we got closer to the upholstery shop things started to lighten up a bit as the sun was on the rise. We turned right onto a gravel road, and I thought how tough it would be to get back into this rural country location without the

Ford Excursion we were in. Heavy rain had settled in and soaked the area for days and it had taken a toll on the gravel road turning it into a washboard with divots, and potholes galore.

As we slowly made our way along the road, I was forewarned about an interesting piece of yard art in the distance. As we got closer, I had to strain for a closer look, and then rocked back in my seat as the object threw me for a

P a g e | 30 loop. In my wildest dreams, I upholstery shop owner and don’t have a problem with it—my could not have prepared myself during our conversation he brother has given me permission for the sight before me. Parked in mentioned his brother owned the to allow certain people, to get a a front yard, was a lime green Shelby, and it had been parked in closer look”. (well, it used to be anyway) 1967 the exact spot for 20 years or Shelby G.T. 500, with a tree, more. He pointed to a picture After getting a condensed photo shrubs, and foliage overtaking hanging on the shop wall and shoot of the car, I made my way the engine bay. The Shelby was stated, “Back in 1967 it was the to the shop and assured the missing the hood only to be Crazy Horse drag car raced by owner that he and his brothers’ replaced by vibrant green plant Wayne Blackwood and owned by identities would not be disclosed, life. Casey Paul Ford in Cumming, and explained that I’d been Georgia. They owned and driven to the location and never sponsored the Shelby as it made given an address. To this day, I the rounds at local drag ways do not know the address and throughout Georgia and the going back to the exact location southern region.” is totally out of the question.

He went on to tell me that prior to the body changes and launch of the new 1968 G.T. 500, someone from the dealership with connections at Carroll Shelby We turned into the driveway Motors worked out a deal to get arriving at the upholstery shop all of the updated 1968 parts sent and as we got out of the to the dealership so the 1967 Excursion, I could see the “Snake Shelby could be transformed into in the grass” less than a football a cosmetically correct 1968 field away. One can imagine how model. Once the work was the sight had my head spinning completed, Casey Paul Ford had with curiosity, and questions a head start on the competition about how a 1967 Shelby G.T. with the “new” 1968 Shelby G.T. 500 could end up parked in a 500 in the showroom. With yard rotting away into the earth. hundreds of Ford dealerships around the US, and Canada anticipating the new 1968 model Shelby, being a first to have one in their showroom put Casey His brother purchased the Shelby Paul Ford in a unique position. over 30 years ago from a storage yard where it had been taken by the local authorities. The car had been stolen, then recovered and taken to the storage yard while the owner was contacted to pick it up. Time passed, but no one showed up at the holding yard to make a claim and pay the storage bill. Working with the local authorities the car was purchased and transported to this While discussing the picture on private location. the wall with the upholstery shop owner, I asked if it would be okay Having sat idle for a long time, to grab my Nikon and take the new owner started out with a After making our way into the pictures of the car. He thought for plan to restore the G.T. 500 back building, I was introduced to the a minute and said, “Go for it. I

P a g e | 31 to way it looked when new. A with Blackwood. We discussed closer look at the interior during the Bonner Thunderbolt in the photo shoot revealed many greater detail and then the genuine Ford Motor Company Shelby came up. He went on to parts in their original wrappers say it was indeed his Crazy sitting on the front and rear Horse race car and backed up floorboards. The front and rear the story of how he’d driven it for seats were gone as was the Casey Paul Ford in Cumming, hood. The driver and passenger- Georgia. He went onto to say the side doors appeared to be dealership received the repaired earlier at some time necessary parts from Shelby after the current owner had Motors to convert the car into a purchased it. I was further 1968 model then placed in the amazed to see a 427 cubic-inch showroom for promotional engine block with a crank and purposes. The car was a huge hit camshaft resting on the driver’s and drew people into the side floorplans surrounded by a dealership to get a first-hand look set of pistons and other engine at the changes for the new model parts for the Shelby. year. It was a great marketing idea; the dealership had orders heading to Ford and Shelby Motors after customers had an opportunity to see the real thing in person, and not just a picture in a brochure.

It was an amazing opportunity to meet Wayne Blackwood. During our conversation he asked if I’d seen his “Shelby Race Car.” I Here’s where the story takes a told him yes I’d been taken to see turn and gets fascinating to say it days before. He responded by the least: simply saying, “I’d love to buy my On September 8th, I’m at Allen race car” and we never Restorations in Clarkesville, discussed it the rest of the day. Georgia as the Bonner One has to wonder, what the Thunderbolt undergoes the final future holds for the “Snake in the preparations for paint. Donald Grass” but for now it’s most Allen gives me the news that definitely not for sale, and is still Wayne Blackwood is on his way sitting right where it was when I to the shop to see the took these pictures. Thunderbolt get painted. Back in 1964 he was in the body shop at Al Mean Ford with Phil Bonner when the “Little Car” was painted burgundy the first time. Since he was on hand to witness the car being painted the first time around Allen thought it would be special to have Blackwood on hand the second time around.

