<VV> Phraud & Darwin Candidates

[Padgett]

>A 409 car
>came with a much larger radiator than the smaller engine cars and the 
>diameter of
>the fuel line from the gas tank was larger on the 409s for obvious reasons.

In a previous life, I was deep into Pontiacs (and you can get the original 
build sheets back to 1959 thanks to one extremely dedicated GM employee). 
The number of tripower GTOs easily exceeds the number the factory did 
build, might have built or even thought about building. When I developed 
the Platinum judging class a phone call to Pontiac was all it took to 
verify how a particular car left the factory. Still quite a few 
entrepreneurs tried.

Was amazing how few even bothered to add the boxed trailing arms  for a 
rear sway bar or properly seal the holes (visible inside the trunk) where 
it once said "Tempest".

Still, was even more amazing the lengths repop vendors would go - one even 
reproduced the PF-23 oil filters (used in 1967 only). Sold quite a few 
until one was set next to a real -23 and it was noticed that the logo was 
on upside down.

Padgett