[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by gtoric

Ed tells the story that as a kid, the first car he bought new was a '65 Tempest 326. He hung around Royal Pontiac and helped them out once in a while. One of those times was with a magazine drag test of a '65 GTO. Jack Watson was there with some Hurst wheels, and they used Ed's Tempest for some of the closeup burnout photos. When the shoot was over Doc promised Ed a set of wheels as a thanks for his help. A few weeks later these cans showed up for Ed at Royal.

This sounds a lot like dad's relationship with Royal. Pretty informal; as a frequent customer I think he was just there often and so was in on some of these more spontanteous sessions.

That's how we got our first set of wrinklewalls; M&H used our car for the testing and when it was done they said we could keep the tires.

Did you happen to ask Ed if he remembered my dad?

K