The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America will soon display a near-perfect recreation of the Pontiac Tempest that won the 1963 American Challenge Cup. The car would serve as the inspiration for the Pontiac GTO nameplate that would debut later that year.
The lone Tempest in the American Challenge Cup field beat Corvettes, Ferrari GTOs and Porsches in the 250-mile …
I've always thought that the '63 has been left out it's rightful place in muscle car history. It's smaller than the '64 that became the GTO. It could be had with the 326, while other small US cars did not have a comparable engine. Anywhere you can put a 326, you can put a 389 or 421. Transaxle. I'd love to know how they handled the swing axles. Was there a Canadian version with the 327 used in so many of their cars?
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