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12/04/2023 9:07 am
If you had rear leaf springs or 4 links, Traction Masters of Burbank provided the mounts and bars to allow the supension to work but not lose axle location preventing axle wrap and wheel hop. The cool look came with also using ladder bars like on this '65 Arnie Beswick powered GTO. If I had the cash at the time, I would have put them on my '56 Merc just for the looks.
Rick Halladay was so impressed with Beswick prepped Pontiacs that he ordered this GTO from Bratten Pontiac with a tri-power 389, 4:33 Positraction rear end, radio and heater delete with a special order Chevy dark green paint and had it shipped direct to Beswick in Illinois. Arnie set up the car to run NHRA B/Stock blue printing the engine, boring it for Forged True pistons and elongated the front spindles and the ladder bars at the rear. He towed the car behind his own drag car to meet Halladay in York, Pa and Arnie himself drove it on its maiden voyage. After many races and modifications (including a 6.71 GM blower) it was restored back to original and still exists today
12/04/2023 10:59 am
Rich, your Pontiac seems to look better than I remember. I see your fine weathering but with those legible gauges, engine wiring and decent front rims, I'm now wondering if Sunstar actually released two versions of this model? 🤔 🤔 🤔
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12/04/2023 11:52 am
@chris I added BMF to the window frames (which were clear plastic molded with the windows) and, if I remember right, after the first run of perhaps 1000, the front wheels were replaced with period alloy wheels for whatever reasons. Later mods to the car did include fancier wheels. The slicks were originally Hoosiers and I'm not sure if they came with white lettering in that period or not. This model was a first run. Note the LE tag on the front of the chassis. I can't remember if Sunstar even recalled the unsold first run. Too long ago. I just remembered preferring the black steelies to the reissue/replacement.
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12/04/2023 3:00 pm
@rich-sufficool Well, that would explain it because I know I've seen far-crappier versions of this....that's why I never bought it. 🙄 😏 Yours looks really good!
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