Just now saw this
DAMN
Thanks Keith !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was practically a miracle you took pics and could still find them.
The old polaroids don't do it full justice, but they never do.
At least there is something to remind us.
The hood tach was an NOS replacement for the faded out face, non-working original.
He had it painted to match not long after that.
The car had just about every conceivable option - but i can't remember 100% for sure if it had Cruise Control and Disc Brakes - but seems like it did have both iirc.
It was so loaded, it was over-loaded.
Soft-Ray Bird Glass [by pure luck of early build date]
Deluxe Interior
Fold Down rear seat [as pictured]
Deluxe wings-down steering wheel
Deluxe Seatbelts
Tilt
Gauges
Hood Tach
Power Top
Power Seat
Power Windows
Power Antenna
AM-FM
AC
Pwr Steer
Pwr Brakes
Posi
and probably a number of smaller attributes
60,000'ish original miles
original paint etc ...
I 'think' it was probably either a Marketing/Show Car Pool vehicle or Brass Hat Exec car - in retrospect.
Or a civilian that wasn't afraid to spend top dollar
Was the most beautiful car in person i have ever seen.
iirc he either alternated driving the Turq car and the Bronze car on different days to the convention.
Or the Bronze car was displayed on the show field.
He only lived about 20 minutes away from the Convention location held at FourSeasons Mall in GSO.
John Akes of High Point NC was the owner.
Vice President of Nothern Telecom, back then.
He passed away
I 'almost' bought or tried to buy numerous cars he owned over the years, he commanded top dollar or plus premium for his cars.
This Turq car was how i met him originally.
Later on i will try to reflect on some of those too.
I could not swing 12,500 for any car back then, but wish i would have made the math work on that Turq Vert.
The convention was a HUGE success for our local POCI club and we had an abundant treasury for years and years afterwards.
Big Thanks Again, Keith
