I dont care who you are.....

[rpmcarter]

http://tulsa.craigslist.org/cto/4519995458.html

for you motor heads a 12 second factory car!!!! you GOTTA LOVE THIS!!

http://www.mecum.com/lot-detail.cfm?lot_id=FL0113-143465

 

[1972MustangSVH]

Hell, yeah, I'd buy it just run that shifter.

 

[rpmcarter]

no kidding .... 535 hp out to the box!!!

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZwVOyzAI_mM/mqdefault.jpg

9 to 10 second CATALINA ....weighs what....5 tons???




I think the production was 15 and I've actually seen one. What a piece of history!!!

 

[Luke]

It's on my list of things to get when I am rich. Very cool car Carter you need to buy that.

 

[rpmcarter]

It's on my list of things to get when I am rich. Very cool car Carter you need to buy that.

Haaaa Luke.... I saw the swiss cheese Catalina/Bonneville last year at a car show. I heard that the value or should I say price was somewhere north of 300,000.00. Which I cant blame him. Very nice ole fellow whom was FILTHY EFF'N RICH but nice as could be. OF course my two buddies/blokes both have 300,000.00 cars too and he was showing us the car. One of our new members was at the same show with his 429 car.

I was waitiing to see if ANY of our motorheads would take the bait...none did. So I present you with the one of one!!!!

I was waitiing to see if ANY of our motorheads would take the bait...none did. So I present you with the one of one!!!!

 

[Luke]

What's that little wing on one side of the trunk, why 1of1 and is there some aviation link just a guess. When I was 17 I seen a SD455 Trans Am ugly car but it sure could move out. This same person had a 396 ss Camaro the Monaro I got and a few other cool cars

 

[cudak888]

Why - if it was restored in the 1990's - does it look like it was kept in a barn since 1982?

Why is there a LAKE in the driver's footwell if it was restored?

Why does it have an Super Duty drivetrain and suspension...but it's not one of the 6 Super Duty cars, and there is no documentation to back up the "dealer car" guesswork?

Why does someone "restore" a car this rare, then keep it outside to rot, and then not even bother to pick up the garden hose to make it look halfway decent for sales pictures?

Why do they want people to BID on Craigslist, when they could bloody well put it on eBay?

My BS meter is at its peak today, and this ad just sent it to "TILT."

Still - as you say, a very neat machine - seller and ad aside.

-Kurt

 

[will e]

Does it have some kind of transaxle independent suspension on the rear?

 

[cudak888]

Does it have some kind of transaxle independent suspension on the rear?

Original to the Tempest/LeMans, apparently.

-Kurt

 

[rpmcarter]

What's that little wing on one side of the trunk, why 1of1 and is there some aviation link just a guess. When I was 17 I seen a SD455 Trans Am ugly car but it sure could move out. This same person had a 396 ss Camaro the Monaro I got and a few other cool cars

Good question on the wing!! The area where this car ran was an undisclosed location owned by the Air Force. It was used due to its HIGH SPEED capability filming and observing the aircraft or crafts while it or they ran the runway and taking off. It is owned by none other than NASA!

The engineers rode in the car BESIDE the aircraft during take off hence the need for helmets and the wing. THAT must have been FUN!! Imagine that big ole beast running 9-10 seconds in the quarter. Obvious the car got good top end as well.

 

[Luke]

Thats too cool i imagine this would be a well timed excise.car would accelerate to a set mph by a set point side up next too the plane and film away.sounds like a blast on rag tires in turbulence and north of 100mph.


A mate of mine brought back some photos of the swiss cheese ponti from a show in the states.About as cool a factory hotrod as your every likely too get,next sweetest in my book is sohc comet.

 

[Luke]

Does it have some kind of transaxle independent suspension on the rear?

Pontiac called it a power shift transmission.Only 13 of the 421 tempests had this special transaxle i believe.Cool car whatever its history maybe.

 

[rpmcarter]

Does it have some kind of transaxle independent suspension on the rear?

Pontiac called it a power shift transmission.Only 13 of the 421 tempests had this special transaxle i believe.Cool car whatever its history maybe.

Very cool stuff and yes I believe your' right the Powershift was indeed one of the components. Most people hated the Powershift because it wasnt the cool turbo 350, but it was untouchable in the quarter and proved to be a beast on top end.

I had a 65 Malibu SS. 400 hp 350 with an air cooled (old school) 2 speed tranny and I could eat up any GT 500 Mustang that came NEAR ole Black Betty

Yeah....had a leak under power steer unit

 

[Luke]

Nice. I had a powerglide in my Monaro they are a tuff unit, it was fun pulling up next to guys at 70mph slipping it down to low and black tracking away instant intimidation

 

[rpmcarter]

One of my favorites of many i've owned she turned out very nice.... and the profit funded the purchase of the convertible. Boy she was a blast to drive. A friend of mine who ran circle track begged me to buy my spare powerglide. Since he did me several favors I gave it to him as a gift before we moved from Florida. He was willing to pay 800.00!!!!