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15 years ago in PONTIAC
A good friebd and I are traveling to his home town,near Chicago,where he has stored(since 1988) a 63' Grand Prix. He tells me that he ordered it new from the factory back in 1963,aluminum frond end,4 speed,dual quad set up and all,I believe he said the engine was the 421 HO with the Nascar heads,from what I can tell this was one of the rare ones? only 3-4 made?..my question is how can I be sure, engine codes? vin number?..thank you all very much for any and all answers
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15 years ago
If it's legit you have found the Holy Grail! At least one of the cups at the supper. My dad is the expert on this stuff, we talked about how unusual those factory race cars were. There were probably only a handful made. Enough to meet the sanctioning bodies requirements. Aluminum front end = RARE !! Remember these were the days when the "Wide Tracks" were very competitve in NASCAR and NHRA. The factrory piped parts and special cars to race teams. I wouldn't be suprised if this car was one of these. There is a website that has all the Pontiac info you could ever need. I have seen it in this section, but don't remember the address. All I can say is WOW
15 years ago
"Super Duty 421" vehicles built in 63: 13 Catalina and Grand Prix with 4 bbl 59 Cats and GP with 2 Four bbls: 4 unspecfied models(believed to be Cats with Alum front ends) with duel 4 barrel induction: and 11 Tempests with the duel quad engine
Sources: Std Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975
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