[Dr. Eric M. Schiffer]

Here is a one off:
The late Bill Mitchell, Head GM Design, his Mangusta which was built by Detomaso with a 327, 350HP Chevrolet engine. Bill sent the 327 to Detomaso for the installation.

Oh, in case you did not know...this is the "Black Bird". I bring it out too.

[Dr. Eric M. Schiffer]

Here are a few cars built by Ex- GM Designer Steve Pastiener. Steve built the Buick Blackhawk that Barrett Jackson sold from the Buick collection a few years ago for several hundred thousand dollars.

A customer wanted to buy that Buick but GM would not sell it to him. That car was a four seater. He tracked Steve down and had him build a simular car.

This time Steve began with a 1939 La Salle Business coupe, a Mercedes 320 SLK, a Dana 44 independent rear end and corvette suspension. The frame is all hand build is most of car. All items from the La Salle and 320 had been modified to fit.

Steve is the guy who had built 200 of the C5 Commerative that looks like a 1953 Vette. He is still doing C5 Nomads and a car he calls the Heldo. A Northstar power mid engine wedge.

He is now building a 1930's Duecey clone for a customer. Along the way he has done several C1 Corvettes for companies like Borla. I may have pictures of a few of those customer cars too.

[Dr. Eric M. Schiffer]

Few more pictures of Herb Adams and his Contessa along side Steve Pastiener's C5 Nomad.

How about this bike?

[Dr. Eric M. Schiffer]

Here is a Staurday morning that Steve Pasteiner brought the newly finished C1 Corvette for the Borla Exhaust Company SEMA display...

You just never know what shows up Saturday mornigns. From a Brass Era car to Rat Rod, to pre production cars.

For some reason I can't down load the picture I took a few weeks ago when we had a Fysker and 2013 Corvette 427 show with a brass era Whipitt

[Dr. Eric M. Schiffer]

How about a Vector?

[Dr. Eric M. Schiffer]

A few rare items

[Dr. Eric M. Schiffer]

Ok! Enough of this sampling...I think I got a little carried away.LOL

[Dr. Eric M. Schiffer]

For our Mopar friends. This is a car bilt by a friend of mine, Gordon Heidecker.

I'll try and find the Trans Am he also builds aount my pictures. Gordon's late father was a Cheif Engineer for PMD and worked on the 1969 Trans Am program.

Gordon built a "tribute" to one of the engineering 1969 Firebirds. A 1969 Carousel Red Trans Am convertible. He uses it in the back ground of his promotional photos of the "new" 1969 Trans Am he builds off the current Camaro.

[Dr. Eric M. Schiffer]

I found Gordon's T/A based on the new Camaro. Some where I also have Ken Lingenfelter bringing a couple of his Trans Am creations off the new Camaro that he has brought on a Saturday morning.

[Dr HEMI]

WoW! Sensory overload!

Familiar names all.

A friend of mine has John Cafaro's Corvette Speedster.





A few of his other cars....row of Z06 Corvettes and Specialty built 600 hp
supercharged Camaros plus lots of others.

[Tenney]

'Ol Woodward rig in the mix ...

http://www.speedandmotion.com/pictur...012/index.html

Burbank last Saturday ...

http://www.speedandmotion.com/pictur...012/index.html

[Dr. Eric M. Schiffer]

Those are some very nice cars.

One of my friends, Ken Lingenfelter will open his over 200 car collection for the public. Rather then me try to post my pictures of his cars from the three different rooms I just cut and past the links to videos from youtube from over the last few years.

Ken has sold some of the cars and added new ones since. The three rooms are divided up, first the exotics, next all Corvettes then muscle cars. Ken helped Reeves Calloway out during his divorce and purchased a couple speedsters and V12's.

I beleive it was in the Corvette Forum that some one caught me standing behind Ken's dark blue Vector. Yes, there are two Vector's in the Detroit are. Although the white one was apart of the original run.

I should be somewhere in the 2010 video also. It starts out with two of my friends just past the Bricklin, Bill Klausing, big guy with wine color jacket back to you, and Lorin Buzinski in black jacket looking at Bill. I know I had to have been there too.

