1963 super duty Grand Prix

[tjs44]

Bill Blair has one,will ask him,I thought the SC cars had plexy and the battery in the trunk from the factory.Im also sure they were like the SD tempest with single exhaust.Tom

[tjs44]

I checked and the plexy was a option on them also.The Royal car had it put in after it was delivered.They did come with the battey in the trunk.Tom

[kwhizz]

BelAir.......Next time you see Don Stanley from TSI Transmissions, talk to him about the early 60's Pontiacs......he had a Black 62 that was a Terror on the local strips back then.......at the time Don worked at Hydro-Motive.......anyone remember that place???

Ken

[Belair62]

I haven't seen him in many years !!

[Paul D]

Talking about SD Pontiacs, I pulled the following quote from Amazon.com. It's a consumer review of Jim Wangers book... damn, those Super Duty's were fast!!

"Mr. Wanger's book is an interesting historical perspective on the development of the muscle car era at the Pontiac division. It seems to be a very complete history of the development of the GTO with details that can only be known by a industry insider.My only criticism is that that while he alludes to the real bad boy Super Duties in several places he never really spells out what they were "bad to the bone, dual quad, 12to1 compression ratio 421's" These were truly Pontiac's finest hour. He also does not do justice to the great Malcolm MacKeller who's genius was responsible for the development of a whole series of camshafts used at Pontiac including the Super Duties.

Wangers remembers lots of racing in the book and the cheating that often took place, but he does not recount the night that after bragging that he had the fastest " GTO on Woodward " he ran a race against a 1962 white Catalina with a real 421 Super Duty not a consumer version with three two's. The outcome of that encounter very well could be deeply repressed as the Catalina led him by a football field at a 110 mph.

This encounter happened in 1967 and it might be called Wolf in Sheep's Clothing or The Night Encounter with Super Duty #3 vin#16373. All in all I would recommend this book to anyone for Pontiac history but it's not the last word on the subject."

I wish I could have seen the race!

Paul