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Originally Posted by SD421
Dr Schiffer,
Thanks again for posting these articles and commenting on them.
I wonder why Wangers/Royal wasnt slipping in the 428 for these tests and passing them off as a 400??
Was it by then the magazines were becoming suspicious or that once someone had their GTO bobcatted it still would not be generating the #'s like in the magazine?
If these GTO's (like the white 1967 GTO), are being tested for the magazines and then doing actual street duty on Woodward later that night, wouldnt you want the "more powerfulr" engine of the two or was the idea to beat someone but not too bad since the whole idea of street racing was to get people into Royal to buy a GTO?
Don
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Well, Don, That is an interesting observation..LOL I don't have the magazine. But you need to locate "Car and Driver" January 1969. The article is entitled; "Comparison Road Test Six Econo-Racers' Chevelle SS396, Cobra, Cyclone CJ, Hemi Road Runner, Super Bee, The Judge".
You will find our friendly 1969 Judge that was once the Lime Light Green GTO with the white interior in the mix of things. "Car and Driver" would not post the performance of the car. They just comented to "see text". You must read the text...LOL
"Car and Driver re-printed this tests in a book they released in 2008 called, "Car and Driver American Road Warriors, Classic Muscle Cars" It has a red 1964 GTO convertible front end looking at you.
After all it took how many years for it to be come public about the 1964 GTO Car and Driver test.
It is a good read.