RM Restorations & Hill Performance Shop Tours

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Calvin Hill talks to our members about different ways they get more horse power out of Pontiac engines.

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We started our tours at RM Restorations in Lakemoor, Illinois on this beautiful, sunny Saturday.

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A close-up of Chet’s Ram Air 400 engine. This show-winner was featured earlier in the year on our web-site, and he is the original owner!

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We couldn’t help but admire the three beautiful 1968 Firebirds that our members brought, along with shop owner Ron’s GTO’s.

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It was like a private Pontiac car show outside!

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Shop owner, Ron Moller is discussing the finer points of this 700+ HP Ram Air V engine with club President, Ken Pitcher. Note the aluminum block and heads.

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Notice the custom roller rocker arms and custom built headers on this “money is no object” Ram Air V engine.  It will be the power plant for the 1969 convertible.
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Inside the shop we were able to see the ’69 Convertible that will be powered by the Ram Air V engine. The front and rear suspension were already added, along with some nifty custom work on the rear bumper.

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The same Firebird right after some of the body panels were installed. When finished, it will look like a convertible Trans Am.

 

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Here’s the modern Detroit Speed front suspension before it was installed.

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Ron also used a Detroit Speed Quadra Link rear suspension with a Ford 9″ rear end – a Tremec T56, manual transmission will be installed later. This bird is built for speed!

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We admired this beautiful 68 GTO in the paint booth. This is a custom color, Admiralty Blue and looked like a million bucks!

Our next stop was just down the road to Hill Performance, an engine building and custom speed shop.

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Check out this GTO Judge, just outside of Hill Performance.

 

 

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Vintage Pontiac racing machines!

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Club member Phil from DeKalb’s Starlight Black with red Interior 400 hardtop.

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Jim and Phil’s birds side-by side. This convertible has been with Jim for about 45 years. We did a prior post on Jim’s convertible a few month’s ago.

A special “Thank You” to Ron Moller and Calvin Hill for their gracious hospitality and knowledge shared with our club!

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