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Re: "Inside the Cars of the Trans-Am" and other articles
« Reply #30 on: March 31, 2012, 06:20:10 AM »
From the 1969 Riverside Trans-Am program.


Bob Sanders Collection, courtesy of Robert Lodewyk
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Re: "Inside the Cars of the Trans-Am" and other articles
« Reply #31 on: April 03, 2012, 02:25:25 PM »
YEAH!!  Somebody else has the Car Life "Wagging the Dog" story!   Could someone PLEASE post the left-out pages of the article ?  I have not been able to find my copy for over a year now!  :'(     There is excellent race-to-race info that I need for an upcoming interview this month.   Thanks,   Ken

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« Reply #32 on: April 05, 2012, 01:55:24 PM »
I added those in for you, Ken. Sorry about the initial screw-up.

From the 1969 Riverside Trans-Am program.


Bob Sanders Collection, courtesy of Robert Lodewyk
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« Reply #33 on: April 05, 2012, 02:04:25 PM »
A May 1967 article on "Baby Grands". Grand Nationals were of course the top echelon Nascar cars and the term Baby Grands
was in essence referring to Trans-Am style sedans as a smaller version of those.



















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Re: "Inside the Cars of the Trans-Am" and other articles
« Reply #34 on: April 09, 2012, 05:06:16 AM »
An article on the Dan Gurney 'Cudas, courtesy of Robert Byng. Thank you, Robert!




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Re: "Inside the Cars of the Trans-Am" and other articles
« Reply #35 on: April 13, 2012, 08:11:13 PM »
A little insight into some of the Javelin race cars being campaigned in 1969 . This info comes
the May 1969 issue of Hot Rod magazine, courtesy of Robert Byng. There is confirmation that
the two different Javelins Bob Tullius drove in '69 were built by two different entities. The few
paragraphs below are taken from coverage of the Citrus 250, a Nascar GT race at Daytona 2-69.




The "other" Javelin Tullius raced in '69, built by Ronnie Kaplan's shop.

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« Reply #36 on: April 13, 2012, 10:01:48 PM »
I'm 99% certain that the 33 car above is Revson's #3 car from the 1968 season.  Ted Roberts was in Follmer's #4 car from 68 (Roberts was #55).

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« Reply #37 on: April 17, 2012, 02:28:20 PM »
Good information on the Javs. Thanks for sharing.

Motor Trend's "1968 World Automotive Yearbook" with a nice article on the '67 Trans-Am cars, courtesy of Mike K (Swede70).
























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« Reply #38 on: April 24, 2012, 03:07:21 PM »
Behind the wheel of a Trans-Am Barracuda. Many thanks to Mike K (Swede70) for sharing this with us.










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Re: "Inside the Cars of the Trans-Am" and other articles
« Reply #39 on: April 24, 2012, 03:44:24 PM »
Thanks Jon and Swede70 for a great story to start the day! I think we can all relate to a ride along experience!
Bob

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« Reply #40 on: May 04, 2012, 02:33:27 PM »
Glad you enjoyed that, Bob. Here's another one for our reading enjoyment, courtesy of Craig Wheeldon. (May '69 Speed Age magazine)









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Re: "Inside the Cars of the Trans-Am" and other articles
« Reply #41 on: May 04, 2012, 03:00:58 PM »
I wish y'all would stop exposing all of the AMC 'secrets'!!!   :^)

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Re: "Inside the Cars of the Trans-Am" and other articles
« Reply #42 on: May 04, 2012, 04:14:03 PM »
You AMC boys got a lot of press back in the day.   8)
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« Reply #43 on: May 06, 2012, 05:51:13 AM »
September '71 article, courtesy of Craig Wheeldon.




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Re: "Inside the Cars of the Trans-Am" and other articles
« Reply #44 on: May 07, 2012, 05:37:31 AM »
Some good insight into Ronnie Kaplan, courtesy of Craig Wheeldon.


















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