[Burgess]

Dad sold it in northwest Indiana

[The Boss]

Do you remember what year that would have been?

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Burgess

Dad sold it in northwest Indiana

Interesting. The guy that was telling me about "a red car" was from Indiana.

K

[Drag Star Le Mans]

Great pictures! Awesome car!

[Burgess]

Dad was often in the Detroit area on business, and stopped by Royal Pontiac whenever he was nearby. This time, he was looking to replace his ’64 GTO.
He knew Milt Schornack from talking with him on other occasions. Milt told Dad about this car, which was in the garage and not yet finished, and said that it was being built specifically for Ace Wilson.

Dad wanted this one, and after some discussion, Ace agreed on the sale. Milt said that he would let him know when it was ready.

Dad remembers it was a week or two before he could pick it up. Whatever went on during that time, about 1200 miles had rolled over on the odometer. Maybe it was raced or tested, or maybe Ace drove it around a while?



Mom, on the other hand, hated this car. She has told me ‘'it wouldn’t go slow’’, and how hard it was to drive into certain hilly driveways and twisty streets.

[Burgess]

Originally Posted by The Boss

Do you remember what year that would have been?

Close as we can be certain, mid 71 to mid 72

[68pongto]

Very Cool Burgess!

[455abody]

What a great piece of history thanks for posting!!

[Tempest]

that is really cool, Thanks for sharing.

The blacked out rear end reminds me of the Olds 442's, I did not know that Pontiac did that as well. (they did it once anyways???)

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by Tempest

that is really cool, Thanks for sharing.

The blacked out rear end reminds me of the Olds 442's, I did not know that Pontiac did that as well. (they did it once anyways???)

The '68/'69 Royal Bobcats repeated that paint theme on other cars but colors varied. The most well-known has got to be the turquoise/white '69 shown at the bottom.
The upper photo looks like a different car?

[Tempest]

Thanks Greg, did not know that.

I don't know if I like the paint scheme.......but interesting to see. Thanks

[Burgess]

Thanks to everyone for the replies!

Note that the '68 does not have the contrasting paint color along the lower flanks that the '69 has. The upper fender stripe differs as well, because it does not wrap around to follow the lower paint color.

[Greg Reid]

Someone on this site...can't recall who right now....has a '68 done up in the BC theme. As crazy as it sounds, Verdoro with red and gold BC paint accents and Ivy interior, it looks great! I'm sure others know the car I'm talking about as there is a small pic in his signature.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Tempest

The blacked out rear end reminds me of the Olds 442's, I did not know that Pontiac did that as well. (they did it once anyways???)

The urban legend is that George Hurst saw our car and took that to Oldsmobile.

K

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by Burgess

Thanks to everyone for the replies!

Note that the '68 does not have the contrasting paint color along the lower flanks that the '69 has. The upper fender stripe differs as well, because it does not wrap around to follow the lower paint color.

It definitely would not have looked right with the bright rocker trim IMO.

[The Boss]

I think the blue car above is the one that Tom S in California owned and sold to Greg Teeters. I believe the top picture is with the RA V motor out of it at Gregs.

I could be wrong too.

[Royal GTO]

Attached is pix of my GTO. Certainly not a real Royal car. Owned it for over 30 years. When the numbers matching engine was blown up, I built a 428 for it. To be clear it's a real 1968 GTO, however it's been modified for decades and I wanted something unique. It not for everyone but I still like it's look.

[muscle_collector]

is that black I like it

[dataway]

Yep, that's a sharp car.

[tom s]

Nope,my car had a factory white top.I had the bobcat trim painted on the factory 2 tone car.Tom