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Don't remember if I've already mentioned this car, or not.

Anyhow, back in the early '60's, There were several odd classes that came & went. They went under such designations as S/S, S/SA, SS/S, SS/SA, OS/S, A/FX. B/FX, C/FX. But, during that period, there was no official NHRA class named "Super Stock", according to what I have read.

All these classes went under the heading of "Top Stock". The lower classes were usually called "Jr. Stock". Most everybody here knows all this.

Anyhow, I've been reminded again of a '61 Pontiac that ran in the S/S class. It was only raced a very short time, in '61.

Royal Pontiac built the car. If I understand the story correctly, George Hurst presented the car to the season Stock Points champion. That year, the winner was Chevy racer Bruce Morgan.

Well, as the story goes, Bruce took the car to the West Coast. Don Nicholson did some tuning on it. Bruce then ran for the S/S nat record & got it !

Then, either something broke, or he had some kind of mechanical problem, & took the car in to a Pontiac dealer, to try & get repairs under warranty. But, as the story goes, since it was a race car, there was NO warranty on it, & Bruce was told this, when he was presented with the car.

Apparently Bruce didn't like that he couldn't get free warranty repairs. So, since the car was from the current model year, he installed a stock engine & sold the car as a totally stock street car.

Now, if anybody reading this knows any of what I've said to not be true, or if you have facts to add, by all means, please post your info ! I have no 1st hand knowledge of the car or it's history. Just repeating what I've read. May not even have the facts of what I read exactly correct.

Apparently, there were several of the '61 SD cars which ran S/S. Pic #3 tells of a Packer Pontiac car that Stan Antlocer ran. Says he was S/S RU @ Indy, in '62.

And of course, Lloyd & Carol Cox picked up several S/SA nat event class wins, in '61-'62.