Best Pontiac Powered Stockers

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Originally Posted by Greg Barsamian

Have a friend looking for complete short block with rotating assembly for 68 GTO F/SA
call Scott @ 603-795-4342 or email: grace@verackas.com.

Well, that's up in div 1 territory.

(1) Adam Strang lives in Vermont, & has been running '68 Pontiac Stockers for a long time. Has probably accumulated lots of spare parts. Might have something or know where you can find it.

https://www.facebook.com/adam.strang.3

(2) Todd Hoven ran a '68 Bird for several years, & a '72 GTO before that. I think his brother drives the Bird now. So, Todd may be able to help you.

https://www.facebook.com/todd.hoven.3

(3) Dave Ribeiro has been racing Pontiacs a long time. He may can help.

(4) Then there's Richie Hoffman on Long Island. Long time Pontiac bracket racer & engine builder, who knows lots of Pontiac racers.

https://www.facebook.com/richie.hoffman.581

(5) Then there are the Super Stock guys, like Vic Santos. Bill Kennedy has his old car now. Phil Monteith & 3 generations of the Biondo family have raced Pontiacs, Stock & SS. Most long time Pontiac racers have a large stash of Pontiac parts & know who can build the engines.

(6) Even Billy Nees has fooled around with a few Pontiacs. It's mostly been the 301's in recent years. But I think he helped Don Himes with his cars that ran 400's. If not, he knows just about everybody that has raced in div 1 in recent history. So, he may be able to put you in contact with just the right person.

So, if it was me, I'd begin by contacting some of these guys. Most are members here.

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After giving it some more thought, I realize that some guys are able to, and don't mind, traveling for the racing parts they want, or having them shipped.

So, if this is the case here, then I'd consider contacting Tim Gillespie. He has raced a '68 GTO & '68 Bird for many years. Probably has lots of parts & contacts.

Chris Stephenson has done a LOT of racing over the last few years, with his '68 Bird. Guessing he has made quite a few Pontiac contacts, especially in the div 3 area.

https://www.facebook.com/chris.stephenson.338

Then I suppose there are not many guys who have bought, sold, & raced more Pontiacs than Bob Michael. And he probably knows most all the other Pontiac racers. I think he is also a member here.

https://www.facebook.com/bob.michael.52

There are several Pontiac racers on Bob Michael's FB friends list. One is Don Turk. He is another long time Pontiac racer. So, he may can be of help.

https://www.facebook.com/don.turk.5?...on=friends_tab

Brent Flynn changed his '68 bracket Bird over to Stock, a few years back. He did a build thread on it here. Has probably made lots of good Pontiac contacts who may can help.

https://www.facebook.com/brent.flynn...on=friends_tab

Pontiac does not have a huge racing community. So, if you put out the word of a Pontiac racer in need of parts, it should produce some help.

But, most of these guys will probably not see this. So, there will have to be some personal contact, in order to communicate the need.

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I asked, but don't remember getting a response.

When I looked up pics of Larry Maxwell cars, on Auto Imagery, the 1st two are of a '74 GTO, which I didn't know he raced. He was R/U at the World Finals in '81 & '82, and the Golden Gate Nats in '83.

http://www.nhra.net/50th/results.asp?mYear=1981

http://www.nhra.net/50th/results.asp?mYear=1982

http://www.nhra.net/50th/results.asp?mYear=1983

Anybody have a good pic of this black '74 GTO I can download ?

https://autoimagery.photoshelter.com...L3_Jqc-&GI_ID=

Also, I assume Barbara is, or was, Larry's wife. She is listed as the driver of Larry's car, occasionally. On at least 1 Q-list I noticed that BOTH Larry & Barbara were listed as drivers of Firebird Stockers. Here's an example, where he's listed in a '72 Bird & she is listed in a '73 Bird.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=41736

I've found pics of a Blue Bird, with his 7700 number on it. Anybody know anything about the 2nd Bird ?
Auto Imagery shows a blue Bird with her 7701 number on it. But it looks like the same car. At some point, were they running 2 cars which looked that much alike ?

https://autoimagery.photoshelter.com...AABlyc6&GI_ID=

I assume that car listed as a '72, with Larry driving, was a mistake. I figure he was actually driving his '72 455HO powered Lemans.

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May have already posted this.

But, it's just so cool, I've gotta post it now !

Its a '62 Cat vs a '69 GTO @ the '69 Indy Nats.

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Here's a Jack Cassidy '71 GTO.

Who has more info and/or pics about the car and/or driver.

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Today at Indy, the #2 & #4 Stockers were female driven 1st gen Firebirds, with old fashion Pontiac power !

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2020#indextop