[Brewster]

Deer Season, Hope it goes well Greg!

[Norwood]

Originally Posted by Brewster

Deer Season, Hope it goes well Greg!

Haven't you killed enough of those cute little animals yet? or is it just an excuse to sit in a tree and drink beer?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0kNIBri834

[Judge273]

Sounds good! I'll buy you a beer Craig.....

[Bentwheelbob]

I might buy you a beer(s) and deliver it if you have an extra tree stand....

When are you going to show us what you're working on up there? You've been awfully quiet, but the avatar is teasing us. Will it be ready for the Nat's?

[Bentwheelbob]

On a more serious note....

Greg - Good news/bad news huh? Sorry for the delay, but man what a coming out party. Good luck with everything, we all can't wait to see the car complete.

Here's what you need for the unveiling. I saw these in a thread on here recently and snapped up a couple. They really are nice. Very high quality, but more difficult to handle by yourself than a regular car cover.

Again, good luck and best wishes.

[OVERULD]

Originally Posted by Brewster

Deer Season, Hope it goes well Greg!

Now there's a man with his priorities set straight!

BJ

[CAM400455]

Looks like Adrian has called me to attend my 1st MCACN! Can't wait to see her!

[transam1972]

SUPER CAR COVER

[165th]

While waiting for the next round of restoration pics, here's some additional history and period pictures of Adrian. I cannot believe the amount of documentation I have amassed on her, and I am so lucky and blessed for everyone that has been so helpful with the research and contributions on this effort. Thanks go to Bob Wicker, Alan Pound, Dori Asbill Pierce and Pete Ganis Jr. to name a few.

Adrian shipped from the Norwood Ohio plant on April 3, 1972 with an original delivery destination of Friendly Pontiac in Temple TX, as noted on the PHS. Friendly Pontiac was a failing dealership in April 1972. The dealership had gone ‘out of trust’ with GM meaning GMAC financing had been stopped. There were almost no new cars on the lot and precious few used cars. Friendly sold the dealership rights to Farris Pontiac one month later in May, 1972. Due to the financial troubles plaguing Friendly Pontiac in April 1972, it is very likely Pontiac had ceased delivering vehicles to Friendly, and re-directed the delivery of Adrian to another dealership.

Pete Ganis had a working relationship with Carl Womble, the Pontiac District Zone 21 Zone manager. Carl often relied on and coordinated with Pete to move new car inventory from failing dealerships to Pete Ganis Pontiac in Dallas TX. Carl also knew Pete enjoyed driving Trans Am’s. Adrian was probably the only car on the GM transport scheduled for delivery to Friendly, which likely resulted in Carl re-directing Adrian for delivery to Pete Ganis Pontiac.

It was common practice to place dealer badges on all new cars arriving at the Ganis dealership. Pete Ganis Jr. was responsible for installing the badges on new cars as a part time job and remembers how tedious it was drilling in the new paint for the screwed fasteners on the badges. Adrian was no exception, as the Pete Ganis dealer badge was clearly present on Adrian’s tail panel in circa ’98 period pictures. Since Pete Ganis favored Trans Ams and often drove one as a demonstrator for a period of time before selling to the public, Pete probably drove Adrian from April ’72 until sometime in ‘73. In 1973, Andy Steed purchased Adrian from Ganis Pontiac and was Adrian’s first owner.

Thanks to a Forum member here on these boards, Adrian has a new Pete Ganis Pontiac Dealer badge. This badge will be placed back on the car by Pete Ganis Jr. just as he did 42 years ago (with molding tape instead of pins and nuts ) at the conclusion of the restoration. Here's pictures of a painting of the original Pete Ganis dealership and the dealer badge.

[165th]

In 1975 or '76 Andy Steed sold Adrian to Woodrow Carson(WC) Asbill. WC enjoyed the car as you can tell by these pictures of Adrian in full Hot Rod dress, including the Cragars and traction bars. These circa '76 pictures were provided by WC's daughter Dori Asbill Pierce. In later years WC used Adrian to herd dairy cows back to the barn, often driving the car in the fields. WC was tragically killed in an truck accident in the early '80's. Two owners later and the car was off the road for good in '98 when the frame off restoration gone bad led to the purchase of her in 2006 by Steve Schappaugh.

Something interesting to note the license plate in the circa '76 photos is the same plate that was on the car in '98 when she was taken apart on the original frame off gone bad. The tag expiration date is '92, giving thought that she may not have seen the road much after '92.