Best Pontiac Powered Stockers

oldskool · 12-22-2019, 11:56 PM

Well, no help with the '64 GTO. Let's move on to '65.

I love this Knafel '65. '65 was my favorite body style. My 1st GTO ride was in a '65. But I wasn't able to buy a car, til '69. So, I bought a '69.

Anyhow, according to the writing on this '65, Bill Abraham was the NHRA nat champ in it. And Arlen Vanke set a nat record in it. Must have been a pretty quick B/S car, at the time. That would have been a Tri-Power 389 car, I assume.

I'm sure there were '65's running at local tracks, all over the country. Don't know of any other quick ones, specifically. Maybe you guys can help with that. I did find a pic of a '65 auto. Looks like one that would not have passed tech, at a big race. But local tracks let a lot of stuff slide.

Also found a pic of one that appears to be at a small track. Probably many hundreds of '65's ran at small tracks all over the country.

https://www.mecum.com/lots/SC0509-79...5-pontiac-gto/

12-22-2019, 11:56 PM	#11
oldskool VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: The Land of Bayous, Boudin & Crawfish Posts: 1,668 Likes: 223 Liked 747 Times in 362 Posts	Re: Best Pontiac Powered Stockers Well, no help with the '64 GTO. Let's move on to '65. I love this Knafel '65. '65 was my favorite body style. My 1st GTO ride was in a '65. But I wasn't able to buy a car, til '69. So, I bought a '69. Anyhow, according to the writing on this '65, Bill Abraham was the NHRA nat champ in it. And Arlen Vanke set a nat record in it. Must have been a pretty quick B/S car, at the time. That would have been a Tri-Power 389 car, I assume. I'm sure there were '65's running at local tracks, all over the country. Don't know of any other quick ones, specifically. Maybe you guys can help with that. I did find a pic of a '65 auto. Looks like one that would not have passed tech, at a big race. But local tracks let a lot of stuff slide. Also found a pic of one that appears to be at a small track. Probably many hundreds of '65's ran at small tracks all over the country. https://www.mecum.com/lots/SC0509-79...5-pontiac-gto/ Attached Thumbnails Last edited by oldskool; 12-23-2019 at 06:55 PM.