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P a g e | 34 Weekend Jamestown, North Dakota Sky Casino in Belcourt 05/15 Sabin, Minnesota 06/25 TOP END DRAGWAYS Jamestown, North Dakota JAMESTOWN SPEEDWAY & Bracket Weekend TOP END DRAGWAYS 05/21 Points Race 06/26 & Jr Dragster Challenge 07/30 Hot Rod Drags Jamestown, North Dakota Sabin, Minnesota Sabin, Minnesota TOP END DRAGWAYS EXTRAVAGANZA 08/06 TOP END DRAGWAYS 05/21 TintMasters Street Legal Days James Valley Street Machines & Bracket Weekend Sabin, Minnesota Softball Challenge 08/07 Sabin, Minnesota JAMESTOWN SPEEDWAY Teams: MEETING & CAR SHOW 05/28 Armed Forces Night The Rods (James Valley Street James Valley Street Machines Jamestown, North Dakota 06/26 Street Machines) 08/10 Summertime Cookout 05/28 TOP END DRAGWAYS The Hogs (Individuals Two Rivers Inn & Bracket Weekend Motorcycle Club) Jamestown, North Dakota 05/29 Sabin, Minnesota The Tractors (Area Farmers) ROD RUN CAR SHOW & RALLY The Cause (Huntington's) Dacotah Rodders 06/03 24th Annual Devils Run Jamestown, North Dakota 08/12 Granny Run to Car Show, Auction, Rally JAMESTOWN SPEEDWAY Grand Rapids, North Dakota 06/05 Devils Lake, North Dakota 07/04 Fireworks Spectacular JAMESTOWN SPEEDWAY JAMESTOWN SPEEDWAY Jamestown, North Dakota 08/13 NLRA Late Models 06/04 Points Race MEETING & CAR SHOW Jamestown, North Dakota Jamestown, North Dakota James Valley Street Machines TOP END DRAGWAYS TOP END DRAGWAYS 07/06 Summertime Cookout 08/13 TintMasters Street Legal Days 06/04 TintMasters Street Legal Days R.M. Stoudt Sabin, Minnesota Sabin, Minnesota Jamestown, North Dakota JAMESTOWN SPEEDWAY MEETING & CAR SHOW JAMESTOWN SPEEDWAY 08/20 Back to School Night James Valley Street Machines 07/09 Dakota Classic Modified Tour Jamestown, North Dakota 06/08 Summertime Cookout Jamestown, North Dakota JAMESTOWN SPEEDWAY Sabir's II TOP END DRAGWAYS 08/27 Season Championship Jamestown, North Dakota 07/09 TintMasters Street Legal Days Jamestown, North Dakota ROD RUN Sabin, Minnesota 08/27 TOP END DRAGWAYS 06/10 Classtiques Rod Run CAR SHOW & Bracket Weekend Bismarck, North Dakota 07/15 Prairie Cruisers Car Show 08/28 Sabin, Minnesota CAR SHOW Dickinson, North Dakota CAR SHOW & AUCTION 06/11 Kenmare Grill Fest & Cook-Off CAR SHOW 09/02 Motor Magic Kenmare, North Dakota 8th Annual Minot, North Dakota JAMESTOWN SPEEDWAY 07/16 Shuffle off to Buffalo MEETING & CAR SHOW 06/11 NLRA Late Models Buffalo, North Dakota James Valley Street Machines Jamestown, North Dakota JAMESTOWN SPEEDWAY 09/07 Summertime Cookout CAR SHOW 07/16 Points Race S&R Truck Plaza 06/12 Buggies-N-Blues Jamestown, North Dakota Jamestown, North Dakota Mandan, North Dakota CAR SHOW CAR SHOW CAR SHOW 07/21 Swanks Car Show Dakota Cruisers 06/17 Back to the 50's Casselton, North Dakota 09/09 Season Finale St. Paul, Minnesota ROD RUN Minot, North Dakota CAR SHOW 07/23 Run 81 09/10 TOP END DRAGWAYS 06/17 Motor to Medora Hillsboro, North Dakota & Bracket Weekend Medora, North Dakota JAMESTOWN SPEEDWAY 09/11 King of the Track JAMESTOWN SPEEDWAY 07/23 Points Race Sabin, Minnesota 06/18 N.D. Legends Tour Race Jamestown, North Dakota 09/16 CAR SHOW Jamestown, North Dakota 07/23 TOP END DRAGWAYS 09/17 Gathering of the Goats CAR SHOW & Bracket Weekend 09/18 Fort Ransom, North Dakota Badland Drifters 07/24 & National Dragster Challenge 09/22 JAMESTOWN SPEEDWAY 06/24 Cars in the Park Sabin, Minnesota 45th Annual Stock-car 09/23 Glendive, Montana 2016 BLACKTOP TOUR Stampede CAR SHOW 3rd Annual Blacktop Tour 09/24 Jamestown, North Dakota 06/18 Bridge City Cruisers Rally 07/29 Pembina Gorge, Lake CAR SHOW Metigoshe. Touring the Valley City, North Dakota 07/30 6th Annual Car Show JAMESTOWN SPEEDWAY Icelandic James Valley Street Machines 06/25 Kids Night (tentative) 08/01 State Park. 2 nights at Dakota 09/24 With Don Wilhelm Inc. &

