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Offline fb_rider

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Re: Ended production
« Reply #15 on: September 28, 2008, 10:21:42 PM »
IIRC - Prior to 79, you could get a Pontiac 400 W72 or non-W72, and both were available in automatics or 4 speeds.  Starting in 1979, if you had a Pontiac 400 it had a 4 speed and was a W72.  The W72 was a slightly higher performing engine than the non- W72, 200 hp in 77 and 220 hp in 78.  I'm not sure about 79. 

Check out the W72 document put together by John Witzke that's available on this website.
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Offline Rick

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Re: Ended production
« Reply #16 on: September 28, 2008, 11:24:48 PM »
The only 4 speeds made in 79 where mated to the Pontiac 400 engine -- automatics got the Olds 403.
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Offline N PRGRES

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Re: Ended production
« Reply #17 on: September 29, 2008, 04:18:41 PM »
Wow ok thanks!  Learn something new everyday!
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Re: Ended production
« Reply #18 on: September 29, 2008, 04:23:50 PM »
OK I got the WS6 and W72 mixed up.
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Offline Rocky Rotella

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Re: Ended production
« Reply #19 on: October 01, 2008, 04:05:15 PM »
Rick, just to clarify, you could get a 301ci backed by an auto or four-speed manual in a 1979 T/A too.
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Offline kentuckyyeti

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« Reply #20 on: October 01, 2008, 04:10:13 PM »
Quote from: Rocky Rotella on October 01, 2008, 04:05:15 PM
Rick, just to clarify, you could get a 301ci backed by an auto or four-speed manual in a 1979 T/A too.

Yep.  There's a collector by me that has a low-mileage yellow 301 4-speed '79 sitting next to his '70 hemi Superbird.
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Offline Rick

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« Reply #21 on: October 01, 2008, 07:13:51 PM »
Yeah, I always forget about those... they didn't make many of them. :-\
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Offline Muscle Car Alley

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Re: Ended production
« Reply #22 on: October 14, 2008, 01:34:46 PM »
Are the 301 4 speeds worth anything? I know of a couple.....
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