[Dr. Eric M. Schiffer]

Don,
I can't even remember all the combinations I had in my cars over the last, OMG almost 50 years. Even when I was interviewed for the few magazines and books I've been in over the last 20 years. I can't remember most of the combinations. Heck I can't remember what I had for Dinner last night. LOL

The other problem is Terry "Peanuts" died a few years ago (8-10 yrs ago). Besides Terry and Arthur came from a wealthy family and had their cars built for them. They had them constantly worked on. Different combinations etc.

As for John "Cheater" Politzer remembering. John, was in many magazines back in the day and drove the GeeTo Tigers. When he wasn't doing that he would also wrench on the cars. At times he would just pick up one of the Royal cars and Jim Wangers for a night street racing. Most of the time they spent just sitting at the Big Town restaurant on Woodward Ave north of 13 Mile Rd (now it's the Avenue Dinner) and just bench race with others. John shifted more by sound then by the tach. John never new what the Warren Bro's or Brain had done to the cars. He just drove them the heck out of them.

John had many cars from 1959. Starting with a '57 Chevy and '60 Chevrolet that where very fast for the time. At the time John's hero was a guy by the name of Ron Ivy. Ron had and still owns a Chevy Del Ray Coupe with W-motor. Began as 348 then became a 409. John was good friends with Dick Aaron and would help wrench on Dicks early Chevy's and go to the Nationals with him. John went onto to partner with Bob Lemon on a 1963 Chevy with an Aluminum front end 409 car. In '64 John was sponsored by a Ford Dealer in a 390 car while one of his freinds drove a 427. The dealership also sponsored a Fairlane Thunderbolt. John would drive Wally Booth's Class winning Trumbell Chevrolet '66 Chevelle in match races on the street. John had '66 Nova 327/350 hp car that he and Dwayne Head, in one afternoon, changed and tested three different cam shafts in that Nova. John went on to having a '67 Catalina 2+2 that JIm Wangers was helpfull in getting it for John.

These are only a few of John's cars. I'm not going into my cars. Understanding my family owned several scrap yards and autoparts stores. I could have driven a different car every day of the week, and did. But end up walking the next week after breaking one. LOL

Back to Royal Pontiac set ups. They would set up two identical GTO's. Send John Politzer out in one to race Billy Schmitz in the other as a base line. Then they would make a change on only one of the cars and send the two of them back out onto the street and test to see the best combinations. They ran on Main St. just north of the dealership between two cemeteries toward 12 Mile Rd. This was Royal's test strip.

We ran my '68 GTO convertible against the Wangers '69 Judge on this strip for Jim's DVD on Cruis'n with Jim Wangers. We also had a film crew from HOT ROD TV and the History Chanel riding along in the cars too.

And you want us to remember some one else's engine....LOL