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I don't know the specifics of that Galaxie. I do know that what I posted is probably about 10% of the whole museum and almost every vehicle is owned by the same guy. Maybe not the Tameless Tiger though. I wish I knew for sure.



"Rope drive". Not the best name but I'll let you describe how that works. Oh yeah, maybe a rear mounted transaxle ?
A Corvair Transaxle driven by a flexible 5/8-inch-thick steel bar for a drive shaft, running through a curved torque tube coming from the heavy Slant 4 up front.
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https://macsmotorcitygarage.com/secrets-of-the-1961-pontiac-tempest-rope-drive/

https://www.thedrive.com/vintage/55...ild-strange-things-heres-one-of-the-strangest
 
Absolutely! As for describing it, I'll take the easy way out, and steal a section from Wikipedia:

"It shared sheet metal with the Oldsmobile F-85, the first-generation Tempest had several features that differentiated it from the other compact GM cars. The engine was a 195 cubic inch (3.2 L) straight-4[7] marketed as the "Trophy 4," derived from the right cylinder bank of Pontiac's 389 cubic inch "Trophy 8" V8 engine.[8] The Tempest featured a drivetrain with a rear-mounted transaxle[9] that was coupled to a torque shaft arcing in a 3 in (76 mm) downward bow within a curved, longitudinal tunnel. Use of the torque shaft was the result of being forced to use the Corvair floorpan which, being a rear engine platform, had no drive shaft.[5] To combine flexibility with strength in the proper proportion, the shaft was forged of SAE 8660 steel (high nickel, chrome and molybdenum alloying percentages) for torsion bar specifications. For automatic cars, the shaft was 0.65 in (17 mm) in diameter and 87.25 in (2.216 m) long, while the manual-box shaft was 0.75 in (19 mm) by 82 in (2.1 m). This joined the forward engine and the rear transaxle (therefore no transmission hump) into a single unit, helping to reduce vibration.[10] The design, known as "rope drive," had only been seen previously on General Motors' 1951 Le Sabre concept car.[11]"

A number of years ago, I was with a buddy at the large, local automotive swap meet that happens twice a year. A friend of his came up and announced that he had just come from the "Car Corral", where he had bought the '63 Tempest with the 326 in it. I mentioned the "flexible driveshaft" and the transaxle set-up, and he looked at me like I was crazy. We walked over to the car, and I showed him. He was both intrigued, and concerned, as he should be. Parts for them are not that easy to come by, and repairing the unique drivetrain can be challenging. Hell, even the engine block is unique to the set-up, as the bellhousing mounting points are shared with no other Pontiac. Who'd a thunk it? :unsure:

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...What's the deal with the Galaxie beside of it?

After looking a little closer to the 2016 pics I posted or the Tameless Tiger I see the name Snyder Racing on the driver's window of the white Galaxie. Here's a front view of that Galaxie with a different car beside it back in 2013.
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Of course, you may be referring to Ned Jarrett's 1964 Galaxie 500 beside the Big Bad Dodge.

This sign wasn't visible in 2016
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And since we see one Jarrett, why not another?
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All three of these are owned by the Snyder family and they own Snyder's Antique Auto Parts

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Absolutely! As for describing it, I'll take the easy way out, and steal a section from Wikipedia:

"It shared sheet metal with the Oldsmobile F-85, the first-generation Tempest had several features that differentiated it from the other compact GM cars. The engine was a 195 cubic inch (3.2 L) straight-4[7] marketed as the "Trophy 4," derived from the right cylinder bank of Pontiac's 389 cubic inch "Trophy 8" V8 engine.[8] The Tempest featured a drivetrain with a rear-mounted transaxle[9] that was coupled to a torque shaft arcing in a 3 in (76 mm) downward bow within a curved, longitudinal tunnel. Use of the torque shaft was the result of being forced to use the Corvair floorpan which, being a rear engine platform, had no drive shaft.[5] To combine flexibility with strength in the proper proportion, the shaft was forged of SAE 8660 steel (high nickel, chrome and molybdenum alloying percentages) for torsion bar specifications. For automatic cars, the shaft was 0.65 in (17 mm) in diameter and 87.25 in (2.216 m) long, while the manual-box shaft was 0.75 in (19 mm) by 82 in (2.1 m). This joined the forward engine and the rear transaxle (therefore no transmission hump) into a single unit, helping to reduce vibration.[10] The design, known as "rope drive," had only been seen previously on General Motors' 1951 Le Sabre concept car.[11]"

A number of years ago, I was with a buddy at the large, local automotive swap meet that happens twice a year. A friend of his came up and announced that he had just come from the "Car Corral", where he had bought the '63 Tempest with the 326 in it. I mentioned the "flexible driveshaft" and the transaxle set-up, and he looked at me like I was crazy. We walked over to the car, and I showed him. He was both intrigued, and concerned, as he should be. Parts for them are not that easy to come by, and repairing the unique drivetrain can be challenging. Hell, even the engine block is unique to the set-up, as the bellhousing mounting points are shared with no other Pontiac. Who'd a thunk it? :unsure:

This was Pontiac's Vega , but without the sales numbers . Corporate think at it's finest , trying to use a rear engine rear drive platform for a front engine rear drive application. When Porsche built the 928 , they didn't try to use a butchered 911 platform.

One small bright spot around a dozen 1963

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421 Super Duty were secretly built , kinda Cool !
 
@JEEPCJTJ Where are all of these cars? Also, I see a '63 Impala in a sea of old race cars. I'm guessing that's a Z11. Do you have any pic or info on that car?

As the graphics on the panel truck says, it's all in New Springfield Ohio, but I will say that the business is across, and maybe a mile or two down the street from their house where this collection of cars is stored. Driving by you'd just think its a large building that maybe had something to do with farming equipment even though the outside was just as clean as the inside.

I really don't know anything about that Impala but I did find a picture I took of roughly 1/3 of that room from a different angle.
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How you knew what it was, I have no idea.
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Consider yourself lucky that I found that one, otherwise you'd get just this, the only other picture of an Impala I got a picture of while there.
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I don't know why I didn't take another picture or two of that low rider. Not my style but IIRC, the hydraulic system looked like it crafted by a jeweler.

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How you knew what it was, I have no idea.
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I fell in love with X-frame Chevies when I was 13 or so (my avatar pic is one of my '64s). I can rattle off more useless info about these cars than I care to talk about. Minor details in your posted pic raised suspicion, but mostly I figured a $30-40,000 Impala was out of place in a sea of six figure race cars from the '60s, but a $3-400,000 Z11 fits right in. In case you don't know, that's one of about 50 produced, and I think less than 20 are known to exist today. Lots of specialty parts on that car, the cowl induction air cleaner is one of those parts.