[Keith Seymore]

I think many of you know my story (...stories...) but since I wasn't here 10 years ago I could add them now:

The GTO was my dad's car. He raced for Royal Pontiac in the early/mid 1960's, so after a string of special '63 and '64 models close friend and salesman Dick Jesse had this '65 built specifically for dad to drive. It's a 389, tripower 4 speed car, built early in the model year (September of 64) and was expedited through the build so dad could have it before the UAW strike hit that year.

We ran the car in B/Stock in '65 and '67, and then switched over to run B/MP through 1974. Best ET was 12.23 at 118 mph, and it was a national record holder and local legend. Dad was diagnosed with debilitating Rhumetoid arthritis in 1974 and so the car basically sat with 4656.2 miles on it for 25 years or so. I was able to convince him to let me clean it up and get it running again in the late 1990s. Dad passed away in 2005 at the age of 70, from complications related to having that disease for such a long time.

The car currently has 4800 original miles and is in original unrestored condition ("born with" paint, interior and driveline). It doesn't see many road miles but we do take it to a lot of shows, including the inaugural MCACN show in Chicago and various concours events here in Michigan. It had been featured or mentioned in numerous enthusiast books and magazines including High Performance Pontiac and the big GTO book.

K