Original owner muscle cars.

[bergy]

Great job bringing the car full circle Rich! Cool story.

[Xplantdad]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bergy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Great job bringing the car full circle Rich! Cool story. </div></div>

I agree! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

[SS427]

Rich,
You need to post those pics on Facebook's Back in the Day Muscle Car Pictures. Great site! Thanks for sharing.

[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 (&quot;born with&quot; 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

[Keith Seymore]

Picture album (3 pages): http://forums.performanceyears.com/f...hp?albumid=184

Nice overview of the story: http://wildaboutcarsonline.com/cgi-bin/p...d=9990396621018

Looonggg version: http://forums.performanceyears.com/f...d.php?t=560524

[Keith Seymore]

The Chevelle was actually my mom's car; dad ordered it so mom would have something to drive. But - he ordered it as a Police car so it would come with some extra goodies. 454, TH400, 3.42 posi, 8&quot; Corvette rally wheels with Goodyear blue dot tires. Mom drove it four years and I got it when she was done with it.

I have been racing this same car for 35 years now. First pass (ever) was a 15.10 and it was going 14.90's by the end of the day. Over the course of three decades it's had about 7 different powerplants, the latest is a 555 cu in bow tie pro stock big block that is just shy of 1000 hp naturally aspirated. Best ET is 9.85 at 136 mph, but the car is legal to 10 flat. It wants to go 10.20's to 10.30's on any given Sunday. It's been run at a couple dozen facilities across the US, as far south as Florida and as far west as California. I followed the NMCA/NSCA series for nearly 15 years resulting in top ten finishes ever year, including two third place series finishes and two series Championship runner up placements.

[Keith Seymore]

Popular Hot Rodding feature:

http://www.popularhotrodding.com/fea...olet_chevelle/

A few more &quot;modern&quot; pics:

[Keith Seymore]

This dumb little red pickup is probably the most popular vehicle I own, and is the only &quot;legitimate&quot; original owner vehicle I can claim.

I ordered this truck in 1986 when my company car was taken away. I followed it down the assembly line as it was being built and drove it off the end of the line myself. I drove it for four years, mostly in Arizona, and sold it to my father-in-law when I regained the GM company vehicle again.

He drove it for 18 years, in Arizona and Montana, until his passing in 2008. The family asked if I wanted it back and I said yes, which makes me the original - and third - owner of this truck.

Mechanically it was in good shape when I got it back but cosmetically he beat the crap out of it. I took the summer of 2009 and &quot;restored it&quot; - in the driveway - from May to September. It is basically once again my daily driver, although I shield it from the elements when I can.













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[69LM1]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bergy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Great job bringing the car full circle Rich! Cool story. </div></div>

No credit to me..... I had a lot of leads, many from here. Some even from people I have had some disagreements with in the past even provided a lead or two.

And of course, Ron's son Jason and his wife really made that reveal a reality.

Oh, and of course, of course ( [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img] ) the guys at the Camaro Nationals. I thought it was really cool that they would allow Ron to drive the car around the fairgrounds. They helped us &quot;hide&quot; the car by the NastyZ tent instead of in the barn with the other special cars.

Rich

[Kurt S]

Keith,
Why does your truck have an M-plate on it?