09-24-2009, 07:47 PM
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Senior Curmudgeon
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Alexandria/Mt. Vernon, Va
Posts: 27,369
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Quote:
Originally Posted by edevinney
Yep. The Tempest was a rear transaxle car, rather like the current corvette. Looks like a traditional 4 speed was plugged in during its racing career.
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Well except for the swing axels vs IRS thing. Pontiac and Olds carried the performance banner for GM in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s. Chev’s 343 and 409 were truck motors. Tthe rat motor was several years away, the mouse roared but was stuck at 327ci while the GTO and 442 were just around the corner.
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