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01-04-2021, 05:30 PM
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Crazy Story: June 2015:
I had another one of those really unusual, crazy "It's a small world" coincidences today.... My church is large enough to need a "traffic team", and we utilize help from the Oakland County Sheriff's deputies to assisting getting cars in and out of the parking lot off the main road. Naturally, I help park (...where else could I get "paid" for standing in the road and watching cars go by?...) and was visiting with the Deputy assigned to the north lot. I had brought him his two-way radio and we were shooting the breeze when I noticed his nametag: It said "P. Deesen". I asked him "do you happen to know a fella named Paul Deesen?" "Paul Deesen Sr?" he said. "I'm Paul Deesen Jr". Unbelievable. For those of you not already familiar with Paul Deesen (Sr) - he's the guy that designed the GTO emblem. And invented the red line tire. And designed the '65 Gran Prix. Among other things. At any rate, we had a really nice visit. Very pleasant young man and it sounds like he enjoys his father's antics as much as we do. Hopefully, I don't get any other chance encounters with Officer Deesen while I'm out driving one of my Pontiacs.  K
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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, 9.56 @ 139 mph best 
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01-04-2021, 05:31 PM
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June 2014:
Sunday was Father's day (...which I didn't realize), so that means the "Eyes on Design" concours event at the Edsel Ford estate (...which I forgot about). JMT455 was good enough to start a thread so I tagged along and stuck my pictures over there: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=755163 I didn't take a car, but did get a kick of out this: Spectators and participants get this nice, glossy print program commemorating the event.  I was flipping through (..and flipping through...) and I made it all the way to the very last page before I saw this familiar nondescript black '65 GTO...  This photo is from the 2010 event. Whew! That was close! Almost made it the whole day before running across my GTO in print somewhere... (lol) K
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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, 9.56 @ 139 mph best
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01-04-2021, 05:33 PM
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GTO build sheet, rescued from on top of the fuel tank:
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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, 9.56 @ 139 mph best
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