[Keith Seymore]

Continuing to sneak up on getting a "new" Grand Prix;



and - taking this as an excuse to post a nice previously unpublished photo from lunch break at the Woodward Dream Cruise.

K

[muscle_collector]

that's really cool. surely that car has been painted? it looks way way to nice for almost a 100k

[Keith Seymore]

Snagged a few pics at the Pontiac Transportation Museum while cooling off on Friday during the Dream Cruise weekend:

[Keith Seymore]

55 years ago today....

Happy Birthday, lil GTO.

K

[YNOBIL]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

55 years ago today....

Happy Birthday, lil GTO.


K

Only real gearheads like us celebrate their cars birthdays. For the record I know all my car birthdays but have to rely on Patti to tell my grandkids dates.

[tekuhn]

Wow, that’s a long time away! I’m sure you’re glad it’s back!

[Keith Seymore]

I had to put new tires on the Grand Prix. The older radials that were on it were starting to come apart.

I liked the thinner 5/8" white wall that it came with but due to the tire shortage and general status of 14" tires it was not meant to be. I was trading off size (P225/75R14 vs up one size vs down one size), white wall (and width) vs redline, availability and price.

After agonizing over my excel spreadsheets I made a decision and went with one size down (P215/75R14) and 1" white walls from Coker. Took about 4 months to get them through Summit Racing.

I wasn't so sure if I loved them at first, but upon further review I see that they are actually a bit more "authentic".

Before, after and vintage photos shown below.

K

[YNOBIL]

I replaced the belted repo wide ovals on my '72 last summer. Hated to do it but felt that they were too old to trust anymore. Went Firestone radial repo's from Coker. They're raised white letter and look pretty close to what they were using back then. Going to be nice to drive on radials again.

[Tenney]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

55 years ago today....

Happy Birthday, lil GTO.

K

And still bad as new!

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Continuing to sneak up on getting a "new" Grand Prix;

Drove the Grand Prix to work on Friday:

[YNOBIL]

Finally get to see part of the book. Nice coverage of your car. Duncan stayed at my house twice while researching the book. Probably put on 100 miles driving him around Chicago. Still waiting for my free promo copy of the book.

[sdbob]

I would like to see your 65 GTO sometime in person,Keith. I liked the 65 year the best. Maybe I'm crazy but some days I feel I could turnaround and be back in the 60s or 50s.

[Keith Seymore]

Got a "new" Grand Prix yesterday -

This has been a long time coming. I've put about 10,000 miles on it since I've owned it (got it in Sept of '07).

K

[YNOBIL]

Congrats Keith. Did it once with a '67 GTO beater I had. Put 100k on other vehicles but they had the million mile odometers so they just kept counting.

[Keith Seymore]

Birthday today!

September 18, 1964 = 56 years young.

The GTO and I are roughly the same age (I'm just a tad older). We are both getting a bit "crinkly" but still hanging in there.

K

[tekuhn]

That’s cool !!

[OCMDGTO]

Pretty cool you hung onto this car for so long and the transformation it has been through. I didn't realize it was an original 454/T400. My 2nd car that I bought in the late 80s was identical, I always thought the swivel buckets were cool. Mine was probably a 16 second car.

[Keith Seymore]

A little update from the Chevy side of the house:

https://www.nmcadigital.com/blog/kei...g-classes/2148

[Keith Seymore]

Did a little photo shoot today.

2024 marks the 60th Anniversary of the introduction of the GTO; as such the M1 Concourse will be hosting a special event on the Friday of the Dream Cruise weekend.

The images taken today will be used to promote this special event.

A little cloudy and chilly (41 degrees) but no rain, thankfully.

K

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Did a little photo shoot today.

2024 marks the 60th Anniversary of the introduction of the GTO; as such the M1 Concourse will be hosting a special event on the Friday of the Dream Cruise weekend.

The images taken today will be used to promote this special event.

A little cloudy and chilly (41 degrees) but no rain, thankfully.

K

By way of update: we were on vacation in Montana the two weeks prior to Woodward. We were hustling to make it but didn't get back in time.

(I hear we didn't miss much. Weather was kinda crappy).

But - I did see this nice award from the event and there is a sweet '65 on there, so I guess we did make it in spirit.

K