Vintage Pontiac Magazine Articles
 

The purpose of this thread is to post collection of Vintage Pontiac magazine articles. I will make this sticky so it stays at the top. I will start it off but encourage everyone to post in this thread.

Pontiac Performance 69 lineup- Hot Rod Oct 68
 

The article covers Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac & Olds

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1964 GTO Road Test, Car Life June 1964
 

First glimpse of The Great One.

1965 Catalina 2+2 421HO 4 speed, Car Life April 1964

1965 GTO 389 Tri-Power 4 Speed, Car Life May 1965

1967 Pontiac Firebird Preview, Car Life March 1967

1967 Firebird Sprint & 400/4 Speed Road Test, Car Life August 1967

1967 GTO Ram Air 400/TH400/4.33 Road Test, Car Life October 1967

1968 Firebird PFST/1967 Fitch Bird, Car Life April 1968

1968 GTO Ram Air 400 4 Speed Road Test, Car Life May 1968

1969 Grand Prix SJ 428/TH400 Road Test, Car Life February 1969

1969 GTO Judge Ram Air IV 4 speed Road Test, Car Life March 1969

1969 Firebird Trans Am Preview, Car Life April 1969

1970 Pontiac Preview, Car Life October 1969

1970 Firebird, Formula and Trans Am Preview, Car Life March 1970

1970 GTO Ram Air III 4 speed vs 455/TH400 Road Test, Car Life April 1970

1970 Pontiac Formula Road Test, Car Life June 1970

1971 Pontiac Preview, Car Life October 1970, Last Issue

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.

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 ...

1967 GTO Ram Air 400/TH400 Road Test, Speed And Supercar June 1967

Royal Prepped 1968 GTO Shootout 3 Speed vs 4 Speed, Speed & Supercar August 1968

Beatin' On The Judge 1969 Road Test, Speed & Supercar April 1969

Dyno Tuning The 1969 428 Grand Prix By Joel Rosen

Here's another one for you olredalert.

Royal's Boss Bird 1969 Ram Air III Firebird Road Test, Speed & Supercar August 1969

Poncho Power Program On A 1969 Grand Prix SJ

1971 Pontiac GT-37 400 4 Speed Road Test, Speed & Supercar October 1971

Inside The 1972 Pontiac 455 HO, Speed & Supercar June 1972

Inside The 1973 Pontiac Super Duty 455, Speed & Supercar December 1972

Ace Wilson's Royal Pontiac 1963 Swiss Cheese Catalina, Cars Magazine April 1964

1966 GTO Tri-Power 4 Speed Road Test, Hi Performance Cars March 1966

Blueprinting The GTO, Hi Performance Cars March 1966

Building A C/Stock Record Breaking 1965 GTO Part I, Hi Performance Cars July 1966

Building A C/Stock Record Breaking 1965 GTO Part II, Hi Performance Cars August 1966

1967 Pontiac Firebird Preview, Hi Performance Cars March 1967

How To Build A Bobcat GTO Part I, Hi Performance Cars September 1967

Royal's Pontiac Performance Party, Hi Performance Cars September 1967

How To Build A Bobcat GTO Part II, Hi Performance Cars October 1967

1967 Firebird Sprint Road Test, Hi Performance Cars December 1967

I wasn't going to include this but thought some of the Pontiac guys would appreciate a OHC 6 turning 15 second quarter mile times.

1968 Tempest 350 HO vs 1968 Road Runner, Hi Performance Cars April 1968