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Old 08-04-2023, 05:35 AM
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1969 Grand Prix SJ 428/TH400 Road Test, Car Life February 1969
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1969 GTO Judge Ram Air IV 4 speed Road Test, Car Life March 1969
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1969 Firebird Trans Am Preview, Car Life April 1969
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1970 Pontiac Preview, Car Life October 1969
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1970 Firebird, Formula and Trans Am Preview, Car Life March 1970
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Old 08-05-2023, 07:11 AM
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1970 GTO Ram Air III 4 speed vs 455/TH400 Road Test, Car Life April 1970
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1970 Pontiac Formula Road Test, Car Life June 1970
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1971 Pontiac Preview, Car Life October 1970, Last Issue
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1969 GTO Judge Ram Air IV 4 speed Road Test, Car Life March 1969
interesting that it shows this car had 3:55 gears when the ra4 came with 3:90 standard and 4:33 as optional. its possible that this being a test car had that and would explain why it had no power below 3000 rpm and was hard to drive on take offs.
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Trivia - I asked Jim Wangers if the red GTO from the Car and Driver test was used in any other magazine tests. He said Car and Driver was the only time either the red or blue GTO's were magazine tested. I pointed out that the blue car appeared in another article or two - and he explained they did several press photos - exterior portraits and "action" shots (Jim mentioned having done some driving, too) - for use by the print media, some even used the same shots, and suggested I go back and have a look so I did ...
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