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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 original mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph besthttp://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/ My Pontiac Story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524 "Intro from an old Assembly Plant Guy":http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926 |
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That was Father's Day morning. Nobody else was up so me "and my dad" went for a little ride and took some pictures. Totally spontaneous. K
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 original mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph besthttp://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/ My Pontiac Story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524 "Intro from an old Assembly Plant Guy":http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926 |
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Hard to tell from a black and white photo but that might be our car. K
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 original mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph besthttp://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/ My Pontiac Story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524 "Intro from an old Assembly Plant Guy":http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926 |
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I thought about that and would have sent it to you if I knew they were moving on it so fast. Reenacting the picture would have been cool.
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I did not know them, Only what I have read on py. If it helps I hate to see changes of the things I was around when I was a kid. SAD
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Thanks for sharing your pics, Keith - cool you got to do a flyby w/the '65.
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Thanks for sharing, Keith. You are keeping the history alive.
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1959-1980 Pontiac Window Sticker Reproductions : http://www.pontiacwindowstickers.com My Bio: I am currently writing articles for POCI's Smoke Signals magazine and enjoy promoting and discussing the history of the Pontiac Motor Division. |
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[QUOTE=MikeNoun;5666820]Thank you Keith.
Time marches on.... and on and on... Should have pulled some Bricks when you had the chance
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When I die, I want to go peacefully like my grandfather did, in his sleep. Not screaming like the passengers in his car. Last edited by Jeff Hamlin; 03-28-2017 at 06:59 PM. |
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A couple of years ago it was mentioned that the Royal building days were numbered so while at the Woodward cruise we stopped by for some pictures with the TA (regrettable that our GTO wasn't there) before another piece of history was gone.
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The lesson I take from this and other experiences in life is that everything is temporary.. the world we know today, our friends, family, house, hobbies, loves, everything, its but a flash. You think people who lived 100 years ago, if they came back today, would recognize any of the things they loved during their lives? Unlikely. Its all gone... Just like everything we know and love will be gone in another 100 years.
Live life for all its worth now, there really is no tomorrow.
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...except for this house. This house seems to have some supernatural ability to withstand the ravages of time. K
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 original mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph besthttp://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/ My Pontiac Story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524 "Intro from an old Assembly Plant Guy":http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926 |
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 original mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph besthttp://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/ My Pontiac Story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524 "Intro from an old Assembly Plant Guy":http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926 |
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Keith, is the '63 artwork by Eric White?
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Great pic Mike - lots of fast cars - Royal Bobcats etc.
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RIP Royal Pontiac
Years ago(1991?) when the GTOAA convention was held in Atlanta, Jim Wangers provided a couple of bricks for the silent auction that he said were from the original Royal Pontiac Building(s). Not sure if these were the result of some remodeling, etc. but they apparently weren't the result of the buildings being demolished, since it looks like Keith's pics show that happening recently. Or maybe the buildings that were just demolished were not the original Royal buildings anyway. They look very different from the vintage photo(at least the showroom does) I don't know what changes the original buildings went through during their life time that might have produced the bricks Jim provided. Anyway, I made sure I wound up with one of these bricks and JW autographed it as "From the original Royal Pontiac", or words to that effect. Don't have it handy now to give the exact wording. Keitlh can you comment on this? Maybe I can have my brick Carbon 14 dated. Hope it wasn't just something Jim found in the hotel parking lot.
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Wareagle,
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The Bandit Rules - Make mine with a SD-455 Engine . Last edited by Wareagle; 12-11-2016 at 01:58 PM. |
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Yes.
I didn't have any still photos of that car so I commissioned Eric to make a "hero card" based on old home movies and my recollection of the various features. K
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 original mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph besthttp://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/ My Pontiac Story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524 "Intro from an old Assembly Plant Guy":http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926 |
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