Tenney Fairchild,
California
1964 Royal Bobcat GTO
GTO 50th Anniversary Display
Sponsored by Ride On Appraisals
CELEBRATING GTO’s WITH THE
GODFATHER OF THE GTO
There are plenty of Anniversaries
in the car world this year, and at the Muscle Car and
Corvette Nationals, we will be celebrating several.
The Class of 1964
will be one to remember and The Class of
‘69 will be another hit. Although we decided to not
jump on the Mustang Anniversary bandwagon, we have incredibly
significant Mustangs and Shelby’s throughout the show, including
the very first USA sold Mustang, and some of the highest
performance versions. (think Cobra Jet and Boss).
Since we are all about Muscle,
we knew we had to celebrate what most consider to be the
first real Muscle Car. Yes, some may argue this point,
bringing up the Chrysler C-300, various multi-carb Chevy’s and
even the early high performance Buicks, but let’s face it. The GTO
is the one that created an entirely new genre of
automobiles that would affectionately be referred to as Muscle
Cars. You know the story; take a big engine, drop it into an
intermediate body, mix in an incredible marketing campaign and a
catchy name, (that may refer to something...) and put an
affordable price on it. Voila!; Instant and unexpected success!
Nobody can dispute the impact the GTO has had on our hobby, and it
continues to this day.
And so we are gearing up to host a
gathering of Pontiac’s iconic Muscle Car with an incredible group
of the finest and rarest examples ever shown under one roof.
Ride On Appraisals
is our Official Sponsor for this one, so
you know it will be good! Kicking things off is the actual 1964
“ringer” Royal Bobcat GTO. Yep...this is the one from the famous
Car and Driver magazine GTO vs GTO cover story! Restored by Scott
Tiemann and the Supercar Specialties team, it will be joining us
from California. To make things even better, we are pleased to
announce that you will be able to hear the behind the scenes
real story of this car and much more right from the source.
Yes...we are pleased to announce The Godfather of the GTO
himself, Jim Wangers will be joining us both Saturday and Sunday!
Jim will be mixing it up with our spectators and participants
right in the GTO Invitational display and he will also present a
very special and intimate seminar Saturday titled How Pontiac
took racing off the track...and put it on the street! (yes...you
are reading that right). What an awesome opportunity to step
back in time, right at the MCACN show. Does it get any
better?
Well, yes...yes it does! This
display will tell the story from 1964-1974 with prime examples of
Tri-power, Ram Air IV, H/O and more. We have several original
owners, hardtops, post sedans and convertibles. Would you like to
see a Palladium Silver RA IV ‘69 Judge? How about a
RA IV Judge convertible? And of course, several of the cars
in this display will be shown, fresh from restoration for the very
first time. This is going to be an absolute must see
display with a lot of interaction and a lot of fun.
We have openings for a few
more select GTO’s, so if you have something special,
please e-mail me asap at
bashton426@gmail.com. I would
like to add one more 66, 67 and 72 to the mix and I really need a
‘74!
We would like to thank all of the
people that have stepped up to make this one a memory maker,
including one of our newest MCACN Official Sponsors,
Ride On Appraisals.
Dennis Parus of Ride On Appraisals will
also be conducting several seminars over the weekend to explain
the importance of having a proper appraisal for your
collector car. (Exact seminar times TBA as we get closer to the
show, and will also include special presentations from Jim
Mattison of PHS and Jim Luikens of Berger fame).
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