Is it a 389? As in 389 Tri power?

So that is likely to be the original motor?

Tri power possibly added later?

see2xu wrote:

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Yeah, clear they don't know much about Yanqui Ponchos. No tri-power 389s, only the top-of-the-option-list 421 356 (hydraulic lifters) or 376 (solid) hp offerings. IF the car is as good as it looks, they're probably $10-$20 USD below market, although admittedly that's a bit of a falling knife.

Always liked that body style. Lost my left upper incisor on the right front fender of a '66 Strato Chief sedan in January of '67, in a snowball fight, but I don't hold that against the car!

I'm outta room.

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 Well I'll be, I learned something again today. So there's no 389 tri power on a 66 full size US model? 65 still had it though, right?

Pontiac owners don't refer to them as big blocks

Dale

cdnpont wrote:

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So that is likely to be the original motor?

Tri power possibly added later?

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Mark... That car WAS up for sale a few months back and then it disappeared. I WAS going to go look at.it..... He seems to have a few Ponchos for sale (or someone in town, I think, he's selling them for)

65 SD L79 wrote:

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you can send the vin number in and it will tell you what engine set up car came with

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 To who??? If it was a Yank car? Canada yes...

LT1Caddy wrote:

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65 SD L79 wrote:

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you can send the vin number in and it will tell you what engine set up car came with

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 To who??? If it was a Yank car? Canada yes...

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 I can post the info tomorrow for US Pontiacs. I got it for my 63 Catalina 389 tri power car

65 SD L79 wrote:

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LT1Caddy wrote:

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65 SD L79 wrote:

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you can send the vin number in and it will tell you what engine set up car came with

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 To who??? If it was a Yank car? Canada yes...

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 I can post the info tomorrow for US Pontiacs. I got it for my 63 Catalina 389 tri power car

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 I knew the USA had their own Poncho VIN service. But will it tell you the specific engine?

LT1Caddy wrote:

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65 SD L79 wrote:

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LT1Caddy wrote:

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65 SD L79 wrote:

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you can send the vin number in and it will tell you what engine set up car came with

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 To who??? If it was a Yank car? Canada yes...

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 I can post the info tomorrow for US Pontiacs. I got it for my 63 Catalina 389 tri power car

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 I knew the USA had their own Poncho VIN service. But will it tell you the specific engine?

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 It did for my 63

I THINK so, but would need to do more research.  By '66, the only hi-po option in the big cars was the 421.  The GTO, of course, shackled by the 400 c.i.d. GM limit on B-bodies, still got it.

A lot of stuff was dealer-installed, but it's hard to imagine anyone paying all that money to put the tri-power set-up on a 389 if a 421 could be ordered from the factory with the same carburetion.  

***on further examination, the 338 h.p. tri-carb 389 was offered in the '65 full-size B-body Pontiacs in the Land of the Brave, and the Home of the Free.***

-- Edited by see2xu on Saturday 10th of December 2022 03:31:44 PM

Nice looking car.  I would think that tri-power setup would be worth a little in itself.