I'm not convinced it rolled off the line with that combination. As far as I know, all 65-66 full size 4 speed Pontiacs (Canada and US) had a factory tach as standard equipment and there's no sign of this one ever having had a tach.
I'd still drive it with no shame though!
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
I'm not convinced it rolled off the line with that combination. As far as I know, all 65-66 full size 4 speed Pontiacs (Canada and US) had a factory tach as standard equipment and there's no sign of this one ever having had a tach.
No no, I believe it could be ordered, I just am not convinced this car was built with it. Heck,you could order a tri power 4 speed 65 wagon, I know a guy who has one!
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Speaking of super sleepers, i remember an article in Super Chevy back in the 1980's. The car was a 1963 Chev Impala four door sedan with a 409, two four barrel, four speed and posi traction.The original owner had a large family and still wanted to drag race on the weekend.
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1957 Pontiac Pathfinder Deluxe sedan restored 261 six
1974 Chevrolet Caprice Estate wagon low mileage original 400 V-8
By 65, the 409 was dated and the 421 was upgraded a bunch? Would boil down to specs on each motor? Even going back to past years and times when these cars were raced against each other , lots of cheating happened and specs were not always honest. There are currently street legal original cast iron block 409s that do under 9 seconds with modern internals and 2 carbs. Lots of variables in these head to head challenges?
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
This is a very cool car. It was written up extensively in the POCI magazine Smoke Signals about 4 or 5 years ago. If I'm not mistaken I think it also ran through one of the big auctions some time after that.
This is a very cool car. It was written up extensively in the POCI magazine Smoke Signals about 4 or 5 years ago. If I'm not mistaken I think it also ran through one of the big auctions some time after that.
Do you think it's authentic John? Does he have the PHS docs? Am I wrong about all 65 Pontiac B body 4 speed cars having a factory tach?
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Speaking of super sleepers, i remember an article in Super Chevy back in the 1980's. The car was a 1963 Chev Impala four door sedan with a 409, two four barrel, four speed and posi traction.The original owner had a large family and still wanted to drag race on the weekend.
I remember a Super Chevy article on a '62 Impala 4-door sedan that was ordered by a family man in Pennsylvania. It was 2-tone fawn & beige, had wheel covers, whitewalls, radio, 3-in-the-tree, and a 409 / 409! That's dual-quad 11:1 compression solid lifter, with a syncro-mesh (non-syncro low) 3-speed. Chevrolet offered it again in '63 but after warranty replacements they dropped the 3-speed Saginaw from the 409s for '64.
The h.d Warner 3-speeds made it into '65 Big Chevrolet & Canadian Pontiacs with 327s as an option & a requirement with the 409s. I wonder if any 1965 Canadian 409s rolled off the line with the Warner 3-speed?
Somewhere I have seen articles on a black '65 Biscayne 4-door 396-425 & a Regal Red '66 Biscayne 4-door 427-425.
Attached are a couple of pictures I grabbed from a 2005 eBay auction of a worn but original 1966 Impala 4-door factory equipped with L36 427, 4-speed, full instrumentation with dash-top clock, & a/c. The L36 was tops with a/c but at 390 horses it was sufficient.
That 62 Chevy 4 door was authenticated as real, its still around too.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
