Royal Pontiac's Pure Stock 1968 Firebird, Hi Performance Cars June 1968

1968 Ram Air II GTO, The Machine To Beat, Hi Performance Cars July 1968

1968 Ram Air II GTO, Top Cat On The Prowl, Hi Performance Cars November 1968

Hot, Hotter, Hottest! 350 HO Tempest, 400 HO Firebird & Ram Air IV GTO, Hi Performance Cars January 1969

Grandest Prix Of Them All: 1969 Grand Prix 428 4 Speed Road Test, Hi Performance Cars May 1969

The Royal Ram Air Treatment, Hi Performance Cars May 1969

I wasn't going to include this article until I read about buying a 7049273 Ram Air carburetor for $78.00. Last I knew they were several thousand dollars.

interesting they show the ra4 factory exhaust manifolds off of a firebird holding them in front of a gto.

A Tepee For The Tribe: A Look At The Ram Air V, Hi Performance Cars August 1969

1969 Trans Am 303 Ram Air V Road Test, Hi Performance Cars October 1969

Jim Wangers Interview: The Man Behind The Supercar Scene, Hi Performance Cars February 1970

Return Of The Great One: 1970 Ram Air III 4 Speed GTO Judge Road Test, Hi Performance Cars July 1970

Strip Testing The Grand Prix, Hi Performance Cars September 1970

I can read anything by Joe Oldham, he was great!

Pontiac's Great White Hope: 1971 GT-37 Road Test, Hi Performance Cars November 1971

Ronnie Saunders Motion Inspired 1970 Firebird, Hi Performance Cars, April 1970

I don't remember ever hearing about this car before, anybody know if it's still around?

A Star Is Born, Hi Performance Cars April 1972

This article gives Jim Wangers a lot more credit for the GTO than John DeLorean, is that how it went down? I thought it was Collins/DeLorean's idea with Wangers doing the marketing?

1972 Pontiac Trans Am 455 HO 4 Speed Road Test, Hi Performance Cars September 1972

I've had 2 Lucy Blue 4 speeds over the years and think they're one of the most well rounded muscle cars I've ever driven. Not quite Super Duty fast though.

Nunzi Super Tunes The 1972 TA 455 HO, Hi Performance Cars October 1972

You are correct.

The conversation took place at a routinely scheduled engineering session/vehicle review at the Milford Proving Ground, which Wangers would not have been part of.

We still held those (every Friday morning) even during my generation.

K

Incidentally, had I been there (in the same role that I held for most of my career) they would have both turned to me, standing in the back of the group, at the end of the conversation and said "when can we have it?"

And I would have said "uh - ahem - by the end of the day, sir".

K

This isn’t really Pontiac related but look at that wild Willie borsch section. He had narcolepsy and they’d have to tap the back of the car w the truck when the lights came down to wake him up and he’d go like hell!

Top Performance Car Of The Year: 1973 SD 455 GTO, Hi Performance Cars April 1973

Here's the infamous Car of the year that never was. I believe the engine for this car was found and the PHS for it was posted here on this site in the last year or two.

Jimmy Donovan's 1962 Super Duty Catalina Lightweight, Hi Performance Cars April 1973

1973 GTO 455/TH400 Road Test, Hi Performance Cars August 1973

Blueprinting The SD 455, Hi Performance Cars January 1974

1964 GTO vs 1974 GTO, Hi Performance Cars May 1974

Like It Was: The Complete Saga Of The GTO From Beginning To End, Hi Performance Cars May 1974

1967 Pontiac Firebird 400 March 1967 Super Stock & Drag Illustrated

1970 Firebird and Trans Am, March 1970 Super Stock & Drag Illustrated
Some excellent reference shots of the compartment engine in this article.

Love those Formulas of that era.

How do I get a copy of that or the mag?

There's one issue on ebay right now at the link below.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/32569281574...Bk9SR8yet-PoYw

65 Tiger Gold GTO
 

These were special cars. The example GeeTO Tiger was part of a promotional contest and the winner prize. Out of 250,000 entries 19 yo Alex Lampone was the winner and took home the car. Very interesting history and wonder what the rest of the story is today!

1962 Catalina Convertible
 

Original owner ordered all the goodies 389 tripower 4spd with 20k miles...

I owned this car for a short period of time. Amazing car and great unrestored condition!

It ran and drove as good as it looks.

Idk if this qualifies as an article but it’s a little known Pontiac fact. My ram air IV SR block that was prepped by Stephens as a back up for my car, had these in it, so I asked the driver of the car. He told me they had special over the counter rods in 69 that were the same as earlier SD rods.
Many didn’t believe this for years but I’ve found a few incidences where they were mentioned. Here’s one example- so “in the know” stock and super stock racers mostly those in the performance division dealer network , would swap out the garbage cast rods and drop these in hoping the tech guys wouldn’t figure it out if the got torn down.of course all Pontiac rods are the same length so 421 and 400 rods are interchangeable

These were two reasons not to set records - one it could reset the index and two you didn’t want to get torn down ;-)

And still resides in Wisconsin ... (pic by Las)

Posting up a ‘66 GTO article.
 

One of the best magazines from the 60’s era IMO.
SPEED and SUPERCAR.

Here is an article from the Oct. ‘66 issue showing a ‘66 GTO Convertible built with a Tri-Power engine backed with a 2 speed (ST300) automatic transmission.

Only 1759 units were produced in 1966.

Not many of these are still in their factory configuration.
I’m fortunate to own one that’s still intact.

Colin's old GTO from Super car Reunion 8 with Darren behind the wheel


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"Darren in Colin's GTO"

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Jim Wangers Memorial Cruise-in at the Petersen 06/10/23 ...

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