[MOJO Catalina]

Anybody have a photo of Edwards Pontiac in Canton Ohio from the '50's or '60s? A friend of mine's Dad owned it and I'd like to print a photo for her..

[U47]

Is this the same person who owned Edwards Oldsmobile in Michigan?

[Wareagle]

Originally Posted by Steve Barcak

My understanding is this picture was not taken at the salt flats but at March Air force base in California.

Pontiac had it going on back then - for vintage Christmas these classic Santa's are still cool

[MOJO Catalina]

Originally Posted by U47

Is this the same person who owned Edwards Oldsmobile in Michigan?

I do not think so.. Just the Ohio location.. I read a story that he raced a Ram Air car in '68 with his dealership as a sponsor..

[MikeNoun]

Same dealer?

http://www.hotrod.com/cars/featured/...duty-catalina/

[U47]

Sorry guys, I went down to my library to dig out what I thought was some pictures of this Olds 442 racing in Detroit back in 65. It turns out the dealership name was Edmond's Oldsmobile. The reason this all kind of ties in with Pontiac and is a puzzle to me is: Frank Rediker who created the Royal Bobcat treatment has his name and other mechanic's on the front of the Royal cars from 1959-1963. The picture I have of this award winning 65 Olds 442 has Rediker and W, Brown's name on it's fenders. There is a lot of praise in Wangers book about Rediker, but after 63 the story goes cold. Wangers book does mention that when Rediker was doing all this Royal prep. work he worked at a Olds dealer full time. Wondering if that dealer is Edmond's Oldsmobile? Wondering why the disconnect with Royal?

[Keith Seymore]

I think it was the other way around (he worked at Royal but was an Oldsmobile enthusiast at heart).

In either case his son Frank Jr. picked up his love for Oldsmobile as well. Frank Jr. is still living and works for GM Powertrain in Pontiac Michigan.

I can't speak for Rediker but these deals tend to sour after a while. Mr Wangers was not the easiest guy to work for back in the day.

[400 4spd.]

^I got that same impression from a guy named Milt.

[Simpson]

[U47]

Thanks for sharing, I have most of the pictures you posted. The one I don't have is the 66 model. I see it's a ( I think Olds still called it) J-2 powered car. Must have been really hard for the Olds guys to finally have a 3-2bbl setup, the last one was 58 and have Ed Cole ban corporate multiple carburetion, except for his beloved Corvette and Corvair! Nice guy. FYI one of the pictures I have is a drag race at a track where the 1965 car below is racing three other cars. I don't ever remember seeing four cars going at it on a west coast track! Who is the guy?

[400 4spd.]

Looks like they were running two cars, a 65 and a 66 with the rare L-69 option.

[Simpson]

Tri Carb option was L-69.

[U47]

I'll bet those boys were very disappointed with Oldsmobile engineering about what they did to the 400 engine after 1967!

[Simpson]

[Simpson]

[Poncho60]

My roommate in college had a 66 4-4-2 coupe.....4 speed w 3.91 rear (I think). He did not get beat by many cars. His brother bought a new 68 4-4-2. When they raced each other it was joke....no comparison I performance. His brother never won.

[Greg Reid]

Those pics are huge...

[400 4spd.]

Yes, they are.

[71GP76TA]

Originally Posted by 400 4spd.

Yes, they are.

And that's some small writing.

[Alvin]

Well, if this thread is gonna have huge pix might as well be PONTIAC's