P a g e | 35 Stutsman Harley Davidson Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac benefiting Huntington's Disease Firebird hit the streets in late Jamestown, North Dakota 1966 and early 1967, 09/24 TOP END DRAGWAYS respectively, it was clear that the & Bracket Weekend pair would have to catch up a lot 09/25 Sabin, Minnesota of ground. With Mustang TOP END DRAGWAYS 10/01 TintMasters Street Legal Days production numbers of 121,538 Sabin, Minnesota for ’64½, 559,451 for ’65, and CAR SHOW 607,568 for ’66, it would be a 10/02 Uffda Days tough game, indeed. Rutland, North Dakota MEETING & CAR SHOW The new GM F-body was James Valley Street Machines available in just two body styles, 10/05 Summertime Cookout a semi-fastback coupe and a Sabir's II convertible. The Mustang, on the Jamestown, North Dakota other hand, was available in a the Trans Am rear wing’s base, 10/08 TOP END DRAGWAYS notchback coupe, a fastback 2+2 & Bracket Weekend though the general shape could 10/09 2016 Season Championship coupe, and a convertible. In an easily be retained. A C-pillar air Sabin, Minnesota effort to cut development costs scoop, fashioned to resemble the 10/15 TOP END DRAGWAYS and avoid cannibalizing sales hood-tach housing, could aid with & Bracket Weekend between two closed body styles, brake cooling, if made functional Final Race-Big Money GM designed a roofline that was 10/16 with the proper ducting. Weekend halfway between the Mustang Sabin, Minnesota coupe and 2+2 in terms of slope. As long we are in “what if” mode, James Valley Street Machines However, there were some clay let’s move on to the powerplant. 11/09 Regular Meeting models that suggested Pontiac The SCCA Trans Am series that Jamestown, North Dakota designers were toying with the the top Firebird took its name James Valley Street Machines from had classes for cars under Awards Banquet 7:00 idea of a production Firebird 2+2 12/08 Prime Rib & Potato. fastback body style early on in 2.5 liters and cars under 5.0 Live Auction @ the KC's the development of the F-car, an liters. The production Trans Am Jamestown, North Dakota apparent adaptation of the XP- was forced to use 400ci Ram Air 798 Banshee’s general roofline III and Ram Air IV V-8s, but shape. Pontiac had developed a 4.9-liter

CLASSIC CAR REVIEW (303ci) version of the legendary 1969 PONTIAC TRANS AM … Now with the help of artist Ted Ram Air V tunnel port V-8. Only WHAT IF? Alexander, we can bring you a 25 of these engines were ever IF PONTIAC BUILT A ’69 glimpse of what a fastback roof built, none were offered factory- TRANS AM FASTBACK treatment might have looked like installed in a car for retail sale, Story & Photos by Don Keefe (hotrod.com) on a ’69 Trans Am. The roofline and only a few running engines in this exercise is not really survive. Let’s stick one of those reminiscent of the Mustang, but under the hood, along with a is a bit closer to that of an early Muncie close-ratio four-speed AMC Javelin, especially from the and 3.90 gears. The gears will side view. The rear quarter allow for spirited acceleration and windows are quite similar in a top speed over 140 mph. shape to the AMC, with this Firebird version using a flatter How would a ’69 Trans Am backlight, which significantly fastback fared in the raises the leading edge of the marketplace? It’s hard to say, but By its very nature, the term “pony deck lid to carry the contour of it is unlikely that the racy body car” was a reference to the the roofline. style would have generated more originator of the vehicle segment, sales than the original. The Trans the Ford Mustang. By the time The revised roofline would Am wasn’t introduced until March that GM’s fraternal twins, the necessitate a slight re-angling of of 1969, and it is unlikely that

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While it is likely that this sort of body alteration would be beyond the capability of the average enthusiast, we suspect that there is someone out there who has the skills and patience to craft such a unique phantom machine. It would have people wondering if it was a prototype that escaped the crusher. That should be plenty of inspiration for an experienced metal fabricator/Pontiac nut.

Interestingly, Ted mentioned working up the general shape of this car back in art school many moons ago. It looks like we were on the same page all along!

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