Ace Wilson Jr.

[GOAT72]

After all the talk and debate over all-things-Royal, I have yet to ever see an actual photo of Royal Pontiac owner Ace Wilson. Jr.

Has anybody got one they can share?

Mac

[Steve_Hoog]

I don't readily remember seeing one either, did you check with Eric?

[427TJ]

Hot Rod did a circa-1963 article on the Royal Pontiac "swiss-cheese" SD drag car and there's a photo of Ace Wilson sitting in the car. That's not much to go on but if you really want a photo try searching 1963 Hot Rod magazines. No, I don't have a copy of that particular magazine, I saw it years ago.

[GOAT72]

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Hot Rod did a circa-1963 article on the Royal Pontiac "swiss-cheese" SD drag car and there's a photo of Ace Wilson sitting in the car. That's not much to go on but if you really want a photo try searching 1963 Hot Rod magazines. No, I don't have a copy of that particular magazine, I saw it years ago.

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I found a photocpoy of that one, thanks, Bill!

But there's a photo of Jim Wangers standing in front of the swiss cheese car with another guy. They are both in suits and looking sharp (loved that thin-tie look from the early 60s)

Both of them are standing in shoe-deep snow, but there's no shot of anyone "in" a car. There are 2 more shots of Jim and one of Frank Rediker.

BTW: The article is called "Pontiacs on a Diet" and it was written by Roger Huntington. (So the other guy in the photo was not the writer, because Huntington was wheelchair-bound.)

Is this Ace Jr. ???

Mac

EDIT: I'll try to scan this copy tomorrow, but no promises of quality are implied!

[427TJ]

Cool, I'm glad you were able to locate a copy. Yeah, it's been 20+ years since I've seen that article so I couldn't remember the details exactly. The other guy in the photo standing next to Wangers might be Ace Wilson. I thought there was a photo of him with the article but perhaps not. Post it and let's have a look.

I bought a big stack of early '60s Hot Rods for a couple dollars at a local used book shop in about 1981 and that's when I saw that article. I was 18 then and I read them over and over for months but they got lost after several household moves.

[GOAT72]

I'll ask Milt Schornack to look at that article and ID the mystery guy!
;-)

Mac

PS: It was HOT ROD, May 1963.

[427TJ]

Yeah, he'll probably know who the other guy was (is). I love solving historical mysteries and filling in gaps of knowledge, especially years after the fact.