[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Terry M. Hunt

Years ago(1991?) when the GTOAA convention was held in Atlanta, Jim Wangers provided a couple of bricks for the silent auction that he said were from the original Royal Pontiac Building(s). Not sure if these were the result of some remodeling, etc. but they apparently weren't the result of the buildings being demolished, since it looks like Keith's pics show that happening recently. Or maybe the buildings that were just demolished were not the original Royal buildings anyway. They look very different from the vintage photo(at least the showroom does) I don't know what changes the original buildings went through during their life time that might have produced the bricks Jim provided. Anyway, I made sure I wound up with one of these bricks and JW autographed it as "From the original Royal Pontiac", or words to that effect. Don't have it handy now to give the exact wording. Keitlh can you comment on this? Maybe I can have my brick Carbon 14 dated. Hope it wasn't just something Jim found in the hotel parking lot.

I'm sure it's legit.

The showroom was remodeled at some point but all of the outbuildings (the car wash, shop area and used car building) were all still recognizable.

If Jim said it was from the original building I'd take his word for it.

K