Enjoy.
2010 - 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yapftz-L_6w
2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_orKf63uz8
3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnG90VjExWI
4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rZQY13NbRU
5) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8geLtWlImxk

[Dr. Eric M. Schiffer]

Originally Posted by GETRIDAONE

Our monthly "Caffiene & Octane" in Atlanta is on the the 1st Sunday. This little Pontiac blends in better with all the exotics that show up. The most common comment I get
"I have never seen one of those"

Funny there were two of them on Woodward Saturday night. I do have some pictures from our Saturday morning gatherings of a dark grey GXP coupe. It was an engineering evalution car. (CTC sticker on the windsheild)

The bad part about the coupes is that while the top is removable, making it a Targa top, there is no where to store the top. You had to BUY the optional folding soft canopy. Or duct tape some plastic over you if you got caught in the rain...LOL

[Dr. Eric M. Schiffer]

Originally Posted by ANDYA

WOW!! I can't believe how this thread has taken off since I started it almost a year ago. Lots of great info about Royal, Woodward Ave and the Blackbird has been brought to light. Thanks Dr. Schiffer for all the posts and the history lesson. Also, thanks to Keith who has played a big part in this thread.

Next year if all goes well I hope to make The Dream Cruise with my 69 Bird. I would love to come and meet all of you, maybe cruise Woodward together. Again, mant thanks.

Andy

OK Andya it's 2012 and the Dream Cruise is just two weeks away. Will we be seeing you?

Some of the member of the Royal Pontiac Club will be parked in Birmingham on Old Woodward.

Will we see you there?

[GETRIDAONE]

Originally Posted by Dr. Eric M. Schiffer

Funny there were two of them on Woodward Saturday night. I do have some pictures from our Saturday morning gatherings of a dark grey GXP coupe. It was an engineering evalution car. (CTC sticker on the windsheild)

The bad part about the coupes is that while the top is removable, making it a Targa top, there is no where to store the top. You had to BUY the optional folding soft canopy. Or duct tape some plastic over you if you got caught in the rain...LOL

I was lucky, the 1st owner bought the top and it came with the car. It is a PITA to put together and you would get soaked before assembly & installation. A good bit of wind noise also. Mine is a GXP & manual shift. As you said we are getting old when A/C and a comfortable ride determines which car you take out. The little four cylinder is a world apart from my 64 GTO 428 3x2 4 Speed

[ANDYA]

Originally Posted by Dr. Eric M. Schiffer

OK Andya it's 2012 and the Dream Cruise is just two weeks away. Will we be seeing you?

Some of the member of the Royal Pontiac Club will be parked in Birmingham on Old Woodward.

Will we see you there?

Well I'm sad to say that my car is not ready The engine is on the break-in stand right now and I hope to start it up this weekend. Then I would still have to get it into the car, hook up the exhaust and finish the interior. There just won't be enough time. I was really hoping to make the Cruise this year and believe me I'm dissapointed. I guess it will have to be next year.

[Greg Reid]

Put the engine in it, hook up the exhaust and forget the interior...except for the driver's seat....and drive!

[ANDYA]

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

Put the engine in it, hook up the exhaust and forget the interior...except for the driver's seat....and drive!

I wish it was that easy Greg, but the car is a total restoration and hasn't been driven yet. I would still need to get a wheel alignment, break in the new rear, new clutch, brakes etc. The car needs to be road tested locally for at least a few hundred miles before I can go anywhere. I really thought the car was going to be ready by the spring but thats how it goes.

[Greg Reid]

Yeah, I know what you mean. I was just having a little fun at your expense. I have two GTOs around here and I ain't even driving my own cars.

[Old Man Taylor]

Originally Posted by Dr. Eric M. Schiffer

Yesterday, Friday, took a quick trip to Norwalk with my wife and John "Cheater"aka "Mystery Tiger" Politzer. Took Jim Wangers, Dave Anderson and Jim Taylor to dinner.

On the show field we found a 1967 GTO white, black top and red interior like the two GTO's used in the "GTO Switch".

If I could ever figure out why I can't up load these picture, due to too large a file note, I'd post them.

I really have to find some 10 year old to do this for em...LOL

It was nice seeing you at Norwalk Eric - and thanks for dinner.