One of the things I enjoy about being "my father's son" is finding the little surprises he left behind.
I was in his garage the other day and I found this "well loved" Chassis Service Manual:
This was significant (to me) for a couple reasons:
First - I found this folded up in the middle of the pages:
I realize it's impossible to read (anybody else remember the old "onionskin" typing paper?), so I retyped it here so that it would be legible:
It's the service letter introducing the "Ram Air" package. Since we raced our car with an early ram air box installed, Dad used this letter as verification that he could legally run the airbox in NHRA competition.
Then, there was this "To Do" list (a list of things, from "beyond the grave", that he wanted
ME to finish
):
Lastly, as I was flipping through the pages, I found these sketches:
As you might guess, there's a story there, too.
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'63 LeMans Convertible
'63 Grand Prix
'65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 original mile Royal Pontiac factory racer
'74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph best
http://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/
My Pontiac Story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524
"Intro from an old Assembly Plant Guy":http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926