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Darn, Gary ... well plenty to chat about beyond "how was your day?" after that sort of moratorium, right? Sharp Z, btw!
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That was my first muscle car. I can still see it fresh in my mind even to this day. Some say you never forget your first love. Last time I was in Atlanta I went to look for the guy I bought it from in my high school and his mom said he was murdered. She didn't go into details.
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Anyone able to mix-in the Pete this Sunday, Jim does his presentation/Q&A at 10:30AM.
https://www.facebook.com/GTOCelebration Savage cake from the cool SD Goat crew last Sunday ... |
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Very cool!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: GaryC</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That was my first muscle car. I can still see it fresh in my mind even to this day. Some say you never forget your first love. Last time I was in Atlanta I went to look for the guy I bought it from in my high school and his mom said he was murdered. She didn't go into details. </div></div>
And we have Hallmark moment #2. Back to the car: hard to beat a 64 GTO. Didn't one of the car mags have one that had a transplanted 421 SD? Forgive my Pontiac ignorance, but are the 389 and 421 pretty much the same externally? |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lynn</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Didn't one of the car mags have one that had a transplanted 421 SD?
Forgive my Pontiac ignorance, but are the 389 and 421 pretty much the same externally? </div></div> Maybe? This one had a 421 HO installed in engineering and Bobcatted at Royal for the Car and Driver test. Yes, 389 and 421 are dimensionally the same (likewise other Pontiac V-8's - no "big blocks"). |
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Nice clip, Ten.
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[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] very nice!
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Cool, thanks gents! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] And thanks Don (and your Dad!) for the awesome pics - that was a fun day! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/burnout.gif[/img]
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Pont440</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hey Tenney,
Thought I'd add some pics from Jim's(Wangers) 85th Birthday Bash back in 2011. I want to show the fellas the attention to detail that Scott Tiemann gave to this fine SUPERCAR! -Don (photos courtesy of my dad)</div></div> Whoa! Very nice. If Scott was there he'd wear out a linen cloth wiping on that red car. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tenney</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Cool, thanks gents! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] And thanks Don (and your Dad!) for the awesome pics - that was a fun day! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/burnout.gif[/img] </div></div> You guys are having too much fun. I spent the evening with an axe chipping the ice dams off my roof. K |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Keith Seymore</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Whoa! Very nice. If Scott was there he'd wear out a linen cloth wiping on that red car. </div></div> |
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LOL. When we were parked next to each other at MCACN I finally told him "STOP!!"
He was kicking up so much white lint I had to wipe MY car off... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img] K |
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Before/After MCACN '14 (by Diego & MCACN site, respectively) - another awesome event ...!
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Happy Anniversary Tenney
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Dang... you were at MCACN, too! Sorry I missed meeting you.
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Thanks, Charley - MCACN was the final "50th" event; and the proper encore!
Same, Bruce. Had to hightail it early Sunday as the Kid had to be back in class Monday AM. Next time!! Here's one from Carlisle I came across on the Hot Rod site featuring one of the fathers of the GTO, Bill Collins ... |
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Tenney signed up here 12/31/2001
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Got to see it at Carlisle this year. Saw it race at Maple Grove once at an all Pontiac event after our 64 Convertible was finished. Also talked to an original owner of a 64 Convertible from Ohio. It was a nice event for Carlisle.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Charley Lillard</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Tenney signed up here 12/31/2001 </div></div>
Hey, cool! Seems like yesterday, or so. |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ds1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Got to see it at Carlisle this year. Saw it race at Maple Grove once at an all Pontiac event after our 64 Convertible was finished. Also talked to an original owner of a 64 Convertible from Ohio. It was a nice event for Carlisle. </div></div>
Looks like a great event! Had to sit this one out, unfortunately, though Scott kindly brought the car over to share. Cool you got to see it run ...! |
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Look at that Goat planting the grabbers ...
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Jim Wangers' Royal Pontiac presentation at the Automobile Driving Museum (Jonathan Ortiz pic) ...
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Very cool!
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It's a really cool presentation, Bruce. Jim was tasked by Pontiac with selecting a dealership that would serve as an outlet for special hi-perf. cars, parts and technologies - kind of a precursor to Yenko, Berger, Nickey, Mr. Norms, etc. - and he filled us in on why Royal was chosen - shared some cool first-hand stories about how things went along the way - and then how and why it went away. Glad to have had the chance to attend that one!
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Sounds like it was way cool. Did anyone video it? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]
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Very cool stuff! Don't miss Jim Wangers singing Lil' GTO... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29_UaQHeZJ0 [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] ~ Pete |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Xplantdad</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sounds like it was way cool. Did anyone video it? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] </div></div>
Hope so, Bruce, that'd be cool. Was told the museum taped the audio and are going to build a podcast with Jim's PowerPoint presentation. Will report back w/that if I come across it. Here's one from the 50th at the same spot last year - projector threw a rod, but JW winged it like a champ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKz32o63AVg |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: PeteLeathersac</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Very cool stuff! Don't miss Jim Wangers singing Lil' GTO... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29_UaQHeZJ0 [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] ~ Pete </div></div> Action-packed!! |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tenney</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Xplantdad</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sounds like it was way cool. Did anyone video it? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] </div></div>
Hope so, Bruce, that'd be cool. Was told the museum taped the audio and are going to build a podcast with Jim's PowerPoint presentation. Will report back w/that if I come across it. Here's one from the 50th at the same spot last year - projector threw a rod, but JW winged it like a champ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKz32o63AVg </div></div> Very cool...thanks for sharing that! |
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tenney</div><div class="ubbcode-body">[quote=Xplantdad]
Here's one from the 50th at the same spot last year - projector threw a rod, but JW winged it like a champ ... </div></div> LOL - you sure it wasn't a spun bearing? K |
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Here's one from the 50th at the same spot last year - projector threw a rod, but JW winged it like a champ ... </div></div> LOL - you sure it wasn't a spun bearing? K </div></div> [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] |
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Happy 89th ...!
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Per Jim, they borrowed the car (not running at the time) from Officer Sherman for this ad; airbrushing-out the B-pillar to marry-in w/the other cars in the row ...
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----Does the hood tach seem to be an incorrect shape? Maybe it was airbrushed in as well?......Bill S
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Looks a little taller and rounder, though maybe due to reflection in the hood? Not much of a shadow under the '68, either ...
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tenney</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Looks a little taller and rounder, though maybe due to reflection in the hood? Not much of a shadow under the '68, either ... </div></div>
Agree - appears to be "floating" a little bit. Man!! Mr Wangers looks great! Perhaps lost a little weight? In any case I can only hope to be as sharp at 89 years of age. K Mid 1980's: [img}http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/hotrod001/img037_zpscji91csj.jpg[/img] |
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Mid 1980's: [img}http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/hotrod001/img037_zpscji91csj.jpg[/img] </div></div> Unbelieveable. It took 2 seconds to find the mistake in that string and correct it, and in that length of time my edit capability timed out. (rolls eyes). Trying again: http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...pscji91csj.jpg |
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Cool Royal/Motion combo - definition of "hybrid" circa '67?!
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