[tom s]

I was there when Bill Turner bought the Tyree car!The doors were never changed on the car and they were not alu!Tom

[pont406]

Tom, i'd heard that before, figured you or PJ would know being you'd been around that car back then.

[tom s]

Bill Blair told me he never saw any alu doors but had seen a couple deck lids on the NASCAR cars.Again,never had seen one for sale EVER!Tom

[indiangiver 68]

Thanks for the reply. I was also wondering about the 544128 intake, which is the Nascar 4bbl intake. Did u every run with it. I love the way they look with that reinforcement bar by the heat area. Just realized that the bath tub intake casting number ends in"128".

[heckinohio]

Welllll..I blew that one!!!! I never used one, had several intakes & only 1 carb over the years.

I have a picture of the Royal 62 when it was in Eaton Ohio. He claimed it had aluminum doors.....I cant verify that either way. Been 25 years since I was there. It had a flywheel rusted to the front seat. I pried it loose & put it on the floor.

Also remembered that blk/gold car was the first time I ever saw the lighter GP grilles in a Catalina. Good thinking.

PJH

[pont406]

Originally Posted by heckinohio

Welllll..I blew that one!!!! I never used one, had several intakes & only 1 carb over the years.

I have a picture of the Royal 62 when it was in Eaton Ohio. He claimed it had aluminum doors.....I cant verify that either way. Been 25 years since I was there. It had a flywheel rusted to the front seat. I pried it loose & put it on the floor.

Also remembered that blk/gold car was the first time I ever saw the lighter GP grilles in a Catalina. Good thinking.

PJH

Post up the pic of the Royal Car please when you have time, I knew the car was over in Ohio for years but never saw what it looked like prior to resto, know some guys who did thou when they tried to buy it unsuccessfully. guess Scott Tiemann or Bob K could tell us for sure if the doors on it are aluminum or not.

[pont406]

PJ see where you owned the Aluminum front end off the Stan Long 63 Lemans SD coupe, I know its in Florida now, do you remember who you got it from? was it the guy who owned the car at the time? never heard much follow up on who the car belong to before it was discovered on Ebay for sale.

[sdbob]

I knew Fred Davisson back in 67-68-70 time frame. He was from Tallmage Ohio-near Akron. He had the black car (I thought it was in the garage the first time I went there-spring 68 maybe)and a mist green 62 SD car(that could have been 69-70)-could that have been Tyree's car repainted?. The green car had no title and he told me the guy was in jail. He tried to sell me the green car-no money.I also remember Nick Codrea was the other partner at one time.He also had apartner previous to Nick.He sold me my4spd 63 GP with alum. rear bumper-don't believe it was original.The car had no powerstr brakes etc.

[tom s]

The Tyree car started life as a beige car,was painted white by Jess and Turner painted it gold before it left Fullerton CA when he bought it.I believe he repainted it blk when it was in FLA and then sold it.I can give him a call and ask if he was aware of any other color.Tom

[heckinohio]

I finally located a picture of Royals '62 car when it was in Eaton, Ohio. I have that guys name somewhere. Last time I visited, he had had a heart attack wasnt able to return to work (owned a gas station as I recall). Seems like he must have been about 5-6 years older than me. (75 in Jan. '014)

PJH

[pont406]

PJ, his name was Tex Miller, he passed away a few years back, car has been restored to Royal look of 62, belongs to Bob Knudsen of Idaho now.