Rare Parts In Strange Places

[Canuck]

When I got my 68 Z28 6 years I ago,I did an NCRS shipping report. Selling dealer was Ed Randell Chevytown in Portland OR.
I went on eBay the same day to look if anything came up. A licence plate frame was listed and I bought it. Never seen anything else since.

[Keith Seymore]

Back in the late 70's/early 80's, before they were repopped, I was on the hunt for a set of Pontiac Rally I center caps.

I had looked all over and just about given up when I saw a VW bug drive by - with Rally I's on the back.

The guy must have had some kind of wheel adapters in order to install the wheels. I chased him down and had the worst time conveying to him what I wanted. He kept saying "if I sell those, how will I get to work?".

He thought I was trying to get wheels and all. Ended up buying two caps for $20. I think I still have them.

K

[Keith Seymore]

Just noticed that cap is not correct: it should have either the black base, or the black pinstripe in the dome, but not both...

K

[Keith Seymore]

The other story that comes to mind occurred after Dad passed away and I was cleaning up a bit in the garage.

I knew he had this '63 Super Duty "bathtub" intake, and I knew I would never use it, so I decided to sell.



When I picked the intake up it was sitting on a piece of plywood. What I didn't know until just then was that there was a '61-'62 dual quad Super Duty intake underneath that.

And then a second '61-62 intake under that.



K

[Keith Seymore]

Dad used to have so much stuff in the back garage that there was just a little trail from the door over to the workbench.

He had so many Pontiac Tripowers that he used to use them for door stops.

We lived in that house starting in 1969 and I never saw the top of that workbench until he passed away in 2005. He always had it covered with a protective piece of cardboard and then all the stuff he was working on piled on top of that.

I cleaned it off and removed the cardboard - and was amazed to find a highly polished piece of beaverboard, with 1.5" brushed angle aluminum all around the periphery, with mitered corners and stainless flathead screws countersunk until they were flush.

It was absolutely beautiful. And I had no idea.


K

[olredalert]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Dad used to have so much stuff in the back garage that there was just a little trail from the door over to the workbench.

He had so many Pontiac Tripowers that he used to use them for door stops.

We lived in that house starting in 1969 and I never saw the top of that workbench until he passed away in 2005. He always had it covered with a protective piece of cardboard and then all the stuff he was working on piled on top of that.

I cleaned it off and removed the cardboard - and was amazed to find a highly polished piece of beaverboard, with 1.5" brushed angle aluminum all around the periphery, with mitered corners and stainless flathead screws countersunk until they were flush.

It was absolutely beautiful. And I had no idea.


K

----Couple of things, Keith. 1st. that garage must have been like your own swap meet with no one out bidding you!

----2nd. Tell us about the 63 Lemans. An older buddy back in 1963 had a new 326 stick convertible and I thought it was so slick, but that one in triple white is really cool, especially with the Rally 1's. It was quick to my 15 year old brain, and I've laughed to myself a couple of times noting that I had no idea what was going to happen in the Pontiac nation a year later!.....Bill S

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by olredalert

----Couple of things, Keith. 1st. that garage must have been like your own swap meet with no one out bidding you!

----2nd. Tell us about the 63 Lemans. An older buddy back in 1963 had a new 326 stick convertible and I thought it was so slick, but that one in triple white is really cool, especially with the Rally 1's. It was quick to my 15 year old brain, and I've laughed to myself a couple of times noting that I had no idea what was going to happen in the Pontiac nation a year later!.....Bill S

LOL.

Dad surprised me a couple times.

When he got his '63 Tempest coupe it was just out of the blue (to me, at least). He had the car shipped from Oregon and it went immediately into the primary spot in the front garage.

Mom was pissed. Here is this "old car" sitting in her spot, with awful bronze paint and a couple flat tires and a milk crate for a seat.

Dad was walking around whistling to himself, oblivious. He got a straight, rust free car with all the glass intact. Perfect for a Super Duty clone.

The convertible was similar, in that I don't remember any build up or discussion about it. He got it from a guy that worked at the Gilmore Museum in Hickory Corners MI, so we drove over there to pick it up. They showed us around the grounds and treated us like we were royalty while we were there.

The car is a 326v8 auto. Originally with a maroon top Dad switched it to white when he had the car painted and freshened up. Built in Pontiac it was tagged to a "Mr Conner" (no idea who that might be).

K