[Chief of the 60's]

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Chief of the 60's

Diamond Collision in Flint, Michigan.

Arnie used to do a lot of work with these guys in terms of body and engine work.

K

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Chief of the 60's

This looks like it might be a B/Stock entry from Dave and Sid Warren.

Dave was one of the super-tuners at Royal Pontiac.

Dr Eric Schiffer would know for sure if it is their car or what the history would be.

K

[camerjeff]

Keith you beat me to that post! Does the door lettering say "The Coward" ? I do not remember Dave talking about that car though, I never met Sid unfortunately.

[sdbob]

On quarter it looks like Wynn Engineering written.

[Chief of the 60's]

Originally Posted by sdbob

On quarter it looks like Wynn Engineering written.

It also says "Warren Bros." on the quarter and has B/S on the windshield and side glass which stands for "B" Stock which makes this a 4 speed (or 3) car.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Diamond Collision in Flint, Michigan.

Arnie used to do a lot of work with these guys in terms of body and engine work.

K

Ok. I can't NOT share this story:

Last day of work before Christmas, probably in the late 1990's or so. I left work early to run up to the Case/IH dealer to get some parts for a Farmall that I was restoring. I was northbound on I-75, about to make the transition onto westbound I-69 (in Flint, Michigan) when this blue Chevy crew cab dually kind of eases past me on the right. I noticed it had Illinois plates, and I also noticed it said "Leased to Simpson Motorsports" on the side. That seemed kind of familiar, and as it went by I thought to myself "gee, the guy driving that looks like Arnie Beswick"...

Just about the time he gets straightened out in front of me, this huge tarp/blanket blows off the back of the truck (...scares the daylights outta' me!) and off into the median, revealing this HUGE pro mod type motor with tiger stripes on the valvecovers.

We both roll down the road a little ways when the pickup pulls off to the right, and I follow. The driver hops out of his truck and we meet there on the shoulder, I stick my hand out and say "You lost your tarp, Arnie".. He gets this look on his face, that he always gets when he sees me or my dad, like "...I know you from somewhere..". So we exchanged our usual introductions and he said he had dropped the car off at Diamond for some work and had pulled the motor for a re-fresh. We then start deciding what to do about the tarp, which is far enough back down the roadway that we can't see it. I suggest that I am going to a tractor store, and he could follow me there and buy another, but he decides since the weather looks good he'll just make a run for it. We say our good bye's and off we go, each in our separate directions.

Well....after I bought my tractor parts I headed back home and....as you might guess...the tarp is still laying in the median. I stopped and grabbed it, threw it in the back of my truck. Then, when I went to Norwalk that next August, I brought it with me and gave it back to him.

We had a good laugh about that, and I suspect he would still remember that one.

K

[OVERULD]

What a cool story Keith. I got to watch Arnie at the drag strip during the 2009 Co-Vention in Dayton. DIdn’t get to meet him in person but got to watch him talking with all the guys who were running that day as they were in the queue waiting for their turn. He definitely drew a crowd and enjoyed being around so many Pontiac people.

BJ

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[Jack Gifford]

Hmm... coincidence? That Pontiac wagon is missing the 'I' on the tailgate, just as the Bandit Suburban was missing it when I got it from Jim Wangers! I couldn't locate one, so I machined one from aluminum, polished it, and glued it in place.

[sdbob]

I liked that 63 wagon of Jack Mullins. I cant believe the launch of a heavy car , that feeling.

[Chief of the 60's]

[Chief of the 60's]

[400 4spd.]

Originally Posted by Chief of the 60's

That could be the '67 GP that Mike Pemberton rescued in Nevada and restored several years ago. I would bet money that it is the same car. I haven't seen that picture before, but the "H" decal on the door looks like one I got from him.

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