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Over the past couple months (in previous threads on here), it has been proven (beyond a reasonable doubt) that there were no RA V motors put in GTOs on the assembly line, nor were any installed in GTOs by engineering and sold to retail customers. Rita
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Rita and all,
There was a question raised about Milt Schornack's website.
miltschornack.com
On the website, (managed by his son Jim), they picture the RA-V GTO that they've finished building. (Note: he never "claims" it's a factory RA-V!) But the car is now being called a Ram Air VI! (six!)
Anyway, in speaking with Mr. Schornack, he informed me that the "next rational step" in expanding on the RA-V WOULD HAVE been to upsize the engine to a 421 and change the cam, intake and exhaust ports. (Milt even had some insight into Pontiac's plans for a Ram Air VII !!!)
So, when Milt calls this car a Ram Air 6, it's because he had a very good idea what it WOULD have been.
Now.... anybody who knows GTOs/Pontiac SHOULD understand that a RA-VI or even a RA-VII are not "officially" a Pontiac set-up, because PMD never released them . So what Milt's doing is simply having some fun with his son.
I have a buddy who painted a '75 LeMans in Carousel Red, blacked-out the grill and tagged it with "The Judge" emblems. As butt-ugly as that car was-- it CERTAINLY was alotta fun to look at!
In short (ha ha), please don't take Milt's RA-VI claim too seriously -- it's only meant to be fun!
~GOAT72
