[Alvin]

Originally Posted by YNOBIL

My friend Duncan's website "One Owner Collector Cars" has posted 2 stories on Keith.
The story of his truck is at:
http://oneownercollectorcar.com/inde...-keith-seymore

His GTO is at:
http://oneownercollectorcar.com/inde...-keith-seymore

Thx for posting the links

[Keith Seymore]

First drive of the year; took the Grand Prix to work on Friday.

It was kind of funny - I'm in a remote location off property and it's a small facility (may five or six techs and a dozen or so engineers).

The car emptied the building...twice. All the engineers took a trip to the parking lot to check it out in the morning, and all of the technicians in the afternoon.

It was kind of nice to get a bit of recognition, even though I hadn't cleaned the car since it's long winter nap.

K

[Keith Seymore]

For 25 years of service with GM you get a wristwatch, or a clock.

For 36 years you get a box of Detroit Tigers donuts (evidently).

K

[8LUG]

CONGRATULATIONS, KEITH. YOUR A GOOD PERSON!

[Keith Seymore]

Thank you, John.



K

[YNOBIL]

August 16th, Happy Birthday Keith !

[Keith Seymore]

Thanks, Bill!

K

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Here's what Eric and I have been working on -



Since there were no (good) photos of this car I asked Eric to create a "hero card" so that I would have something to refer back to upon occasion. In an attempt to be as accurate as possible we referenced the video and the one still photo, paying attention to decal placement, mirror location, emblem removal, etc.

Of note here is the Royal Bobcat paint scheme that Mr Wangers developed for the '63 cars, including silver around the front grill openings, along the side trim, around the decklid and the blue paintwork on the wheels and center caps.

K

I was looking for this over the weekend and couldn't find it; I see now that the photo was detached.

Adding it back in here for future reference.

K

[Keith Seymore]

Big day tomorrow! 51 years -

Posting today because I'll be at the Pure Stock drags tomorrow (as a spectator).

K

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

50 years ago today - my GTO was born!

September 18, 1964.

Can't let a day like this go by without taking notice...

K

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Big day tomorrow! 51 years -

Posting today because I'll be at the Pure Stock drags tomorrow (as a spectator).

K

As always - congrats and thx for keeping us along for the ride! Enjoy the PSD!

[Tenney]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Big day tomorrow! 51 years -

Posting today because I'll be at the Pure Stock drags tomorrow (as a spectator).

K

Awesome, Keith! Did you get the extended warranty ...?

[aukc]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Big day tomorrow! 51 years -

Posting today because I'll be at the Pure Stock drags tomorrow (as a spectator).

K

it's a birthday, but just as much an anniversary, so what do you get for a car that has everything?

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Tenney

Awesome, Keith! Did you get the extended warranty ...?

So far everything has been covered....

Originally Posted by aukc

it's a birthday, but just as much an anniversary, so what do you get for a car that has everything?

Bill (YNOBIL) and I have had extended discussions about how these birthdays/anniversaries should be tabulated...

(lol)

[aukc]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Big day tomorrow! 51 years -

K

could something based on this have been applied to the 50th?

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by aukc

could something based on this have been applied to the 50th?

Nice!

Very appropriate, I would think.

K

[The Boss]

Very cool car & story Keith - thanks for sharing it with us!

[Keith Seymore]

Well - it was bound to happen....

Took the GTO to the hardware store over the weekend and rolled over 5000 miles.

It was kind of a big deal (emotionally) for me. I knew it wouldn't stay under 5000 forever - I took it to church a couple weeks ago and figured that would be the day. Unfortunately it landed at 4998.8, so that gave me a couple more weeks to think about it. The trip yesterday blew that number away.

I'm over it now, though. Anything less than 10,000 is ok with me.

[Tenney]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

I'm over it now, though. Anything less than 10,000 is ok with me.

Even w/10,001 on the clock, it'd still be the lowest-mile original one-owner Royal Goat extant!

[muscle_collector]

funny story about mileage. my dad took a 63 Avanti on trade for building a new home for a couple back in 1966 (I was almost 5 years old) when it only had around 10k miles on it. he as I loved that car and drove it to Studebaker club meetings and various car shows over the years and every chance I could I would talk him into taking it for a drive and smoking the tires off. (my dad loved to burn rubber in all of his cars). he always told me to enjoy this car because he would park it forever when it got close to 50k and never drive it again. well it his the 49 k mark when I was in high school and he stopped driving it much as he was rationing the miles put on it. when I graduated high school it had 49,8xx on it and he basically said it was parked for good. well about a month into that summer one of my good friends was getting married and my parents were out of town for a week so one of my best friends and I decide we will take the Avanti out for a spin and drive it to the wedding. no biggy we wont hit the 50k mark. well like a total idiot and impressing the girls we become clueless that we are racking up miles and when I pull it back in the garage I realize it had about 20 something miles over the 50k mark. I went into panic mode and then just covered it back up and thought he will never notice. well that worked for a few months and when he figured it out he blew a gasket. he never drove it again for several years. he would just back it out of the garage and start it let it run for a while and pull it back in and cover it up. well over time, he sold off all of his classics, muscle cars and even his beloved mustangs but the Avanti still sits as it was the last time it was moved 30 years ago. dad is long gone but the memories will never fade. sometimes I just sit in the car and remember the times as a kid dad smoking the tires and power sliding it around corners and making 100+ mph runs on the highway. I am sure some of you guys have the similar stories and memories. especially you keith with the gto.

[The Boss]

Great story Gary & well told although I was expecting a Ferris Bueller moment in there.