[Dr. Eric M. Schiffer]

Keith,
I guess I better get the Black bird and the GTO over there ASAP. I can still remember in 1969 Sam Frontier, Ace Wilson's Parts Mgr, sending me up those steel stairs, to the area just above the parts department, to pick out any intake manifold I wanted for my car and passing RA/HO exhaust manifolds on the steps. Than as I got to the top of the stair case seeing all of those intakes, aluminum and cast iron, hanging from the rafters each by a hook and clynder heads lined up. Carb's etc. A new "take off" cast iron intake cost $10.00 and was considered used. I think the aluminum "take off" intake was a whopping $25.00.

Sam told me that when they changed enignes, warranty or otherwise they would get complete engines from the factory and turn them into short blocks. Then use the customers upper end on the new short block. He said they had to do it this why. I don't remember why he said the factory wanted it this for warranty work.

Author Dave Newhardt got a picture of my '68 GTO Bobcat convert, top down in front of the Service Entrance for his book, "Pontiac's Great One GTO". Dave also got a picture of my GTO in front of the orginal Ace Wilson's Royal Pontiac which is now Autometric's Body shop a couple of blocks north of the 400 N. Main building.

We used my '68 GTO for Jim Wangers "Crusing Woodward" video. They had me pulling into the service write up area as then pulling out on to Main St as they talked about all the guys coming in on Friday's for a Bobcat Tune up before hiting the strip.

What great memories.