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Dad was pi-i-issed. Now I see why. K
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph best Last edited by Keith Seymore; 10-06-2023 at 02:00 PM. |
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This was also the car that we took to a local petting zoo (Mott Farms, in Flint).
As we were exiting we saw a goat sitting on the hood of a car in the parking lot. "Oh look" we said. "There's a goat on the hood of that car". As we got closer we realized that it was the hood of OUR car. We thought that was hilariously funny: A goat on the hood of our goat. Dad did not think it was hilariously funny. K BTW: I was probably 60 years old before I realized you could touch the painted surface of a car with your bare hand and not have something terrible happen. I'm still a little standoffish about touching the thermostat in the house, though.
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph best Last edited by Keith Seymore; 10-06-2023 at 01:32 PM. |
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We had a lot of trouble with the headlights on that car, too, for some reason.
I remember sleeping under an overpass in Ft Wayne Indiana on more than one occasion, waiting for it to get light enough to continue, because the headlights quit working. K
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph best |
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Our GTO already had the battery relocated to the trunk when we picked it up. I suspect it was done in the PMD garage, because the car did not spend much time at Royal before we picked it up IIRC. The original install was a little shady, as they just took the front fender bracket and modified it to work in the rear. We made the more rigid welded construction early on at the behest of the NHRA tech inspectors, who were not comfortable with the original setup. [It is now, once again, not NHRA legal since rear mounted batteries are now required to have a master electrical cutoff switch accessible from the outside. I am loathe to do that.] For some reason the battery would go dead often. Since dad worked second shift he would not be available to come jump us if we were out in the evening, so mom would have to call a friend or a tow company to get us going. I remember sitting the in back hollering "The battery's in the trunk! The battery's in the trunk!" while the tow truck drivers approached the driver's window. The tow truck driver would look annoyed, like "lady can't you shut this kid up?". He would then pop the hood, root around a bit, and then return. "Lady - where is the battery in this thing?". Sheepishly, mom would say "well - the battery's in the trunk", as if to say: the kid knows what he is talking about. K
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph best Last edited by Keith Seymore; 10-06-2023 at 02:16 PM. |
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The car was delivered with three 7.75 whitewalls and one 7.75 redline on the ground, and a 7.35 whitewall loose in the back for a spare. K
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph best |
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After 45 years I finally gave up on hauling around my signature rally wheels.
After much agonizing and gnashing of teeth I chose the wheels shown on this truck. I though about a wheel more similar to the ones on the SS racer, for a little more nostalgia look and as a nod to the kidney bean openings in the rally wheels. They were, however, a lot more expensive, perhaps a little more mass, and a lot more wheel showing. I hope I made the right choice. In the end I saved nearly 90 lbs with the switch to aluminum wheels and lightweight race bucket seats. K
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph best Last edited by Keith Seymore; 10-06-2023 at 02:29 PM. |
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