Very nice '64 GTO convert, 3 Deuce'64, hope you're able to keep it that way driving it on roads full of rubberneckers & idiot drivers. i gave up years ago & it sickens me every week when I hear of any of our collectible Pontiacs being smashed into out on the streets.
Tom, Keith's, & now Jim's sharing of unknown IDIOTS just jumping in & setting in their GTO's to take pictures really irks me. Where do these folks come off thinking they can pull that stunt? Lack of manners, lack of any respect for other folks property, similar deal to the total lack of the respect shown to history the last few days through tearing down historical statues, it makes my blood boil!
This No Respect/Entitlement thought process is not just limited to climbing in longtime owners pride & joy muscle cars & taking pics. Am sure we have all experienced it in other ways, if not at local/yokel car shows
at other times. Im not sure how we can reverse this trend, there seems to be a ton of folks that just believe they can do anything with anyone's property. . Here's something I just witnessed, two weeks ago, I was out at warehouse I've leased for many years, minding my own business. Have been moving big stuff out for the last two months, & it's been a ton of work slowly getting everything organized at my new shop. The old place is fortunately, a very private area, industrial, not visible from any access street. entire building is surrounded by an apron area, with a tall chain link fence topped with 3 strands of barbwire, then other buildings tightly around it. Over the years, have had no theft issues, as only 2 other longtime Pontiac friends have ever been with me out there. Have found over the years, it's not your friends that you have to worry about, but sometimes local friends mention something to others, & before you know it tire kickers & thieves begin to show up.
Little over two weeks ago, I'm out mid day, its miserable hot, & Ive pulled a 79 400 4spd T/A out of the building & am loading it onto my car trailer. It's well over a 100 degrees heat index wise. I head to the cab of my truck, & drink some more water from the cooler.. As I turn down the tunes in the truck, I hear some voices from around the end of the building. Hmmm, I'm like who else is also out here? Mind you one can't get in without a gate key. There are only a few of us that come in, each of us is concerned about our own safety, each carrys, & each locks the gate behind himself. I walk around the building & diagonally across the concrete on the other side of the fence about a hundred ft away, it appears there is a family of 4 on neighboring property. Heavy set guy, his wife or GF, both older Millenials, & a teenage boy along with a young boy. The 4 of them are looking at one of the remaining parts cars I have staged in a line inside the fence line. I'm dripping with sweat, but after about 30 secs decide to walk over & say hello. Next, I ask them if they have an old Pontiac or are looking for something? The fellow doesn't say a word, instead the woman just sheepishly smirks & quietly mumbles "no". At this point In my head, im thinking there is no way they're thieves... not with the kids. They def don't look like tweakers (the worst), but am thinking what's their deal? Next thing I notice, the older boy is taking pics with a cell phone through the fence of the first partscar. Am thinking this is very odd. I head back back to my truck & grab my phone which I usually.carry on my belt a few inches from my carry. Into the belt case goes the cell. I go back around the building & all 4 have now moved down the fence line about 4 partscars & are taking pics of a Firebird & GP partscar... the whole experience is unnerving, I make it across the concrete, whip out my phone, slide the phone on, and again ask this bunch if I can help them. Again, not a word. What the H... In a moment of brilliance, I'm like "I hope you like your pictures being taken" as I begin taking pics of each of them. Within a few seconds, they all turn & begin to leave. In all of my years of storing at this location, occasionally having partscars out on the fence line, have never ran across anything like it.
Last, I'm sure someone like Don Keefe can come on here & lecture us all about about how we as the longtime Pontiac faithful have to share with the younger generations, in order to keep the Pontiac name going but I'm D#MN sorry if I have no interest in partaking in all the bs of local/yokel car shows, or try to strike up a conversation with/ or befriend idiots who have no manners, thus I will contribute in my own way.