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Jim,

-----Wow,a Pontiac guy from a town named Shelby.What are the odds?Cant remember what part of the state Shelby is located in.Im originally from Medina/Wadsworth area and bought cars from Knafel.Matter of fact I bought a 455 72 TA that was Mrs.Knafels driver for part of that year.
-----There were probably 7 or 8 drive-ins within a 20 mile radius of Knafels.Back in the 65/68 era when we were doing a bunch of street racing it wasnt uncommon to hit em all looking for a particular car or cars we had heard were bad.The thing that has always struck me about Knafels is that they had no packages available for the street,like Bobcats.Yeah,the track history was there,but believe me,we almost never ran across troublesome Pontiacs on the street.And on the odd occasion that we did,we didnt particularly quake in our boots when we saw a Knafel dealer sticker.Believe it or not one of the main guys we would stay away from when there was money involved was a certain 65 442 from Wadsworth or maybe Barberton.Dont ask me why as he would never open the hood.But mostly big horsepower Corvettes and Mopars were the easiest to go fast on the street with.There were a bunch of both in the Knafel area.
-----Cant really say what happened from 69 on up in that area of the world as I went away to school.All this seems sort of odd nowadays as Ive become a big Pontiac fan.Of course,all this drivel has nothing to do with RAVs,but thought I might lighten things up a bit.........Bill S