Musclecar Dealers & Low Production Factory Freaks

[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]

That was a '69 2+2, I think, and it was a 427 car. I know the car was famous around the Net . . . . can't find it, though. I would think it was a 390 hp version.

[old5.0]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 442w30</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That was a '69 2+2, I think, and it was a 427 car. I know the car was famous around the Net . . . . can't find it, though. I would think it was a 390 hp version.

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You're probably right. I have the issue buried somewhere around here, I'll have to see if I can find it.

And now, how about the Randall 401XR Gremlin:

http://www.gremlinx.com/index.php?op...amp;Itemid=152

[442w30]

If my link was buggy for some people, here's a link to the same car on another site:

http://www.forums.performanceyears.c...624&amp;page=3

[StealthBird]

1972 Pontiac Lemans with a ducktail spoiler. Rumored 2 were built, extra spoilers were dumped into the parts bins.



1970 Canadian Pontiac - LS5 454 - 1 of 4 built



1968 Olds 442 FWD

[flyingn]

great thread!! Love reading about these odd cars.. One burning question to me though. That blue 70 stripeless Judge. Why didn't the original owner just order a Ram air GTO and install a spoiler? Would have been cheaper to do..

[x Baldwin Motion]

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[StealthBird]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: flyingn</div><div class="ubbcode-body">great thread!! Love reading about these odd cars.. One burning question to me though. That blue 70 stripeless Judge. Why didn't the original owner just order a Ram air GTO and install a spoiler? Would have been cheaper to do.. </div></div>

Good question! The original owner (according to Diego's article) is a woman now in her 80's, I would imagine that she really wanted a Judge, didn't like the stripes, but wanted the wing and the Judge stickers.

A Judge is nothing more than a Ram Air GTO with stickers and a wing, so yes, she could have ordered a Ram Air GTO and had them install a wing at the dealership. But I'd be curious what the dealer would have charged for a wing back then, and the labor to paint it and install it. It may have been cheaper to get the Judge sans stripes.

Not exactly a factory freak, but something you don't see too often.

1968 Firebird 400 RHD.

[COPO_Anders]

Here is the perfect magazine for this thread: MCR January 2000

[Xplantdad]

We need a Mustang Quarter Horse and A King Cobra at MCACN!


That's a cool article Anders...thanks for posting...