Movie "Family Plot" 1976
They made killer race cars with a 389 4 speed & a heavier rear axle in them.
So I'm not seeing things. The rear tires seem to have a lot of camber.Those had the GM transaxle in the rear with independent rear suspension
So I'm not seeing things. The rear tires seem to have a lot of camber.
Thought I was seeing things as I assumed it had a solid rear axel.
Das right! It's IRS
A later year Tempest was referred to in My Cousin Vinny
Google Image Result for https://cdn.dealeraccelerate.com/streetside/3/18227/797361/790x1024/w/1963-pontiac-tempestI had a 63 vert for awhile. had a 326 and that ropeshaft driveline/transaxle. Drove like a cloud. smooth sailing that one.
Post 16Review the move "My Cousin Vinny." Comedy
Review the move "My Cousin Vinny." Comedy with the then hot-as-women-get Marissa Tome Centered on reckless driving tire marks and the incorrect identification, because of whether/ or not the tire marks exhibited the changing tire track of an IRS
GM in those days, if nothing else, was "unique"
Chev had The Corvair, unique all in itself
Ponch had the Tempest, and as mentioned the thing initially used an IRS and transaxle, a "flex" drivesahft Porche 914 style, and a "slant 4" made from one of their V8's
Bleack had the 225 V6--Actually 198, and they offered the same 215 V8 the first year
Olds (F-85) had the little aluminum 215 V8 which they later sold to Rover and who used the thing for YEARS in their Land Rovers.
Neither Olds nor Buick were IRS they had conventional solid rear axles
Later on, Ponch offered a few Tempests with the rare OHC 6, but most I've seen were pushrod engines
I have a 63 215 all aluminum engine. I have the 64 300 heads that everyone seems to want. I have been told that that putting the 300 heads is the hot ticket. I am not sure how to graft the two together because that one head bolt does not line up amongst a few other things. I have a bellhousing that mates to a T5. It would be a great setup to put into my S10 mini truck. Mini truckin!A lot of people think the Buick and Olds 215s were the same. They weren't. There were some pretty big differences. Number of head bolts, rocker assemblies, combustion chambers. Plus, Olds made a Turbo version called the Olds Turbo Rocket.
Check it out. They were pretty cool. 62 and 63 only I think.
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