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Old 01-02-2019, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by 9C1Beater View Post
Keith...wow, what a car and what history! I am reading between the lines here, so I assume your dad was a GM employee...possibly at the Tech Center in Warren? And then did you go to work for GM?...that's how I figure you got to go for a ride-along with Jim Ingle (even though you were driving). Glad to see you were smart enough to hang on to such a rare and cool car with family history. If your dad was connected high up at GM, then he could pretty much get whatever he wanted.
Thank you; we tend to hang on to stuff in my family -

Dad worked for GM for just over 30 years, as a die maker for Chevrolet Pressed Metal division (in Flint) and then as an Advanced Manufacturing Engineer for CPC (Chevrolet-Pontiac-GM of Canada, in Pontiac). He is the GM patentholder for some cool inventions like hydroforming, laminated steels and adhesive bonding of aluminum space frames.

He also raced for Pontiac Motor Division through the Royal Pontiac dealership. You can read about that here if you are interested:
Short version: http://wildaboutcarsonline.com/cgi-b...=9990396621018
Muscle Car Review: https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/clas...NnY?li=BBnb4R5
Looooooooooong-est possible version: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524

The GTO is presently anchoring a special muscle car display in the Gilmore Museum (Hickory Corners MI) through this April.

I'm just shy of 40 years with GM in vehicle assembly and product design/development. I started at the Chevrolet assembly plant building trucks in 1979, worked at the Milford Proving Ground from 1986 through 1990 and the Desert Proving Ground from 1990 to 1994, which is where I was when I met Jim. I've been in product design, engineering program management and, most recently on an off property special project, since that time.

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'63 LeMans Convertible
'63 Grand Prix
'65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 mile Royal Pontiac factory racer
'74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph best

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