Best Pontiac Powered Stockers

[oldskool]

" Bob Beyer..."

Found Running Bear & Boppin Bear Pontiacs. But no Brown Bear.

Not familiar with the name or the car. Is he any kin to Ed Beyer ? I just read on the Jalopy Journal that Ed set a nat record with a '56 Pontiac.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...0#post-5978822

Here's an interesting/strange post I just copied from the J.J. site.

"...I raced NHRA Stock class cars from 1963 to 1973. From 1950 Oldsmobiles to a F/S Amx.
But what did it in for me was this.
In 1973 NHRA started to use the "NET" horsepower ratings that the manufacturer was advertising.
I bought a new 1973 Pontiac Ventura 350 ( pontiac engine ) that was rated at 150 horsepower. It fit in Q/SA at the time. I had a set of dual exhaust installed with cut outs,a shift kit in the 350 Turbo hydramatic and 4.11 gears. I drove it to the first points meet and set the Q/SA mph record. Did the teardown, passed, put the head back on using the same head gasket and drove the car home and sold the car 2 weeks later. I have not been to a drag strip since..."

http://www.classracerinfo.com/Engine...1&MAKE=Pontiac

[ss3011]

Bob Beyer is the name . I bought some parts from him to put my 1971 Lemans wagon together . Brown Bear was the name on the car . Thanks Mark for the info . Gary Wood had the Tons of Fun wagon and I just had to have one after I saw it run . When I moved out to Michigan in 1979 it was the first car I bought , still have it .

[Dan Fahey]

Anyone running the OHC 6 cylinder?

[Mike Jones]

In and around the gas station where I worked in the late 1970`s, people got rid of those things, and I mean got rid of them, as fast as they could. Pretty rare piece these days, I imagine.
MJ

[oldskool]

Originally Posted by Dan Fahey

Anyone running the OHC 6 cylinder?

Nobody that I know of.

But, Knafel Pontiac ran 2. One was a ragtop.

According to the lettering on the cars, they may have set some sort of NASCAR record, in '66. Don't know how many years NASCAR did drag racing.

A search reveals that NASCAR stopped their drag racing program after the 1967 season. IIRC, Arnie Beswick won something at a NASCAR event, in Florida.

https://bangshift.com/bangshift1320/...nned-for-2016/

http://wediditforlove.com/1960Winters.html

And, how about an OHC six nat record holder gasser ?

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C...67.vmKHaZhJZnk

[oldskool]

I think the Paul Dilcher Bird has been mentioned as one that ran pretty strong. Found this race where it was more than a sec under.

https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=34434

Snagged a few pics off his FB page.

[oldskool]

A fellow Pontiac guy just found & sent me this Super Bird pic. It and the other '67 Bird pictured below show some things from days gone by.

(1) The Super Bird looks like an independent racer, like I was. We came up with a name for our cars & put that name on the side. And looks like the guy just put whatever decals he could find, on the car. I did the same thing, when I 1st started. Had no idea where to buy the real contingency size decals. Just used whatever my local NAPA store could come up with, or whatever I could find. Also he didn't use any lightweight alum wheels. Just used some factory type steel wheels. Some guys would paint the wheels with some sort of silver or alum colored paint. I always thought that looked sorta cheesy. But, lots of low buck guys did it.

(2) Then there were car dealers that sponsored cars, therefore had the dealer name on the side, for advertisement. Many times, some dealer employee would actually prepare & race the car. As mentioned, lots of racers nowadays don't want any name or decals on the car, at all. They seem to want the car to look more like a street car than a race car.

Anyhow, these Birds are typical of the way cars looked, back when we started racing.

[Billy Nees]

Is that "Butchie" Delorenzo in the Myrtle Motors car?