[MotownMadman]

I have a never say never story. This has no reference to the GTO in question, but it is a GM oddity. I have a friend of 30 years who is retired from GM, he worked at the GM proving grounds in Milford Mi. He owns to this day a 66 or 67 Corvette roadster which he obtained from the proving grounds, the car has a big block in which the engine had been assembled on a subcontract basis from a company called Diamond Elkin engineering, this was a Gm test car never meant to leave the confines of GM, but somehow this car still sits in my friends garage. Exactly as assembled by Gm with that test engine it is a honest 10 second quarter mile car. Is the car part of documented history? I highly doubt that fact. How many know of this car? Very few. Does he have documentation to prove it's origin? I highly doubt that also. But, I was there the day he brought the car home from the proving grounds, it remains untouched to this day. Is the Pontiac in question the same situation? I wouldnt think it would have existed all these years without that knowledge coming to light as with this particular Corvette. Can either be documented as fact? Very doubtful. Never say never? Who knows what went on back then. Although some who know of each car may be convinced of their authenticity, without factual evidence to support the origins they become an urban legend. At the same time they are both significant parts of muscle car history even lacking documentation, in which both are best left to hold their place in history for what they are, both important in their own right even without factual proof. Some questions and riddles are left never to be solved.
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