[oldskool]

I suppose the big change at Pontiac, for '74, was moving the GTO to the X-body platform. They also reduced the engine size to 350 cubes.

The Bird bumpers were changed, front & rear, to meet federal regulations, IIRC.

For some Birds, A-body, & larger cars, the D-port 400's & 455's were still available. The SD455 was still an option for Birds. .

Those '74 400's have been very competitive, thru the years, & still are. The strongest '74 400 powered Stocker I'm aware of was the Mulry & Aceves Bird. Ran a sec & a half & more under, qualified #1, many times, and set a record in J/SA & K/SA as a Formy, & in L/SA in T/A trim.

The SD455 powered H-O Racing Specialties T/A set the SS/KA record in '77. If I have the facts straight, Glen Tinsley ran it for a while, then John Clegg got it. J.B. Clegg raced it for a while, with an auto trans. Then they updated it & switched to a 4-speed. J.B. got it down into the mid 9's. Don't know if their '73 or '74 has turned the quickest time.

Thru the years, there have been lots of A-bodies & Birds run a '74 400 engine, in Stock & SS. Carroll Warling held the SS/MA nat record for a while, a few years back, with his '74 A-body.

There is still quite a variety of '74 Pontiac powered Stock & SS cars in competition. There have been so many, I may split 'em up into 3 posts, to get all the pics in. Will post 9 Bird pics 1st. Will put X-body cars on the 2nd post, then the A-bodies & others. If I can't come up with 9, I may find enuff Bird pics to fill up the 9 pic limit.