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Re: General talk about Trans-Am cars, parts, whatever...
« Reply #60 on: July 06, 2013, 06:00:54 PM »
A little blurb on the University of Pittsburgh Camaro can be seen here...

http://www.trans-amseries.com/projects/JohnMiller.html
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« Reply #61 on: July 06, 2013, 06:04:26 PM »
I was at the SAAC-38 Shelby convention yesterday at Fontana and saw a couple of sets of magnesium D-spoke wheels
for sale by J Bittle. A set of 15x8 and a set of 15x10. Phone number contact is (858) 495-3395 for those with any interest.
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« Reply #62 on: July 06, 2013, 10:58:22 PM »
Man... I wish I had known SAAC was at the Auto Club Speedway, I'd have gone too.

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« Reply #63 on: July 06, 2013, 11:50:59 PM »
I saw the U of P camaro at Legendary Motorcars (near Toronto) some years ago.  It was there for some time. Currently being raced?  Can't tell who is the current owner from the HTA blurb.
Their information is sometimes way out of date.

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« Reply #64 on: July 07, 2013, 02:12:53 AM »
Robert, I don't know who the current owner is. I wold agree that I don't think it is currently
being raced. I haven't seen hide nor hair of it for several years.
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« Reply #65 on: July 08, 2013, 07:15:37 PM »
   The Pitt Camaro is owned by John Miller in Richmond , Indiana.  Spent several days with him and David Tom at the Mecum Auction here in Indy in May. They co-own the Smokey Yunick 1970 454 Camaro

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« Reply #66 on: July 08, 2013, 09:39:30 PM »
those pushrod guide plates in the pictures with "this side up" stamped on them were sold by mr gasket back in the day
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Re: General talk about Trans-Am cars, parts, whatever...
« Reply #67 on: July 09, 2013, 01:33:43 AM »
   The Pitt Camaro is owned by John Miller in Richmond , Indiana.  Spent several days with him and David Tom at the Mecum Auction here in Indy in May. They co-own the Smokey Yunick 1970 454 Camaro

Thanks, Mark. John Miller was involved with running that Camaro back in the early '70s, wasn't he? How come it's not being raced anymore?
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« Reply #68 on: July 09, 2013, 05:47:36 PM »
   John has sold his printing business in Indiana and is building a home in Florida, so time ( and money ) are a bit short right now.

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« Reply #69 on: July 10, 2013, 03:57:21 PM »
John has sold his printing business in Indiana and is building a home in Florida, so time ( and money ) are a bit short right now.

That's understandable. Thanks.
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Re: General talk about Trans-Am cars, parts, whatever...
« Reply #70 on: February 19, 2014, 06:04:25 PM »
You never know what you might find in a neighbor's garage. How about an old GT40?

http://www.thegentlemanracer.com/2014/02/garage-find-gt40-mki-chassis-p1067.html
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Re: General talk about Trans-Am cars, parts, whatever...
« Reply #71 on: February 19, 2014, 08:43:52 PM »
one word...   WOW....   :)
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« Reply #72 on: March 11, 2014, 02:02:29 PM »
Just thought I’d update on my earlier post about the Edelbrock/AMC re-introduction cross-ram.
IT’S HERE!

The current Owner of Pete’s Patriot, one of the original SS AMX’s, has a business, “Patriot Racing Products”. He worked with Edelbrock to re-introduce the STR-11 cross-ram with only a limited number available. I think it’s remarkable that Edelbrock was able to work with a small company to re-tool for a short run of a product like this. There are some changes to the new STR-11 in order to differentiate this from the desirable and valuable originals.

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Re: General talk about Trans-Am cars, parts, whatever...
« Reply #73 on: March 11, 2014, 11:09:06 PM »
That GT 40 was bought by the same guy who is a regular on chasing classic cars with Wayne Carini. He finds all sorts of rare cars, and has a pretty nice collection from what I understand. That would be a neat find.
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Re: General talk about Trans-Am cars, parts, whatever...
« Reply #74 on: March 12, 2014, 01:41:29 AM »
You never know what you might find in a neighbor's garage. How about an old GT40?

http://www.thegentlemanracer.com/2014/02/garage-find-gt40-mki-chassis-p1067.html

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