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In addition to the 1970–71 L.A. Dart, Shrewsberry still owns his 1972 L.A. Dart funny car with flip-up body, his original 1963 Super Duty Tempest (one of only four remaining), the 1965 Hemi Under Glass Barracuda, the Knott's Berry Wagon, a 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente 427 which he raced in A/FX that year with Jack Chrisman (one of only 50 ...
The Pontiac Trophy 4 engine (also called the Indianapolis 4, [1] or Indy 4) is a 194.5 cu in (3.2 L) inline four-cylinder engine [2] produced by the Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors for model years 1961 through 1963. [3] Created from one bank of Pontiac's powerful 389 cu in (6.4 L) Trophy V8, [3] its only application was in the first ...
The 421.19 cu in (6.9 L) was introduced in 1961 as a dealer-installed Super Duty option. Unlike previous enlargements of Pontiac V8s, it did not replace the 389. The first of the "big journal" Pontiac V8s, it had a bore and stroke of 4 + 3 ⁄ 32 in × 4 in (104.0 mm × 101.6 mm) and came with dual four-barrel carburetors.
Compact (1960–1962), mid-size (1963–1970) Ventura: 1960 1977 GM B platform GM X platform: 2 Full-size, later compact Grand Prix: 1962 2008 GM H platform (RWD) 1 Personal luxury car (1962–1987), full-size car (1996–2008), mid-size car (1988–1996, 1996–2002 coupe) LeMans: 1962 1993 GM Y platform GM A platform GM T platform: 6
For 1963 only, Pontiac offered the 421 cu in (6.9 L) Super Duty with two four-barrel carburetors, rated at 425 hp (317 kW), as a US$2,250 option ($22,104 in 2023 dollars [5]) whereas the base Bonneville was listed at US$3,349 ($33,330 in 2023 dollars [5]). [14] 1963 Pontiac Bonneville sport coupe
The 405 hp (302 kW) Super Duty 421 was still offered to racing teams during the early portion of the model year but discontinued after General Motors ordered Pontiac (and Chevrolet) to "cease and desist" from factory-supported racing efforts in February 1963.
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This was the first in a series of NASCAR-ready pre- Super-Duty V8 engines and introduced the long line of multi-carburetor-equipped engines that saw Pontiac become a major player during the muscle car and pony car era of the 1960s. The enlarged 1956 Pontiac V8 found its way into light-duty GMC pickup trucks.