Musclecar Dealers & Low Production Factory Freaks

[Canuck]

What are we looking at as a definition of Factory freak?

If the average citizen could order it, even if only two or three people ordered it in any given model year, does it fit the criteria? The Pontiac and Falcon could be ordered right from the assembly line. The Off road Scramblers and the 4 speed Cyryslers were done off the assembly line.

Would unusual colors come under this definition? I know of a 70 442 Convert ordered in Plum Crazy a Chrysler color. Stripe delete on a W30 = factory Freak. Are the 50 + cars from different manufactures to qualify for NHRA considered under this definition?
Swiss Cheese Pontiacs? 14 built
Thunderbolts 100 built
66 W30 Olds 54 built
66 WO23 Dodges and Plymouths 50 of each.
68 Hemi Dart and Hemi Cuda 50 of Each by Hurst off assembly line.
Canadian Pontiacs with big block Chev engines.

There is a 67 Olds Delta Convert with 3 on the tree that I have seen at Olds Shows.

The local Ford Dealer had a 66 LTD 4 dr hardtop in their showroom 428 4 speed car. That one had to be an ordering mistake.

Paul

[PeteLeathersac]

Adding to the Knafel story, besides Sabres Knafel also reportedly built/delivered 50 of their '70 Tempest 400 Post cars called Magnums!.
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Similar to these were the Calgary Canada Stampede Pontiac's 'poor man's GTO' called the Jury, 1970 Post cars too & reportedly 26 built/delivered..

Lots more dealer specials also 'factory freaks' were built up here in Canada!.
Dealer specials like the Conroy Cheetah Beaumonts, Mander Camaros, Mainway Mustangs to name a few, lots more too!.
As many here are aware, even our Canadian B-Body Pontiacs were factory built w/ Chevy drivetrains including SB's, W-Motors and Mk1v's too!.
Yes factory 409 and L72 B-Body cars wearing Pontiac clothes, not exactly common but built as factory RPO's..
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~ Pete


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[m22mike]

Wow, did not know about those, thanks Pete.... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[69hurstSC]

The more unknown the better. I would say unusual colors fit the &quot;factory freak&quot; definition perfectly. That being said, how about the 50 Bengal Chargers?

[old5.0]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 69hurstSC</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The more unknown the better. I would say unusual colors fit the &quot;factory freak&quot; definition perfectly. That being said, how about the 50 Bengal Chargers?




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Good one. I believe that the majority of those cars were 318 and 383 powered base models. For even more freakiness, how about a Bengal R/T?

[PeteLeathersac]

I had to look for this one as I wasn't sure if I was remembering it correctly as a Knafel car...but it is/was!.

Much like one of Smokey Yunick's accomplishments, perhaps one of the greatest racing rule bending was Knafel using the Canadian Pontiacs having factory Chevy engines thing to legally run this probable L72 Acadian!.

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~ Pete

Info/Pic below lifted from a previous thread here;

<span style="font-style: italic">...The Knafel Acadian ran in the NASCAR Ultra/Stock drag racing class where the rules stated that the car and engine had to be of the same make. Knafel decided to go with the Canadian Acadian so they could run a very competitive 427 engine and still be considered a Pontiac. Because the Acadian used a Chevy drivetrain, this was considered legal by NASCAR. I don't believe NHRA ever did recognize any of the Canadian Pontiacs. The photo below is from a 1967 points meet at Suffolk Raceway and the Chevy wagon in the far lane is Ted Hartman's &quot;Bad Banana&quot;...</span>

[old5.0]

WOW!!!! I wonder what ever became of that car?

[442w30]

It was my understanding that none of the big Canadian Ponchos were available with the L72 - true? Kinda like the L78 for the Beaumonts.

[old5.0]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 442w30</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It was my understanding that none of the big Canadian Ponchos were available with the L72 - true? Kinda like the L78 for the Beaumonts. </div></div>

Years ago, when MCR first started running the rotting musclecar of the month column, wasn't one of the first cars featured an L72 Canadian Pontiac that was rotted into the ground? A 68 or 69?

[442w30]

This, to me, is freakier than anything posted so far!

http://www.examiner.com/muscle-car-and-c...ost-his-stripes