1970 gto judge ram air IV

[JoeC]

I am not up on Pontiac history but you can look at the way Chevy and Olds handled the special factory hot rods. The factory wanted to race but was restricted by upper management rules. They needed to find ways to sneak out factory built cars to meet NHRA rules. Chevy made deals with Fred Gibb and Yenko to process the factory built cars that would meet the NHRA ruled 50 car minimum requirement. Olds built 455 cu in cars that they were not supposed to build and sent them to Hurst to process them. I would guess that Pontiac would have done something with Royal but if they built the 50 cars to race in NHRA then it would be documented. I would be surprised if Pontiac did not build some special cars for in house testing but it is hard to say if any cars escaped the factory. I remember reading an article about a prototype 69 Trans Am with a special de stroked engine and the car was allowed to be road tested by a magazine but don't know what happened to it after that.

DaJudge-- the intake is some type of drag racing fuel injection system made by ALGON with some home made parts to adapt the air filters

[Jeff H]

Personally, I doubt they ever built a factory RA V, but Chevrolet has proven to us to never say never. I'd like to see some definitive paperwork.

[Astock]

To Jim M.
I'd like to apologies for any phone calls that you may be receiving regarding this thread and Garys car.
J.Y.

[442w30]

Ordinarily, I'd start off by posting, "I'm pretty much a lurker here. I know the Clarys from the PS races and appreciate the time and effort they've put into this site. I can also appreciate the intellectual and anthropological manner in which the COPOs are handled, which is often missed on other sites."

However . . .

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Someone posted "talk is cheap." How cheap? $5000 cheap? Or would you like to go more?

I will send my end to Charlie, Belair, or Sixtiesmuscle whenever. Who's on?

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I don't even have $5000 in liquid assets. But your attitude reeks; while yours is still flapping in the wind, my pants are still zipped. Thanks for the grin. Be sure to let me know when Jim gives you the bad news. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif[/img]

[442w30]

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Personally, I doubt they ever built a factory RA V, but Chevrolet has proven to us to never say never. I'd like to see some definitive paperwork.

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As with all makes, of course.

I know of a L78 4-door. Didn't make one? What if it was a cop car?

Fact is that the L78 was built for "normal" cars, so there's always that possibility. The RAV was never available installed in a car, so the possibility for that is less.

[Jim Mattison]

Guys,

Pontiac "never" built a Ram Air V GTO at the factory!!!

Jim Mattison
Pontiac Historic Services

[Charley Lillard]

Thank you Jim.. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif[/img]

[MotownMadman]

Jim,
Amazing how you managed to put up this post while we were discussing this on the phone, must have a hands free head set eh? So now that the question has been laid to rest I assume all bets are off? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
Motown [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif[/img]

[GTO_DON]

[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/scholar.gif[/img]THERE YOU HAVE IT!! I GUESS I WONT BE GETTING THAT IVORY BACK SCRATCHER AFTERALL [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif[/img] ON THAT NOTE, THERES A GUY IN JERSEY WHO SAYS HE HAS A 69 YENKO CHEVELLE WITH AN L88 IN IT. WHAT DO YOU THINK? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[sixtiesmuscle]

Thanks Jim. Now who was going to send me 5 grand to hold??