[Keith Seymore]

At SR-71's suggestion at lunch time today I drove past the old Royal Pontiac location (400 N Main, in Royal Oak Michigan).

I wasn't expecting much change since last time but - alas - it's all gone. Nothing but busted up asphalt, debris and twisted bits of metal.

I recall there was discussion about using that location for a K Mart or a retirement home but I don't know where that landed.

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[Keith Seymore]

Here are some photos from June of 2011, for comparison purposes.

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[92GTA]

Man that sucks. Thanks for sharing

[GT182]

It's too bad someone didn't buy the place and make it a museum.

Keith, maybe you were the last to get photos of a piece of Pontiac history. And yes it sucks that everything is gone.

[blue71ta]

What a shame that it had to make way for "progress" Seems all too common these days.

Nice that you were able to get some pics with the Goat before it's demise though.

[68bird400HO]

I would be neat if you could find some remains of the building as a souvenir, like if there where any of those glass blocks lying around. Keep a small part of it alive...

[Doug]

Originally Posted by 68bird400HO

I would be neat if you could find some remains of the building as a souvenir, like if there where any of those glass blocks lying around. Keep a small part of it alive...

Yep! Those art deco style glass blocks would make a nice souvenir. I noticed the curved walls on some of them and it reminded me of the Pontiac dealership (Milne Pontiac) in my hometown that it's front was built along a steep curve with some of the same glass block setup. It was a three story building with the show room front at street level and the shop/service area accessed on the back at a second story level. Dealership shut down 35-or so years ago.

[prostreet64]

Keith, your beautiful '65 almost makes the place come alive again. Thanks for sharing the pics.

[FireJudge]

I agree, your 65 looks great with the background. It would of been cool getting a picture with a different year Goat coming out of each service bay door.

[The Boss]

Damn!

[redhawk44]

It sucks about Royal but your 65 is awesome. Beautiful!

[60sstuff]

WOW, I sure hope someone picked up that last 65 GTO from lube & oil before they demolished the building :-)

I hate change!

But, all of us here on the forum still have our history, (in the Pontiac cars, parts and stories) that we can continue to share.

[boltbuster]

The sun setting over the building is a particularly nice shot... and fitting. Thanks for sharing.

[Old Goat Racer]

[GTOnly70]

Very sad.

Doubt they're putting up any new K marts, though. Kmart/Sears is in a death spiral of their own...

[70L34]

Sad, drove right by there just a couple weeks ago and it was still intact.

[The Boss]

Originally Posted by boltbuster

The sun setting over the building is a particularly nice shot... and fitting. Thanks for sharing.

I'm not 100% positive on this but if I remember the story about this day correctly, I'm pretty sure that's a sunrise.

[riggsjr]

Keith,
Thanks for sharing those pictures. Great shots .... Owning a car myself that came out of Ace Wilson's Dealership I always wonder how many cars from that dealership are still around as I am sure that the weather and racing them destroyed a lot of them.I also always wonder how many members from this site have a car come from that dealership? Might be worth a post??

[SR-71]

It's funny to look at the old pictures and compare them to the ones Keith took. The last one is in front of the "new" showroom that stood on the grounds of the school that used to be beside the Royal dealership. The original showroom was long gone and actually was part of the building to the left and was almost right on the street. I always wondered why over the years that a Royal Pontiac party wasn't held on the old property during the Woodward Dream Cruise.
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[SR-71]

It would have been cool to park cars for pictures it in front of this same door and wall that was still there as of last month.