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This is great that Worth is getting some press!!! These pictures came from the Racers Reunion web site. Ray Lamm is on that site. Before you guys speculate too much about what the car may or may not have been let me provide a little information. I worked for Worth during that time frame (1962 to 1967). I was with him when he picked the car up at Brauer Pontiac and was with him at most of the races that the car ran. As you can see in one of the photos, he had a second car, the # 80 '64 Pontiac. I worked on the cars and sometimes drove the second car for him. The '65 started life as a Catalina, (it was not a 2+2 as reported) equipped with a 421 HO Tri-Power motor, 3 speed manual trans and radio & heater delete and dog dish hub caps. I remember well the evening that we picked the car up, it was brand new, we drove the car from the dealership in Powhatan, Va. to Amelia, Va where Worth's shop was. We stopped at the local truck stop for something to eat and to show the car off before taking it to the shop to start the conversion to a GN race car. The car got about 50 highway miles put on it. The 421 was removed and replaced with a '62 SD motor. The car was originally white with red lettering. Towards the end of the run for the car it was getting pretty beat up so the body panels were straightened and the car was painted a pale yellow and the numbers were black. By then there was no sponsor so there was nothing else written on it. Actually I think someone gave him the yellow paint was the reason for the change of colors. I believe it was a gallon of paint that got mixed by mistake. Grand National cars were only allowed to run 3 years so we made an attempt to convert the car over to a '66 so that it could be run another year,the car was taken to the race in Richmond in the spring of '68 but the NASCAR officials would not let him run it. They said didn't look enough like a '66. I believe the last race for the car was the fall race at Martinsville in 1968. The car then was parked and parts off of it were used to build a '67 GTO. The GTO was never finished, Worth then bought a '69 Gran Prix but this was never finished either. One thing that I can't explain, (it's been a long time ago) is the right front fender, i recall that Worth got a bunch of '66 stuff from Lacy's Auto Parts in Richmond to make the change, that is a 2+2 fender (you can see where there trim was) however it doesn't look like it ever had any paint on it but we painted the car before we went to Richmond. The car has been setting in the woods for 45 years, I guess maybe the paint just faded away.
I hope this answered any questions or doubts about the car.....it is the real deal