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First drive of the year; took the Grand Prix to work on Friday.
It was kind of funny - I'm in a remote location off property and it's a small facility (may five or six techs and a dozen or so engineers). The car emptied the building...twice. All the engineers took a trip to the parking lot to check it out in the morning, and all of the technicians in the afternoon. It was kind of nice to get a bit of recognition, even though I hadn't cleaned the car since it's long winter nap. 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 Last edited by Keith Seymore; 02-22-2018 at 11:03 PM. |
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For 25 years of service with GM you get a wristwatch, or a clock.
For 36 years you get a box of Detroit Tigers donuts (evidently). 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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CONGRATULATIONS, KEITH. YOUR A GOOD PERSON!
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#245
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Thank you, John.
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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August 16th, Happy Birthday Keith !
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Bill Nawrot (Wino Bill) 1972 GTO Hdtp One Owner, GTOAA "Concours Best Original" 2007, 2013, and 2019 Auto-Biography http://oneownercollectorcar.com/inde...to-bill-nawrot HPP Sept. 2014 https://www.hotrod.com/articles/1972...-gee-no-g-t-o/ YouTube MCACN 2014 http://youtu.be/1IPQVPevbxU 1967 GTO Conv |
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Thanks, Bill!
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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Adding it back in here for future reference. 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 Last edited by Keith Seymore; 02-22-2018 at 11:03 PM. |
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Big day tomorrow! 51 years -
Posting today because I'll be at the Pure Stock drags tomorrow (as a spectator). 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 Last edited by Keith Seymore; 02-22-2018 at 10:26 PM. |
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As always - congrats and thx for keeping us along for the ride! Enjoy the PSD!
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Awesome, Keith! Did you get the extended warranty ...?
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#252
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it's a birthday, but just as much an anniversary, so what do you get for a car that has everything?
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Mike Klassen - 1995 Bonneville SSEi - Vancouver, Canada |
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So far everything has been covered....
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(lol)
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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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could something based on this have been applied to the 50th?
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Mike Klassen - 1995 Bonneville SSEi - Vancouver, Canada |
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Nice!
Very appropriate, I would think. 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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Very cool car & story Keith - thanks for sharing it with us!
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Some guys they just give up living And start dying little by little, piece by piece, Some guys come home from work and wash up, And go racin' in the street. Bruce Springsteen - Racing In The Street - 1978 |
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Well - it was bound to happen....
Took the GTO to the hardware store over the weekend and rolled over 5000 miles. It was kind of a big deal (emotionally) for me. I knew it wouldn't stay under 5000 forever - I took it to church a couple weeks ago and figured that would be the day. Unfortunately it landed at 4998.8, so that gave me a couple more weeks to think about it. The trip yesterday blew that number away. I'm over it now, though. Anything less than 10,000 is ok with me.
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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 Last edited by Keith Seymore; 02-22-2018 at 10:27 PM. |
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Even w/10,001 on the clock, it'd still be the lowest-mile original one-owner Royal Goat extant!
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funny story about mileage. my dad took a 63 Avanti on trade for building a new home for a couple back in 1966 (I was almost 5 years old) when it only had around 10k miles on it. he as I loved that car and drove it to Studebaker club meetings and various car shows over the years and every chance I could I would talk him into taking it for a drive and smoking the tires off. (my dad loved to burn rubber in all of his cars). he always told me to enjoy this car because he would park it forever when it got close to 50k and never drive it again. well it his the 49 k mark when I was in high school and he stopped driving it much as he was rationing the miles put on it. when I graduated high school it had 49,8xx on it and he basically said it was parked for good. well about a month into that summer one of my good friends was getting married and my parents were out of town for a week so one of my best friends and I decide we will take the Avanti out for a spin and drive it to the wedding. no biggy we wont hit the 50k mark. well like a total idiot and impressing the girls we become clueless that we are racking up miles and when I pull it back in the garage I realize it had about 20 something miles over the 50k mark. I went into panic mode and then just covered it back up and thought he will never notice. well that worked for a few months and when he figured it out he blew a gasket. he never drove it again for several years. he would just back it out of the garage and start it let it run for a while and pull it back in and cover it up. well over time, he sold off all of his classics, muscle cars and even his beloved mustangs but the Avanti still sits as it was the last time it was moved 30 years ago. dad is long gone but the memories will never fade. sometimes I just sit in the car and remember the times as a kid dad smoking the tires and power sliding it around corners and making 100+ mph runs on the highway. I am sure some of you guys have the similar stories and memories. especially you keith with the gto.
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Great story Gary & well told although I was expecting a Ferris Bueller moment in there.
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Some guys they just give up living And start dying little by little, piece by piece, Some guys come home from work and wash up, And go racin' in the street. Bruce Springsteen - Racing In The Street - 1978 |
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