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Amazing how finding that engine came together. Hopefully the body will surface. You just never know.
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----I ordered a 73 SD Grand Am new. I was told by the dealer (Pontiac and Buick) in Medina Ohio that it was available. Dark blue with blue int 4-speed. I waited and waited. The dealer told me to be patient, but I think I learned from one of the salesmen that I would never get it. Why I ordered a new Riviera Gran Sport is still mystery to me. Kept it for about 6 months and traded it on a left over 72 Trans Am at Knafel Pontiac that had been Bill K's wifes driver. Way happier with that!.....Bill S
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This actual engine was just shipped to Australia and is destined to go into the prototype SD455 Trans Am magazine test car. It was found down under ten years ago by a guy who just happened to find a used 73 T/A and wanted to restore it. When he got the PHS he freaked out (justifiably).
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I wonder if this is how there were a couple of "Developmental" 1971 LS-6 Chevelle SS's....
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Currently owned: 1970 El Camino SS 454/M22 LS-5 1988 Monte Carlo SS LS7/T56 (700+ NA RWHP!) 2011 Corvette Z06 all stock Previous owner of: 1970 Chevelle SS 454/M22 w/XCH crate LS-7 1970 El Camino SS 454/M22 LS-6 1970 Camaro Z-28/M22 |
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It's what the guys at the Proving Grounds (whether Milford or DPG) get paid to do: play around with stuff, all day, every day. K Quote:
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.56 @ 139 mph best Last edited by Keith Seymore; 11-23-2022 at 02:56 PM. |
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Two additional sidebars, as I read back through those (written almost 15 years ago):
Sidebar #1: back then we were running "Super Chevy" events all the time and you had to run a Chevrolet nameplated vehicle. We would swap out the GMC grill and tailgate for Chevrolet versions, but leave the GMC fender emblems and dash emblems. No one ever noticed or said anything, to my knowledge. Sidebar #2: Here are all the mistakes in that very tiny blurb of an article: 1) "Rumor has it" - well, as you can see, it was no rumor. It was true. 2) "...some engineers at GMC Truck and Coach..." - well - no, by then we were GM Truck and Bus. Truck and Coach implies the bus factory in Pontiac; we were obviously located in Milford. 3) "...found a fresh ZL1 in a crate in a dusty storage room somewhere in the bowels of Detroit..." - not correct, unless you consider Milford to be "the bowels of Detroit". It's a 45 minute to an hour drive, depending on where you are coming from. And - the warehouse is not dusty. It's pretty clean. 4) "...they jerked the 454 out of a 1986 shortbed pickup..." - we've already established it was originally a small block truck and was a 1985 shortbox, not an '86. 5) "...switched over all the brackets and hardware onto the aluminum 427..." - as discussed, this specific motor was a 454 rather than a 427. 6) "..it's been screaming around the Milford Proving Grounds and laying waste to unsuspecting Corvettes and Trans Ams." - well, ok, that was true... Makes one wonder how accurate all the articles we read actually are. Except for mine, of course. K
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.56 @ 139 mph best Last edited by Keith Seymore; 11-23-2022 at 03:06 PM. |
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Great story!
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keith how hard was it to get the job of testing vehicles there? i would only imagine you would have to be an engineer, several years of service and ??? did you ever get to do that job?
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After I had transitioned from the assembly plant into an engineering/assembly liaison position, management came around looking for volunteers to move to Arizona. We often vacationed out there growing up and I thought it would be a cool place to live and work, so I raised my hand. Upon further review they decided I should have some development experience before moving out there so they assigned me to the Milford Proving Ground first. I ended up staying at Milford for three years (’86-’89) and then at the Desert Proving Ground for four (’90-’94). K
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