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According to a Pontiac Guru I know the 3-speed Top Loader was standard for the HiPerf Pontiacs since the GM 3-speed couldn't handle the torque.

Not that many cars were delivered with it. If you ordered a HiPerf car you most certainly choosed a 4-speed or an auto.

Jan

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Thats so cool. Did not know, thanks!

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Interesting info!

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Cool pictures and did not know that about the M13 Top loader. Learn something new every time I surf.
Keep those pics coming,
Brew

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There's a great looking 69 RAIV Trans Am at RK Motors in Charlotte right now. Some interesting before and after pics too.

1969 RAIV Trans Am

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Wow Mike-that is a beautiful RAIV TA. I found my dream car on their site. It looks like Troy Thornton restored it. The only thing that could make it better would be if it were black &amp; gold! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif[/img]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...;v=qSYi1FxdT7w

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Are they serious on that price for the 1969 RAIV Trans Am coupe? They need to come back down to earth. In this economy, 400K for a 69 TA convertible would be a more realistic proposition. RM

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&quot; an original Muncie M-21 close ratio 4-speed transmission, which was inspected during the car’s restoration and deemed just fine the way it is,&quot; Are you kidding me, they didn't rebuild the M-21. For 400K you should get a tranny that's fresh with nearly zero miles on it.

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I kinda liked the way it looked prior to the restoration.... now its just another museum piece... boring...

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Rick,

Totally agree they should have zeroed out that trans. Did you take a pass through all the pre-resto pics of that car? It was used hard and put away wet as they say, but the absolutely positive aspect IMO is that it was close to complete. Given what you know first hand about bringing a car that rough back to that level of quality, what do you think RK has in it? 125K, 150K, more? Primarily their labor I would think, but how badly would they have gotten tagged for the missing and hard to find stuff? That is the crap that has killed me.

JB