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JESS TYREE '62 Pontiac Tempest NHRA tryee-tempest62-32 1/32nd Scale Slot Car Waterslide Decals
Available in 1/18th - 1/24th - 1/32nd - 1/43rd - 1/64th - HO This decal will not work on a dark color car This auction is for the decal only, car is not included
The original Super Duty 421 Lemans Tempests were Pontiac factory-built
drag race-only coupes and station wagons, designed to combat other factory
lightweights that had a weight advantage over the big Super Duty Catalinas. One
"mule" car was built as a Tempest coupe in Silvermist Metallic and Blue
interior, which was the testbed for the series. Eventually six Lemans-badged
coupes were built, along with six Tempest station wagons in Cameo White with
blue interiors. All sported deceiving 326 V-8 emblems, cleverly hiding the 421
cubic inch monster lurking under the hood. In addition to the 421 engines, the Super
Duty Lemans Tempests featured aluminum front sheetmetal, aluminum
bumpers and a unique clutch-operated 4-speed transaxle. This transaxle
arrangement placed more weight over the rear tires and allowed
clutchless shifting, much like modern drag racing transmissions. Special
parts on the 421 SD's included dual 4-barrel carbs mounted on the
massive "bath tub" intake manifold, sealed aluminum cross-flow radiator
with special overflow tank, and factory exhaust dumps. Other features
included heater delete plates on the firewall, trunk mounted battery,
special "black box" access door to the transaxle and clutch assembly,
and hood scoop lifted from a competitor's medium duty truck line and
given a Pontiac part number for the SD project.
The Super Duty Tempests were built over the
Christmas holiday of 1962 and delivered just prior to the GM corporate
racing ban of Jan 23, 1963. Pontiac abandoned factory-sponsored racing
shortly thereafter, but not before making legends out of the drivers
such as Arnie "Farmer" Beswick, Jess Tyree, and Arlen Vanke.
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