[midyr]

I quit this site and a few others some time ago because of self-appointed know-it-alls who were NOT THERE presuming to tell those few of us left WHO WERE THERE what is right or wrong about these old puppies. Thus I will say this one more time, in addition to making a slight clarification:

This car cannot have its original born-with block in it. The born-with block was destroyed when the rods came through the sides. The block had windows. It could not be repaired. I know. I was there. I saw the engine. I was consulted on whether it should be warranteed or not.

I would be more than happy to testify to this under oath in a Court of Law. Moreover, any individual wishing to formally dispute this is more than welcome to file suit against me and have all revealed in the Courts. Please do. There has been far too much deliberate, knowing fraud with these cars. It needs to stop.

Dave Mackay and I together ran the High Performance Division of Belmont Chev-Olds in Toronto. Davey has been one of my closest friends for most of our lives, in fact for years prior to our involvement with Belmont. We still talk frequently. Dave Mackay has as much principle, integrity, and conscience as anybody I know. I damn well wish more did. As stated above in a previous post, Belmont was the largest volume new car dealer in Canada, of any brand, and one of the largest and most successful in North America. We moved a lot of muscle. We kept meticulous records. They may still exist. I'm working on it. I already have original sales files for Gorries Chev-Olds and Golden Mile Chev-Olds from 1953 up into the 1990s.

For some reason I thought this was the Willard Clements COPO. Davey says Willard's was another car and I accept the clarification. Davey wrote up the order and most likely signed off on the Bill of Sale, although on occasion that could also be me or the Sales Manager. Davey would know.

That is the full extent of what I have to say on this subject, or any other, for that matter. I will not be back.