Re: re:AMC modifying - Pontiac, Chevy FI in '57

[Jerry Casper <gremlingts@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- farna@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Yep, I knew a guy back home that had a 1957 Pontiac
> Star Chief (I think that's what it was) convertible
> with Rochester FI. 

 Nope, that was the '57 Pontiac Bonneville, the top o'
the line model. I don't think Pontiac offered it in
any other model, but Chevrolet, which developed it and
had to let Pontiac share it, offered it in anything
from their Bel Air convertibles to station wagons! (
there is a model breakdown somewhere , somewhen , that
gave a breakdown of all the Chevy cars that actually
got it, and there was even a 4-door wagon that got it,
of course the 150 series 2-door sedan ( for racing,
special 6-lug axles, etc, called the Black Widows ),
convertibles, and 4-door hardtops. 4-door hardtops
out-numbered any other model that ever got it, I
believe. Luxurious passenger model. But it was a rare
option even then. the Dual-4-bbl made almost as much
HP, and wasn't as finicky on set-up and tinkering. 
  I know all this, since I once was hot into
Tri-chevies, I still have my original '57 4 door 210
sedan. 
  For extra non-AMC points, does anyone know what an
El Morocco was? <grin> No cheating Googling!
  I still love my '57, it will hold a special place in
my heart, even though AMCs have since carried me away.
I'm a Gremlin guy now, really I like most models of
AMC from the '70s and mid-'60's, with my wide variety
of models I own, but I'll still hold onto my Classic
Chevy. I know there are other dual car lovers out
there, another recent sign-on said he had a '57 Chevy
as well as AMC cars. So I'm not alone in my
multi-variety love affair. 

Jerry Casper
Woodbridge, VA


		
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