70 Judge RAIV and V continuation

[Jeff H]

I think this thread has made some great progress on helping with this particular car. If the car was indeed shipped and delivered in Nov like it appears, and the engine in it was not built until Jan, then that lends a lot of proof that it didn't come in the car new. That's basically what was being asked for in the first thread. Can someone help document or verify the car and engine. I don't know why some people are getting all worked up over the car or information, but together as a whole, this group has produced some great research and evidence. I still think it's interesting to see the "WY" codes on these engines. It sure makes you think they were intended to go in as production engines to receive a production code. Those articles you posted Rita also may help prove that the stamping on the engine Steve posted is an original Pontiac stamp(hand stamped in Engineering) on a RA V engine. This information together has a lot of value.
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[MrsBillyBobcat]

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Rita, did that other engine you were referring to have the "WY" code on it as well?

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Yes, it did (see the articles that I attached to the bottom of my post from last night). From what I have read, "WY" is the correct code for a GTO with a manual transmission.

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[Steve_Hoog]

Jeff

As we draw close to the end of this one car...

Something else that has come out of this. If anyone pops their hood claiming to have a RAV block in the bay, they better have their business together if anyone that followed this thread sees it.

[Jeff H]

Yup, these threads have presented some great information. Kind of reminds me about the 283's that some of the 67 Camaros got when they were running low on 327's. The best way to prove or disprove something is to get the most research and evidence together. Even the 68 Camaro 327 TH350 cars weren't thought to be original until they found a bunch of them to help document them. And based on Dan's research into the Hauser ZL1's, I'm open to the possibility that they made more than 69 ZL1 Camaros. I've seen the ads and nobody can identify the mysterious blue car that they had. I'll save that for another argument, I mean discussion.

[L67WT1]

Yes I agree about the codes, but it may be quite simple; if Pontiac was going to have the engines certified for emissions and production to meet AMA specifications then they would have to ship one of each an automatic RA V engine and a manual RA V engine to the emissions testing labs. Vacuum lines and some emissions plumbing were different between autos and sticks. Why is it difficult to believe that they had codes for these engines?

There is no question regarding a RA V engines existence only if it was factory or dealer installed that is where all the commotion came from. After all it's only a piece of iron and it is not worth arguing about or coming down on people for differing opinions [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif[/img]