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11-26-2003, 03:26 AM
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Re: TUNNEL PORT RA V
Was Mac MacKellar responsible for the RAV ? I read where he ran around the streets with an OHC 421 63 Prix...
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11-26-2003, 09:23 PM
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Re: TUNNEL PORT RA V
--------Ive seen that car at the POCI nationals.Very CQQL! I dont know the status of Mac today.Can anyone help? He was given that OHC car,or maybe the motor alone installed in the car,as a retirement present.I heard it run but never saw it agressively driven. Wish I had! Would it be fair to say Mac was a visionary,possibly a genius? A lot of Pontiac guys think so...........Bill S
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12-19-2003, 08:36 PM
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Re: TUNNEL PORT RA V
The OHC 421 tri -power in Mac's car was a gift to him from GM after he retired. GM was going to scrap it along with others that Mac had built. There where several peices missing when Mac go the engine. The whole thing had to be rebuilt prior to installatiion. Many leaks. Mike Cimoli worked on it and found that the cams where on the wrong side. Corrected problems and ran ran like a champ. Mac continued to try different exhaust breathers etc. The '63 GP was reasently repainted. 2-3years ago.
I spoke to Mac this past Saturday. Do to his health he is not very comfortable. Pacemaker, lower back problem (failed low back surgery 10 years ago), and now burning feet. He can't function without much pain. He's most upset that he has'nt been able to work on his cars in 10 years. Did you know Mac took a course in body work about 11 - 12 years ago? He was restoring a 1966 GTO convertible. He is one of the most modist people you'll ever meet.
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01-12-2004, 09:25 PM
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Re: TUNNEL PORT RA V
Belair
George DeLorean is credited with taken a set of Ford heads to Pontiac Engineers for development. Two of the engineers that I know of at this point, were Jeff Young and Tom Nell. There is a third that came along late in the program, that is helping research with me. I'll put up what he helps me with and who he is when it's finished. Tom Nell is retired and the author of the attachments I made earlier today, he does not like to talk about it the past. Jeff Young's last known where abouts, Colorado Springs in the hotel business. Steve
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01-12-2004, 10:48 PM
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Re: TUNNEL PORT RA V
[ QUOTE ]
George DeLorean is credited with taken a set of Ford heads to Pontiac Engineers for development. Two of the engineers that I know of at this point, were Jeff Young and Tom Nell. There is a third that came along late in the program, that is helping research with me. I'll put up what he helps me with and who he is when it's finished. [/ QUOTE ] Steve, Thanks for posting those, they are very interesting!    G72 
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