[ponyakr]

"...Ellison said they were nothing special."

He should have known. For any here who don't know, Ellison did engine work for lots of Pontiac Stock/SS racers back in the day.

The 1st time I saw an Ellison decal on a Pontiac was on Truman Fields '68 Bird, after it won Stock @ Indy '73.

I recently saw both the Ellison & Fields names on an Angeles & McCarthy SS/IA '68 Bird. There was also an Ellison decal on the gold 2nd gen SS Bird which I think belonged to Bob Michael. It had Golden United Life on the side. IIRC, he said either his brother or brother-n-law sold that insurance.

When Truman got the '72 GTO SS sponsored deal, that car also had Ellison decals. That car was also a record holder. I assume that he used Ellison for all his Pontiac machine work, at least when he lived in that area.