Pontiacs

oldskool · 09-03-2021, 03:23 PM

Another Stock/SS car I consider rare is the '69 Bird. The recent debut of the Bruce Noland '69 T/A reminded me of this.

Other than the "New" T/A, the only other active '69 Birds I know of are the John Schloe Stocker & the Keri Angeles Pari SS Bird.

John once ran the RAIV engine, 'til he cracked a head. Has still run mid 10's with D-port heads. That's really good, especially considering the fact that NHRA gives the '69 D-port engine more hp than the nearly identical '68 400 engine.

That's probably the reason there are not any other '69 Birds running Stock. The only other one I know of that raced this century belonged to Kevin MacNicol. He changed it over to Super Street, several years back.

And of course, the SS Bird I mentioned was supposedly the 1st reg SS class Pontiac 400 car to get into the 9's. Did it back in 2000, with Keri driving. I assume the car was built by her Dad, John Angeles.

09-03-2021, 03:23 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: Pontiacs Another Stock/SS car I consider rare is the '69 Bird. The recent debut of the Bruce Noland '69 T/A reminded me of this. Other than the "New" T/A, the only other active '69 Birds I know of are the John Schloe Stocker & the Keri Angeles Pari SS Bird. John once ran the RAIV engine, 'til he cracked a head. Has still run mid 10's with D-port heads. That's really good, especially considering the fact that NHRA gives the '69 D-port engine more hp than the nearly identical '68 400 engine. That's probably the reason there are not any other '69 Birds running Stock. The only other one I know of that raced this century belonged to Kevin MacNicol. He changed it over to Super Street, several years back. And of course, the SS Bird I mentioned was supposedly the 1st reg SS class Pontiac 400 car to get into the 9's. Did it back in 2000, with Keri driving. I assume the car was built by her Dad, John Angeles. Attached Thumbnails